BARPCV Book Group meets the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm.  New members are always welcome to join.  Full reading of a book is no prerequisite! Hosting is shared by members. Please come with something to share for the table.  Upcoming reads for 2010 are:
 
April [THE APRIL BOOK CLUB MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE FOLLOWING BOOK WILL NOW BE JOINED TOGETHER WITH THE MAY BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION]
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
One woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia.
Please contact Mary Knasas at 617.282.3013 or mary.knasas@verizon.net for location
 
May 20, Thursday 7:00 pm 
The Help by Kathyrn Stockett
A novel that gives a fascinating look at Jacksonville, Miss. during the 1960s primarily from the viewpoint of various Black nannies.
Please contact Mary Knasas at 617.282.3013 or mary.knasas@verizon.net for location
 
June 17, Thursday 7:00 pm 
Maisie Dobbs by Rita Barrington
The debut of one of literature's favorite sleuths! Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence- and the patronage of her benevlolent employers- she works her way into college at Cambridge. After the War I and her service as a nurse, Maisie hangs out her shingle back at home: M. Dobbs, Trade and personal Investigations.
Hosts:  Bill and Mary 220 Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester 617.282.3013
 
September 16, Thursday 7:00 pm
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
an award winning crime novel. a blockbuster translated into many languages; a fast reading thriller; look for the movie.
 
October 21, Thursday 7:00 pm
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
Set in the easternmost region of Norway, Out Stealing Horses begins with an ending. Sixty-seven-year-old Trond has settled into a rustic cabin in an isolated area to live the rest of his life with a quiet deliberation. A meeting with his only neighbor, however, forces him to reflect on that fateful summer.
 
November 18, Thursday 7:00 pm
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford
It is based on facts of Japanese in Washington state being forced into internment centers. The novel is also a love story of a young Chinese teen and a young Japanese girl. The story goes back and forth between  the 1980s and the 1940s.