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805 Loch Alsh Avenue
Fort Washington PA 19034
215-628-8744

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Bookworms

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Do you like to read? Do you like to discuss books? Come join our evening book group for adults, the Bookworms!

We meet the first Thursday of each month at 7:15 p.m. in the Library Story Hour Room. Sign up with Kay Klocko, the reference librarian, or email group leader, Christie Lauder, and reserve the books through us. It's that simple! Join today!

Discussion Books

  • November 8, 2007: To Kill a Mockingbird
  • December 6, 2007: One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
  • January 3, 2008: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
  • February 7, 2008: Pick any book by P. G. Wodehouse
  • March 6, 2008: Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
  • April 3, 2008: An Underachiever's Diary by Benjamin Anastas
  • May 1, 2008: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
  • June 5, 2008: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • July 10, 2008: Born Standing up: a comic's life by Steve Martin
  • August 2008: Summer hiatus!
  • September 4, 2008: Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
  • October 2, 2008: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • November 6, 2008
  • December 4, 2008

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The Upper Dublin Public Library, in cooperation with Upper Dublin Parks and Recreation, sponsors a monthly book group for seniors.

We meet once a month, normally the first Monday at 1:30 p.m., in the Senior Adult Center in Oreland.  The group decides what books to read, and the library reserves them. Contact Parks & Recreation to sign up at (215) 643-1600 ext 3443, and see Kay Klocko, the reference librarian, for the latest selection. 

New members are always welcome!!! Join today!

Discussion Books

  • January 7, 2008: The Great Influenza: the Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John Barry
  • February 4, 2008: Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons by Lorna Landvik
  • March 3, 2008: Family History by Dani Shapiro
  • April 7, 2008: Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
  • May 5, 2008: Second Honeymoon by Joanne Trollope
  • June 2, 2008: Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
  • July 7, 2008: Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough
  • August 2008: No Meeting
  • September 8, 2008 (one week late due to Labor Day): Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond
  • October 6, 2008
  • November 3, 2008
  • December 1, 2008

Directions to the Senior Adults Upper Dublin Center in Oreland (SAUDC) from the UDP Library:
100 Wischmann Ave.
Oreland, PA  19075

  1. Make a right on to Loch Alsh
  2. Make a left on to Fort Washington
  3. Turn right on to Susquehanna
  4. Make a right on to Limekiln Pike after going under the bridge
  5. Turn right on Twining Road
  6. Turn right on to Wischmann Ave.
  7. Park on the street. SAUDC is on the corner of Twining and Wischmann. The entrance is on Wischmann in front of the handicapped parking spots.

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The book group where everyone reads a different book!

The Daytimers meet the third Thursday of each month at 2 pm. Contact Kay Klocko, the reference librarian, at 215-628-8744 to sign up.

The Daytimers focus on a particular theme for each month. All participants will read a book, fiction or non-fiction, about our theme. There are just a couple rules for book selection. If you’re reading a series, please read the first book in the series. Also, please read a book for adults and stick with books that have a “narrative”: in other words, no cookbooks, how-to or other non-narrative books.

We'll get together and discuss on the third Thursday of the month! If you plan to attend, please RSVP with your book selection to the reference librarian, Kay Klocko, at 215-628-8744 or upperdublinlibrary@mclinc.org.

  • January 17, 2008: Genetics
  • February 21, 2008: Marriage
  • March 20, 2008: Natural Disasters
  • April 17, 2008: Adultery
  • May 15, 2008: Artificial Intelligence
  • June 19, 2008: Flight
  • July 17, 2008: American Revolution
  • August 21, 2008: Books with months in the title (for example: "March" by E.L. Doctorow)
  • September 18, 2008
  • October 16, 2008
  • November 20, 2008
  • December 18, 2008

Teen Book Chats

Teens in grade 6 and up are welcome! Come and discuss these fast-paced teen fiction page-turners.

This book group is held intermittently. For information, contact Tara Thomas, our teen specialist, by email or at 215-628-8744.

Copies of the selected titles may be found in the YA Collection.

Rookie Readers!
For children who have completed grades 1 and 2

This book group is held intermittently. You may check our Children's Book Discussions page for information or contact Barbara McNutt , our youth services librarian.

Book Group Links

For those who can't attend our book clubs or who would like to begin their own, we have included a list of sites to help you get started. Check out these web sites if you are starting your own book club or just want some new ideas for an old one. You'll find advice, book suggestions, author bios and interviews, discussion questions, book guides, online book discussions, and much more.

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