tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73159034342508901152024-03-04T23:56:02.224-08:00Havelock Literary and Crab Pot SocietyOur book club meets monthly at the Havelock Public Library on the Craven Community College- Havelock Campus. It is composed of members of the general public and Craven Community College students and faculty. We are informal and welcome anyone to come as they are or share their thoughts on our blog! Reading the book is not a prerequisite for attending the discussion.
This blog was created in collaboration with the Godwin Library of Craven Community College.Katherine (Kat) Clowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965096688378586484noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315903434250890115.post-26728312261825228522018-05-30T09:19:00.003-07:002018-05-30T09:19:49.258-07:00May 28th Book Discussion: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus<div>
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The Stranger</em> is a deeply philosophical book, and to many readers the book is strange and boring. They are reading the book like a contemporary novel - focused on the plot and action to make sense and have completeness. Camus wanted readers to embrace chaos and understand not all actions have a purpose.<div>
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This novel has impact. The author, Albert Camus, was the inventor of the term "absurdism." Absurdism states that the universe has no inherent meaning and is filled with chaos. Camus believed that we are born without a purpose or rules. Yet, he never states that man can't find a purpose or create his/her own. In The Stranger, you (the reader) decides if the narrator of <i>The Stranger </i>has any control.</div>
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Want to learn more about Camus and absurdity? Checkout philosophytalk.org.</div>
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Katherine (Kat) Clowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965096688378586484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315903434250890115.post-35249615104410811872018-04-10T10:22:00.001-07:002018-04-11T08:52:33.050-07:00The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain<br />
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Katherine (Kat) Clowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965096688378586484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315903434250890115.post-74602174460764988652018-03-13T10:16:00.000-07:002018-03-13T10:19:28.941-07:00 The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter <br />
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When the novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Emperor
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apparently of a heart attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the burial a man, Ziegler, confronts
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To learn more about the author, Stephen Carter, visit
Readers Read’s bio and interview: <a href="https://www.writerswrite.com/books/interview-with-stephen-l-carter-70120021">https://www.writerswrite.com/books/interview-with-stephen-l-carter-70120021</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Books are available at the Havelock-Craven County Library. Discussion will be led by Michelle Manning, Senior Lecturer, University of North Carolina Wilmington. </div>
Katherine (Kat) Clowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965096688378586484noreply@blogger.com0301 Cunningham Blvd, Havelock, NC 28532, USA34.879501700000013 -76.8998659000000098.7910692000000132 -118.20845990000001 60.967934200000016 -35.59127190000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315903434250890115.post-58463013606260047742018-02-07T10:05:00.000-08:002018-02-07T10:25:25.234-08:00Let's Talk About It - A Lesson Before Dying<span style="background-color: white;"><i style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>By Ernest J. Gaines</b></i></span><br />
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For February, March and April, the book club will be participating in the “<i>Let’s Talk About It</i>” book reading and discussion series instead of the regular scheduled times. The “L<i>et’s Talk About It</i>” book begins Feb. 8 with Ernest J. Gaines’ “A Lesson Before Dying.”</div>
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This library discussion series brings scholars and community members together to explore how selected books illuminate a particular theme. The theme of Law and Literature invites readers to ponder the difference between what is established and what is just by examining a selection of writers who demonstrate the powerful interaction of law and human affairs.</div>
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The Havelock-Craven County Public Library and Lifetime Learning Center are partners in presenting the Thursday night programs, during which we’ll read five books and interact with five visiting scholars over 10 weeks, to learn more about the authors and discuss each book.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Feb. 22 – Billy Budd, Sailor, Herman Melville</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Mar. 8 – Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Mar. 22 – The Emperor of Ocean Park, Stephen L. Carter</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Apr. 12 – The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, Mark Twain</li>
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The five meeting dates for this year’s programs are all on Thursdays and take place at the Havelock-Craven County Public Library from 6 to 8 p.m. The program is free and books are provided on loan. Please call the library at (252) 447-7509 to register.</div>
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*This program is sponsored in part by a grant from the NC Humanities Council in cooperation with the North Carolina Center for the Book.</h3>
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The January book club read is <i>The</i> <i>History of Love </i>by Nicole Krauss.
