Next Book for the Book Club

The Campbelltown library book club is currently reading Jodi Picoults Mercy. Due to the Holidays the next meeting of the book club is not until the new year so everyone has a chance to read it.

If you would like to check on the availability Jodi's books click here.

If you would like to learn a little bit more about Jodi click here.

I have also included a review of the book here if you would like to see that and please send me your thoughts and feelings on the book.

Here at Campbelltown we have just launched a brand new library system. It is called Libero and replaces our Amlib library system. You will notice if you look at our Web Catalogue now that it has a different look. If you have not had a look click here to see it.

October Book club meeting

The book club meets again tonight and they will be discussing Kate Morton's The shifting fog.

The next book up for discussion is Alexis Wright's Carpentaria. To check the availability in our library system please look here and to see some reviews click here and here. If you would like to comment on the book or the articles please post a comment.

Also if you have not looked at the website lately Spotlight on the Author is featuring Matthew Reilly this month. His latest book The Six Sacred Stones is out now and is the second in his Jack West Junior series. I haven't finished it yet but if you like Matthew Reilly and his fast paced non stop style then you will like this as well. He is also working on another project. Click here to see what that is.

Next book for the book club

Our book club had it's most recent meeting last Wednesday. The book for discussion was Mark Haddon's A spot of bother. If you would like to read this book or some of his others try here to check their availability.

The next book the club will be looking at is The shifting fog by Kate Morton. If you would like to read more about the book try here. If you are interested in borrowing the book from us you can see if it is available here.

For those of you who are interested in looking for reviews of books or ideas on what other authors we have try our Readers lounge on the website. I have recently added some new websites to the Genre reading section. Try them out by clicking here.

Next book club book

The next meeting of the Campbelltown City libraries book club is this Wednesday. The book up for discussion is On beauty by Zadie Smith. To check on the availability of the book within our system check here.For a review of the book try here.

For the September meeting the book up for discussion will be A spot of bother by Mark Haddon.For reviews of this title check here. For copies of the book in our catalogue try here.

Also if you have not looked at the Readers lounge on our website recently we have changed quite a few details and links so take a look.

The featured author of the month is the late David Gemmell whose last installment of the Troy Saga ( completed by his wife Stella) is due in August. One of the best modern fantasy writers Gemmell excelled at creating heroic, but flawed characters.He sadly passed away in 2006.Try here for his entry in our Spotlight on the author section.

Campbelltown City Library's Readers Blog

Welcome to the newly created readers blog. We have formed a new book club which meets for the first time this Wednesday and are supporting that group with this blog. This also gives others avid readers a chance to comment on issues with club members as well as each other. The first book up for discussion this week is Thomas Keneally's The widow and her Hero. If you would like to see if the libraries has copies available click here. The group members will be encouraged to comment on the book via the blog so please feel free to join in with your thoughts/comments on the book. If you would like to see a review of the book try Australian Book Review.