Off the Shelf Book Club

The next Off the Shelf Book Club selection is The Giver by Lois Lowry.

“Jonas’s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.”

Book:   The Giver by Lois Lowry

Date:  Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

Time: 12:00 pm

Location:  TBD

Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Hardy (ehardy@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian.  Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

Off the Shelf Book Club

The next Off the Shelf Book Club selection is Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg.

“Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.”

*Please note our meeting location.

Book:   Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

Date:  Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Time: 12:00 pm

Location:  Evans Dining Hall*

Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Hardy (ehardy@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian.  Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

Off the Shelf Book Club

Join us for the next Off the Shelf Book Club meeting.  We will be discussing We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler on Tuesday, November 19th, 2013. From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club, this is the story of an American middle class family in middle America, ordinary in every way but one.

Book: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Date:  Tuesday, November 19th, 2013

Time: 12:00 pm

Location:  Evans Dining Hall (look for our table)

Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Hardy (ehardy@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian.  Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

Off the Shelf Book Club

The next Off the Shelf Book Club selection is The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.

“Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.”

*Please note our meeting location.

Book:   The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Date:  Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

Time: 12:00 pm

Location:  Evans Dining Hall*

Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Hardy (ehardy@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian.  Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

Off the Shelf Book Club

The next Off the Shelf Book Club selection is The Starboard Sea by Agnes Scott’s very own Amber Dermont.

Devastated by the suicide of his prep-school roommate and disdaining the trappings of his affluent Manhattan life, Jason transfers to another school and bonds with a troubled classmate whose subsequent death compels Jason to uncover the truth, in a tale set against a backdrop of the 1987 stock market collapse.

*Please note our new meeting location.  We will be sitting at a table near the back of Evans Dining Hall- look for us!

Book:  The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont

Date:  Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Time: 12:00 pm

Location:  Evans Dining Hall*

 

Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Bodnar (ebodnar@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian.  Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

Reminder: Next Off the Shelf Book Club

Please join us at the next Off the Shelf Book Club meeting on Tuesday, June 26, 2012.   We are reading Nell Freudenberger’s tale of an arranged marriage in the twenty-first century, The Newlyweds.

Book:  The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger

Date:  Tuesday,June 26, 2012

Time:  12:00 pm

Location:  McCain Library, 211

Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Bodnar (ebodnar@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian.  Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

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Off the Shelf Book Club Meeting

Please join us for the next Off the Shelf Book Club meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2011.   Bring your lunch and enjoy a lively discussion.  You are welcome even if you have not read the book.

Book: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China  by Jung Chang

Date:  Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Time: 12:00 pm

Location:  McCain Library, 211

We will select our next book at the meeting.  Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Bodnar (ebodnar@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian. Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

Off the Shelf Book Club

The next Off the Shelf Book Club selection is The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery.

Book:  The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Date:  Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Time: 12:00 pm

Location:  McCain Library, 211

Set in a bourgeois apartment building in Paris, The Elegance of the Hedgehog follows Renée, a philosophical and cultured concierge who hides her intelligence from the building’s inhabitants and Paloma, the adolescent daughter of a parliamentarian who has decided to commit suicide on her thirteenth birthday.  This novel reveals the absurd lives of the wealthy and highlights a philosophical discourse on culture, the ruling class, and the injustices done to the poor.

Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Bodnar (ebodnar@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian.  Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

Off the Shelf Book Club- Rescheduled for February 1, 2011

The Off the Shelf Book Club has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm in McCain Library, 211.

Please join us for the next Off the Shelf Book Club  meeting.   Bring your lunch and enjoy a lively discussion.  You’re welcome even if you have not read the book.

Book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Date:  Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Time: 12:00 pm

Location:  McCain Library, 211

We will select our next book at the meeting.  Questions or comments may be directed to Erica Bodnar (ebodnar@agnesscott.edu), Access Services Librarian.  Feel free to email suggestions for future books.

Have You Read the Book Thief?

The Off the Shelf Book Club will be discussing Markus Zusak’s novel “The Book Thief” on Tuesday, February 1st at 12pm in McCain 211.   Bring your lunch and join the discussion.

Check out this New York Times Book Review to learn more about the book.

The Book Thief is available in the Browsing Collection of the library. Click here to find out if it is currently available for check out.

The Off the Shelf Book Club meets the second Tuesday of each month and is open to interested Faculty, staff, and students.  If you would like additional information, please contact Erica Bodnar at ebodnar@agnesscott.edu.