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Home > Reader's Shelf > Join a Book Group
Join a Book Group
Local
Groups
Friends
of the Amherst Library Book Club
Meetings
are held the second Tuesday of the month (Sept-June) in a
member's home. Please contact Beth
Blodgett, 673-2506 for more infomation.
Friday
Afternoon Book Club (sponsored by the Friends of the Amherst
Town Library)
Meetings are held the second Friday of the month at the library. Visitors
and/or new members are always welcome (please call in advance). For information
contact Beth Blodgett, 673-2506.
Newcomers
Book Discussion Group
Meets once
a month on a Thursday evening in a member's home. Meetings start
at 7:00pm, book discussions begin around 7:30pm. Anyone may attend
the first meeting as a guest. Thereafter we ask the you pay membership
dues to the Amherst Area Newcomers. For information contact Colleen
Lynch, 249-9363.
AAUW
Book Group
Special interest group of the American
Association of University Women. Membership is open to anyone with
a 4 year degree from an accredited college or university. For information
call Linda Pellerin, 673-2397.
Congregational
Church Evening Book Group
Open to all thoughtful readers
(do not need to be members of the church). Books are selected by
book group members. Meets on the first Tuesday of the month at
the Church at 7:30pm. For further information, contact the church
office at 673-3231.
Parkhurst
Place Book Club
Facilitated by an Amherst Town Library
staff member. Open to all residents of Parkhurst Place. Meets once
month. For information call Peg MacEwan, 673-4808.
More
Book Clubs
BookCrossing
Call it book trading, a global book club, a reading group with no boundaries,
but think catch and release! This site, created by a software developer
in CA as a relief from e-commerce assignments, asks people to “release” books
they’ve read into the wild. Members are given ID numbers for books
they leave for others to find, the finders can record a journal entry for
the book at the website and then set the book back on its journey. There
are currently over 430,000 books “in the wild” in the US.
The
Book Group List
This online book group reads and discusses two books a month, from the 1st
to the 15th and from the 16th to the end of the month. Choices cover the best
of current fiction and nonfiction. The site includes annotated lists of all
books discussed since 1996 with the group's rating and selected comments. Register
by entering your email address.
The Great Books Foundation
The Great Books Reading & Discussion programs "introduce adult participants
to substantial works of literature, philosophy, economics, political science,
and psychology. Group members enjoy both intellectual collaboration and the
opportunity to reflect on their own lives and convictions in light of ideas
from major thinkers." The site offers extensive resources for starting
a group and leading discussions, information on training courses and special
events, and links to a Junior Great Books site and a Parents Corner.
Oprah's
Book Club
Oprah has revived her book club, this time focusing on the classics. Free registration
is required to access the book club site. Features include in-depth information
and study guides for each book selection, email updates from Oprah, and online
help finding a book club in your neighborhood. A printable list of Oprah's
original book club titles is still available.
Reader's Circle
Reader's Circle is a free public directory that specializes in listings for
book clubs and reader's circles.
Did you know?
If your book group's chosen title is currently checked out you can request it fast through interlibrary loan.
Click
here for more information about requesting books for your book club.
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