MacKay Library Has a New Phone Number 978-256-5521 x6

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The staff at the MacKay Library hosts a variety of book discussion groups. The Mystery Group has been meeting for 13 years. Novel Conversations evolved out of the Oprah Book Group that began in 1998.

 

 Mystery Group

Mystery Group meets on the
4th Wednesday of the month
at 6:45 PM

May 22, 2013
Dorothy Sayers and Marcia Muller

June 26, 2013
Brendan Dubois and Margery Allingham

The Mystery Group picks two authors a month. Members read books by those authors and come prepared to discuss why they enjoyed these books (or why they did not like them.) Were earlier books better crafted than more recent ones? Have characters developed over the years? Do you get a true sense of the place where the story is set? What good Mystery books have people read recently?

The MacKay Library will have a variety of the featured authors' books available for loan in the month preceding each discussion.
Novel Conversations Book Group

This popular daytime book group usually meets on the first Friday of each month at noon at the MacKay Library.

Book List for 2012 - 2013

September 7, 2012 Labor Day by Joyce Maynard

October 5, 2012 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

November 2, 2012 Room by Emma Donaghue

December 7, 2012 Holiday Party (no book)

January 4, 2013 Following Atticus by Tom Ryan

February 1, 2013 Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

March 1, 2013 The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman

April 5, 2013 Chelmsford’s “One Town, One Book” 2013 Selection

May 3, 2013 Faith by Jennifer Haigh

June 7, 2013 Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks/Picnic

   

If you would like to join or learn more about these groups, call the MacKay Library at 978-256-5521.