Four Corners of the SKy Question One

So here begins our "Ediscussion" of Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone.  Please comment at any point to any question that intrigues you.  I'll post one questions every day or so...
1.  Do you think Annie and her father are at all alike?

Four Corners of the Sky Ediscussion

Let's try something new! 

The ebook Four Corners of the Sky by Michael Malone is now available as an ebook from the Monroe County Public Library.  This is being promoted as a "Big Library Read," a "Worldwide Book Club." 
For more information about the program go to:  www.keyslibraries.org
To download the book with your MCPL Library Card go to:  http://estuff.keyslibraries.org

Starting in early June I will post one discussion question a day on this blog, on the Key West Library Goodreads page and on facebook, both my personal page and the Key West Library page.  You can participate at any time, day or night, or three weeks from now!

The Reading Group Guide is available here:
http://www.sourcebooks.com/reading-group-guides/four-corners-of-the-sky.html
or at the end of the ebook.

Happy Reading!!

What do you want to read?

Book Bites reading group will meet for the last time before taking a summer break on Thursday May 9th at 4:30 at the KW Library. I have not made a selection for that meting so I'm leaving it up to you. Here are the contenders, based on availability and patron suggestions:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Fifty Sades... (either the first book or the entire trilogy) by E.L.James

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Please let me know by March 1st which book YOU would like to read and discuss.

Thanks!

Kris

Let's talk about writers writing about writers!

It's almost time for this years Key West Literary Seminar:  "WRITERS ON WRITERS."  This means it is also time for our annual Book Bites Book Club discussion of the authors appearing at the seminar.  The KWLS pr grams are available at the library and they contain enough biographical information, essays and poems to generate a lively discussion.  There is also a display in the library full of books by many of the authors appearing at one or both of the sessions.  So stop by and pick up a pr gram or a book and come to BOOK BITES on Thursday January 10th at 4:30 at the KW Library. 

Best reads of the year

Season is here and Book Bites is starting up! I want to know what are the best books you've read this year? 

My top choice is:

1. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker 

Wow, even when the entire planet is undergoing major cataclysmic changes what  it is to be a 12 year old girl is still the same.

After that in no order are:

Arcadia by Lasuren Groff

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai

I also have lots of other runners up but those 4 left me breathless or teary at many points.  (I couldn't speak for a good minute at the end of Age of Miracles--what a fabulous book!)

And if you are in town don't forget:

BOOK BITES

Beginning of Season PARTY!

Join us

Thursday, December 13^th

at 4:30

when we discuss

THE BEST BOOKS YOU’VE READ THIS YEAR!

This is YOUR book club—come discuss and share the books you love.

Sci Fi, Mystery, Espionage, Literary, Romance…

COME ONE COME ALL!

Still here!

Okay so it's been a while. 
It's summertime and time for Adult Summer Reading here at the Key West Library.  Read for prizes--it's not just for kids anymore!  This years adult theme is "between the covers."  I've interpreted this theme as Gothic horror and suspense, other worlds and other creatures.  Basically books that have made me cower under the covers at night. 
Currently I am reading The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and listening to The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus.  What books have creeped you out?
Here's my mid year resolution--spend more time with this blog!  Let's see how I do...

Sorry, forgot about January!

In January Book Bites met in the library to discuss authors we read or saw that were at this year's Key West Literary Seminar, Yet Another World:  Literature of the Future.  My absolute favorites were Jennifer Egan talking about the PowerPoint narrative and Gary Shteyngart early Sunday morning talking about whatever it is he talks about, I was laughing so much I know I missed a lot!
What a way to start the year--seeing the authors of the best two books I've read in the last couple of years!
Anyone have anything to add?