Book Clubs at the Big Blue Marble

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With the addition of the new Life Stories Book Group, we now have three in-store monthly book discussion groups, described below, that are open to the community. We also provide space for external book clubs to meet in our community room. Do you have a book group that would like a cozy place to gather? For queries and scheduling, email events@bigbluemarblebooks.com or call 215-844-1870.

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Thursday, January 26, 7:00pm.
Big Blue Young Adult Book Discussion.
An open discussion group for adults who read YA and teens who like to talk about books.
Join us on the fourth Thursday of the month for a discussion of young adult books, led by Jen Sheffield. The books do not have to be big or blue, though that's always nice.
You can purchase the current book club selection at a 10% discount! See below for past selections.

January's book: Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti by Frances Temple
This book is the 2012 One Book, One Philadelphia teen companion book, being read right now throughout the city!

Upcoming selections:
February 23, 2012: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
March 22, 2012: Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Tuesday, December 13, 7:00pm.
Women of the World Book Club.
We are a book club that reads international and multicultural women writers, both fiction and non-fiction. We meet the last Tuesdays of the month at 7:00pm. Led by Maleka Fruean.
You can purchase the current book club selection at a 10% discount! See below for past selections.

January's Book: Create Dangerously by Edwidge Danticat.
This book is the 2012 selection for One Book, One Philadelphia, being read right now throughout the city!

Upcoming Selections:
February 28: The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
March 27: Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories. by Edith Pearlman.

Wednesday, January 25, 7:15pm.
Life Stories Book Group.
Hosted by Minter Krotzer.
The Life Stories book group is designed for writers, but all are welcome. We will read and discuss mostly memoirs, both contemporary and classic, focusing on the writing and structure as well as content and narrative. We will meet the last Wednesday of the month, from 7:15pm-8:30pm (no meeting in December). Free and open to the public. Please contact me at minterk@gmail.com if you are interested in participating.

The first four memoirs we will read (October to February) are memoirs written by poets. In reading these books, we will see the beauty of prose written by poets and how the poet's unique use of language can enliven their writing.

January's book: Dog Years by Mark Doty (Harper)- A memoir of love and loss and the love of two dogs.

Upcoming selections:
February 29th: Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje (Harper)- A memoir by the author of The English Patient about returning to his native Ceylon.
March 28: Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat.

Past Selections, Life Stories Book Group
2011 How I Became Hettie Jones by Hettie Jones Planet of the Blind by Stephen Kuusisto
Past Selections, Big Blue Young Adult Book Discussion	Past Selections, Women of the World Book Club
2011 The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip Shine, Coconut Moon by Neesha Meminger Un Lun Dun by China Mieville Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard Incarceron by Catherine Fisher The Misfits by James Howe Ash by Malinda Lo Going Bovine by Libba Bray 2010 Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt Feed by M.T. Anderson The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Flora Segunda by Ysabeau Wilce The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Nation by Terry Pratchett Graceling by Kristin Cashore 2009 Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta Unwind by Neal Shusterman An Abundance of Katherines by John Green The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Beka Cooper: Terrier by Tamora Pierce Geography Club by Brent Hartinger The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock 2008 Gifts and Voices by Ursula K. Le Guin Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher Magic or Madness by Justine Larbalestier Cut by Patricia McCormick Changeling by Delia Sherman A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling	2011 Vida by Patricia Engel The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Nogzi Adichie Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa Miral by Rula Jabreal The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey You Have Given Me a Country by Neela Vaswani Just Kids by Patti Smith The Secret Lives of the Four Wives by Lola Shoneyin. Purge by Sofi Oksanen Black Elephants by Karol Nielsen. 2010 Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Small Island by Andrea Levy A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar Book of Clouds by Chloe Aridjis Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Guo Xiaolu Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver The Wisdom to Know the Difference by Eileen Flanagan Mattaponi Queen by Belle Boggs 2009 The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Slave by Mende Nazer The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri Kinky Gazpacho by Lori Tharps The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa Pig Candy by Lise Funderburg Hungry Woman in Paris by Josefina Lopez 2008 Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey Peony in Love by Lisa See Saving the World by Julia Alvarez The Gathering by Anne Enright Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber La Perdida by Jessica Abel Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nyugen

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