Vista Book Group: Reader's Choice
The Vista Book Group met in November to discuss a variety of books. This month each reader had a chance to read and discuss a book of their choice; it could be a new book or an old favorite. Some of the books read and discussed at this month’s meeting are listed below.
The Vista Book Group will meet again on January 23, 2013 in 1431 at the Main Library. We will be reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. You can obtain a book group copy by calling 929-3400 or by inquiring at the General Reference Desk on the second level of the Main Library. New members are always welcome.
Happy Holidays and we will see you in the New Year!
Chantal W. Says: A Vista Book Group member described this book as a quick and easy read, but not necessarily something she would recommend.
Amazon Says: Winner of the 2011 National Book Award A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is ...
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Chantal W. Says: A Vista Book Group member described this book as a fun book that did a great job with the setting of Rochester, NY.
Amazon Says: A powerful, funny, richly observed tour de force by one of America’s most acclaimed young writers: a story of love and marriage, secrets and betrayals, that takes us from th...
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Chantal W. Says: As a young father a Vista Book Group member said this book really spoke to him.
Amazon Says: “Chabon has always been a magical prose stylist, adept at combining the sort of social and emotional detail found in Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus stories with the metap...
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Chantal W. Says: A Vista Book Group member chose this book for it's wonderful dialogue and gritty realism. Written by the screenwriter of The Wire.
Amazon Says: So, what do you do?" Whenever people asked him, Eric Cash used to have a dozen answers. Artist, actor, screenwriter . . . But now he's thirty-five years old and he's still liv...
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Chantal W. Says: A Vista Book Group member really enjoyed this book about family history, medicine, and patient rights. This book will be a Vista Book Group read in 2013.
Amazon Says: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken wi...
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Chantal W. Says: A Vista Book Group member chose this favorite to read. A historical mystery placed in 1950's England with a young Flavia de Luce as amateur sleuth.
Amazon Says: It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplic...
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