Centerboard Book Club

Centerboard 2022

Welcome to the "stuff" page. There are links to great book discussion websites as well as our discussion guides for download!

2022 Discussion Guides

Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

What we've GOOGLED

The "REAL" story behind The Sun Also Rises
GREAT article from the Smithsonian about Packhorse Librarians
(don't miss the photos!)
Jojo Moyes' Website
Buzzfeed article mentioned in discussion questions (Giver of Stars)
PBS Interview with Luis Alberto Urrea
Christina Baker Kline's Website
Some fun facts about Louise Penny
Brief Explanation of the title "How the Light Gets In" by Louise Penny
Louise Penny Website
Mark and Delia Owens wanted for questioning (this is an older book for our group, but the story is unsettling)

To help us keep track of the varied books we've read, mulled over, teared over, thought over, thumbed up and down, laughed about and discussed together, we have our previous years archived within the site.

2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 info can be found by clicking here (or the "so last year" button on the left)

Favorite Links:

LitLovers.com - An online community dedicated to books and book clubs—because both enrich our lives. We've got great resources to enhance your book club experience. Whether you're selecting books, or thinking & talking about them, LitLovers is the place to come.

Reading Group Guides - The online community for reading groups.

Book Club Resource - Reading Group Guides and Summaries showing you the best places to find reading group guides on the Web.

Ocean County Library -

The NJLA Reading Group Manual