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Book Clubs
At Bookin' It!
YOU DECIDE!
Have you heard about the National Book Awards
screw-up? A book titled Shine by Lauren
Myracle was announced as a nominee (young adult
fiction) but it turns out the book actually nominated
was Chime by Franny Billinsley.
They both sound terrific so, we thought we'd
have a bit of fun with that and offer a Young
Adult or Mother-Daughter Book club in January
and February featuring the two books and ending
with our own voting and awards night! Sign up
by calling Laura at the store at 320-632-1848.
  SHINE:
When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious
hate crime, 16-year-old Cat sets out to discover
who in her small Southern town did it. Richly
atmospheric, this daring mystery examines the
strength of will it takes to go against everyone
in the name of justice.
CHIME: In the early 20th century in Swampsea,
17-year-old Briony, who can see the spirits that
haunt the marshes around their town, feels responsible
for her twin sister's horrible injury until a
young man enters their lives and exposes secrets
that even Briony does not know about.
Contemporary
Fiction Book Club
- The Contemporary
Fiction Book Club (CFBC) meets on the third
Tuesday of the month from September through
May, at 6:00 p.m., at Bookin’ It.
- Members receive a 10% discount
on all selected books. In nearly all cases,
the books are softcover editions.
- Books are selected by Bookin’
It owner, Laura Hansen. In the CFBC you will
have the opportunity to read new authors, encounter
great writing and discuss the books with other
readers. We have also had the author of a book
join us in person or by phone for the discussion.
For more information or to reserve a copy of
one of the current or past selections, ntact
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New season starts September 2011
2011/2012
Contemporary Fiction Reading List
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Sept
20,2012
6:00 PM
Ordinary Beauty by Laura
Wiess
Available Now
"How can you make someone love you
when they won't?"
"And what if that person happens to
be your mother?"
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Oct 18, 2012
6:00 PM
Born Under a Million
Shadows By Andrea Busfield
Available Now
A big-hearted novel infused with crackling
wit, Busfield's brilliant debut captures
the hope and humanity of the Afghan people
and the foreigners who live among them.
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Nov 15, 2012
6:00 PM
The Singer's Gun
by Emily St. John Mandel
Available Now
Anton Waker travels to the island of Ischia,
off the coast of Italy, and waits, for what
he does not know. As his past is peeled
back, layer by layer, we learn that he is
not what he seems, and find that no one
in his life is without a secret.
Anton Waker
wants a moral life, a simple everday American
job, to do anything other than follow in
his family’s shady footsteps. His one
mistake is to start his new life with a
lie he can never take back.
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Jan
17,2012
6:00 PM
Sea Change by Jeremy
Page
Paperback 10/25/2011
"A moving portrait of a father who,
unable to save what he most loved, tried
to save what could have been." -"The
Atlanta Journal- Constitution"
A man sets off to sea
on an old Dutch barge seeking solitude,
answers, and at times, it seems, death.
Meanwhile he writes in his daily journal
the life he imagines might have been if
he hadn't lost his daughter and his wife.
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Feb
21,2012,
6:00 PM
Island of Wings by Karin
Altenberg
Paperback Original
December 27, 2011
Propelled by passion, devotion, and a deep
sense of guilt, a minister obsessed with
bringing religion to the remote island of
St. Kilda and his wife try to forge a life
together in the harshest of conditions.
Based on letters and diairies.
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Mar
20, 2012
6:00 PM
Shatter by Michael Robotham
Paperback 1/26/2012
A man has set himself off to see on an
old Dutch barge seeking solitude, answers,
and at times, it seems, death. Meanwhile
he writes in his daily journal the life
he imagines might have been he hadn't lost
his daughter and then his wife.
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Apr
17, 2012
6:00 PM
The Lady Matador's Hotel
by Cristina Garcia
Paperback 1/3/2012
Through her luminous prose, Garcia delivers
characters precisely drawn and situations
and settings as palpable as they are uncomfortable.
Each player in this intricate drama is introduced
first by the room they inhabit within the
hotel. Garcia lays out an imagined country
that is completely honest and believable.
Though the author restrains from giving
name to this country, the reader is absolutely
convinced that it exists. A great read for
fans of Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto or
Peter Cameron’s Andorra.
