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2010–2011 Calendar
Albina
Second Wednesday of each month at 7:15 p.m.
The group meets in Studio 1 on the second floor of Whole Foods Market, next door to the library.
- Sept. 8 – The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
- Oct. 13 – Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
- Nov. 10 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- Dec. 8 – Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
- Jan. 12 – Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment
- Feb. 9 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 9 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin
- April 13 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
- May 11 – The Secret River by Kate Grenville
- June 8 – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Belmont
Second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 8 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Oct. 13 – Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
- Nov. 10 – Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- Dec. 8 – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- Jan. 12 – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Feb. 9 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 9 – The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
- April 13 – Brooklyn: A Novel by Colm Tóibín
- May 11 – King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
- June 8 – In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- July 13 – The Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- Aug. 10 – A Reliable Wife: A Novel by Robert Goolrick
Capitol Hill
First Thursday of each month at 1:30 p.m.
- Sept. 2 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Oct. 7 – The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
- Nov. 4 – The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century by Edward Dolnick
- Dec. 2 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Jan. 6 – The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
- Feb. 3 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 3 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- April 7 – Moby-Dick, or, The Whale by Herman Melville
- May 5 – The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction by Tim O'Brien
- June 2 – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- July 7 – Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin
- Aug. 4 – Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Capitol Hill
Second Tuesday of each month at 6:45 p.m.
- Sept. 14 – The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
- Oct. 12 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Nov. 9 – The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century by Edward Dolnick
- Dec. 14 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Jan. 11 – The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
- Feb. 8 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 8 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- April 12 – Moby-Dick, or, The Whale by Herman Melville
- May 10 – The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction by Tim O'Brien
- June 14 – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- July 12 – Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin
- Aug. 9 – Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Central
First Thursday of each month at 2:30 p.m. • U.S. Bank Room
- Sept. 2 – The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
- Oct. 7 – The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
- Nov. 4 – Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
- Dec. 2 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Jan. 6 – Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
- Feb. 3 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 3 – The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
- April 7 – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- May 5 – The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
- June 2 – The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton
- July 7 – City of Refuge: A Novel by Tom Piazza
- Aug. 4 – The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Fairview-Columbia
Fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 28 – Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
- Oct. 26 – The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- Nov. 23 – Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
- Dec. 28 – The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- Jan. 25 – Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- Feb. 22 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 22 – Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- April 26 – My Abandonment by Peter Rock
- May 24 – The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
- June 28 – Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Gregory Heights
Third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Oct. 20 – Hold the Enlightenment by Tim Cahill
- Nov. 17 – Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
- Dec. 15 – Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
- Jan. 19 – Breakfast of Champions, or, Goodbye Blue Monday! by Kurt Vonnegut
- Feb. 16 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 16 – The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
- April 20 – On Beauty: A Novel by Zadie Smith
- May 18 – How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
- June 15 – Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- July 20 – Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
- Aug. 17 – When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin
Gresham
First Thursday of each month at 2 p.m.
- Sept. 2 – The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
- Oct. 7 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Nov. 4 – Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon by R. Gregory Nokes • Author visit!
- Dec. 2 – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Jan. 6 – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Feb. 3 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 3 – Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist by Thomas Levenson
- April 7 – Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- May 5 – Join us for a planning meeting and help choose next year's books.
- June 2 – A Reliable Wife: A Novel by Robert Goolrick
Hillsdale
Third Thursday of each month at 1 p.m.
- Sept. 16 – Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
- Oct. 21 – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- Nov. 18 – The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
- Dec. 16 – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Jan. 20 – Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
- Feb. 17 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 17 – Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
- April 21 – Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
- May 19 – In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
- June 16 – Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
- July 21 – A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry
- August 18 – Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
Hillsdale
Second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 14 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Oct. 12 – The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
- Nov. 9 – The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Dec. 14 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Jan. 11 – Wild Justice by Phillip Margolin
- Feb. 8 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 8 – Honolulu by Alan Brennert
- April 12 – Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks
- May 10 – The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
- June 14 – Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
- July 12 – Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- August 9 – Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie Du Châtelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, Seditious Verse, and the Birth of the Modern World by David Bodanis
Holgate
Third Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m.
- Sept. 18 – The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott
- Oct. 16 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin
- Oct. 20 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit at 6:45 p.m.
- Nov. 20 – The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
- Dec. 18 – Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
- Jan. 15 – The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
- Feb. 19 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 19 – The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz
- April 16 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- May 21 – The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester
- June 18 – Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
Hollywood nonfiction group
Second Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.
