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2007–2008 Calendar
Albina
First Wednesday of each month at 7:15 p.m.
(Second Wednesday in January and July) • The group meets in Studio 2 on the second floor of Wild Oats, the grocery store next door to the library.
- Nov. 7 – Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Dec. 5 – Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- Jan. 9 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Feb. 6 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 5 – Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
- April 2 – The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
- May 7 – Saturday by Ian McEwan
- June 4 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- July 9 – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Aug. 6 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
Belmont
Second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 12 – Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
- Oct. 10 – Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Nov. 14 – Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black by Gregory Howard Williams
- Dec. 12 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- Jan. 9 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Feb. 13 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 12 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- April 9 – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
- May 14 – The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
- June 11 – Waxwings by Jonathan Raban
- July 9 – Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
- Aug. 13 – Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Capitol Hill
First Thursday of each month at 1:30 p.m.
(Second Thursday in April, July and August)
- Sept. 6 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
- Oct. 4 – The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
- Nov. 1 – The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- Dec. 6 – The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
- Jan. 3 – The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
- Feb. 7 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 6 – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- April 10 – The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- May 1 – Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
- June 5 – The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
- July 10 – The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
- Aug. 14 – Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Capitol Hill
Second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
- Sept. 11 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
- Oct. 9 – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Nov. 13 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Dec. 11 – The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
- Jan. 8 – The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- Feb. 12 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 11 – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- April 8 – The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- May 13 – Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
- June 10 – The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch
- July 8 – The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
- Aug. 12 – A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
Central
First Thursday of each month at 2:30 p.m. (Second Thursday in April)
U.S. Bank Room
- Oct. 4 – Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Nov. 1 – Blindness by José Saramago
- Dec. 6 – Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- Jan. 3 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- Feb. 7 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 6 – Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
- April 10 – Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
- May 1 – Saturday by Ian McEwan
- June 5 – On Beauty: A Novel by Zadie Smith
- July 3 – Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
- Aug. 7 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Fairview-Columbia
Fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. (Third Tuesday in December)
- Sept. 25 – Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
- Oct. 23 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- Nov. 27 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin • Author visit!
- Dec. 18 – A Redbird Christmas: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
- Jan. 22 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- Feb. 26 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 25 – The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
- April 22 – Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
- May 27 – Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black by Gregory Howard Williams
- June 24 – A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
Gregory Heights
Third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
- Sept. 18 – Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
- Oct. 16 – Snow by Orhan Pamuk
- Nov. 20 – Saturday by Ian McEwan
- Dec. 18 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- Jan. 15 – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Feb. 19 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 18 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
- April 15 – Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
- May 20 – The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle
- June 17 – Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane
- July 15 – The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
- Aug. 19 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Gresham
First Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. (Second Thursday in April)
- Sept. 6 – Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
- Oct. 4 – Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin
- Nov. 1 – The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- Dec. 6 – A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
- Jan. 3 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Feb. 7 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 6 – The Best People in the World by Justin Tussing
- April 10 – Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
- May 1 – The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
- June 5 – Join us for a planning meeting and help choose next year's books.
Hillsdale
Third Thursday of each month at 12:30 p.m.
- Sept. 20 – Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
- Oct. 18 – Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin
- Nov. 15 – The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
- Dec. 20 – Saturday by Ian McEwan
- Jan. 17 – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Feb. 21 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 20 – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- April 17 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- May 15 – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- June 19 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- July 17 – Waxwings by Jonathan Raban
- August 21 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Hillsdale
Second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 11 – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Oct. 9 – The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- Nov. 13 – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
- Dec. 11 – Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
- Jan. 8 – Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
- Feb. 12 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 11 – Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
- April 8 – Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- May 13 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
- June 10 – The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
- July 8 – Saturday by Ian McEwan
- August 12 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Holgate
Third Wednesday of each month at 6:45 p.m. (Second Wednesday in November)
- Sept. 19 – Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Oct. 17 – Saturday by Ian McEwan
- Nov. 14 – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Dec. 19 – A Redbird Christmas: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
- Jan. 16 – The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
- Feb. 20 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 19 – The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- April 16 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- May 21 – Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
- June 18 – The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
Hollywood nonfiction group
Second Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (3 p.m. in November)
- Sept. 9 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- Oct. 14 – Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande
- Nov. 11 – Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by John Krakauer
- Dec. 9 – Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine
- Jan. 13 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Feb. 10 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 9 – Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz
- April 13 – Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America by Amy Sutherland
- May 11 – American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, and Bullriders by Richard Grant
- June 8 – Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
- July 13 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- Aug. 10 – The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars by Joel Glenn Brenner
Hollywood
Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 18 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
- Oct. 16 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin • Author visit!
