Fernandina Beach Friends of the Library
Mail to:
Friends of the Library
P.O. Box 17155
Amelia Island, FL 32035
904-530-6500
fernandinalibfriends@gmail.com
Insight- Electronic Newsletter
Officers
Chuck Comeau, President
Jody Mackle, Vice President
Margaret Bellucci, Treasurer
Peggy Sauer, Secretary
Meetings
Fernandina Beach Library
Meetings are monthly 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Library Community Room
25 N. 4th St.
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
The Friends of The Fernandina Beach Library
2022 Meeting Dates
Meetings are from 9:30-11:30 am in the Fernandina Beach Library Community Room on the 4th Thursday of the month.
- January, Story & Song 10 am
- February, FB Library 4 pm – Annual Meeting 5:30 pm
- March, FB Library 9:30 am
- April, Macoma Coffee 9:30 am
- May, FB Library 9:30 am
- June, FB Library 9:30 am
- July, No meeting
- August, FB Library 9:30 am
- September, Hola 9:30 am
- October, FB Library 9:30 am
- November, FB Library 9:30 am
- December, No meeting
Reading List 2020-2021
- April. The Overstory by Richard Powers
- May. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
- June. Beloved by Tony Morrison
- July. Sapiens A Brief History of Mankind by Yuval Noah Harari
- August. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
- September. Marie Antoinette, The Portrait of An Average Woman by Stefan Zweig
- October. The Ice House by Laura Lee Smith
- November. Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- December. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
- January. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
- February. Circe by Madeline Miller
Reading List 2019-2020
- April: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Lynne)
- May: Milkman by Anna Burns (Susan)
- June: Brief and Wonderful Life of
Oscar Wao by Jonot Diaz (Julie) - July: Warlight by Michel Ondaatje (Andrea)
- August: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez (Penny)
- September: The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson (Lila)
- October: Hidden Tapestry by Debra Dean (Vibeke)
- November: The Razor’s Edge by Somerset Maugham (Anne)
- December: The Untouchable by John Banville (Evelyn)
- January: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Judy)
- February: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (Larry)
- March: PLANNING PARTY
Other Books Nominated:
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
Reading List 2018-2019
- April: Radium Girls by Kate Moore (Sallie)
- May: The Long Way by Bernard Moitessier (Carl)
- June: Never Let Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Evelyn)
- July: Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (Susan)
- August: Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyne Ward (Andrea)
- September: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Kay)
- October: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Kathy)
- November: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (Penny)
- December: Daisy Miller by Henry James (Anne)
- January: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Lynne)
- February: The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes (Vibeke)
Reading List 2017-2018
- April: Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara (Anne)
- May: The Sellout by Paul Beatty (Susan)
- June: All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Jerry)
- July: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson (Andrea)
- August: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Nancy)
- September: The Crucible by Arthur Miller (Kay)
- October: Billy Budd by Herman Melville (Evelyn)
- November: Moonglow by Michael Chabon (Maddy)
- December: The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally (Lynn)
- January: Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Judy)
- February: The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman (Larry)
Other suggestions:
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi (Coates)
- Virginia Width of the World by Baldacci (Dawn)