Fall into Reading...

It's time to get your vote in! No, not for the presidential election we're all sick of hearing about, but for our next reads. Please click on the link below to see what books titles are available as choices for October and November; then vote for your top two picks.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8ZFSGZ7

Stay tuned to find out the winners.

All Aboard for The Girl on the Train

This month the book discussion group met to discuss Paula Hawkins's psychological thriller The Girl on the Train. A lively discussion was accompanied with some light refreshments. Below are some additional resources on this book for your perusal.

Movie Tie-In

• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkoEE1i0CX8
• Cast info & more: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3631112/
• Press: http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/549513/the-girl-on-the-train-filming.html#index=1; http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/02/girl-train-movie-tie-book-cover; & http://christiantimes.com/article/the-girl-on-the-train-release-date-news-trailer-released-film-as-the-next-gone-girl/59402.htm

Discussion Questions

• http://www.penguin.com/read/book-clubs/the-girl-on-the-train/9781594633669
• http://www.randomhouse.co.nz/blog/ithe-girl-on-the-traini-reading-group-questions-371.aspx
• https://www.sarahsbookshelves.com/the-girl-on-the-train-by-paula-hawkins-spoiler-discussion/
• https://blog.whsmith.co.uk/rjsu16-book-club-questions-for-the-girl-on-the-train-by-paula-hawkins/

Read-a-Likes

• http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/07/19/books-like-the-girl-on-the-train-list-read/
• http://www.bustle.com/articles/174144-7-ya-books-to-read-if-you-loved-the-girl-on-the-train
• http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/booklists/readalikes/girlonthetrain/
• http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/books-video-music/books/booklists/booklist.jsp?listTitle=Read+Alikes%3A+The+Girl+on+the+Train&listId=0AuWq260_K8h2dFBwNlk5TjRSZ19YYUswcFE1LV9RTmc&sheetId=oa5

Book Reviews

• The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/books/the-girl-on-the-train-by-paula-hawkins.html
• NPR - http://www.npr.org/2015/01/13/376167043/girl-on-the-train-pays-homage-to-hitchcock
• The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/08/the-girl-on-the-train-paula-hawkins-review-novel
• Boston Globe - https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/01/03/book-review-the-girl-train-paula-hawkins/s1VAJ2tsJ5HAGyxHLGrbUI/story.html
• The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/mysteries-review-paula-hawkinss-the-girl-on-the-train-and-harriet-lanes-her/2015/02/01/97362332-a803-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html

“I did as Gaskill said, I bought a ham and cheese sandwich and a bottle of water from a corner shop and took it to Witney’s only park, a rather sorry little patch of land surrounded by 1930s houses and given over almost entirely to an asphalted playground. I sat on a bench at the edge of this space, watching mothers and childminders scolding their charges for eating sand out of the pit. I used to dream of this, a few years back. I dreamed of coming here—not to eat ham and cheese sandwiches in between police interviews, obviously. I dreamed of coming here with my own baby. I thought about the buggy I would buy, all the time I would spend in Trotters and at the Early Leaning Centre sizing up adorable outfits and educational toys. I thought about how I would sit here, bouncing my own bundle of joy on my lap.”

               -  Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train

Author Interviews

• NPR - http://www.npr.org/2015/01/13/376996145/girl-on-the-train-is-a-journey-into-the-lives-of-familiar-strangers
• The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/books/paula-hawkinss-journey-to-the-girl-on-the-train.html
• BBC - http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30882359 [video]
• The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/29/paula-hawkins-woman-behind-the-girl-on-the-train-interview & https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/19/paul-hawkins-girl-on-the-train-interview
• CBC News - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/girl-on-train-hawkins-romance-reporting-bestseller-1.3286648

Miscellany

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/12/barack-obama-summer-reading-list-girl-on-the-train - The Girl on the Train is on Barack Obama's summer reading list; now that we've read it also I guess this means we're all one step closer to being presidential! ;)
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/03/paula-hawkins-joins-highest-paid-authors-ranking-with-the-girl-on-the-train/#4c3989f4ab05
• http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/70332-girl-on-the-train-among-audie-award-winners.html