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Book Groups @ C.H. Booth

There are a few different book groups that meet regularly here at the library. These groups are open to the public. We also have special topic discussion series throughout the year. For complete scheduling and to register (if needed) please click on the event calendar on the left. This page lists the current discussion schedule for the groups. Come to one discussion or come to them all!

Special Topic Discussion Series

Literature and Life: A Three Part Lecture Series with Dr. Schenker

It's like going back to school and taking a class with the most dynamic professor on campus, but you don't have to write a paper, take the exam or pay the tuition! You don't even have to read the book!

Wednesday, March 17th, from 7-8 pm

The Role of Literature in Life

Wednesday, April 14th, from 7-8 pm

Charles Dickens

Wednesday, April 28th, from 7-8 pm

James Joyce

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Please register here.

The program is free but space is limited.

Evening Book Discussion 2009/10

Meets the third Thursday of the month at 7:30pm

September 17– The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald

October 15 – Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum 

November 19 – World of Wonders by Robertson Davies

December – no meeting

January 17 – China Road by Rob Gifford

February 18 – Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

March 18 – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

April 15 – Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

May 20 – Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy

June 17 – A Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux

Daytime Book Discussion March 2010 - January 2011

The group meets the second Monday of the month at 1 pm

March 8 - Mansfield Park by Jane Austin

April 12 - The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

May 10 - Letters from Earth by Mark Twain

June 14 - Serpentine by Thomas Thompson

July 12 - Diving Through the Clouds by Nicola Lindsay

August 9 - The Leper by Steve Thayer

September 13 - This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

October 18 - Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint

November 8 - The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

December 13 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett

January 11 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Non-Fiction Book Club 2010 Schedule

Meets the first Tuesday of the month at 1 pm in the Antiques Room

January   No Meeting

February 2 - Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (1995)

A story of race and inheritance from our 44th president.

March 2 - A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton (1953)

The acclaimed last book in Catton's Civil War trilogy titled "The Army of the Potomac".

April 6 - The Scratch of a Pen by Colin G. Calloway (2007)

The transformation of pre-Revolutionary America during 1763.

May 4 - The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (2004)

Candid portrayal of the domestic life of Afghan women.

June 8* - My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar

A son searches for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq.

*: This month's meeting takes place on the second Tuesday

July and August - No Meetings

September 7 - Too Big to Fail by Andrew Sorkin

Step-by-step, reveals how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial system.

October 5 - Lazy B by Sandra Day O'Connor

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice writes about her youth growing up on a cattle ranch in the American Southwest.

November 2 - The Lost City of Z by David Grann (2009)

A tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon.

December 7 - Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder (2009)

Burundi Civil War survivor is educated in America and returns to his native land to help both countries.

Updated December 2009