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May
15, 2012
6:00 PM
Safe from the Sea by
MN author Peter Geye
Paperback
9/6/2011
Set against the dramatic landscape of the
Minnesota north shore, an estranged father
and son reconnect thirty-five years after
the father survived the tragic wreck of
a Great Lakes ore boat.
BIG NEWS!!
Author Peter Geye will be joining us
for this discussion.
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Good Living Cookbook Club
- Members receive a 10 % discount
on all selected books. Books are purchased quarterly
and used for three meetings each.
- Books are selected by vote of
members based on options presented by Bookin'
It's staff.
- By joining
the GLCC, you will have an opportunity to share
your cooking expertise with other food enthusiasts,
try a wide variety of homemade and gourmet foods,
and find those perfect recipes for family meals
or for entertaining. Members sign up to cook
recipes from the selected cookbook and bring
the prepared item to share with the group. We
usually begin by describing our recipe, any
substitions made, and whether the recipe was
easy to understand. Then we eat, laugh, and
select again for the next meeting. For more
information or to reserve a copy of one of the
current or past selections, or .
- Click here
for an article about the Good Living Cookbook
Club in Bookselling This Week.
The Good Living
Cookbook Club Reading List
GLCC selection for June, July August 2011 was
Sara Foster's Southern Kitchen.
GLCC was on sabattical from April 2010 to August
2010.
The Good Living Cookbook Club Selection for
January 2010 through March 2010 was The Gathering
of Friends.
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(April-June 2011)
Everday Indian by
Bal Arneson and Heart of the Artichoke and
Other Kitchen Journeys by David Tanis
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(Jan - Mar 2011)
Second Tuesdays
Williams-Sonoma
Entertaining with the Seasons: A Year of
Recipes
by
Georgeanne Brennan
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(Oct- Dec 2010)
Melissa's Everday
Cooking with Organic Produce: A Guide to
Easy-to-Make Dishes with Fresh Organic Fruits
and Vegetables
by Cathy Thomas
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(August- Nov 2010)
Summer
on a Plate; More than 120 Delicious, No-Fuss
Recipes from Memorable Meals from Loaves
and Fishes
by
Anna Pump
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(Apr-June 2009)
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(Jan - Mar 2009)
Feb 10th &
Mar 10th
Barefoot Contessa
Back to Basics by Ina Garten
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(Oct-Dec 2008)
Simply
Organic; A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal,
and Local Ingredients by Jesse Ziff Cool
Photographs by France Ruffenach
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(July-August
2008)
The
Splendid Table's
How
to Eat Supper
by Lynne Rosetto Kasper and Sally Swift
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Bookin’ It’s Spirituality
Book Discussion Group
- Members receive a 10% discount
on the selected books.
- Maryjude Hoeffel, Bookin’
It’s SBDG Coordinator, selects the titles
based on input from group members and her own
reading. Books chosen reflect ideas from many
wisdom traditions including Buddhism, Christianity,
Judaism, and others. In nearly all cases, selections
are softcover editions.
- Reading List from 2010-2011
February 2011 Meeting cancelled,
reading lis& meetings extended through June
3rd.
Oct 7, 2010
An Altar in the World
by Barbara Brown Taylor |
Nov 4, 2010
Beyond Vengeance, Beyond Duality - A Call
for a Compassionate Revolution
by Sylvia Clute |
Dec 2, 2010
Writing in the Sand: Jesus and the Soul
of the Gospels
by
Thomas Moore
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Jan 6, 2011
Radical Amazement: Contemplative Lessons from
Black Holes, Supernovas and Other Wonders
of the Universe
by Judy Cannato |
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Mar 3, 2011
Faith and Will: Weathering the
Storms in Our Spiritual Lives
by Julia Cameron
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April 7,
2011
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering
the Woman at the Heart of Christianity
by Cynthia Bourgeault |
May 5,
2011
The
Gift of Years: Growing Old Gracefully
by Joan Chittister
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June
3 , 2011
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless
Compassion
by Gregory Boyle
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Summer 2007 This group took year
off
For more information
on the RTW Program that was the inspiration for
our own Reading the World Book Club and for a
list of the 2007 titles; go to the link shown.
http://www.readingtheworld.org/index.html
Summer 2008 Tales of Immigration
This summer we will be
reading three tales of immigration. They bring
us into the world of overriding hope, displacement,
disappointment, risk and reward. And we find that
not everyone who dreams of crossing borders to
a better life is dreaming of America.
