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July 31, 2008

Arbutus Page Turners book club

arbutus%20bookclub%20edited.jpg The Page Turners book club has existed since 2003 and members range in age from the mid-20s to late 60s, says Assistant Library Manager Erin H. Oh. Members take turns acting as facilitator (and providing refreshments), and get to know each other more intimately through lively discussions. The club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Arbutus Library. New members are welcome. Info: 410.887.1451.

Now reading: Almost Moon by Alice Sebold

Liked a lot: Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez, The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory, and The Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg.

Not so much: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers and What Matters Most by Luanne Rice

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 3:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Posted by: GreenApple Pubicity | August 6, 2008 9:10 AM

I have written a book which I wondered if you'd be interested in reading/discussing. The memoir is written from the point of view of an eldest daughter of five children to two Holocaust surviving parents. Mom (The matriarch) of our family was a Partisan in the Polish forests and my Dad was a survivor of Dachau death camp. Their Holocaust stories were told and re-told to us all our lives. When Mom dies the family is lead to the road of destruction when she leaves Dad penniless by giving the family home to a single child. Sibling rivalry rears its ugly head and the Poltzers are forever destroyed.
Do you think that your readers would be interested in this book. It is a little Holocaust, a little sibling rivalry and a lot of family emotion.
Jeannette

Posted by: Jeannette | January 19, 2009 9:31 PM

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.