The National Book Award and the After Hours Book Club

The winners of the National Book Award were announced this week. The National Book Foundation selected Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers for the Nonfiction prize, David Ferry's Bewilderment for poetry, William Alexander's Goblin Blood for young people's literature. Last but not least, Louise Erdrich's The Round House won out over a group of heavy-hitting contenders for the fiction prize, and I'd like to note that the library's After Hours Book Club was a couple weeks ahead of the National Book Foundation. They chose The Round House for November's book club read. That's all the more reason to check out Ms. Erdrich's novel and join us for snacks and a discussion on Monday, November 26th at 7:00 p.m. The rest of the NBA winners are available at the library, so be sure to come by and check them out or add your name to the reserve list.

On a related note, the Best of the Year lists are rolling out already, and Amazon.com has recently posted theirs. You can find some real stand-outs in that list, so look it over and look them up at the library!

Keep Reading,
Chris