On Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. The General Book Discussion Group will discuss The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker: Pinker, an expert on language and the mind explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. He weaves our knowledge of language into a compelling story. Books are available at the Circulation Desk. For more information, please call (732) 721-5600 ext. 5033.
On Monday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m., The Ladies Night Out Book Discussion Group will review Last Letter From Your Lover by Jojo Moyes: More than 40 years after a car accident causes Jennifer to lose her memory, a journalist becomes obsessed by the story and seeks the truth in the hopes of revitalizing her career. Also: The Chaperone by Laura Morarity: A story of friendship between the young Louise Brooks, and the 36-year-old woman who chaperones her in New York City for a summer, and how it changes both lives. Books are available at the Circulation Desk. For more information, please call (732) 721-5600 ext. 5033.
On Monday evening, July 11 at 7:00 p.m., The Ladies Night Out Book Discussion Group will review Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg. Disturbed by the course of her life and marriage, Nan embarks on a backroads odyssey, following the moon and stopping to talk with women, men, her husband through letters, and herself through her diary, and discovering how her life can be reshaped. (Novelist)
On Monday evening, November 8 at 7:00 p.m., The Ladies Night Out Book Discussion Group will meet to discuss The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. “Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.” - Novelist.
Tonight's Ladies Night Out Book Discussion has been canceled due to illness, the discussion will be rescheduled shortly.
Upcoming Book Discussions at the OB Central LibraryA physicist from isolated Anarres travels to the mother planet, Urras, in hopes of dissolving the hatred that exists between them. (Novelist)October 11th @ 7:00 p.m. The Ladies Night Out Book Discussion Group will be reviewing Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher.
Winter solstice--the shortest day of the year--represents darkness and also hope, renewal, and rebirth. Five very different people come together in this setting, ranging in age from teenagers to mid-sixties, each of whom must confront very different challenges or losses. (Novelist)October 21 @ 7:00 p.m. The Science Book Discussion Group will review Ever Since Darwin by Stephen J. Gould.
The author reexamines Darwin's theory in light of the findings of modern evolutionary biology and shows the ways in which biological theories have been concocted to justify social ills. (Novelist)Send comments to: OBPL
The Ladies Night Out Book Discussion Group will have a make-up meeting to discuss The 19th Wife on Monday, August 16 @ 7:00 p.m.
Upcoming Book Discussions at the Old Bridge Library: The Central Branch of the Old Bridge Public Library will host three book discussions for adults in May: On Monday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m., The Ladies Night Out Book Club will review Loving Frank by Nancy Horan and Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble. On Thursday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m., The Original Book Discussion Group will meet to discuss selections from The Best American Science Writing, edited by Timothy Ferris. On Thursday, May 27 at 7:00 p.m., The Science Fiction Book Discussion group will meet to discuss A Mirror For Observers by Edgar Pangborn. New members are welcome for all groups. For more information, please call (732) 721-5600 ext. 5033 or visit www.oldbridgelibrary.org.
March Book Discussions
February Book Discussions
Need a break from work and family? Join the Girls Night Out Book Group. The organizational meeting will be held on January 11 at 7:00 p.m. and then the group will meet February 8 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss Faith Club Ranya Idliby et. al.