Book Club Night at Here Be Books July 16, 2008

Our first book club discussion took place Wednesday, June 18th with the usual suspects: Tim, Tina, Rachael, and I. Sam was also present, but chose not to participate. The book we discussed was “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert A. Heinlein. There was some lively debate about the language and characterizations that the author chose.

For July we chose “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak. Published in 2005, this book tells a story of a young girl living with a foster family, from 1941-44, in Molching, Germany, a village outside Munich and home to the Dachau concentration camp. Mostly, it’s a book about books and the power words have to shape our world: they’re capable of creating a vision of a better world - or quite the opposite.

Here Be Books placed some copies on order which should be in shortly. So pick up a copy, read it and join us. We need more people to help choose a name for our band of book vagabonds, but mainly offer other opinions and insights. We also need help on choosing what books to read next.

So come on down to Here Be Books on Wednesday July 16th at 6pm for some pleasant conversation, or at the very least, pet Sam. He really enjoys it.

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