There is a nice diversity of activities on Frye Island.  One of the popular activities is the Frye Island Book Club. The group meets monthly during the summer season to discuss selected books. 

The books to be covered in 2007 are:

• River God by Wilbur Smith

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

• The City of Fallen Angels by John Berendt

• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The discussion meets every three weeks at 7:30 P.M. in the Frye Island Library on a Monday. All who have read at least half of the book are welcome. Come. Join the fun. The meetings are open to all who enjoy reading and talking about books. For more information call Pat Karpacz.

Eleven members of the Frye Island Book Club are shown in the following photo:

Frye Island Book Group -- July, 2005

Back row left to right: Faye Needham, Rita Lapati, Maura Bullock,
Maria Charrette, Nancy Perry, Patricia Karpacz

Front row left to right: Clarice Andrews, Lorna Priestly,
Elaine Vande Hei, Mary Deming, Kathy Giggey

Previous Year's Readings:

The books to be covered in 2006 were:

• THE KITE RUNNER  by Hosseini

• A WALK IN THE WOODS  by Bryon

• DISGRACE  by Coetzee

• STATE OF FEAR  by Chriton

The books to be covered in 2005 were:

• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd
• LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel
• ATONEMENT by Ian McEwan
• THE ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
             by Russell Shorto

The books to be covered in 2004 were:

• THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown

• BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett

• UNDAUNTED COURAGE by Steven Ambrose

• FIRST MOTHERS by Bonnie Angelo

The books covered in 2003 were:

• LOVELY BONES by A.Sibold

• LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA by G.G.Marquez

• EMPIRE FALLS by R.Russo

• FOUNDING BROTHERS by J.J.Ellis

Twelve of the twenty-four members of the Frye Island Book Club in 2003
are shown in the following photo:

From Left to Right
Last Row:  Charlotte Ohanesian, Mary Deming, A. C. Riley, Faye Needham, Fred Brownstein
Middle Row:  Ellie Controvillas, Elaine Vande Hei, Pat Karpacz, Natalie Oxman
First Row:  Mary Ann Niles, Lucille Kermner, Debra Luther, Rita Lapati

The books covered in 2002 were:

• CORRELLI'S MANDOLIN by de Bernieres

• WE WERE THE MULVANEYS by J.C.Oates

• JOHN ADAMS by D.McCullough

• THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER by A.Tan

The books covered in 2001 were:

• NO ORDINARY TIME: FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: 
       THE HOME FRONT IN WORLD WAR II by D. K. Goodwin

• AMERICAN REQUIEM by James Carroll

• THE WEIGHT OF WATER by A. Shreve
• GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by T. Chevalier

The books covered in 2000 were:

• THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by B. Kingsolver

• THE GOOD OF SMALL THINGS by A. Roy

• THE READER by Schlink
• IN THE TIME OF BUTTERFLIES by Alvarez