Re: Tustin Library BookBite - January meeting 2011

I'm posting suggested reading as I receive them from you.  These are titles we will vote for on January 10th for our 2011 reads.

1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2. The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado
3. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
4. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. The Ten Things You Can't Say In America by Larry Elder
6. Suspicion of Innocence by Barbara Parker
7. Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
8. Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
9. Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
10. Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
11. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
12. Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
13. Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
14. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
15. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
16. 1984 by George Orwell
17. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
18. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
19. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
20. Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner
21. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
22. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
23. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
24. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
25. The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
26. Sarah's Key by Tatian de Rosnay

Thanks!

Nancy Pe'a

Adult Services Librarian

Tustin Library BookBite - January meeting 2011

Hello everyone,

We had our last 2010 meeting last evening with Susan Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue.  Thank you everyone for participating in both discussion and the delicious potluck. 

We have a change in dates for January as our usual 3rd Monday is actually a holiday and our library will be closed for Martin Luther King Day (Jan 17).  Instead, we will meet in Tustin's Computer Lab on Monday January 10 at 7:00PM.  This is the meeting where every member will have an opportunity to suggest a title for our 2011 season.  Please come prepared with a title and a quick rundown on the book's highlights.  We will select eleven titles with the most votes.

In addition, the group will have a different leader to faciliate discussion.  We will assume the person who chose the selected read will take the responsibility unless otherwise arranged.

Also, due to the mix in picks (non-fiction / fiction), members have expressed an interest in splitting the group so that there is a fiction-only club or offer an alternative fiction with the non-fiction selection and group may split during those times.

If you have your titles in mind, please email it to me so that I will have the list ready for our January meeting when we vote.  See you January 10.

• Monday January 10, 7:00PM (computer lab)
• Bring a title to suggest
• If your book is selected, be prepared to facilitate discussion (unless otherwise arranged)

p.s.  did anyone pick up a sterling silver serving fork with a hammer type handle from the potluck?  If so, please drop it by the Tustin Library in care of Nancy.

Thanks!

Nancy Pe'a

Adult Services Librarian

DEC 20 Tustin Library Bookbite potluck/read

Hello,

Thank you for a wonderful book discussion evening with potato eats (thanks Sharon!).  Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland is the read for December 20.  We are also having a potluck that evening and have already started the potluck list.  Feel free to bring what you'd like and call/email me so I can post it on the list.  This will be on the blog, too, at http://tustinlibrarybookbite.blogspot.com/

Tom - Vegetarian quiche

Lisa - CreamCheese mix & crackers

Ron - Drinks

Nancy - Katsu chicken

Marilyn - BBQ chicken

Marcia - Dessert

Library - paper goods & coffee
Maureen - Salad
Arlene C - Dessert
Arlene - Tamale Pie
Ellen - Tossed Salad
Nata - Pasta Dish
Sharon J - Salad & persimmon pudding w/ whipped cream

Thanks.

Nancy Pe'a

Adult Services Librarian

OC Public Libraries

Tustin Library

345 East Main Street

Tustin, CA  92780

Phone:  714-544-7725

Guernsey Literary Invitation @ Tustin Library

        Please join Ms. Juliet Ashton, Mr. Dawsey Adams, Mrs. Amelia Maugery, Isola Pribby, John Booker and other members in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, as we discuss this fine novel-in-letters written by Ms. Mary Ann Shaffer and completed posthumously by her niece, Ms. Annie Barrows.

 

        We will meet for discussion and refreshments in the Community Room of the Tustin Public Library at 7:00 p.m. on Monday next, November 15, 2010.

 

        We appreciate your kindly reading the book before joining the conversation; but do come to the discussion to hear about a book you will much enjoy reading at some future time.

 

 

Questions to Consider:

 

Who is the main character in the novel?

 

From whose point of view is the story told?

 

Was the format of letters written and responded to an effective treatment for this story?

 

The people of Guernsey were cut off from all communications with the world outside their island for five years.  Can you imagine that situation taking place today?

 

When needed supplies finally arrived, they were often wrapped in sections of old newspapers.  Each club member indicates favorite sections they were finally able to enjoy.  What is your favorite part of the daily or Sunday papers? 

 

Susan Scott and Sophie Strachan—what roles do they play in the story?

 

The author Charles Lamb is mentioned throughout the novel.  What purpose do he and his writings serve in the story?

 

Consider a few quotes attributed to Lamb:  “I love to lose myself in other men's minds.”   “I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.”    “We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.”   And finally, “What is reading, but silent conversation.”

 

Would you agree with Isola Pribby that “Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life”?

 

Nancy Pe'a

Adult Services Librarian

[Tustin Library BookBite] Change in 2010 Reading List

Hello everyone,

There is a correction in the current 2010 Tustin BookBite Reading List. For Sept 20, we will be reading Shanghai Girls by Lisa See instead of The Last Embrace by Denise Hamilton.

