Book Club Titles from the Harper Woods Library. Please see attachments.  I  also provide a study guide containing book summaries, discussion questions, and author biographies for all book club members. 

Suzanne Kent, Adult Services Librarian

On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 1:50 PM Victor Volkman via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

I would recommend titles from the U.P. Notable Books list for 2024

I have contact information for all authors except Halsey in the list below

2024 U.P. Notable Book List #5

1. The Great Seney Fire: A History of the Walsh Ditch Fire of 1976 by Gregory M. Lusk (Snowsnake Press, 2023)
2. Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer by Rod Sadler (WildBlue Press, 2023)
3. Odin’s Eye: A Marquette Time Travel Novel by Tyler R. Tichelaar (Marquette Fiction, 2023)
4. The Midwife’s Touch by Sue Harrison (Shanty Cove Books, 2023)
5. Yooper Ale Trails: Craft Breweries and Brewpubs of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Jon C. Stott (Modern History Press, 2023)
6. Unsolved Mysteries of Father Marquette’s Many Graves by Jennifer S. McGraw (Pine Stump Publications, 2023)
7. Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan: The Nineteenth-Century Discovery of “Ancient Diggings” in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale by John R. Halsey (UMich Press, 2018)
8. Brockway Mountain Stories by Paul LaVanway (Mudminnow Press, 2023)
9. Who Am I? by Julie Buchholtz (Sleeping Bear Press, 2023)
10. A Nostalgic Lens: Photographs and Essays from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Peter Wurdock (Blue Boundary Books, 2023)

Or go a bit further back into previous years if nothing appeals here

 

https://www.upnotable.com/past-winners/

On 05/06/2024 10:28 AM EDT Mary Harrison via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

 

 

Hi MichLibL,

  I’d love to get some of your suggestions for book club titles.  Our current group is looking to expand their horizons. They tend to prefer literature without too many “four letter words”.  Thanks for your collective suggestions! Mary

 

Mary Jean Harrison

Director

Coloma Public Library

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PO Box 430

Coloma Michigan  49038

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www.colomapubliclibrary.net

 

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