SAPL Book Discussion Group

The San Anselmo Library Book Discussion Group

Meets in the library

on the third Tuesday of each month

at 7:30pm

Next Meeting:  Tues September 21  

Absurdistan: A Novel by  Gary Shteyngart.

Following month: The group will meet on October 19th, 2010  Tuesday at 7:30PM to discuss Lacuna; A Novel

2010 titles discussed:

January           Remembering the bones by Frances Itani

February         Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney

March              Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

April                The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

May                 Brooklyn: A Novel by Colm Toibin

June                The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

July                  Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence

August             Restless by William Boyd

2009 titles were:

January           Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

February         Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose

March              What is the What by Dave Eggers

April                Rabbit Run by John Updike

May                 Loving Frank: a novel by Nancy Horan

June                Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

July                 Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

August            Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

September      Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

October           So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

November        Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo

December        Humor piece of your choice

 

2008 titles were:

January      The Gathering by Anne Enright

February    The Echo Maker by Richard Powers

March         Lost Horizon by James Hilton

April           Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

May            Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett

June           Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

July             Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg

August        North River by Pete Hamill

September   Away by Amy Bloom

October       The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

November    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

December    Poetry/Humor - attendees choice