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LIBRARY BOOK GROUPS
Book Discussion Groups
These groups meet monthly in the Main Library Quincy Room (top floor) to discuss a pre-selected book. New participants are always welcome and no signup is required. Just pick up a copy of the book at the Main Library adult checkout desk.
Wednesday Night Group
Third Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., Main Library Quincy Room
This group reads an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary fiction and non-fiction. For more information, call Megan at 617-376-1331.
2007
September 19: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
October 17: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
*November 14: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
December 19: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
2008
January 16: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
February 20: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
March 19: A Shortcut in Time by Charles Dickinson
April 16: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
May 21: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
June 18: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
*Moved to second Wednesday because of a holiday.
Thursday Night Group
First Thursdays at 7:00 p.m., Main Library Quincy Room
The focus of this group is non-fiction books of local and regional interest. For more information, call Will at 617-689-8320.
2007
October 4: A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr
November 1: Samuel Adams by Mark Puls
December 6: The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos
2008
January 3: Curse of the Narrows by Laura MacDonald
February 7: Where Death and Glory Meet by Russell Duncan
March 6: American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Ann Hutchinson, The Woman Who Defied the Puritans by Eve LaPlante
April 3: Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer
May 1: American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work by Susan Cheever
June 5: Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospitalby Alex Beam
Friday Morning Group
Second Fridays at 10:00 a.m., Main Library Quincy Room
The focus of this group is world literature. For more information, call Julie at 617-376-2411.
2007
October 12: Whale Rider by Witi Tame Ihimaera
November 9: The Outermost House by Henry Beston
December 14: Saving the World by Julia Alvarez
2008
January 11: The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
February 8: Embers by Sandor Marai
March 14: Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
April 11: Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
May 9: In
Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden by Kathleen Cambor
June 13: The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
July 11: Emma by Jane Austen
August 8: The Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell
Drop-In Book Groups
These groups meet each month for informal conversation about books. New participants are welcome and no signup is required.
Booked for Lunch
First Fridays at noon, Main Library Atrium (near the café)
Read any good books lately? Looking for something new to read? Bring a brown bag lunch--or grab a sandwich or salad at the library café--and join other readers for an informal conversation about books. Just look for the brown Booked for Lunch sign.
Cooking With Books
Second Mondays at 6:30 p.m., Adams Shore Branch
If you like to read and enjoy talking about books, drop by and join other readers for an informal chat about books. For more information, call 617-376-1330.
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