Main Library Book Group
No meetings in July and August—this fall, we will resume meeting (mostly) on the second Monday of the month, starting September 14th.
2nd Monday of the month from 7-8:30 PM
Led by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at Main Library – 361 Washington St. No sign-up is necessary. The book is available at the circulation desk one month before the discussion.
(See Rosalie's recent recommendations.)
Don Borchert, Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library
Mar 8, 2010 Main Library
A human interest memoir. Behind the scenes at a Los Angeles public library branch from a 12-year veteran staffer with a sense of humor and compassion.
Jay McInerney, How It Ended: New and Collected Stories
Apr 12, 2010 Main Library
From a preeminent American writer of our time, stories old and new from the last 30 years, dealing with adulthood.
Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: the Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
May 10, 2010 Main Library
An MIT behavioral economist describes the effects of expectations, emotions, and social norms on human reasoning. Entertaining and thought-provoking.
Just Ward, Exiles in the Garden
Jun 14, 2010 Main Library
A Washington political novel set in the 1970s. The protagonist is a photographer coming to terms with his powerful Senator father, a Czech wife, and the exiles in his community. A masterful interface of the public and private.