May Book Club Meetings

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Listed below are the selections for May.

There is also a Young at Heart Book Club at the St Cloud Library for those who enjoy reading Teen books! All ages are welcome to this book club event, facilitated by the Teen Services Librarian. Click here for dates and times.

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Legally Dead By Buchanan, Edna 2008-11 - Thorndike Press 9781410410658 Check Our Catalog A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of the thriller "Love Kills" launches a new series featuring former U.S. Marshall Michael Venturi, who quits the Witness Protection Program to become a one-man freelance identity wizard.   Join us Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Veterans Memorial St Cloud Library. …More

April Book Club Meetings

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Listed below are the selections for April.

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A Dark and Lonely Place By Buchanan, Edna 2011-11 - Simon & Schuster 9781439159170 Check Our Catalog For the first time, the Pulitzer Prize Award-winning author takes on a novel of romance and suspense in this gripping saga of star-crossed lovers in the Florida of past and present. "A Dark and Lonely Place" poses the question: can we change our destiny, or must our lives always end the same way? Join us Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Veterans Memorial St Cloud Library. …More

Clockwork Angel By Clare, Cassandra 2010-08 - Margaret K. McElderry Books 9781416975861 Check Our Catalog 1st book in Infernal devices series BookPage Notable Title When 16-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks, and other supernatural beings stalk the gaslit streets. A book club for those who enjoy reading Teen books! All ages are welcome to this book club event, facilitated by the Teen Services Librarian. Join us Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 6:30 pm for a lively discussion at the Veterans Memorial St Cloud Library. …More

March Book Club Meetings

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Listed below are the selections for March.

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La Sombra del Viento By Ruiz Zafon, Carlos 2009-02 - Vintage Books USA 9780307472595 Check Our Catalog SPA Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Unase a nosotros Jueves, 1 de Marzo a las 10:00 am por un animado debate sobre el libro en la biblioteca de Buenaventura Lakes. …More

The Jungle By Sinclair, Upton 2001-11 - Dover Publications 9780486419237 Check Our Catalog 1906 bestseller shockingly reveals intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards as it tells the brutally grim story of a Slavic family that emigrates to America full of optimism but soon descends into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and despair. A fiercely realistic American classic that will haunt readers long after they've finished the last page. Join us Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Buenaventura Lakes Library. …More

Sarah's Key By De Rosnay, Tatiana 2008-09 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312370848 Check Our Catalog An Indie Next Selection Haunting and suspenseful, life-affirming and beautiful, "Sarah's Key" offers a compelling portrait of occupied Paris and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this little-known episode in French history. Join us Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Veterans Memorial St Cloud Library. …More

February Meetings

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Listed below are the selections for February.

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La Sombra del Viento By Ruiz Zafon, Carlos 2009-02 - Vintage Books USA 9780307472595 Check Our Catalog SPA Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Unase a nosotros Jueves, 2 de Febrero a las 10:00 am por un animado debate sobre el libro en la biblioteca de Buenaventura Lakes. …More

Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back By Burpo, Todd With Vincent, Lynn 2010-11 - Thomas Nelson Publishers 9780849946158 Check Our Catalog This is the true story of Colton Burpo, the four-year old son of a small-town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. Join us Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Buenaventura Lakes Library. …More

Please Look After Mom By Shin, Kyung-Sook Author Sin, Kyong-Suk Translator Kim, Chi-Young 2011-04 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307593917 Check Our Catalog A million-plus-copy bestseller in South Korea and poised to become an international sensation, "Please Look After Mom" is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their mother, and of the desires, heartaches, and secrets they discover she harbored within. Join us Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Veterans Memorial St Cloud Library. …More

January Book Club Meetings

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Listed below are the selections for January. Remember, we do not meet in December. We hope you enjoy the winter holidays and we'll see you back in January.

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Aleph By Coelho, Paulo Translator Obon, Pilar 2011-09 - Vintage Books 9780307744586 Check Our Catalog SPA En su novela más personal hasta la fecha, Paulo Coelho regresa con una extraordinaria historia de autodescubrimiento. Al igual que el personaje principal de su gran novela El Alquimista, en Aleph Paulo se enfrenta a una grave crisis de fe. En busca de renovación y crecimiento espiritual, decide comenzar de nuevo: viajar, experimentar y volver a conectarse con el mundo y las personas. Unase a nosotros Jueves, 5 de Enero a las 10:00 am por un animado debate sobre el libro en la biblioteca de Buenaventura Lakes. …More

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything By Levitt, Steven D. Author Dubner, Stephen J. 2006-10 - William Morrow & Company 9780061234002 Check Our Catalog The author offers his view of how the economy really works, examining issues from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing, offering a very different view on what drives the economy. Join us Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Buenaventura Lakes Library. …More

The Traitor's Emblem By Gomez-Jurado, Juan Translator Hahn, Daniel 2011-07 - Atria Books 9781439198780 Check Our Catalog Set against the dark and menacing streets of Depression-era Munich and the cruel rise of Nazism, Gomez-Jurado's spellbinding thriller--an epic novel spanning decades of family betrayal, impossible love and the high price of vengeance--roves again that he is a master of narration. Join us Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Veterans Memorial St Cloud Library. …More

November Book Club Meetings

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Listed below are the selections for November!

