Upcoming Selections

For those interested in ordering early, our next 2 books up for discussion are Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day to be followed by Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country.

Meeting dates for these books are yet TBD.

Local Book Talk

Meet Author Steven Havill
An open talk with author Steven F. Havill will begin at 6 p.m. in the Round Valley Library
conference room (Eagar, AZ) on Friday, October 8.
Mr. Havill will talk about his books and take questions from the audience. There will be free
refreshments and Mr. Havill will sign books after the talk. While his books can't be sold on
library property, Mr. Havill will accept "voluntary donations" for books he will make available from his own inventory.
Born in upstate New York and recently relocated from Ratón, NM to Datil, NM with his wife,
Kathleen, Steven Havill's first book, Heartshot, was published in 1991 and was the first of four
westerns. Havill has written 17 mystery novels set in the fictional New Mexico county of Posadas (including one available in 2011).
Havill has also written two books based in the Puget Sound area of Washington. The first of the
Dr. Thomas Parks historical/medical series was published this year and a second will be available in 2011.

Man Booker short list

     can be seen  here on the Man Booker Prize web site.

Glad to note the changed meeting date and time. There's not that many home football games this year! I really struggled with Pilgrim--even though it did pick up towards the end (the end--tee-hee!!). I am good with any Wallander book, and they have done a pretty good job of adapting him to Masterpiece Mystery. I have been hogging a new book from the library because I love it so much: the Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst. It is a sort of mystery book--but SO MUCH more. It begs for book discussion because one of the characters is a very reflective author.

Addendum

So, the next meeting has been rescheduled for 7:00pm Friday 1 October.