- Nov. 20 – The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
- Dec. 18 – The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Jan. 15 – Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine
- Feb. 19 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 18 – The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- April 15 – Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut
- May 20 – The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- June 17 – The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- July 15 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Midland
Third Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m.
- Sept. 19 – Wish You Well by David Baldacci
- Oct. 17 – The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
- Nov. 21 – Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin
- Dec. 19 – A Redbird Christmas: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
- Jan. 16 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Feb. 20 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 19 – The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
- April 16 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- May 21 – A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
- June 18 – The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
Midland
Second Tuesday of each month at 6:45 p.m.
- Sept. 11 – Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- Oct. 9 – Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman
- Nov. 13 – A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
- Dec. 11 – A Redbird Christmas: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
- Jan. 8 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Feb. 12 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 11 – Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
- April 8 – Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
- May 13 – Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin
- June 10 – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See; planning meeting
North Portland
Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 18 – On Beauty: A Novel by Zadie Smith
- Oct. 16 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- Nov. 20 – Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
- Dec. 18 – Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine and The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life by Lynne Twist
- Jan. 15 – Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black by Gregory Howard Williams
- Feb. 19 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 18 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- April 15 – Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman
- May 20 – Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
- June 17 – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Northwest
Second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 11 – Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine
- Oct. 9 – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
- Nov. 13 – Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail by Rusty Young
- Dec. 11 – Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
- Jan. 8 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Feb. 12 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 11 – Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
- April 8 – The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
- May 13 – On Beauty: A Novel by Zadie Smith
- June 10 – Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Northwest
Fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 25 – Winter in the Blood by James Welch
- Oct. 23 – Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
- Nov. 27 – Waxwings by Jonathan Raban
- Jan. 22 – Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
- Feb. 26 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 25 – A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
- April 22 – Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- May 27 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- June 24 – A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot
This book discussion group is cosponsored by the Oregon State Commission for the Blind. Eligible participants can request alternate formats of the book selection from the Oregon State Library's Talking Books and Braille Service at 503.224.0610 (Portland) or 800.452.0292 (toll free).
Rockwood
Third Friday of each month at 10 a.m.
- Jan. 18 – Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
- Feb. 15 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 21 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- April 18 – Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
- May 16 – The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
- June 20 – Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
Sellwood-Moreland
Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 18 – The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
- Oct. 16 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- Nov. 20 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin • Author visit!
- Dec. 18 – The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Jan. 15 – The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Feb. 19 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 18 – The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
- April 15 – Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
- May 20 – The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- June 17 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- July 15 – Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
- Aug. 19 – The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life by Lynne Twist
St. Johns
Second Monday of each month at 1 p.m.
- Sept. 10 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- Oct. 8 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Nov. 12 – Winter in the Blood by James Welch
- Dec. 10 – Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman
- Jan. 14 – Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
- Feb. 11 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 10 – Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
- April 14 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- May 12 – Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin
- June 9 – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
- July 14 – The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
St. Johns
Second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 12 – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Oct. 10 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- Nov. 14 – Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
- Dec. 12 – Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
- Jan. 9 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Feb. 13 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 12 – Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
- April 9 – Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black by Gregory Howard Williams
- May 14 – A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
- June 11 – The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
- July 9 – Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Woodstock
Third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
(Second Wednesday in November, fourth Wednesday in April)
- Sept. 19 – Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin
- Oct. 17 – Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin • Author visit!
- Nov. 14 – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- Jan. 16 – Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
- Feb. 20 – A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- March 19 – To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
- April 23 – Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
- May 21 – Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
- June 18 – The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
- July 16 – A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
Pageturners is supported by a generous grant from the Friends of the Library.