GPL Book Groups

The Glenview Library has six Book Discussion Groups, all well-attended. Our two monthly groups, Page Turners, which meet on the first Monday afternoon of the month and Readers Circle, which meets on the second Monday evening of the month, read popular book group titles, both fiction and nonfiction. Two Groups, Book-It and Travel with Me read non-fiction books. One Group, All Things Spanish, read about Spanish/Latino culture in all forms; from literature to music, film and food. There is also a quarterly Mystery group, Much Ado About Mysteries.

For a full schedule of the library's groups, click here.

A new service for Book Discussion Groups everywhere is our Book Club in a Bag. These Book Kits contain 12 copies of the title and Book Discussion Guides. The loan period for the Kits is six weeks.

The "BRD" collection is a collection of books from our Book Discussion Groups selections. Multiple copies of these books are available to check out for established book clubs, informal book discussions or for a group of friends who want to share ideas or a lively discussion. Some favorite titles from this collection are:

House of Sand and Fog. 1999 by Alexander Dubus
Colonel Behrani, once a wealthy man in Iran, is now a struggling immigrant trying to restore his family's dignity by owning a home in the California hills. Kathy Nicolo's small home is all she has. Sheriff Lester Burton, although married, is attracted to Kathy and obsessively helps her fight for justice concerning the ownership of her home. A tragic study of the clash of cultures.

Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 2008 by Mary Ann Schaffer
The story of Guernsey during the German occupation in WWII is told through letters from Juliet Ashton in London to members of the Society. After Juliet moves to Guernsey to write her book about Guernsey, she finds it impossible to leave the Island and her new friends.

Letters from Yellowstone 1999 by Diane Smith
In the spring of 1898 A. E. (Alexandria) Bartram, a young botanist, is invited to join a field of naturalists who assume she is a "male". The men grow in respect for Alexandria who proves to be a great asset to the male naturalists. They forge ahead sharing a summer of discovery and an awe of Yellowstone's magnificent beauty.




-JG