study at the University of Toronto finds that "fiction engages readers in characters, scenes,
and cultures outside their ordinary experience, leading to a deeper understanding of other
people." According to the author of the study and professor emeritus Keith Oatly: "Reading
fiction lets us do that better."
We are social beings and isn't it wonderful that book groups exist to bring us together to
explore other ideas, connections, insights, enlarging our world view. Perhaps you are a member
of a book group at the library, or thru work, church, neighborhood.... Perhaps you are thinking
of organizing a book group. Did you know that the library offers nearly 100 book discussion kits?
Ten books come in a tote, along with a discussion guide.
For a complete list of available Book Club in a Bag by Title:
cidlibrary.org/images/Adult/BookLists/BookClubBagList-July2018.pdf
Here at the Clarkston Independence District Library, the most checked out Book
Club in a Bag discussion kits since 2016 are:
- The Little Paris Bookshop - 11x
- The Midwife of Hope River - 9x
- A Man Called Ove - 9x
- The Dinner - 7x
- The Miniaturist - 7x
- The Nightingale - 7x
- The Storied Life of A J. Firkry - 7x
- Educated: a Memoir - 6x
- Before We Were Yours - 6x
- The Light Between Oceans - 6x
- Swimming Lessons - 6x
keep our discussion kits updated.
Read! Read!! Read!!!