We are getting ready to add some new Book Club titles and we would love some help!  If you follow the link below you'll find a list of titles we are considering for our collection.  Please choose 8 that you would like to read and discuss.  If you would like to suggest a title that is not on our list, there is a space provided at the end of the survey to write it in.  Feel free to forward the voting link to your book groups.  Thank you!

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We often have people ask us how they can join a group in our area, and so we've decided to host listings on our website of local clubs who are looking for new members.

If you are interested in listing your book club, please email us at bookclub@provolibrary.com with the following information:
A title for your book club
The area you are in
What type of club you run
When you have meetings
An email address for your group.  As this contact information will be freely available on the internet, we suggest you create an email address for your book club (using a free site like gmail.com or hotmail.com).

Examples:

As part of our continuing Family Literacy Series, we will have a session dedicated to Book Clubs coming up in April. We'll present ideas for:

• Ways to establish and organize a new group
• How to select books that invite conversation
• Fun and inventive ways to ignite discussion and encourage participation
• Using online and library resources to enrich your meetings

Please join us for this free class, we hope to see you there!

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed through pictures and text.  They resemble comic books, however, graphic novels are longer and are bound like traditional paperback or hardcover books. Graphic novels aimed at adult readers generally tell more complex stories than comic books, and their subject matter is often more serious, encompassing all genres including non-fiction works, short stories, and fictional works.

Graphic novels offer book clubs unique opportunities for discussion based on their illustrative nature and how it can change or enhance a narrative.  The Provo Library has three graphic novel book club sets:

American Widow

By Alissa Torres

Torres's husband, Eddie, started work at Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001. The next day, Alissa became one of the terrorist widows of 9/11. American Widow chronicles Alissa's first year without Eddie, including the birth of their child, two months after his death, and her legal and psychological battles over his death.   

 

 

By Art Spiegelman
The child of Holocaust survivors, Spiegelman uses mice to represent the Jews, with their Nazi tormentors depicted as cats. More than just a tale of survival, however, this work is a powerful examination of the lasting devastation and agony for those who survived and their families, as shown through Spiegelman's troubled relationship with his father.