Summer Reading Program:
Summer Reading is not just for kids anymore, the whole family can participate! Join the Westborough Public Library this summer for the Adult Summer Reading Program, “Groundbreaking Reads”, which runs from June 24th to August 16th.
The 2013 Adult Summer Reading Program, “Groundbreaking Reads” is open to adults ages 18 and older, with programs, weekly prizes ($25 gift cards to Tatnuck Booksellers) and a very special grand prize (Amazon Kindle). All the prizes are being funded by the Friends of the Westborough Public Library. Registration begins on Monday, June 24, 2013 at 10 a.m. Patrons can register by going to the library’s website, www.westboroughlib.org and following the link to the Adult Summer Reading program. Log in the amount of time you read or listen to books and each week that you make an
online entry, you will be eligible for a weekly prize drawing. Once you’ve logged in a total of 6 hours, you will be entered into the grand prize drawing and if you wish to increase your odds of winning the grand prize you can include a review of the book or audiobook. Every Review will increase your odds in the Grand Prize Drawing!!! The Grand Prize drawing will be held on August 17th.
Don’t miss out on all the fun at the library this summer for the entire family!! Register online and then come into the library to pick up a bookmark and a brochure listing all the Groundbreaking Reads programs being held this summer. For more information, please call the library at 508-366-3050 or go to the library’s website, www.westboroughlib.org to read about the summer reading programs for adults, teens, and children.
Movie Presentations:
The library presents a movie for adults each month. Movies shown are feature films that have been recently released in DVD. Usually movies are shown at 11:00 am and 6:30 or 7:00 pm (depending upon the length of the movie). Please check calendar for dates, or call the library for title of the next film.
Book Discussion Groups:
Book discussion groups meet monthly in the Westborough Public Library meeting room on the lower level. The evening book discussion group meets on the first Monday of each month at 7pm. The morning discussion group meets on the third Thursday of each month (September-June) at 10:30am.* New members are always welcome! Please call the library for more information.
*Dates of book discussions occasionally change due to weather or group scheduling requirements.
Thursday Morning
Book Discussion Selection:
May 16, 2013: The End of Your Life Book Club, by Will Schwalbe
June 20, 2013: Cascade, by Maryanne O'Hara
Past book discussion titles have included:
Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, by Reif Larsen
The Oregon Experiment, by Keith Scribner
The Widower's Tale, by Julia Glass
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, by David McCullough
A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
White Woman on the Green Bicycle, by Monique Roffey
The Sea, by John Banville
Still Alice, by Lisa Genova
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn, by Alison Weir
Reading Promise, by Alice Axma
Wilder Life, by Wendy McClure
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Lauren Hillenbrand
Please Ignore Vera Dietz, by A.S. King
The House on Salt Hay Road, by Carin Clevidence
The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka
Please Look After Mom, by Kyung-Sook Shin
Nothing Daunted, by Dorothy Wickenden
Monday Evening
Book Discussion Selection:
June 3, 2013: Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo
July 1, 2013: The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco (with movie)
August 5, 2013: The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
September 9, 2013: Close Range, by Annie Proulx
October 7, 2013: A Thread of Grace, by Mary Doria Russell
November 4, 2013: Old School, by Tobias Woolf
December 2, 2013: The Book Shop, by Penelope Fitzgerald
Past book discussion titles have included:
Cascade, by Maryanne O'Hara
The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain
Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS, by Jennet Conant
The Snowman, by Jo Nesbo
The Submission, by Amy Waldman
North River, by Pete Hamill
Caleb's Crossing, by Geraldine Brooks
I Richard, by Elizabeth George
A Place of Execution, by Val McDermid (Please note change in schedule. This is a Tuesday due to the Monday holiday)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson
Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
Case Histories, by Kate Atkinson
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand
Please Ignore Vera Dietz, by A.S. King
The Road to Litchfield, by Penelope Lively
Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf
The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiel Hammett
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
Still LIfe, by Louise Penny
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