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Are you looking for a good book discussion group? Interested in meeting others who share your love of reading? Charleston County Public Library hosts regular book clubs at the following branches. Join us!
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Main Library | John's Island Regional | Otranto Road Regional
Dorchester Road Regional | Mt. Pleasant | West Ashley | John L. Dart
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Great Books Discussion Group: Crime |
March 2013 Meeting: March 13 at 6 p.m.
This month's Great Books Discussion includes The Carpenter's Son by Alfred Edward Housman, Life, Last Words, and Dying Confession by Rachel Wall and Pinched by Jack London. We will also discuss the folk ballad Stackalee and The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde. This first uncensored transcript of Wilde's trial was declared "unfit for publication" by London's Central Criminal Court Sessions Papers in 1895. Books may be picked up at the Fiction Desk. |
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Not Fiction Book Discussion Group |
Meets at the Main Library, Meeting Room A at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, please call 805-6930
or visit notfictionbookdiscussion.blogspot.com |
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January 8
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
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February 5
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann
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March 5
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis
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April 2
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
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May 7
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
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June 4
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasanoff
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July 2
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
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August 6
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan
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September 3
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadi
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October 1
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
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November 12
Elsewhere: A Memoir by Richard Russo
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December 3
The Dangerous Animals Club by Stephen Tobolowsky
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Young Adult at Heart |
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A monthly book group for those of us who have “grown up” but never outgrew our love of great young adult literature.
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January 2013 Meeting: January 29 at 5:30 pm
Selection: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Future meeting times and book selections to be determined by the group - please contact Sarah Kellner at kellners@ccpl.org for more information.
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John's Island Regional |
Sea Islands Book Club |
Meets the third Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m.
For more information, please call 559-1945. |
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Selections for 2013
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January
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson |
February
Home by Toni Morrison
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March
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain |
April
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern |
May
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier |
June
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson |
July
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht |
August
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
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September
At Home: a Short History of a Private Life by Bill Bryson
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October
Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
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November
Light Between the Oceans by M.L. Stedman
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December
Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
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Otranto Road Regional |
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| Books@Otranto |
Meets the third Thursday of the month from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
For more information, please call 572-4094. |
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Selections for 2013:
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January 17
Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchin Rubi
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February 21
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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March 21
Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks
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April 18
Ellis Island by Kate Kerrigan
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May 16
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosney
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June 20
South of Broad: A Novel by Pat Conroy
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July 18
The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald
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August 15
Cutting for Stones: A Novel by A Verghese
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September 19
Heroes Among Us: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices by John Quinones
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October 17
Someone Knows My Name: A Novel by Lawrence Hill
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Dorchester Road Regional |
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| Dorchester Adult Book Discussion |
Meets on the following Saturdays at 3 p.m.
For more information, please call 552-6466. |
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Selections for 2013
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January 26
East of Eden by John Steinbeck |
February 16
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward |
March 30
How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto |
April 27
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow |
May 18
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esqiviel |
June 15
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines |
August 31
Cane River by Lalita Tademy |
September 28
title to be selected at a later date |
October 26
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson |
November 23
The Street by Ann Petry |
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Dorchester Regional eClassic Book Club |
Meets on the following Saturdays at 2 p.m.
For more information, please call 552-6466. |
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Selections for 2013
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January 26
Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff |
February 23
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
March 30
Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler |
April 20
The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Maimont |
May 4
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
June 29
Quintus Cicero's letter to his brother Marcus Cicero "How to Win an Election" |
July 27
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown |
August 24
The Garden Intrigue by Lauren Willig |
September 21
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll |
October 19
The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry |
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Mt. Pleasant Regional
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| Monday Book Discussions |
Meets at Mt. Pleasant Regional Library from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
For more information, please call 849-6161 |
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January 14
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain |
February 11
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
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March 11
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce |
April 8
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown |
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May 13
Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes |
June 10
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker |
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July 8
Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian |
August 12
My Reading Life by Pat Conroy |
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September 9
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (optional) |
October 14
Defending Jacob by William Landay
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November 18
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides |
December 16
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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West Ashley |
Not Fiction Book Discussion Group |
Meets at West Ashley Library at 11 a.m.
For more information, please call 876-6635
or visit notfictionbookdiscussion.blogspot.com |
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| Selections for 2013: |
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January 17
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
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February 21
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
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March 21
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis
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April 25
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
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May 16
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
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June 20
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasanoff
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July 18
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
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August 15
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan
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September 19
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid
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October 17
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
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November 21
Elsewhere: A Memoir by Richard Russo
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December 19
The Dangerous Animals Club by Stephen Tobolowsky |
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John L. Dart |
Dart After Dark Book & Lecture Series |
Meets at John L. Dart at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, please call 722-7550 |
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| Selections for 2013 |
January 17
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore |
March 21
Perfect Peace by Daniel Black
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May 16
Sister Citizen by Melissa Harris-Perry
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July 18
Falling Into Grace by Michelle Stimpson |
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September 19
Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper
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November 21
The Brief Wonderful Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz |
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| Urban Expressions Book Club |
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Meets at John L. Dart at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, please call 722-7550 |
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| Selections for 2013 |
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February 21
Reckless by Cydney Rax, Niobia Bryant and Grace Octavia |
April 18
Animal by K'Wan |
June 20
Another Man Will by Daaimah S. Poole |
August 15
The Streets Keep Calling by Chunichi |
October 17
Real Wifeys: Hustle Hard by Meesha Mink |
December 19
A Gangster and a Gentleman by Kiki Swinson and De'Nesha Diamond |
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