reading roundtable
February 2016
Warwick Public Library
Reference Department
a monthly newsletter for book lovers
“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.” - C.S. Lewis
Greetings, readers!
This month, we’re pleased to announce two new book groups: Culinary Skill Swap
and Social & Economic Justice. Whether you’re looking for food for your mind or
food for your stomach, we’ve got you covered. Check out the details below and pick
up copies of the books at the Reference Desk. We’d love for you to join us!
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Get Creative! : Peeps Diorama Contest
Monday, February 8 - Monday, March 14
Show your love for a favorite story by recreating a scene using marshmallow
Peeps as the main characters. Drop off your diorama at the Reference Desk and
be entered to win a basket of goodies! All ages welcome.
For full contest rules, visit the Reference Desk.
Culinary Skill Swap
New Book Groups
Meets the second Monday of the Month, 6:30 - 8pm
Like a book discussion group - only much, much better! Why?
Because THERE WILL ALWAYS BE FOOD!!!
Read the book, try some recipes and come to the discussion
with a sample (or a story) to share.
Upcoming Books:
2/8
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays
by Ree Drummond
3/14 Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
AND Real Irish Food: 150 Classic Recipes by David Bowers
Social & Economic Justice Book Group
Meets the fourth Thursday of the Month, 6 - 7pm
Discuss current events and trending topics with a
selection of thought-provoking reads.
Upcoming Books:
2/25 Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein
3/24 The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
4/28 Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
5/26 A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Jimmy Carter
Questions? Comments?
(401) 739-5440 ext.5
[email protected]
Staff Picks
books, films & music
BOOK OF THE MONTH:
The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch,
Volume One: At the Edge of Empire by Daniel Kraus
"Let us begin with this: I am seventeen years old. And also this: I have been seventeen
years old for over a century." Huckleberry Finn by way of Frankenstein, Zebulon Finch is a
novel that isn't much about the plot but the unique characters and situations encountered
along the way. From traveling medicine shows, to turn of the century Boston, to the
underbelly of Prohibition-era New York, you have never seen an America like this.
Although marketed as a teen book, stylistically, thematically, and content-wise Zebulon
Finch is very adult and very dark. An unputdownable doorstop of a book, a second volume
is on the way, but not nearly soon enough.
- Kristin
All Staff Picks are available through the Ocean State Libraries system
Colleen
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Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
by Bill Dedman
Irrational Man (DVD)
JAYNE
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The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson
The Natural World of Winnie the Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood
by Kathryn Aalto
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Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording (CD, available on Hoopla)
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
Mary Anne
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After You by Jojo Moyes, read by Anna Acton (Audiobook)
Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Niles
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American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles by Thomas Keneally
Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York
by Kenneth D. Ackerman.
Hoopla offers free digital audiobooks, ebooks, comics, movies and music
with your library card.
** Warwick residency & a Warwick Library card are required for this service.
Questions? Comments?
(401) 739-5440 ext.5
[email protected]