Hello Members and Potential Members!!
Our book club has been invited to read some books and then later attend some "MEET THE AUTHOR" events.
Katelynn, who represents the Mid Columbia libraries, invited our book club to read the following books;
FIRST BOOK:
The Wettest County in the World. The author is Matt Bondurant.
Date: August 2, 2012
Location: Kennewick Library
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Audience: Adults
Type: Special Event
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=image+matt+bondurant&id=8FB73DA0490890A227AE19A87775DB149827B159&FORM=IQFRBA
Meet the author before the new movie Lawless (based on The Wettest County in the World) hits theaters August 31st!
Matt Bondurant, author of The Night Swimmer and The Wettest County in the World, a New York Times Editor's Pick, and San Francisco Chronicle Best 50 Books of the Year. Learn about the family history and suspenseful narratives of wild settings created in his novels. www.thenewstribune.com/2012/06/23/2193617/libraries-read.html#storylink=cpy
SECOND BOOK;
The Body Finder by Kim Derting
"Meet the Author"
Date: August 9, 2012
Location: Kennewick Library
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Audience: Teens, Adults
Type: Special Event
Meet Kim Derting, author of The Body Finder series and The Pledge. She is Young Adult author. Learn about her inspiration for heroes with paranormal powers and the dark creepy worlds created within her books. http://kimberlyderting.com/
Like the previous invitation we have done in the past with the book; The Hummingbird's Daughter, the author would speak in Kennewick. Copies of the books have been sent Prosser's branch (library) for pick up and for us to read and discuss. We would of course be invited to the author's speaking evenst at the Kennewick Library.
For those of you interested, you would just go to Prosser's library, say that you are in the book club, and then ask for a copy of each. These books will be treated as a "supplement read" for our club and not as the official monthly selection. I will leave the conditions as a "first come, first serve". :)
Update: On Tuesday the 10th, our book club discussed the book - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Because of the length of the novel we have decided to extend this book into August's 13th meeting discussion and this will push Nona's book choice (Boomerang) to September's meeting. Make sense? This will also give us the opportunity to discuss Matt Bondurant's book as well as August's 2nd "Meet the Author" event at our next meeting.
Also, I thought I'd pass another invitation that was sent via email to me this past week. I thought you all could read/consider and we can discuss this email next month;
Nichole,
Jeff and I saw your notice at Becky’s video/coffee in Prosser. We live in Prosser and my husband, Jeff Ashmead, just released a fun new book that you might be interested in for book club. (sorry for the sales pitch) We moved to Prosser because it was the perfect getaway from our wacky life near Cancun, Mexico. The book is about retiring to Mexico and building your dream home so you can live out your years on a peaceful beach. It is a non-fiction travel genre that’s available for $10 at Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tropical-delusion-jeff-ashmead/1111887447?ean=9781475921922 . Take a look and see if it is something your book club might enjoy. You can do a “look inside” the kindle book at http://www.amazon.com/Tropical-Delusion-Misadventures-Paradise-ebook/dp/B008H0514U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341423761&sr=8-2&keywords=jeff+ashmead . It will be out in other formats in the next few weeks.
Thanks for your consideration,
sherry harvey and jeff ashmead
