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Congratulations to Lynn and the The Burnsville Book Club for winning the random drawings for this month’s Discussible Book Choice! We enjoy hearing from book club members who share with everyone the book choices that made for lively discussions.. Please let us know what about the book contributed to your great discussion – you may win a book-related prize for every member of your reading group!
“The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is an excellent book for discussion. It reminds us that Nazi Germany left no soul untouched by its devastation. Death narrates this story as he works his way across Nazi Germany scooping up the souls of the war dead. Familiar with destruction and loss of life, he is unmoved until he crosses paths with a young German girl named Liesel Meminger. With the war’s mounting human toll he is able to watch Liesel as she is separated from her family and begins life with a foster family. Her only tie to her birth family is a book that she has taken from her dead brother’s gravesite. Afraid, alone and illiterate, Liesel forms a bond with her new Papa as he helps her unlock the mystery of the written word. A newfound passion for reading compels Liesel to become the book thief. With each theft, she gains a feeling of control in her war savaged life. Both Liesel and Death gain an understanding of the power both good and bad of words.” More Discussible Book Choices “The Lace Reader is an excellent choice for book groups Topics abound throughout the story. Basic issues of dysfunctional family dynamics are present, as well as some new ones presented by a very creative and thoughtful author. Other key points to address: religious tolerance and when that tolerance actually becomes dangerous. It seems in hindsight that The Lace Reader presents several boundaries we put up as a people and community – when should the line be crossed and what is to be done about it?” “We just finished The Secret Lives of Saints which is not a novel but a recap of the polygamus history of a mormon sect in Canada and USA. We were upset and astounded by how we of the free world look the other way a little too much.” “Our group just finished The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian. We liked it, because it was relevant, well-written and totally surprising. The author's characters are so well drawn they could be your neighbors or your neighbors' kids! We have many different tastes in our book club, but everyone either liked or loved this book.” “The West Babylon Literary Club recently read Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. This book created a lot of lively discussion by our members. They were very enlightened about the time period and women's rights (or rather lack of rights). We definitely were not "loving Frank" and were shocked by the ending. It was a great afternoon discussion!”
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