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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.
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