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Welcome to the PBS Books Readers' Club, a book discussion group from PBS Books! Join us here to celebrate the love of reading, access exclusive content from many of the world's greatest authors, engage in… Mehr discussions with members about books, share book suggestions and much more.
To learn more and access our complete library of author interviews, themed reading lists and other content, visit our official Facebook page: https://
GROUP SETTINGS If you want to modify how frequently you receive notifications from this Facebook group, you can do this through "Settings" → "Notifications.
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This group is run by a team for PBS Books, an initiative of Detroit Public TV. And posts should be approved within 24 hours Monday - Friday. If you post on the weekend, you may have to wait until Monday afternoon for a response.
GROUP RULES -
- Please keep the discussion around the book choice respectful and civil. No foul language. No trolling. No promotions/
- Accessibility - If you post an image, please be considerate to those who are visually impaired and type out the title and author so everyone knows what the post is about.
- If you comment or post on the group wall, we ask that you try to add something unique or original to the conversation. Because of the volume of posts and comments we receive, we will not be able to approve every single post.
- Please keep to the topic of the book choice or the book club.
- No posts with graphic or disturbing photos, videos or other media.
- If you comment or post on the group wall, we ask that you try to add something unique or original to the conversation.
- We as group admins reserve the right to remove or block someone from the group for any reason and at any time.
- As a member of the group, please keep Facebook's Community Standards and Terms and Policies in mind.
- Politic - This is a group to discuss the love of reading and books. It began out of The Great American Read, talking about the 100 most-loved fiction. We can get into other genres, but we're going to stay out of politics.
To learn more and access our complete library of author interviews, themed reading lists and other content, visit our official Facebook page: https://
GROUP SETTINGS If you want to modify how frequently you receive notifications from this Facebook group, you can do this through "Settings" → "Notifications.
APPROVALS -
This group is run by a team for PBS Books, an initiative of Detroit Public TV. And posts should be approved within 24 hours Monday - Friday. If you post on the weekend, you may have to wait until Monday afternoon for a response.
GROUP RULES -
- Please keep the discussion around the book choice respectful and civil. No foul language. No trolling. No promotions/
- Accessibility - If you post an image, please be considerate to those who are visually impaired and type out the title and author so everyone knows what the post is about.
- If you comment or post on the group wall, we ask that you try to add something unique or original to the conversation. Because of the volume of posts and comments we receive, we will not be able to approve every single post.
- Please keep to the topic of the book choice or the book club.
- No posts with graphic or disturbing photos, videos or other media.
- If you comment or post on the group wall, we ask that you try to add something unique or original to the conversation.
- We as group admins reserve the right to remove or block someone from the group for any reason and at any time.
- As a member of the group, please keep Facebook's Community Standards and Terms and Policies in mind.
- Politic - This is a group to discuss the love of reading and books. It began out of The Great American Read, talking about the 100 most-loved fiction. We can get into other genres, but we're going to stay out of politics.
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Join us on April 19 at 8PM ET for a conversation with Executive Producer and Writer of “Tom Jones” Gwyneth Hughes. “Tom Jones” will premiere on MASTERPIECE | PBS stations across the country on Sunday, April 30… Mehr at 9pm. Join us and learn about this eighteenth century classic story that still resonates today with humorous elements through an interview with Gwyneth Hughes. We’ll hear from her about her work and her favorite elements.
What delicious schemes and mischief await viewers of #TomJonesPBS? Join us in just two weeks to find out! Tune in Sun, April 30 at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE | PBS. Before then, be sure to get an exclusive behind the… Mehr scenes look when you tune in (via Facebook Live) to MASTERPIECE: TOM JONES, featuring Gwyneth Hughes on April 19 at 8:00 PM.
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“𝐘𝐚𝐲, 𝐘𝐨𝐮!” 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧
I thought it best to send out an early idea if anyone has upcoming graduation gifts this spring. For anyone who knows me, they know I love to give books as… Mehr presents, and I was happy to learn that today’s little book is still available on Amazon. But being a diehard Dr. Seuss fan, it’s hard for me to recommend a replacement book of the traditional “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” for graduation gifts, but Sandra Boynton’s little book, “Yah, You!” is also an excellent choice.
You may be more familiar with Ms. Boynton’s work as a greeting card designer. Her delightful characters have adorned more than 500 million during her greeting card years of… Mehr
I just finished A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving. I know its been posted previously by others but it was so good I wanted to give my opinion too. The only other book I’ve read by Irving was World According to Garp many many years ago and loved it.
Irving is an incredible writer and Owen Meany is definitely on my top favorites.
Oddly the character I was most fond of was Dan the stepfather. He was the glue that held the boy’s lives together.
I will put Cider House on my TBR.
Dead In The Water
A Kate Shugak Investigation, Book 3
Dana Stabenow
Kate Shugak is a native member of Alaska's Aleut community. Orphaned at age 8 she is strong willed, tough and independent. Around 30yo, Kate… Mehr and her dog, Mutt (half wolf, half Husky), live on a 160 acre homestead in AK’s largest National Park. In the past Kate was an Investigator for the District Attorney until one day she caught a child molester in the act. The result left Kate with her throat cut ear to ear and left the molester dead. That was the day she retired.