There are no meetings in December. We hope to have a selection ready for next year by the end of December.

We hope you enjoy the winter holidays and we'll see you back in January.

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La Isla de La Pasion: Una Novela By Restrepo, Laura 2005-09 - Rayo 0060816201 Check Our Catalog SPA En 1908, el capitán mexicano Ramón Arnaud y su adoloscente esposa parten hacia un pequeño atolón en el Pacífico, conocido por los exploradores españoles como la Isla de la Pasión. Acompañado de once soldados y sus familias, el capitán tiene órdenes de defender la isla ante la improbable invasión francesa. Con su peligroso arrecife de coral y una laguna estancada, la isla es amenazadora e inhóspita y sus nuevos habitantes deben luchar para sobrevivir. Logran crear una comunidad viable, pero entre la agitación política en su país y los comienzos de la primera Guerra Mundial, se ven olvidados en medio del Pacífico. In 1908, Mexican capitán Ramón Arnaud and his adolescent wife depart for the small atoll in the Pacific Ocean, known by the Spanish explorers as the Island of Pasion. Acompanied by eleven soldiers and their families, the captian has orders to defend the island from an improbable French invasion. With its dangerous reef of coral and a enclosed lagoon, the island is threatening and inhospitable and their new inhabitants must fight to survive. They manage to create a viable community; but between the political upheaval in his own country and the beginnings of World War I, they are themselves forgotten in the middle of Pacific. Unase a nosotros Jueves, 3 de Noviembre a las 10:00 am por un animado debate sobre el libro en la biblioteca de Buenaventura Lakes. …More

How to Be an American Housewife By Dilloway, Margaret 2010-08 - Putnam Adult 9780399156373 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A lively and surprising novel about a Japanese woman with a closely guarded secret, the American daughter who strives to live up to her mother's standards, and the rejuvenating power of forgiveness. Join us Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Buenaventura Lakes Library. …More

Minding Ben By Brown, Victoria 2011-04 - Hyperion Books 9781401341510 Check Our Catalog Grace leaves Trinidad for a new life as a nanny in New York City, where she discovers a unique West Indian subculture and is forced to conduct humiliating tasks for meager wages as she cares for Ben, the son of the unconscionable Bruckners. Join us Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Veterans Memorial St Cloud Library. …More

October Book Club Meetings

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Listed below are the selections for October! Due to the low number of copies and high number of requests for the St Cloud Book Club's October selection How to be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway, we've decided to change it to another novel. This novel has enough copies for the group, so club members should have enough time to read it before the discussion. There are ways you can help your fellow members. Please return the book when you are finished reading it. We know some members like to keep the book until the day of the meeting, but unfortunately, it's not possible when so many are trying to read the same book. The Library would love to order enough copies to cover everyone twice over, but due to budget constraints, this is not possible at this time.

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Agua Para Elefantes = Water for Elephants By Gruen, Sara Translator Berastegui, Manu 2007-10 - Alfaguara 9781603960069 Check Our Catalog SPA Cuando el joven Jacob pierde todo, su familia y su futuro, y el mundo entero parece al borde del abismo en los difciles aos treinta, se aventura en un circo ambulante para trabajar como veterinario. Transcurren tiempos de penuria y crueldad, pero tambin de ensueo y plenitud, pues Jacob encuentra en el deslumbrante espectculo de los hermanos Benzini la amistad, al amor de su vida y a la traviesa elefanta Rosie. Unase a nosotros Jueves, 6 de octubre a las 10:00 am por un animado debate sobre el libro en la biblioteca de Buenaventura Lakes. …More

Keeping Time By McGlynn, Stacey 2010-10 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307464408 Check Our Catalog Inspired by her 80-year-old great-aunt's first visit to America, McGlynn delivers a deeply moving and entertaining story about the way love persists and entwines through our lives as she chronicles 77-year-old Daisy Phillips' adventure from England to America to find her long-lost love. Join us Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Buenaventura Lakes Library. …More

The Lake of Dreams By Edwards, Kim 2011-01 - Viking Books 9780670022175 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title With revelations that prove as captivating as the deceptions at the heart of her #1 "New York Times"-bestselling phenomenon "The Memory Keeper's Daughter," Edwards now presents the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. Join us Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 10:00 am for a lively discussion at the Veterans Memorial St Cloud Library. …More