July 19 - World Lit by Fire by William Manchester

Aug 16 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sept 20 - Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

Oct 18 - Game Change by John Heilemann

Nov 15 - Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Dec 20 - Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan VreelandThank you

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Posted By Nancy Pe'a, Librarian to Tustin Library BookBite at 6/21/2010 08:25:00 PM

Nancy Pe'a

Adult Services Librarian

Phone:  714-544-7725

TRUE mystery story behind The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Suddenly, everyone is reading Stieg Larsson's thrillers. But his own life was just as intriguing as his fiction. Was he murdered? Did his partner write the books?

Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1263155/The-TRUE-mystery-story-girl-With-The-Dragon-Tattoo.html

03 April 2010
www.dailymail.co.uk

Meet Local Authors @ your Tustin Library

Meet local authors @ your Tustin Library

April Wednesdays @ 7:00 P.M.

All library programs are FREE

Register at the Information Desk

714-544-7725

Click on flyer to see more info

see: Tatjana Soli New York Times article

see: Amazon's reviews for Roger Gloss's Compared to What

see: Barnes & Nobles "What Love Looks Like" description

see: "About the Book" for Gumboots, Lesson Plans and Hot Rugby Nights

Tustin Library "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

We have 15 copies just purchased by the Friends group and available for our Tustin Library BookBite group.  If you will be attending the April 19 meeting, please pick up a copy at the Information Desk while supplies last.

From Publishers Weekly
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by Niels Arden Oplev and starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, and Peter Haber. It's based on Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage, 978-0307473479, $7.99; RH Audio abridged CD, $29.95), which PW's starred review considered "at once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets."  

See you April 19, 7:00 P.M.

Nancy Pe'a

Adult Services Librarian

Tustin Library

345 East Main Street

Tustin, CA  92780

We'll always have Paris @ Literary Orange

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Literary Orange. April 10

Online registration ends MARCH 29

Tickets available at the door but the price goes up!

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Cara Black, part of our “Mysteries: Around the World” panel, writes compelling, entertaining, and fun mysteries featuring her chic, vintage-clothed Parisian sleuth, Aimée Leduc.

I can't top this panel @ Literary Orange

SAMURAI RABBITS IN FEUDAL JAPAN

Graphic Novelist Stan Sakai

One-on-One with ComicCon’s own Jill Patterson

 

  

 

At Literary Orange, UC Irvine Student Center, 4.10.10.

Tickets available online until MARCH 29

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Murder Comes Softly @ Literary Orange

Killer Capers.

Kate Carlisle,  Cozy Mysteries Panel 

Literary Orange, April 10.

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A haunted city, a forbidden masterpiece, and a deadly threat are all in a day's work in the life of brilliant bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright…

That's some serious chic lit

Let's get serious for a minute. 
You need to read a good book. 

You really do.

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"Part period piece, part family saga, The Cure is a particularly American story and an achingly beautiful one at that." -- Mary Morris, author of The River Queen

"Waters is a graceful, subtle writer, gifted at limning the intricate connections between women bound together by blood or marriage. This is a novel of extraordinary beauty."-- Booklist, starred review

"Though it might seem strange to praise a writer for the things she doesn't do, what really sets Meloy apart is her restraint. She is impressively concise, disciplined in length and scope. And she's balanced in her approach to character, neither blinded by love for her creations, nor abusive toward them. . . . She's such a talented and unpredictable writer that I'm officially joining her fan club; whatever she writes next, I'll gladly read it."

-Curtis Sittenfeld, The New York Times Book Review

Booklist, *Starred Review* Shaw’s piercingly insightful first novel depicts a woman in her thirties redefining her life. Shaw’s graceful prose and razor-sharp observations—at one point, Lacey observes her brother is “like a house burning down before our eyes”—make this absorbing debut a true standout. --Kristine Huntley

Marley and Me and Trixie and Dean @ Literary Orange

Did you know that Dean is a dog lover?

Dean Koontz.
Keynote Speaker.

Literary Orange. 4.10.10.

Find out about Trixie and Dean at http://trixie.deankoontz.com/

Kermit was wrong

It’s easy to be green

Let Chris Prelitz show you how!

Literary Orange is easy to sign up for:

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It’s good for you!

"When I read Green Made Easy, it changed the way I look at the planet, and I hope it does the same for you. As we work our way through today’s economic challenges, Chris can also show you how going green is both good for our planet and good for your pocketbook. His book is packed with information that makes going green simple, inexpensive, and meaningful. Chris sprinkles ‘Green Bites’ throughout that are both inspiring and enjoyable.
"Remember, this comes from a man who receives a credit from his utility company every month instead of a bill!"
— Christiane Northrup, M.D.

Top ten reasons or stupid pet tricks? Literary Orange

Merrill Markoe created "Stupid Pet Tricks” for the David Letterman show.  She now writes what she calls “funny books about dogs.”

Is she the number one reason to attend Literary Orange?

From Publishers Weekly

These humorous essays are the literary equivalent of snack food: they're not always substantial but they're difficult to put down and quickly devoured.

