Room by Emma Donoghue, November/December 2011 (Meet-Up is in December!) + Blog update + AHFOL Garage Sale Info

From Goodreads.com:
"To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world... It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it's the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But with Jack's curiosity building alongside her own desperation, she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer.
Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating--a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child."
Brief bio: Born in Dublin in 1969, Emma Donoghue is the author of several acclaimed novels, including the the bestselling Slammerkin, as well as works of literary history and drama for radio and stage. She lives in London, Ontario, with her partner, son and daughter. Room has been published in thirty-nine countries. Click on http://www.emmadonoghue.com/ or http://roomthebook.com
We'll meet at the Library to discuss Room on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 7pm. (We don't meet in November as the last Thursday of the month is Thanksgiving).
Blog update: Recently there have been some compatibility issues with blogger and the recent update to internet explorer 9 and I've been unable to update the Available Titles list as well as other areas of the blog and you may have been unable to leave comments as well as a result. Hopefully these issues have been resolved and I'll get the lists updated asap. If you're unable to leave a comment, please contact me via email and I'll give you directions as to how to get around the obstacle.
Lastly, on Saturday, November 5, 2011, from 9am to 3pm, the Friends Of The Atlantic Highlands Library will hold a Garage Sale at 14 East Garfield Avenue in town (which is the lot adjacent to the Masonic Lodge). Per their flyer: "Last minutes drop-off items at sale between 9a and 11a. Arrangements can be made for pick-up of small items, contact njfromli@comcast.com in advance. Items are tax-deductible. No Early Birds. All proceeds go to the AH Library. Find us at: AHFOL@tumblr.com." Rain date: Sunday, November 6.
Best wishes for a Happy Halloween and a Happy Thanksgiving! See you on December 1st! ~Jo

Saturday by Ian McEwan, October 2011

Description from the paperback:

"In his triumpant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne - a neurosurgeon, urbane, priviledged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children - plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook dinner for his family. But after a minor traffic accident leads to an unsettling confrontation, Perowne must set aside his plans and summon a strength greater than he knew he had in order to preserve the life that is dear to him."

We will be meeting at the Library to discuss this novel on Thursday, October 27, 2011, at 7pm.