Online Book Discussions Delivered Right to Your Email!
Welcome to BOOKreMARKS, Lake County Public Library's online book discussion.
Join the BOOKreMARKS Discussion Group!
- Send an email to remarks@lcplin.org from your email account.
- Type 'subscribe' in the subject line.
- In that first email, you may inform the moderator about your reading tastes if you wish. This information will not be posted to the group.
Join the BOOKreMARKS Discussion!
- Reply to the discussion message from BOOKreMARKS sent to your email.
- Email your comments to remarks@lcplin.org
Please sign your comments with a first name or a chosen name. Some members prefer to have messages identified with a consistent user name for a more personal connection among the participants. Your privacy will be protected. Email addresses will not be included in the posted comments or released to third parties.
Each book will be open for discussion for one month with the most activity in the latter half of the month. We want to give everyone a chance to read the book without disclosing the plot too early. Feel free to send comments or questions to remarks@lcplin.org at anytime, however, if the remarks are too revealing they may be delivered to the other members later in the discussion.
We look forward to reading your reactions and opinions. See the books!
Books may be borrowed through the library. When possible, versions will be available in regular print, large print and audio on a limited basis. Have your Library Card & PIN number ready and place your reserve on the Library Catalog or by phone at 769-3541.
Some Q&A from BOOKreMARKS members:
Would you mind explaining how this online book club works?
During the course of one month you will read the book designated. Comments and questions will be sent to your email account during that time. You may read those emails and respond at your convenience by choosing 'Reply' to the email.
Do we have discussion questions?
Comments and questions will be posed to the group as the month progresses. Feel free to respond to any of those emails or jump in with a comment of your own at anytime by emailing remarks@lcplin.org. As was mentioned previously, if a comment reveals too much of the plot early in the month, it will be delivered to the others at a later time. We don’t want to spoil anyone’s enjoyment by giving away the storyline prematurely.
Are we supposed to read a certain amount by a given time?
It would be ideal if everyone could finish the book by the third week, but it is not mandatory. If you are afraid of something being revealed before you finish reading, then you might want to wait until you are finished before opening any of the emails. It is your choice.
Ease and flexibility are two of the advantages of joining this online discussion group.
Check Out and Discuss These Titles
| 2010 | January | Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts |
| Discussion | Roberts sings the praises of the remarkable women who helped win the Revolution. These are fascinating accounts that were left out of our school text books. | |
| February | Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman | |
| Discussion | The story is about love and courage in the Canadian wilderness. | |
| March | Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut | |
| Discussion | A great American classic created from Vonnegut’s experiences as a prisoner of war; philosophical, witty, sad, and powerful. | |
| April | Death of a Cozy Writer: A St. Just Mystery by G.M. Malliet | |
| Discussion | Humor is combined with an English manor house mystery. | |
| May | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer | |
| Discussion | Quirky characters, British WW II experiences and a love story told through letters exchanged. | |
| June | Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox | |
| Discussion | This "nice guy with and edge" tells his story with honesty and self-depreciating wit. | |
General Book Discussion - Find here a collection of comments not necessarily tied to the book being discussed during the month.
Previous Discussions
At Christmas the Heart Goes Home: A Holiday Treasury by Marjorie HolmesBig Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Christmas in Harmony by Philip Gulley
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
A Cup of Christmas Tea by Tom Hegg
Dewey:The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
Don’t Look Behind You by Lois Duncan
Faith and Betrayal: A Pioneer Woman’s Passage in the American West by Sally Denton
Haunted Indiana 2 by Mark Mariman
Here If You Need Me by Kate Braestrup
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nat Philbrick
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan
Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy
Murder in the Sentier by Cara Black
The Old Buzzard Had It Coming by Donis Casey
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
Pomegranate Soup: A Novel by Marsha Mehran
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Ride of Our Lives by Mike Leonard
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers by Elizabeth Edwards
Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of WWII by Robert Kurson
There's Nothing in this Book That I Meant to Say by Paula Poundstone
The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann
Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
Welcome to the World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
When the Dead Speak by S.D. Tooley
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman
Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences by Leonard Sax
Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons by Tim Russert