Goodwin Library Book Club

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Literary Matchmaking: Characters Who Would Date In Real Life

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/14/literary-matchmaking_n_1011398.html

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy To Become A Graphic Novel Series Through DC Universal

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/stieg-larssons-millenium-trilogy-graphic-novel_n_1007893.html?ir=Books

Monday, October 17, 2011

Book Club Meeting Tonight, Monday October 17th At 6:00 PM

Welcome back, book clubbers! We will meet tonight, Monday October 17th at 6:00 PM.

See you at the library!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Publishers Weekly Best Sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "New York to Dallas" by J.D. Robb (Putnam)
2. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
3. "Kill Me If You Can" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp (Little, Brown)
4. "Abuse of Power" by Michael Savage (St. Martin's)
5. "Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues" by Michael Brandman (Putnam)
6. "A Dance With Dragons" by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
7. "The Race" by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott (Putnam)
8. "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach (Little, Brown)
9. "How Firm a Foundation" by David Weber (Tor)
10. "Goddess of Vengeance" by Jackie Collins (St. Martin's)
11. "Dark Predator" by Christine Feehan (Berkley)
12. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain (Ballantine)
13. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larrson (Knopf)
14. "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett (Harper)
15. "Only Time Will Tell" by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "Jacqueline Kennedy" foreword by Caroline Kennedy (Hyperion)
2. "Every Day a Friday" by Joel Osteen (FaithWords)
3. "That Used to Be Us" by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
4. "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries (Crown)
5. "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir" by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney (Threshold Editions)
6. "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption" by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)
7. "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard (Simon & Schuster)
8. "Pearl Jam Twenty" by Pearl Jam (Simon & Schuster)
9. "The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Design for Rapid Results" by Dr. Mike Moreno (Free Press)
10. "Go the F--k to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach and Illustrations by Ricardo Cortes (Avon)
11. "Here Comes Trouble" by Michael Moore (Grand Central)
12. "Living Beyond Your Feelings" by Joyce Meyer (FaithWords)
13. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson (Crown)
14. "The Black Banners" by Ali H. Soufan with Daniel Freedman (Norton)
15. "Arguably" by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. "Port Mortuary" by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)
2. "1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
3. "American Assassin: A Thriller" by Vince Flynn (Pocket)
4. "The Confession: A Novel" by John Grisham (Dell)
5. "Lost Empire" by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood (Berkley)
6. "The Reversal" by Michael Connelly (Vision)
7. "Envy" by J.R. Ward (Signet)
8. "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
9. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin (Spectra)
10. "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin (Bantam)
11. "Strategic Moves" by Stuart Woods (Signet)
12. "The Emperor's Tomb" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)
13. "Painted Ladies" by Robert P. Parker (Berkley)
14. "The Inner Circle" by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central)
15. "Wicked Appetite" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult)
2. "Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back" by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson)
3. "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci (Grand Central)
4. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's Griffin)
5. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway)
6. "Cleopatra" by Stacy Schiff (LB/Back Bay)
7. "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese (Vintage)
8. "One Day" by David Nicholls (Vintage)
9. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (LB/Back Bay)
10. "Room" by Emma Donoghue (LB/Back Bay)
11. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
12. "Moneyball" by Michael Lewis (Norton)
13. "Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy" by Ken Follett (NAL)
14. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein (Harper)
15. "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang" by Chelsea Handler (Grand Central)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/publishers-weekly-bestsel_5_n_977031.html

Monday, September 19, 2011

Book Club Meeting Tonight -Monday September 19th at 6:00 P.M

Welcome back, book clubbers! Our first meeting after the short summer hiatus will be tonight, Monday, Sept. 19th at 6:00 P.M. We will start the first meeting sharing all the great reads from this summer and pick a title for next month.