WKDK’s 2nd Friday Book Club discussion airs the 2nd Friday of each month on the 9am Coffee Hour. Join the regular mugs for the discussion at Books on Main in Downtown Newberry the Thursday before the 2nd Friday at 5:30pm. The program is also re-aired the Sunday following the 2nd Friday at 6:33pm. Books on Main, the 2nd Friday Book Club sponsor offers 20% off all 2nd Friday books. Please send your suggestions or comments to contactus@wkdk.com. Books are subject to change so stay tuned to AM 1240 and visit Books on Main for the latest list.

May
Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
The epic story of the building of a cathedral in 12th century England and the lives of the people entwined with it and each other is a sensuous, enduring narrative, and a gripping tale of faith, ambition, bloodshed and betrayal.
Book Discussion: May 8, 5:30 @ Books on Main
Aired: May 9, during the 9am Coffee Hour
Reaired: May 11, 6:33pm

June
Bel Canto, Ann Patchett
Bel Canto is a story of unlikely love and secret desires. Do not be put off by the barebones plot – a group of people at a party taken hostage by South American terrorists. And do you think you are in for a routine “put a bunch of strangers ina room and then learn their life stories” sort of saga. Patchett gathers together a group that spans nationalities, professions, and class and reveals the hidden depths, sometimes in a few short pages, through their interactions with each other.
Book Discussion: June 12, 5:30 @ Books on Main
Aired: June 13, during the 9am Coffee Hour
Reaired: June 15, 6:33pm

July
My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate — a life and a role that she has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister — and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less?
Book Discussion: July 10, 5:30 @ Books on Main
Aired: July 11, during the 9am Coffee Hour
Reaired: July 13, 6:33pm

August
Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris
More true tales from everybody's favorite essayist. The best-selling author of Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day returns in full force with a classic collection of nonfiction pieces. Bearing the unmistakable stamp of David Sedaris' offbeat humor, brimming with priceless insights, these carefully crafted slices of autobiography serve as open invitations into the author's life.
Book Discussion: Aug. 7, 5:30 @ Books on Main
Aired: Aug. 8, during the 9am Coffee Hour
Reaired: Aug. 10, 6:33pm

September
Pope Joan, Donna Woolfolk Cross
For a thousand years men have denied her existence--Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity for two years. Now this compelling novel animates the legend with a portrait of an unforgettable woman who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept. (Nancy Owens and Jody recommended.)
Book Discussion: Sept. 11, 5:30 @ Books on Main
Aired: Sept. 12, during the 9am Coffee Hour
Reaired: Sept. 14, 6:33pm

October
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its ownway of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell.
Book Discussion: Oct. 9, 5:30 @ Books on Main
Aired: Oct. 10, during the 9am Coffee Hour
Reaired: Oct. 12, 6:33pm

November
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, Candice Millard
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights on the most punishing physical challenge he could find, the first descent of an unmapped, rapids-choked tributary of the Amazon. Together with his son Kermit and Brazil's most famous explorer, Cвndido Mariano da Silva Rondon, Roosevelt accomplished a feat so great that many at the time refused to believe it. In the process, he changed the map of the western hemisphere forever. Along the way, Roosevelt and his men faced an unbelievable series of hardships, losing their canoes and supplies to punishing whitewater rapids, and enduring starvation, Indian attack, disease, drowning, and a murder within their own ranks. Three men died, and Roosevelt was brought to the brink of suicide. The River of Doubt brings alive these extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived.
Book Discussion: Nov. 13, 5:30 @ Books on Main
Aired: Nov. 14, during the 9am Coffee Hour
Reaired: Nov. 16, 6:33pm

December
Lamb, Christopher Moore
Everyone knows about the immaculate conception and the crucifixion. But what happened to Jesus between the manger and the Sermon on the Mount? In this hilarious and bold new novel, the acclaimed author Moore shares the greatest story never told: the life of Christ as seen by his boyhood pal, Biff.
Book Discussion: Dec. 11, 5:30 @ Books on Main
Aired: Dec. 12, during the 9am Coffee Hour
Reaired: Dec. 14, 6:33pm