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Noontime Pageturners
1st
Tuesday (September - May)
12-1
Library Board Room
The Noontime Pageturners book discussion group meets on the first Tuesday of each month (September - May). Check back for exceptions.
Bring a lunch and a friend and join us for a lively discussion!
2007-2008 |
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| September 4 | A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini |
| October 2 | Read any novel by Deborah Crombie |
| November 6 | The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean |
| December 4 | Patty Jane's House of Curl: a Novel by Lorna Landvik |
| January 8 | My Antonia by Willa Cather |
| February 5 | Marley & me : life and love with the world's worst dog by John Grogan ALLen Reads selection |
| March 4 | Montana 1948 by Larry Watson |
| April 1 | Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross |
| May 6 | The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther |
| June 3 | Bring your ideas about what you would like to read for the next session which starts in September |
List of past reading selections (.pdf)
For more information: Rebecca Crookston rcrookston@cityofallen.org ; 214.509.4913
Genre Book Club
3rd Monday
7 p.m.
Meeting will alternate between the Library & a Local Restaurant (see below)
2007-2008 |
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| September 17 Library Meeting Room |
Water for Elephants (historical fiction) by Sara Gruen |
| October 15 Restaurant - Taste of Galilee in Plano |
Infidel (Middle Eastern authors) by Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
| November 19 Library Board Room |
Reading Lolita in Tehran (MIddle Eastern authors) by Azar Nafisi |
| December 10 Library Board Room |
Marley and Me (non-fiction dog story) by John Grogan |
| January 21 Please contact Victoria Swadley for meeting place (214.509.4905) |
The Namesake (MIddle Eastern authors) by Jhumpa Lahiri & How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life |
| February 18 Library Board Room |
Where the Red Fern Grows (dog story) by Wilson Rawls |
| March 17 Restaurant - La Madeline's in McKinney |
#1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith |
| April 21 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith |
| May 19 | Alfred Hitchcock's Three Investigators |
| June 16 | Hindi Bindi Club by Monica Pradhan |
| July 21 | The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith |
| August 18 | The Roux in the Gumbo by Kim Robinson |
| September 15 | The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz. |
List of past reading selections (.pdf)
Finally, a book club that's unique. Every month you'll read a book in a different genre: thrillers, classics, romances, Westerns, science fiction, literary fiction, Christian fiction, biographies, and yes, even some bestsellers. Mainly, we'll try to read good and provocative books, regardless of how they're labeled.
For more information: Victoria Swadley vswadley@cityofallen.org ; 214.509.4905.
Write On! every
4th Thursday |
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For adults
18 and older For more information call Victoria at 214-509-4905, or email vswadley@cityofallen.org |
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Readable History Book Club
2nd Thursday
7
p.m.
Library Board Room
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2007-2008 |
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| October 4 | Endeavour: The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage by Peter Aughton |
| November 1 | The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millenium: An Englishman's World by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger |
| December 13 | The Anabasis by Xenophon |
| January 10 | The Reluctant Mr.Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution by David Quammen |
| February 7 | Marley and Me by John Grogan ALLen Reads selection |
| March 13 | My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas |
April 10 |
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill. |
| May 8 | Rosalind Franklin and DNA by Anne Sayre |
| June 12 | The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success by Rodney Stark |
| July 10 | Face of Battle by John Keegan |
For
more information:
http://www.readablehistory.com
or Debbie Vavra dvavra@cityofallen.org ; 214.509.4913