Ballyhaunis Book club
Ballyhaunis Book Club
The Book Club meets once a month (usually the first Wednesday of the month) in Ballyhaunis Library at 8:00pm. Check events page for next meeting.
Current Book Club Selection:
September 2010
Old School by Tobias Wolff
Forthcoming Book Club selection for October 2010
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Books previously discussed in Ballyhaunis Library Book Club:
Star Rating (1-5)
August 2010
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith 2½
July 2010
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa 3½
June 2010
The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre 3 stars
May 2010
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo 3 stars
April 2010
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 4 stars
March 2010
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann 3 stars
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith 2½
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa 3½
The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre 3 stars
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo 3 stars
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 4 stars
March 2010
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann 3 stars
February 2010
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4 stars
January 2010
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden 2½ stars
December 2009
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 4½ stars
November 2009
The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne 3 stars
October 2009
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 3 stars
September, 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 3½ stars
August, 2009
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver 4 stars
July, 2009
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 3 stars
June, 2009
The Road by Cormac McCarthy 4 stars
May, 2009
Stealing Water: A Secret life in a South African City by Tim Ecott 3½ stars
April, 2009
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 3 stars
March, 2009
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold. 2½ stars
February, 2009
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry. 4 stars
January, 2009
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
4 stars
December, 2008
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. 3 stars
November, 2008
Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam. 3 stars
October, 2008
The Outcast by Sadie Jones. 3 stars
September, 2008
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. 3 stars
August, 2008
In the Dark by Deborah Moggach. 3 stars
July, 2008
Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky. 4 stars
June, 2008
God's Own Country by Ross Raisin. 4 stars
May, 2008
The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton. 4 stars
April, 2008
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. 4 stars
March, 2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. 4 stars
February, 2008
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones. 4 stars
January, 2008
Good Morning Midnight by Reginald Hill. 4 stars
December, 2007
The Gathering by Anne Enright. 3 stars
November, 2007
The Miracle of Grace by Kate Kerrigan. 3 stars
October, 2007
Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle. 3 stars
September, 2007
Consequences by Penelope Lively. 4 stars
August, 2007
Behind You by Linda Regan. 2 stars
July, 2007
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. 4 stars
June, 2007
Moon Dust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith . 2 stars
May, 2007
Empire Falls by Richard Russo. 4 stars
April, 2007
Midnights Children by Salman Rushdie. 3 stars
March, 2007
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. 4 stars
February, 2007
The Reader by Bernard Schlink. 3 stars
January, 2007
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg. 3 stars
December, 2006
The Education of Hymal Kaplan by Leo Rosten. 3 stars
November, 2006
Q & A by Vikas Swarup. 3 stars
October, 2006
Paddy Maguire is Dead by Lee Dunne. 2 stars
September, 2006
We need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. 4 stars
August, 2006
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. 4 stars
July, 2006
Broken April by Ismail Kadare. 1 star
June, 2006
The Free and Easy by Anne Haverty. 2 stars
May, 2006
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. 4 stars
April, 2006
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. 3 stars