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DPL Book Clubs

DPL Book Clubs

Central Bear Valley Decker Eugene Field Ross-Cherry Creek
Ross-University Hills Schlessman Family Virginia Village Chapter-a-Day

Downtown Bookies Book Club
Second Tuesday of each month, 7 - 8 p.m.
Meeting Room, Level 4
Fiction and nonfiction discussion. Everyone welcome, no registration necessary.

2008
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
January 8 Emma Jane Austen
February 12 Land that Moves, Land that Stands Still Kent Nelson
March 11 A Death in the Family James Agee
April 8 The Uncommon Reader Alan Bennett
May 13 The Known World Edward P. Jones
June 10 Three Junes Julia Glass
July 8 The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer
August 12 Don’t Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller
September 9 Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult
October 14 The Assistant
Bernard Malamud
November 11 Meeting to discuss next year's titles  
December 9 Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai

 

Burnham Hoyt Room's Thursday Afternoon Book Group
Second Thursday of each month, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Rockwell Meeting Room, Level 4 (new location for 2008)
Fiction and nonfiction in book and audio formats.

2008
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
January 10 Two for the Dough Janet Evanovich
February 14 The Ground Beneath Her Feet Salman Rushdie
March 13 Fluke Christopher Moore
April 10 Bel Canto Ann Patchett
May 8 Now is the Time to Open Your Heart Alice Walker
June 12 The Crazed Ha Jin
July 10 Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
August 14 Our Endangered Values Jimmy Carter
September 11 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
October 9 The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger
November 13 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
December 11 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls

 

Bear Valley Mystery Book Club
Fourth Thursday of each month, 6:30 - 8 p.m. (please note new time for 2008)
Fiction book discussion.

2008
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
January 24 What the Dead Know Laura Lippman
February 28 Stalking the Puzzle Lady: A Puzzle Lady Mystery Parnell Hall
March 27 Nothing But Gossip: A Lilly Bennett Mystery Marne Davis Kellogg
April 24 The Tidal Poole: An Elizabeth I Mystery Karen Harper
May 22 Messenger of Truth: A Maisie Dobbs Novel Jacqueline Winspear
June 26 A Place of Execution Val McDermid
July 24 Damage Control Robert Dugoni
August 28 Looks To Die For Janice Kaplan
September 25 Murphy's Law: A Molly Murphy Mystery Rhys Bowen
October 23 The Double Bind: A Novel Christopher Bohjalian
November 20 (3rd Thursday) Uncommon Grounds Sandra Balzo
December 18 (3rd Thursday) Dead Heat Dick Francis

 

Bear Valley Saturday Morning Book Club
Meets on a Saturday every other month, 10 a.m.
Come and join us for an informal book discussion and coffee every other month. The books are chosen by the group. Registration is encouraged.

2008
January 19 Tallgrass Sandra Dallas
March 15 The Tender Bar J.R. Moehringer
May 17 Bel Canto Ann Patchett
July 19 Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still Kent Nelson
September 20 Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson
November 15 In The Fall Jeffrey Lent

 

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Decker Book Discussion Group
First Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m.
Each month a different member gives book talks on the three books they would like the book club to read. The rest of the members then vote on which book they will be reading for the following month.

Page Turners Book Club
Third Saturday of each month, 12 - 1 p.m.
Discussions of contemporary fiction and nonfiction

2008 - TBA
DATE TITLE AUTHOR

 

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Between the Covers Book Club
Third Tuesday of each month, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Contemporary fiction
Starred (**) months indicate guest authors will attend
Call for title information

2008 -TBA
DATE TITLE AUTHOR

 

University Hills Evening Book Club
Fourth Monday of each month, 6:45 - 8 p.m. except where noted.

2008
January 28 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See
February 25 Articles of War Nick Arvin
March 17
(3rd Monday)
Alias Grace Margaret Atwood
April 28 My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult
May 19
(3rd Monday)
The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls
June 23 Garlic and Sapphires Ruth Reichl

 

University Hills Books 'n' Brown Bag Book Club
First Friday of each month, 12:30 - 2 p.m.

2008
January 4 Beneath a Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal John Shors
February 1 I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies From the Women of York Prison Wally Lamb
March 7 Inés of My Soul Isabel Allende
April 4 Dispatches From the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival Anderson Cooper
May 2 Tallgrass Sandra Dallas
June 6 Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World Anthony Doerr

 

Booktalkers Book Club
Second Thursday of each month, 10:30 a.m.
An informal discussion of books read by participants during the previous month.

 

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Daytime Book Club
Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

2008
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
January 8 Boomsday
Pages 1-102
Christopher Buckley
January 22 Boomsday
Pages 103-205
 
February 12 Boomsday
Pages 206-318
 
February 26 Blink
Pages 3-71
Malcolm Gladwell
March 11 Blink
Pages 72-146
 
March 25 Blink
Pages 147-254
 
April 8 Founding Mothers
Pages 1-108
Cokie Roberts
April 22 Founding Mothers
Pages 109-185
 
May 13 Founding Mothers
Pages 186-278
 
May 27 Freakonomics
Pages 1-51
Steven Levitt
June 10 Freakonomics
Pages 52-114
 
June 24 Freakonomics
Pages 115-207
 

 

We Love a Mystery Book Discussion Group
Third Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m.
On movie night meeting begins at 6 p.m.

2008
January 16 The Distant Echo Val McDermid
February 20 Vanish Tess Gerritsen
March 19 The House Sitter Peter Lovesey
April 16 Movie Night:
Coyote Waits
Tony Hillerman
May 21 The Laughing Policeman Maj Sjöwall
June 18 Wild Indigo Sandi Ault
July 16 The Flowers are Dying Lawrence Block
August 20 By the Time You Read This Giles Blunt
September 17 Biting the Moon Martha Grimes
October 15 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Edgar Allan Poe
November 19 Christine Falls Benjamin Black

 

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