Occasionally Kate does work for the District Attorney’s office as a private contractor. They call for Kate’s help on their toughest cases. Kate is working… Mehr
Red Knife
Cork O'Connor Series, book 8
William Kent Krueger
A group of Ojibwe youth have formed a gang called the Red Boyz. They claim that their intent is to keep drugs off of the reservation and to take the… Mehr youth back to how life on the reservation once was.Yet, in fact, some members are known to be violent and believed to be involved with drug sales.
When a fatal drug dose kills Buck Reinhardt’s daughter, Christy (18), he blames the Red Boyz and swears revenge. Then the head of the Red Boyz and his wife are murdered execution style and the gang moves in. Everyone in the County fears an all out war is coming. The assistance of former sheriff, now Private Investigator Cork O’Connor, is… Mehr
Thunder Bay
William Kent Krueger
Cork
O'Connor Series
"Thunder Bay" takes place in the town of Aurora, MN where now former Sheriff Cork O’Connor and his family now live. Half Irish and half Anishinaabe, Cork… Mehr has a good relationship with both the people in town and the members of the tribe. Cork has now started his own private investigator practice.
One of Cork’s good friends, an Objibwe Medicine Man and, indeed, his spiritual advisor, Henry Meloux, has come to Cork and asked for his help in finding his son. A son that he fathered many years ago (1920s) and whom, until now, Cork never knew existed. Meloux is in his 90s, his son would be in his 70s. Henry has had a dream in which his son… Mehr
Finding Your Roots is Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s groundbreaking genealogy series now going into its ninth season on PBS. It has been called “one of the deepest and wisest series ever on television." Hear from… Mehr Professor Gates by coming to this page at 8:00 PM ET tonight for Finding Your Roots: Family Album: Series Highlights. See you there!
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt
"Secrets are everywhere. Some humans are crammed full of them. How do they not explode? It seems to be a hallmark of the human species: abysmal communication… Mehr skills.”
Now in her seventies, Tova works the night shift, cleaning, at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Not because she needs the money, but for something to do. She needs to keep busy. Three years ago her husband died of cancer, thirty years ago her son, then 18, disappeared and is since presumed dead. Tova enjoys the cleaning - she’s a perfectionist - and she enjoys the sea creatures. One in particular, a Giant Pacific Octopus named Marcellus has caught her attention. He is old, near the end of… Mehr
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
A few months back, I reviewed Tartt's Goldfinch here and asked the group if it's worthwhile to read this book (The Secret History). I found that there are indeed polarizing… Mehr opinions about this author's work. I read it, and here's what I think.
It's hard not to commend the author's skill in weaving a creative tale involving a clique of ancient Greek students in a fictional college in Vermont, bound together by the shared experience of plotting and covering up the murder of one of their own. A Greek tragedy in an academic scale and setting, this novel brings to the fore each of the main characters' fatal flaw. Some might find the book to be high-brow, pretentious and dark (not to mention overly long). My bottom line is, it is a damn good story. I was blown away by the murder's whydunit (instead of the whodunit), as the rationale and psychological impact thereof, slowly unfolded.
It's also Tartt's debut novel, written while she was in college, which made it more impressive.
What do you think?
The Nature of the Beast
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series, book 11
Louise Penny
When a local boy from the Village of Three Pines who is known for "crying wolf", his tall tales and his exaggerated stories… Mehr claims to have found the biggest gun ever in the neighboring woods everyone looks the other way. Why should they believe this crazy little kid, the one known for his overactive imagination? But the next day Laurent is found, dead. The circumstances appear to be a hit and run but Gamache isn't so sure. Something seems off. Had Laurent actually made an important discovery? Did someone kill him to keep their secret safe? If so, where is this supposed gun?
Former Chief Inspector Armand… Mehr
I have very nearly finished the book Thomasina by Paul Gallico, and I just can't wait to discuss it with everyone. This is a serious recommendation for those of you who haven't read it yet. It is a minor… Mehr classic, and along with The Snow Goose are two of Gallico's best known works.
I have seen the Disney film version from the sixties, but I hadn't read the novel until now. I hope many of you reply, or are encouraged to read the book.
Last night. we had an incredible time hosting Henry Louis Gates, Jr., CeCe Moore – Genetic Genealogist and Finding Your Roots Producer Natalia Warchol as they shared behind-the-scenes stories about the show… Mehr with Family Pictures USA Creator Thomas Allen Harris. A huge thank you to all of the fans that tuned in and made this program such a fun experience. Here is the recording to rewatch and pass on. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed producing it.
PBS Books war live.
Join Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., CeCe Moore - Genetic Genealogist, and Finding Your Roots producer Natalie Warchol to hear behind-the-scenes stories and highlights from Season 9 and the series archive!… Mehr This special conversation will be moderated by Thomas Allen Harris, Creator of Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling.
Do you have a question for the panelists specifically about highlights from this past season? Share them here!
Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng
Noah Gardner previously went by the affectionate nickname of “Bird”, until she left and all traces of his mother were eliminated from his life. To protect themselves Noah and… Mehr his father must disavow Noah’s mother, the poet Margaret Miu, all of her beliefs, and have no interactions. Margaret is a PAO, a Person of Asian Origin. She is Chinese and this is about patriotism. China is the enemy.
The PACT (Preserving American Culture and Traditions) Act was enacted 10 years ago as a reaction to a declining economy, instability and violence. Politicians blamed the Chinese to avoid accepting responsibility themselves . Since then protests have been outlawed, books… Mehr
