Reader's Corner

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The Joy of Reading and Beyond
Resources: Books and Literature

National Book Awards finalists - 60 years of honoring great american books.

Between the Lines - Check out our Reader’s Advisory Blog designed to elicit a dialog about books and reading.

Connie Martinson Talks Books - Connie Martinson Talks Books is a collection of video podcasts within the Claremont Colleges Digital Library. IT consists of 65 of Martinson's interviews with authors, conducted from 1983 through 2007:Jackie Collins to Tina Brown.

What's Next
Find the next book in a series by your favorite author.

LibraryThing - Find books that are similar to the ones you like best. A great place to find books for your book club.

Novelist -NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.

Notable Books - American Library Association's list of Notable Books.

Eight Top Mystery Blogs - Library Journal has published their list of Eight Top Mystery Blogs

Fiction Connection - Welcome to Fiction Connection! Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy.

The Online Books Page - Listing over 25,000 free books on the Web

Long Island Reads - LI Reads is an Island-wide reading initiative. Each Spring, people in Nassau and Suffolk come together to read the same book, participate in discussions of the selection, and enjoy related events in public libraries. The program takes place in April; many events take place during National Library Week.

New York State Literary Tree - The Gateway to Literary New York!

Book News - Brought to you by Publishers Weekly.

Genreflecting - A guide to reading interests in genre fiction.

Great Reading for Any Season - Ask a librarian for a copy of "Great Reading For Any Season". The professional staff of the East Islip Public Library has selected books from the past year that have been favorably reviewed and that we have read and liked.

Oprah's Book Club - Oprah's book list from the first selection to the present.

The Reader's Advisory - A committee of librarians has been formed to read, discuss, and annotate different genres for librarians to use with patrons.

Audio Books

SuffolkWave - Free Downloadable books, music and video with your library card.

Wowio.com - Free Downloadable Non-Fiction & Textbooks

Welcome to Our Book Discussion Group

All are welcome to join
The fiction group meets each month on
Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m.

*Please check our Librafax for time and date of the non-fiction book discussions

Below are our selections and meeting dates.
Please come in, pick up a copy of the book for the upcoming discussion and join us.
Click on the book jackets for more information about this title.

Fiction
	Picture of Dorian Gray (EIA144) by Oscar Wilde December 9		The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (EIA144) by Junot Diaz January 20		Netherland by Joseph O’Neill (EIA144) February 17
	Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (EIA144) March 17		Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian (EIA144) April 21		Lush Life by Richard Price (EIA144) Wednesday, May 19
	Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (EIA144) Wednesday, June 16		Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese (EIA144) Wednesday, July 21		So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell (EIA144) Wednesday, Aug 18
	The Maytrees by Annie Dillard (EIA144) Wednesday, Sept 15		Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (EIA144) Wednesday, Oct 20
Non-Fiction