Find out on April 10 at the UC Irvine Student Center

Tickets on sale until March 29 at www.literaryorange.org

From Outer Space to Inner Space @ Literary Orange 2010!

Can we get dark for a moment? Dark, urban fantasy?  Dark as outer space?  Find your inner and outer limits at Literary Orange.

OC Noir @ Literary Orange

What lurks on the dark side of the Big Orange? Find out at Literary Orange, which will feature authors and the editor of Orange County Noir - April 10, at UC Irvine Student Center. Come and see what it’s all about. Tickets are $60.00! Spend the day with friends, enjoy good conversation, food, books, more.

Romancing the Orange @ Literary Orange

Are you a good witch or a Hexy Witch?  Find out at our Romance panel.




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Literary Orange is good Karma

Burglary!  Secrets!  The OC! 

   Find out more at Literary Orange on April 10
at the UCI Student Center

     
                                       From Publishers Weekly

When California crook Robert Rivers sets his sights on a diamond necklace worth $250,000 belonging to socialite Evelyn Evermore in Thomas's entertaining second caper novel (after Criminal Paradise), Rivers soon learns he's not the only one with designs on it. After a rival thug foils Rivers's first attempt to steal the necklace, Rivers and his rough-hewn partner, Reggie England, regroup and learn that Evermore has become a follower of Baba Raba, a charismatic guru based in sunny Venice, Calif. From posh hotels to flop houses, from ashram meetings to complicated burglaries, Rivers keeps his eye on the prize, but not without an appealing touch of knight errantry. Baba Raba, charlatan or not, has impressive powers as well as his own agenda. Rivers is a cunning and resourceful thief capable of blending into his surroundings like a chameleon or meeting force with force when necessary. He does both with charm, wit and surprising decency. (July) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 

Norman Ollestad's Crazy For The Storm: Memoir of Survival @ Literary Orange

Did you love this book?  What are you waiting for?  Meet Norman Ollestad at Literary Orange on our memoir panel. 
Tickets available at http://www.literaryorange.org/.  

From Publishers Weekly

In a spare, brisk prose, Ollestad tells the tragic story of the pivotal event of his life, an airplane crash into the side of a mountain that cost three lives, including his father's, in 1979. Only 11 years old at the time, he alone survived, using the athletic skills he learned in competitive downhill skiing, amid the twisted wreckage, the bodies and the bone-chilling cold of the blizzard atop the 8,600-foot mountain. Although the narrative core of the memoir remains the horrifying plane crackup into the San Gabriel Mountains, its warm, complex soul is conveyed by the loving relationship between the former FBI agent father and his son, affectionately called the Boy Wonder, during the golden childhood years spent in wild, freewheeling Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s. Ollestad's unyielding concentration on the themes of courage, love and endurance seep into every character portrait, every scene, making this book an inspiring, fascinating read. (May)
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Heidi Durrow: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky @ Literary Orange!

Interested in this book, an Amazon Best Book for February, 2010?  Attend Literary Orange and meet author Heidi Durrow.  Tickets available for $60 at http://www.literaryorange.org/

From Publishers Weekly
Durrow's debut draws from her own upbringing as the brown-skinned, blue-eyed daughter of a Danish woman and a black G.I. to create Rachel Morse, a young girl with an identical heritage growing up in the early 1980s. After a devastating family tragedy in Chicago with Rachel the only survivor, she goes to live with the paternal grandmother she's never met, in a decidedly black neighborhood in Portland, Ore. Suddenly, at 11, Rachel is in a world that demands her to be either white or black. As she struggles with her grief and the haunting, yet-to-be-revealed truth of the tragedy, her appearance and intelligence place her under constant scrutiny. Laronne, Rachel's deceased mother's employer, and Brick, a young boy who witnessed the tragedy and because of his personal misfortunes is drawn into Rachel's world, help piece together the puzzle of Rachel's family. Taut prose, a controversial conclusion and the thoughtful reflection on racism and racial identity resonate without treading into political or even overtly specific agenda waters, as the story succeeds as both a modern coming-of-age and relevant social commentary.

4th Annual Literary Orange 2010

OC Public Libraries and UCI Libraries proudly present ... Literary Orange 2010 , Orange County's premier literary event, on Saturday, April 10, 8:30 - 5 pm, at the UCI Student Center ... Best-selling authors Dean Koontz and Karen Joy Fowler are keynote speakers.  For more information, visit http://www.literaryorange.org/

2010 Schedule

Feb  22     Blink / Malcolm Gladwell

Mar 15     The Old Man and the Sea / Ernest Hemingway

April 19   The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/ Stieg Larsson

May 17     The Zookeeper's Wife / Diane Ackerman

Jun 21      The Haj / Leon Uris

Jul  19      A World Lit Only by Fire / William Manchester

Aug  16     The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald

Sep   20    Shanghai Girls / Lisa See

Oct   18    Game Change / John Heilemann

Nov  15    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society / Mary Ann Shaffer

Dec  20    Girl in Hyacinth Blue / Susan Vreeland