- Sept. 12 – Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
- Oct. 10 – Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science by Curtis Ebbesmeyer
- Nov. 14 – Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration in the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku
- Jan. 9 – Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
- Feb. 13 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 13 – Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
- April 10 – Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer
- June 12 – Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter
- July 10 – Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
- Aug. 14 – Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood by John Soennichsen
Hollywood
Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 21 – Oryx and Crake: A Novel by Margaret Atwood
- Oct. 19 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Nov. 16 – Family Happiness: Stories by Leo Tolstoy
- Dec. 21 – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Jan. 18 – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Feb. 15 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 15 – Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn
- April 19 – I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
- May 17 – The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery
- June 21 – The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
- July 19 – Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease by Sharon Moalem
- Aug. 16 – Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin
Kenton
Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 21 – Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Oct. 19 – Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters: And Seymour, an Introduction by J.D. Salinger
- Nov. 16 – Jubilee by Margaret Walker
- Dec. 21 – Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
- Jan. 18 – Inés of My Soul by Isabelle Allende
- Feb. 15 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 15 – The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
- April 19 – Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
- May 17 – Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
- June 21 – The Brothers K by David James Duncan
- July 19 – Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
- Aug. 16 – My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Midland
Third Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m.
- Sept. 15 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Oct. 20 – Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Nov. 17 – The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge
- Dec. 15 – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Jan. 19 – The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
- Feb. 16 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 16 – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- April 20 – Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote
- May 18 – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- June 15 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- July 20 – Join us for a party and bring a book to share for summer reading.
Midland
Second Tuesday of each month at 6:45 p.m.
- Sept. 14 – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- Oct. 12 – A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
- Nov. 9 – My Life in France by Julia Child
- Dec. 14 – Queen Lucia: A Novel by E.F. Benson
- Jan. 11 – Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury
- Feb. 8 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 8 – Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable by Mark Dunn
- April 12 – The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
- May 10 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- June 14 – Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World by Mim Eichler Rivas
North Portland
Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 21 – 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
- Oct. 19 – Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder by Kent Nerburn
- Nov. 16 – The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story by Julia Reed
- Dec. 21 – A Taste of Honey: Stories by Jabari Asim
- Jan. 18 – Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Feb. 15 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 15 – A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
- April 19 – Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
- May 17 – Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey by Ana Maria Spagna
- June 21 – White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith
Northwest
Second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 14 – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- Oct. 12 – The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner
- Nov. 9 – Tinkers by Paul Harding
- Dec. 14 – The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
- Jan. 11 – Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier
- Feb. 8 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 8 – Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
- April 12 – Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- May 10 – The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
- June 14 – Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
Northwest
Fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 28 – Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman
- Oct. 26 – Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Nov. 23 – Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life by Jane Jacobs
- Jan. 25 – The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge
- Feb. 22 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 22 – Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
- April 26 – The Johnstown Flood by David G. McCullough
- May 24 – Amerika: The Man Who Disappeared by Franz Kafka
- June 28 – Silence by Shusaku Endo
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.
- Sept. 17 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Oct. 15 – Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
- Nov. 19 – A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
- Dec. 17 – Hannah's Dream by Diane Hammond
- Jan. 21 – Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks
- Feb. 18 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 18 – Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- April 15 – The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
- May 20 – East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- June 17 – The Coroner's Lunch and Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill
- July 15 – The White Tiger: A Novel by Aravind Adiga
- August 19 – The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
Sellwood-Moreland
Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 21 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Oct. 19 – Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
- Nov. 16 – Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
- Dec. 21 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Jan. 18 – The Invisible Wall: A Love Story that Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein
- Feb. 15 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 15 – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- April 19 – The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
- May 17 – Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey by Isabel Fonseca
- June 21 – Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- July 19 – Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Aug. 16 – The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
St. Johns
Second Monday of each month at 1 p.m.
- Sept. 13 – Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Oct. 11 – Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris by Bonnie Henderson
- Nov. 8 – Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
- Dec. 13 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- Jan. 10 – Tracks by Robyn Davidson
- Feb. 14 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 14 – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance — Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Seth Grahame-Smith
- April 11 – Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by John G. Neihardt
- May 9 – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- June 13 – The Tempest by William Shakespeare
- July 11 – Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
St. Johns
Second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 8 – The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong
- Oct. 13 – Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin • Author visit!
- Nov. 10 – Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Dec. 8 – Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch
- Jan. 12 – The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- Feb. 9 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 9 – Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell
- April 13 – The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't — And Put Ourselves in Greater Danger by Daniel Gardner
- May 11 – Persuasion by Jane Austen
- June 8 – Sweetsmoke: A Novel by David Fuller
- July 13 – Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Troutdale
Third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. (fourth Wednesday in October)
- Sept. 15 – A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
- Oct. 27 – Bel Canto: A Novel by Ann Patchett, vote on books for the rest of the season
- Nov. 17 – Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Dec. 15 – Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- Jan. 19 – A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
- Feb. 16 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 16 – Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
- April 20 – Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer
- May 18 – Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
- June 15 – Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
Woodstock
Third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- Sept. 15 – The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
- Oct. 20 – A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father by Chris Lemmon
- Nov. 17 – Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
- Jan. 19 – The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon
- Feb. 16 – The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
- March 16 – Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson
- April 20 – I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
- May 18 – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- June 15 – Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle
- July 20 – Them: A Novel by Nathan McCall
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