The <i>NY Times</i> Bestseller was a
2006 finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction and won the 2008 William Saroyan
International Prize for Writing for fiction. Krauss’s novel is filled with
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love at the age of ten with his neighbor named Alma, and he
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best friend’s hands for protection. When he attempts to retrieve his manuscript, he is told the book was destroyed. Sixty years later he lives in America, a heart-broken old man who taps on
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">We all have an "Ove" in our life! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Ove is 59 years old and he is grumpy. He is very particular in how things should be done, and extremely judgmental about how other people do them. Ove is the sort of person who regularly rants about how poorly things are done these days and how much better they used to be. Ove does not like change.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Ove's wife has died. He finds himself struggling with loneliness and grief and he is contemplating suicide when new neighbors move in. That inauspicious beginning changes Ove's life.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;"> <i>A Man Called Ove </i>reads like a funny collection of stories about a curmudgeon. But as author Fredrik Backman shows more of Ove's life and tells more of his background and situation, it becomes something so much more, something satisfying and heart-breaking and deeply human.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Books are available at the Havelock Public Library. The movie (in German with subtitles) may be checked out at the Craven Community College's Godwin Library in New Bern.</span></b><br />
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<br />Katherine (Kat) Clowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965096688378586484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315903434250890115.post-83386201954238144002017-12-06T09:08:00.003-08:002017-12-06T09:15:03.180-08:00DID YOU KNOW?<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #303030; font-family: , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You can get a library card to Craven Community College's Godwin Library. Just register by visiting the library's webpage (<a href="http://cravencc.libguides.com/friendly.php?s=library">cravencc.libguides.com/friendly.php?s=library</a>) and clicking on"Get a Library Card." </span></div>
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Open to the CCC community and the general public, the Godwin Library provides a rich on-site collection, as well as online resources. Getting a card will allow you to check out materials and give you access to full-text online article, video and ebook databases form your home! </div>
Katherine (Kat) Clowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965096688378586484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315903434250890115.post-15417348390358712592017-11-14T11:26:00.000-08:002017-11-14T11:27:34.859-08:00My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Frederik Backman<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">“Only different people change the world,” Granny used to say. “No one normal has ever changed a crapping thing.” </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6485178.Fredrik_Backman" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Fredrik Backman</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><span id="quote_book_link_24469230" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/25003015" style="color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry</a></span><br />
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<b>November 19th @ 10:00 am in the Havelock Public Library</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">When Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa's greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother's letters lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and totally ordinary old crones, but also to the truth about fairytales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other. (www.goodreads.com)</span><br />
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Books available at the Havelock Public Library.Katherine (Kat) Clowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965096688378586484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315903434250890115.post-88838868437827783802017-11-14T07:49:00.000-08:002018-01-23T14:01:31.837-08:00Come Join Us!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Wednesday, October 25th, we welcomed a couple of new readers—Amy Gantt and Bo Kot! We missed those who were not with us for the discussion of The Bishop’s Wife. The topics for the discussion were interesting and ranged from incest to the role of women today and also included the loss of a child, etc. Thank you, Bill, for leading the discussion.</span><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">We are not able to get <u>A Man Called Ove</u> by Fredrik Backman for our next title so we are reading <u>My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry </u>by the same author. There may be a couple of books left at the library for sign out. We will meet <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1055122568" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">Nov. 29th at 10 am.</span> The discussion will be led by Claire. If you have read A Man Called Ove this could be part of the discussion. <u> A Man Called Ove </u>will be remade in the U.S. and Tom Hanks will be Ove. This book is very popular right now. There may be individual titles available via inter library loan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Here are some suggestions for books from our members:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><u>A Natural History of the Senses</u> by Diane Ackerman ( author of Zookeeper’s Wife)—suggested by Bill</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><u>Origin </u>by Dan Brown—suggested by Claire</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><u>The Book That Matters Most </u>by Ann Hood—suggested by Luann</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Also recommended by Bill was a new movie,"Same Kind of Different as Me" based on the true book by Ron Hall. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">We always have wonderful discussions with our group and welcome anyone to join. We are very informal. Hope to see you on Wednesday, November 29th at 10:00 am at the library.</span></div>
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