Book Discussion Groups for August

New members are always welcome at our book groups. Get reading and join us for our August meetings. Copies of the books are available for checkout at each book group location.

Our non-fiction book group, No Page Unturned, meets on August 1 at 6:30 pm at the Newark Library to discuss Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America With Einstein's Brain by Michael Paterniti.

Kirkus:

Here's an urban legend that turns out to be true: the pathologist who autopsied Albert Einstein kept his brain, and magazine journalist Paterniti spent a nutty couple of weeks with him, ferrying it to California.

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The Fiction Discussion Group is reading All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque for its August 3rd meeting. The discussion starts at 6:30 pm at the Newark Library. Kay Bork will be our guest host.

BookList:

In this unsparingy realistic account of the lives and deaths of a group of German boys on the Western front, the reader senses the tragedy of a whole generation blighted by the War.

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The Miller Book Group's August selection is Belle Ruin by Martha Grimes, book #3 in the Emma Graham series.

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The Booked to Death mystery group will be discussing Shatter by Michael Robotham at their August 24 meeting at 6:30 at the Newark Library. This is book #4 in the Joseph O'Loughlin and Vincent Ruiz series.

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The Bookmark Group will meet at 2 pm at the Hebron Library on August 25 to discuss Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas.

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The Library Ladies at the Buckeye Lake Library will be reading The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister in August. No meetings -- just pick up the book and complete a survey card to return with the book!