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All you need is 5 minutes a day and an email address to join one of our FREE online book clubs! Sign up... Online Book Club

Are you looking for great new authors? Looking for a great book? Would you like to sample a book before you commit to checking it out? Do you like Chocolate Chip cookies? If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions then you need to join one of online book clubs. How does it work? Every week we sample a new book. Monday through Friday, a quick 5 minute read is delivered to your email box and waiting for you to peruse with your morning cup of coffee. At the end of Friday's read the ending page number is given so when you pick up the book from the library you know where you left off.

Mom's Night Out Book Club

7 p.m. 
Meeting Room
*Registration required and begins two weeks prior to book club meetings.

Book Reading Schedule: 2011
January 19 The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman (Click to register)
March 23 Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Click to register)
May 9 Up From the Blue by Susan Hendersen (Click to register)
July 11 Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Click to register)
September 20 The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall (Click to register)
November 8 Let's Take The Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell (Click to register)

For more information:
Contact Michelle Tobler at 214.509.4905

 

Noontime Pageturners

1st Tuesday (September - June)
12-1
Library Board Room


Bring a lunch and a friend and join us for a lively discussion! We offer a relaxed environment where you can rediscover the joy of reading.

Book Reading Schedule: 2010-2011
September 7 The Help by Kathryn Stockett
October 5 Whistling In The Dark by Lesley Kagen
November 2 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
December 7 Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
January 4 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
February 1 The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
March 1 Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam (ALLen Reads selection)
April 5 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
May 3 The Housekeeper And The Professor by Yoko Ogawa
June 7 Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

Review a List of past reading selections

For more information:
Contact Tami Burich at 214.509.4905
 

Readable History Book Club 

3rd Thursday
7 p.m.
Library Board Room

Explore historical topics in books that can be read by busy people! We select books that balance detail with a broad perspective on the time period. Military, social, and political history books are discussed.

 

Book Reading Schedule: 2010-2011
August 19

On The Brink of Civil War: The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History by John C. Waugh 
*Please note that in lieu of a book club discussion, the Readable History Book Club will attend an author presentation by John C. Waugh in the auditorium.  A Q&A session and book signing will follow the presentation.

September 16 My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer by Anousheh Ansari
October 21 The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
November 18

Peter the Great by Derek Wilson

December No meeting
January 20 The Doolittle Raid by Carroll V. Glines
February 17 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
March 17 Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam (ALLen Reads Selection)
April 21 Lincoln and McClellan by John C. Waugh
May 19 A Bright and Guilty Place by Richard Rayner
June & July

No meeting

Review a List of past reading selections

For more information:
Contact Stephan Horsthemke at 214.509.4905

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Contact Us:

Allen Public Library

300 N. Allen Drive
Allen, Texas 75013
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Phone: 214.509.4900
Fax: 469.342.6672

Telecirc: 972.867.3326

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Sunday - 1 to 5 p.m.

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