Book Reviews are held at the library (usually) on Wednesday afternoons during the fall and spring. Six or seven lectures are typically planned for each season. Books cover a variety of topics.
Reviews are held in the Decker Room in the Broome County Public Library. Reviews begin at 12 noon and end by 1:15 p.m.
Attendees are encouraged to support the food service offered by Portfolio's Café in the library's rotunda. The Portfolio's Café is a program of Catholic Charities. They offer soup, sandwiches and salads at reasonable prices. The Friends will provide Coke and Diet Coke.
Fall 2008 Book Review Schedule
Wednesday,
September 17 12 noon
Title: “Growing Up Under Hitler - I Was There” by Ludwig Wilhelm Knapp
Overview of Germany during World War II in the context of his own experiences.
Reviewer: Ludwig Wilhelm Knapp
Wednesday,
September 24 12 noon
Title: “Andrew Carnegie”
by David Nasaw
A Scottish born American industrialist, businessman and a major philanthropist.
Reviewer: Mary Ann Thompson
Trustee of the Broome County Library and owner of Achieve
Wednesday,
October 1
12 noon
Title: “A Terrible Glory - Custer and the Little Big Horn”
by Jim Donovan
A chapter in American History
Reviewer: David Rossie,
Freelance columnist and former editor Press & Sun-Bulletin
Wednesday,
October 8
12 noon
Title: "Shack"
by William P. Young
Finally! A guy-meets-God Novel that has literary integrity and spiritual daring.
Reviewer: Bethany Williams
Trustee of the Broome County Library
Wednesday,
October 15
12 noon
Title: "Post America World"
by Fareed Zakaria
Focuses not so much on decline of America but on the rise of China and India
Reviewer: Tome Rossi & Jerry Loy
Professors of Business Broome Community College.
Wednesday,
October 22
12 noon
Title: "Senator Mansfield - The Extraordinary Life of a Great Statesman and Diplomat"
by Dan Oberdorfer
Reviewer: Robert Shields,
Teacher of History and Department Chairman Chenango Forks Central Schools (Retired)
Wednesday,
October 29
12 noon
Title: "My Sister's Keeper"
by Jodi Picoult
Difficult choices a family must make when a child is diagnosed with a serious disease.
Reviewer: Barbara Fiala,
Broome County Executive
Wednesday,
November 5
12 noon
Title: to be announced
Reviewer: Matthew Ryan,
Mayor of the City of Binghamton
Substitute Book Review
Title: “Abraham Lincoln:
The Prairie Years & the War Years”
by Carl Sandburg
Originally published in 6 volumes –
sold more than 1 million copies.
Most note-worthy Historical Biography –
distilled into one volume
Reviewer: Norman J. Sweeney,
Chairman of the Book Reviews,
The Friends of the Broome County Public Library
Superintendent Emeritus,
Chenango Forks Central School District
Book Reviews are held at the library (usually) on Wednesday afternoons during the fall and spring. Six or seven lectures are typically planned for each season. Books cover a variety of topics.
