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Book Chat is a weekly meeting at the Moss Bluff Library that allows people to get together and discuss what they are currently reading, as well as get ideas on what to read next. Below are a few books readers discussed at the December 21st meeting. Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman In Blackbird House , Alice Hoffman spans several eras with stories about various inhabitants of the titular Blackbird House, a farm house in Cape Cod. The stories begin in colonial times and extend to the modern day, introducing the reader to a variety of rich characters. The characters include an array of strong women, but the novel's charm is Hoffman's ability to tie together several complex and fascinating stories. Find it at your library! The Maze Runner by James Dashner The Maze Runner is a Young Adult novel which centers around a teen named Thomas. Thomas awakes in an elevator in the mysterious place known as “The Glade.” Knowing only his name, Thomas is greeted by several other you...

Book Chat is a weekly meeting at the Moss Bluff Library that allows people to get together and discuss what they are currently reading, as well as get ideas on what to read next. Below are a few books readers discussed at the December 14th meeting. Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times – edited by Janet Allured Louisiana Women collects seventeen biographical essays, which spotlight important women in the state’s history. While the book features pieces on famous figures such as author Kate Chopin and Voodoo figure Marie Leveau, its highlights may be found in lesser-known stories. Readers of Louisiana Women vocalized their fascination with the section on the Baroness de Pontalba, a wealthy businesswoman, whose spirited personality and resilience helped her survive various ordeals, including a gunshot wound. The book can be challenging to tread through at times but is ultimately an interesting read worth the effort. Find it at the library! Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks S...

The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans ISBN 9781439150009   James Kier is a very powerful and wealthy real estate mogul. He has done everything possible to get to this status and has no qualms about the unscrupulous things he's done to get there or who he's crushed along the way to his rise to glory. He's exactly where he wants to be in life - he has a young girlfriend, his business is doing well, he's in the last stages of divorcing his wife - so what if he had her served with the divorce papers on her first day of chemo... or that his son won't talk to him and basically hates him. More or less life is good - until he wakes up one morning and he finds that he is dead. Well, that's what the paper says. Now Kier's first reaction is to sue the paper but he quickly decides to use his "death" to his advantage. As people he's known throughout his life talk about what a terrible person he was and how glad they are that he is dead, he begins to...