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Adult Book Discussion Groups

Book discussion groups give patrons the opportunity to exchange ideas and particular points of view with other book lovers. All discussions are free and open to the public. Patrons are asked to have read the book prior to attending.

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Birmingham Branch
Pillars of the Earth      (Th) September 25, 2 p.m.
by Ken Follett

Between Heaven and Ground Zero      (Th) October 23, 2 p.m.
by Leslie D. Haskin (248.5609 Has)

March      (Th) November 20, 2 p.m.
by Geraldine Brooks

Water for Elephants      (Th) December 18, 2 p.m.
by Sara Gruen

Heatherdowns Branch
Digging To America      (T) September 23, 2 p.m.
by Anne Tyler

Silent Spring      (T) October 28, 2 p.m.
by Rachel Carson (363.7384)

Tallgrass      (T) November 25, 2 p.m.
by Sandra Dallas

Holland Branch
Water for Elephants      (F) July 25, 10 - 11 a.m.
by Sara Gruen

Water for elephants      (F) July 25, 10 a.m.
by Sara Gruen

The Historian      (F) August 29, 10 a.m.
by Elizabeth Kostova

The Historian      (F) August 29, 10 - 11 a.m.
by Elizabeth Kostova

Rise and Shine      (T) September 9, 7 - 8 p.m.
by Anna Quindlen

Eat, pray, love      (F) September 26, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
by Elizabeth Gilbert (92 G4646 Gil)

Ladies of Liberty      (T) October 14, 7 - 8 p.m.
by Cokie Roberts

The Screwtape letters      (F) October 31, 10 - 11 a.m.
by C. S. Lewis (248.8 Lew)

Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'      (T) November 11, 7 - 8 p.m.
by Paula Deen (92 D3114)

Mistress of the art of death      (F) November 21, 10 - 11 a.m.
by Ariana Franklin

Mayflower      (F) January 30, 10 - 11 a.m.
by Nathanial Philbrick (973.22 Phi)

Three cups of tea      (F) February 27, 10 - 11 a.m.
by Greg Mortenson (371.822 Mor)

Kent Branch
Hot fun in the Summer Time . . . with books! Tatum Summer Book Club      (M) August 18, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
The Art Tatum African-American Resource Center in the Kent Branch will host three summer reading book club meetings. Please join us on this date as we discuss "Of Blood and Sorrow: a Tamara Hayle mystery" by Valerie Wilson Wesley.

Maumee Branch
March      (W) September 10, 10 a.m.
by Geraldine Brooks. Participants are asked to read the selection prior to the discussion date. Titles are available at the branch one month prior to the discussion date.

The Naked and the Dead      (W) October 8, 10 a.m.
by Norman Mailer. Participants are asked to read the selection prior to the discussion date. Titles are available at the branch one month prior to the discussion date.

Mayflower      (W) November 12, 10 a.m.
by Nathaniel Philbrick.(973.22 Phi) Participants are asked to read the selection prior to the discussion date. Titles are available at the branch one month prior to the discussion date.

The Life and Time of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir      (W) December 10, 10 a.m.
by Bill Bryson.(910.4092 Bry) Participants are asked to read the selection prior to the discussion date. Titles are available at the branch one month prior to the discussion date.

Mott Branch
Red River      (M) September 15, 7:00 p.m.
by Lalita Tademy

Casanegra : a Tennyson Hardwick story      (M) October 20, 7:00 p.m.
by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes.

Lean Mean Thirteen      (M) November 17, 7:00 p.m.
by Janet Evanovich

Jezebel      (M) December 15, 7:00 p.m.
By Jacquelin Thomas

Oregon Branch
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan      (T) August 19, 9:30 a.m.
by Lisa See

The Greatest Generation      (T) September 16, 9:30 a.m.
by Tom Brokaw (940.5481 Bro)

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd      (T) October 21, 9:30 a.m.
by Jim Fergus

1776      (T) November 18, 9:30 a.m.
by David McCullough (973.3 Mac)

The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard      (T) December 16, 9:30 a.m.
by Anton Chekhov (two short plays)

Point Place Branch
Team of Rivals      (Th) September 11, 1 - 2 p.m.
by Doris Kearns Goodwin (973.7 Goo)

Water for Elephants      (Th) October 9, 1 - 2 p.m.
by Sara Gruen

Author Visit - A Boy's Journey Through the Great Depression      (Th) November 13, 1 - 2 p.m.
Meet author Jack Paquette and discuss his memoir of growing up in the area. Come by the branch any time in the month beforehand for a copy of the book to read first. Refreshments.

A Complicated Kindness      (Th) December 13, 1 - 2 p.m.
by Miriam Toews

Sanger Branch
Lean Mean Thirteen      (M) August 11, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
by Janet Evanovich (Mystery)

Her Royal Spyness      (M) September 8, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
by Rhys Bowen (mystery)

Chill Factor      (M) October 13, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
by Sandra Brown (mystery)

Decaffeinated Corpse      (M) November 10, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
by Cleo Coyle (mystery)

The Sign of the Book      (M) December 8, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
by John Dunning (mystery)

Sylvania Branch
A Thousand Splendid Suns      (Th) September 11, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
by Khaled Hosseini

A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana      (Th) October 9, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
by Haven Kimmel (92 K4974)

The Time Traveler's Wife      (Th) November 13, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
by Audrey Niffenegger

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother      (Th) December 11, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
by James McBride (92 M1197)

Toledo Heights Branch
Mayflower      (M) September 22, 2 p.m.
by Nathaniel Philbrick (973.22 Phi)

Passage to India      (M) October 27, 2 p.m.
by E. M. Forster

A Thousand Splendid Suns      (M) November 24, 2 p.m.
by Khaled Hosseini

Washington Branch
The Book Thief      (T) September 16, 7 p.m.
by Markus Zusak
Registration is required 419-259-5330

The Glass Castle      (T) October 21, 7 p.m.
by Jeannette Walls (92 W2154)
Registration is required 419-259-5330

The Last Town on Earth      (T) November 18, 7 p.m.
by Thomas Mullen
Registration is required 419-259-5330

Waterville Branch
Bonesetter's Daughter      (Th) September 4, 7 p.m.
by Amy Tan

Evil Brothers      (Th) October 2, 7 p.m.
by Frank Stiles (364.1524 Sti)

Book Thief      (Th) November 6, 7 p.m.
by Markus Zusak

Kabul Beauty School      (Th) December 4, 7 p.m.
by Deborah Rodriguez (305.4869 Rod)

West Toledo Branch
Three Cups of Tea      (Th) September 4, 2 - 3 p.m.
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climber wandering and lost in Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was nursed back to health by a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school.

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