2012 Book Discussion Books: Have You Voted Yet?

While the end of 2011 is quickly approaching, we have a lot to look forward to in 2012! Now is your chance to help choose the 2012 in-library book discussion books. Please stop by the library before December 15th to pick up a ballot and vote for next year's selections. We have a lot of exciting picks for you to choose from, including:

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks By Skloot, Rebecca 2010-02 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9781400052172 Check the Library Skloot brilliantly weaves together the story of Henrietta Lacks--a woman whose cells have been unwittingly used for scientific research since the 1950s--with the birth of bioethics, and the dark history of experimentation on African Americans. …More

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet By McKibben, Bill 2010-04 - Times Books 9780805090567 Check the Library Twenty years ago, with "The End of Nature," McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. (Environmental Studies) …More

The Great Gatsby By Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1996-06 - Scribner Book Company 0684830426 Check the Library The authorized text which restores all the language of Fitzgerald's 1920's classic story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. …More

Birds of Paradise By Abu-Jaber, Diana 2011-09 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393064612 Check the Library A multilayered, beautifully textured novel about family and self, self-indulgence and generosity, against the vivid backdrop of contemporary Miami. …More

The Handmaid's Tale By Atwood, Margaret Introduction by Martin, Valerie 2006-10 - Everyman's Library 0307264602 Check the Library It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a handmaid. She is hoping the commander makes her pregnant because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she had a job of her own, a husband, and a child, but all of that is gone now. …More

The Memory Palace By Bartok, Mira 2011-01 - Free Press 1439183317 Check the Library BookPage Notable Title "The Memory Palace" is a gorgeous memoir about the 17-year estrangement of the author and her homeless schizophrenic mother, and their reunion. …More

The Imperfectionists By Rachman, Tom 2010-04 - Dial Press 9780385343664 Check the Library BookPage Notable Title Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Rachman's wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English-language newspaper as they struggle to keep it--and themselves--afloat. …More

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter By Franklin, Tom 2010-10 - William Morrow & Company 9780060594664 Check the Library In a small Mississippi town, two men are torn apart by circumstance and reunited by tragedy, in this resonant new novel from the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed "Hell at the Breech." …More