Morning Book Group

The Morning Book Discussion Group meets at 10 am on the third Wednesday of every month. The group meets in the conference room and on zoom. The group is led by Jessica Fitzhanso, Assistant Director of Outreach. She can be reached for questions or suggestions at 978-256-5521 x1115, or e-mail: jfitzhanso@chelmsfordlibrary.org.

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Selected titles for this group

2023-24:

2022-23:

2021-22:

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2020-21:

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2019-20:

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2018-19:

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2017-18:

2016-17:

2015-16:

The August discussion will take place on Aug 26th (not the 19th) because the library will be closed that morning for staff training.

2014-15:

2013-14:

2012-13:

2011-12:

2010-11:

  • 8/18/2010 – Peace like a River by Lief Enger
  • 9/15/2010 – Leisure Seekers by Michael Zadoorian
  • 10/20/2010 – Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
  • 11/17/2010 – Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
  • 12/15/2010 – Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
  • 1/19/2011 – Run by Ann Patchett
  • 2/16/2011 – Testimony by Anita Shreve
  • 3/16/2011 – Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
  • 4/20/2011 – Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • 5/18/2011 – Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
  • 6/15/2011 – Little Bee by Chris Cleave
  • Alternates:
    • Without a map Meredith Hall
    • Alchemist Paulo Coelho Alternate

2009-10:

  • August 19, 2009 – Senator’s Wife, by Sue Miller
  • September 16, 2009 – Beneath a Marble Sky, by John Shors
  • October 21, 2009 – Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert
  • November 18, 2009 – Secret Between Us, by Barbara Delinsky
  • December 16, 2009 – Skeletons at the feast, by Chris Bohjalian
  • January 20, 2010 – Women of the Silk, by Gail Tsukiyama
  • February 24, 2010 – Stealing Athena, by Karen Essex
  • March 17, 2010 – Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
  • April 21, 2010 – Little Giant of Aberdeen County, by Tiffany Baker
  • May 19, 2010 – The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
  • June 16, 2010 – Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent
  • July 21, 2010 rescheduled to July 28, 2010 – Title selection meeting for the next year, beginning with August, 2010.

2008-09:

  • August 20, 2008: Blindness by José Saramago
  • September 17, 2008: When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
  • October 15, 2008: Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
  • November 19, 2008: The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
  • December 17, 2008: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
  • January 21, 2009: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
  • February 18, 2009: Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • March 18, 2009: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
  • April 15, 2009: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
  • May 20, 2009: Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
  • June 17, 2009: Miscarriage of Justice by Kip Gayden