Brown Bag Book Discussion Group: December 2013

The Brown Bag Book Discussion Group was founded in 2001 , and it's members have shared over one hundred books since then. Many of the original members of the group are still regular participants.

The group meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 1:00 PM. The meetings originally included a brown bag lunch, hence the name. This tradition is still occasionally observed, particularly for our Holiday meeting.

We choose our reading material democratically, our choices being based on personal recommendations, "most popular" lists, recent publications and bestseller lists and a little of what we fancy. The group is registered with Reading Group Guides, Book Movement and Random House Reader's Circle.

We are all committed to discussing our literature to the full. Discussions are occasionally led by members of the group who have a special interest in the book. Now and then it has been appropriate to explore the movie version of the story instead of, or as well as, reading the book.

Every effort is made to accommodate members of the group who require large print or audio versions of the discussion material.

We always welcome new members and enjoy everyone's point of view. No sign up is required.

For more information please contact Donna Hine at 203-758-2634 or at donnahine1953@gmail.com.

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December 2013

The Brown Bag Book Discussion group will meet at the Middlebury Public Library on Wednesday, December 4th at 12:30 PM to discuss and watch the theatrical version of Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas. Please pre-register for this meeting as the library will be ordering wrap sandwiches. For additional information, please contact Donna at 203-758-2634.

“Emily Springer trades her Leavenworth, Washington, home for Charles Brewster’s Boston condo. Then Emily’s friend Faith comes to visit her in Washington — and instead finds Charles, a complete stranger and a curmudgeon, to boot. His brother, Ray, meanwhile shows up at Charlie’s place, only to discover Emily living there. But through all the mix-ups and misunderstandings, among the chaos and confusion, romance begins to emerge . . .”