Webb Library Book Group

YOU’RE INVITED... to join the Webb Library Book Group.

First and foremost, the intent of the Webb Library book group is to ENCOURAGE READING. Along with that we hope to share with each other an appreciation for the work authors do (or don’t do) to develop characters and plot lines, to build rapport with the reader, to enlighten, to entertain, and to present life in a format that is at once condensed, and yet, universal in scope.   
Belonging to this group will allow readers to share their feelings, interests, and concerns about the book they’ve read.  In sharing, everyone benefits.  It’s a great way to learn from each other and share discoveries about life both on and off the pages of books.
And since attendance isn’t ‘mandatory’ readers can feel free to pick and choose the books/theme that interests them.  The doors are always open to drop-ins.
With all of that in mind, the following format will be followed:  
The group will read 1 book each month for 3 months that will carry a similar theme.  

For the first three months we will be dealing with family dynamics.  
Starting the new year we’ll be delving into “whodunit’s”.  
Spring will see the group looking at women and the choices they make.

FIRST GATHERING:   Wednesday, September 14 at 3pm
    The purpose of this get-together will be to meet each other and Sonya, who will be guiding the discussions.   Hopefully, any questions will be answered at this time as well.  Lemonade and cookies will be served.  We hope to see you there !
 

Summer Reading Program Ends In 12 Days

NEW MATERIALS 

Adult 

Joy For Beginners  by Erica Bauermeister 
Product Description 

Moving, touching, wonderfully written, inspiring to read." -Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain
At an intimate, festive dinner party in Seattle, six women gather to celebrate their friend Kate's recovery from cancer. Wineglass in hand, Kate strikes a bargain with them. To celebrate her new lease on life, she'll do the one thing that's always terrified her: white-water rafting. But if she goes, all of them will also do something they always swore they'd never do-and Kate is going to choose their adventures. Shimmering with warmth, wit, and insight, Joy for Beginners is a celebration of life: unexpected, lyrical, and deeply satisfying.

The Upright Piana Player  by David Abbott

"An elegant debut filled with anguish and yearning ... Abbott takes these broken relationships and slowly works over their frayed ends with a delicate touch, sometimes mending them and other times hitting exposed nerves ... It's a very careful novel in its structure and revelations, but Abbott impresses most in his easy balance of the disparate plot elements ... and overarching themes of reconnection and regret."
—Publishers Weekly
"A powerful and well-written portrayal of loss and grieving. Highly recommended."—Library Journal

Summer In The South  by Cathy Holton 
From Publishers Weekly

Holton's (Beach Trip) fourth novel is a carefully fitted nesting doll containing the secrets of one Southern family. Throughout Ava Drabrowski's growing up, her mother constantly kept her on the move, so the adult Ava enjoys her steady paycheck and a place to call home. But when her mother dies, Ava accepts an offer from Will, a college friend, to spend the summer in Tennessee with his elderly aunts, Josephine and Fanny Woodburn. It will be a chance to mourn, but also an opportunity to begin the novel Ava wants to write. The South feels like a different world to her, with its meticulous manners, taboo topics, and five o'clock "Toddy Time," and Ava's favorite taboo topic is the aristocratic Woodburns themselves-but nobody wants to talk about the past. No one, that is, except Jake, Will's estranged cousin, to whom Ava is immediately drawn. What she learns gives her the makings of a great novel, but she also learns that some secrets are better left buried. Ava's struggles with her own past make her a wonderfully grounded narrator for a snapshot of the South as it is today: a region deeply tangled in its own history.

Young Adult
Small Town Sinnners  by Melissa Walker 
Product Description

Lacey Anne Byer is a perennial good girl and lifelong member of the House of Enlightenment, the Evangelical church in her small town. With her driver's license in hand and the chance to try out for a lead role in Hell House, her church's annual haunted house of sin, Lacey's junior year is looking promising. But when a cute new stranger comes to town, something begins to stir inside her. Ty Davis doesn't know the sweet, shy Lacey Anne Byer everyone else does. With Ty, Lacey could reinvent herself. As her feelings for Ty make Lacey test her boundaries, events surrounding Hell House make her question her religion.

Melissa Walker has crafted the perfect balance of engrossing, thought-provoking topics and relatable, likable characters. Set against the backdrop of extreme religion, Small Town Sinners is foremost a universal story of first love and finding yourself, and it will stay with readers long after the last page.

Picture Books 

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?  by Susan A. Shea 
Product Description

A duckling grows and becomes a duck, so can a car grow into a truck? This beguiling book about growth will sparks kids'imaginations, as gatefolds playfully transform a watch into a clock and a shovel into a plow. The interactive format of question and answer will entrance young readers as living things that grow are compared to inanimate objects that don't. Ingenious!




Bone Dog  by Eric Rohmann 

Product Description
Ghost dogs and skeletons in a tall tale with a tender heart from the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of My Friend Rabbit.

Sam doesn't feel like doing much after his dog Ella dies. He doesn't really even feel like dressing up for Halloween. But when Sam runs into a bunch of rowdy skeletons, it's Ella--his very own Bone dog--who comes to his aid, and together they put those skeletons in their place. A book about friendship, loss, and a delightfully spooky Halloween.

Short Chapter
Junie B., First Grader: Shipwrecked  by Barbara Park 
From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3–In another zany appearance, feisty Junie B. wins a starring role as the Pinta, the "fastest" of Columbus's ships, in a play to be presented on Parents' Night. Amid typical kid-type disasters (a flu virus, arguments over staging, a frazzled teacher), the students in Room One have a dramatic–and surprising–opening night. Like the other beginning chapter books in this series, Junie B. tells her story in simple, realistic language, including grammatical and spelling errors. Illustrations add humorous details. The interactions of the characters are consistently interesting, and the plot moves quickly. Readers will relate instantly to the trials and tribulations of this first grader, and her approach to conflict resolution and her unrefined social skills make good springboards for classroom discussion. This protagonist often offers examples of how not to handle a situation, but she is always endearing and wonderfully funny.