The book club meets the last Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Timberglen Branch auditorium at 18505 Midway Road (between Frankford and the Bush Turnpike). Books can be picked up or requested at the desk. New members are always welcome!
Please call 214.671.1365 for more information.
Please call 214.671.1365 for more information.
February 22:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe charming tale of Santiago, a shepherd boy, who dreams of seeing the world, is compelling in its own right, but gains resonance through the many lessons Santiago learns during his adventures. He journeys from Spain to Morocco in search of worldly success, and eventually to Egypt, where a fateful encounter with an alchemist brings him at last to self-understanding and spiritual enlightenment.
March 29: 
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain PearsThe year is 1663, and the setting is Oxford, England, during the height of Restoration political intrigue. Dr. Robert Grove is found dead in his Oxford room, hands clenched and face frozen in a rictus of pain, all the signs point to poison. The narrative circles around Grove's murder as four different characters give their version of events.
April 26: 
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Neuromancer by William GibsonCase was the hottest computer cowboy to cruise the information superhighway-- soaring through tactile lattices of data and logic, rustling encoded secrets for anyone with the money to buy his skills. Then he double-crossed the wrong people, who caught up with him in a big way. Banished from cyberspace, Case courted death in the high-tech underworld, until a shadowy conspiracy offered him a second chance--and a cure--for a price.