June
18, 2008 Hope
and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami
($13.00, October 2006, 188 pages)
July 16, 2008 Across
a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande ($13.00,
May 2007, 266 pages)
August 20, 2008 The
Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw
Mengestu ($14.00, Feb 2008, 228 pages)
  
Summer 2009 A
Wider World Book Club (3rd Wednesdays,
6:45 p.m.: 6/17, 7/15, 8/19; please call for location)
Explore other lives with us as we read about
the lives of a captive elephant and her keeper,
three Iranian sisters as they make a new life
in Ireland, and a breast cancer-survivor and her
fly-fishing mentors. All three of these beautifully-written
stories are light enough for summer reading ,
yet interesting enough to generate a rich evening
of discussion.
June - Hannah's
Dream
July - Pomegranate Soup
August - Time Is a River
See our staff picks page for reviews of these
three titles.
  
Summer 2010 Reading
the World Book Club
June 16th 6:00 PM-
The Miracles of Santo Fico by D.L. Smith
July 21st 6:30 PM - Valeria's Last
Stand by Marc Fitton (Meeting at
the home of Susy Prosapio)
August 18th 6:00 Pm - A Guide to the Birds
of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson - meeting
cancelled
  
This year's selections
share two things; a sense of romance and a touch
of the farcical. They are light-hearted adventures
just right for summer escapes, but with enough
human drama to allow for ample discussion.
Summer 2011 - Reading
the World Book Club will not meet in 2011
Great River Writers
- The Great River Writers (GRW)
have a new meeting schedule as of January 2010.
We meet on the first Monday of the month at
the Carnegie Library in Little Falls from 6:30
to 8:00 P.M. You can find us in the Lindbergh
Room at the north corner of the periodical section.
We encourage you to call Laura at Bookin' It
for an update if you are planning to attend
for the first time. Her number is 320-632-1848.
- No books are required for this
group, but members generally bring several original
poems or pages of prose to read aloud. Other
times, we may do wiritng exercises or share
information on submission opportunities.
- The GRW was formed over nine
years ago and many of the current members have
been continuously active in the group. The group
serves to bring new and practicing writers together
to support, encourage and critique their work.
New members are welcome.
- Great River Writers hosts an
Annual Anniversary Reading each year.
Group members share their work with an audience
at the Great River Arts Center. Prior performances
can be viewed periodically on our local access
channel TV6.
- For more information on
The Great River Writers, call Laura at 320-632-1848
or 800-809-1848 or or Join us on Facebook!
- Click the link below to
review a January 2004 St Cloud Times article
about the Great Rivers Writers.
http://www.sctimes.com/archived/bookinit.html
Click
for close up view
Great
River Writers
Talking Volumes Book
Club
- Talking Volumes is a regional
book club created through a partnership with
The Loft Literary Center, The Minneapolis Star
Tribune, and Minnesota Public Radio.
- Bookin' It is a Talking Volumes
affiliate which means we stock the selected
books, and other books by the featured authors.
We offer these titles at a discount and make
available to you materials such as bookmarks
and reader's guides specifically designed for
the Talking Volumes events.
- You can share the Talking Volumes
experiences at free public events at The Loft
and at The Fitzgerald Theatre, by tuning into
MPR to hear discussions with the author, or
by going online at the Star Tribune Talking
Volumes. www.Startribune.com/talkingvolumes.
Your Book Club
- Are you already in an established
book club or have an idea for one but don't
know how to start? Let the friendly staff at
Bookin' It help. Here's what we can do for you:
- Any existing book group ordering
five books or more can qualify for our regular
10% book club discounts. Just call us and have
us check the availablity and price of your selection.
- You can post your book club notices
here at the store or on our website making it
easier for potential new members to find out
who you are and where and when you meet.
- You can come to us for recommendations
of well-written, highly discussable books. We
have many resources availalbe for book clubs
including ideas on how to begin a new club,
re-energize an existing club, and how to get
great discussion value from every book selected.
now to let us know how we can
be of service to your book club.
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