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The Scripps Ranch Friends of the Library Book Discussion Group is designed for all readers who want to talk about books, and provides an informal forum for the discussion of one selected book each month.
The Book Discussion Group meets in the Seminar Room at the Scripps Miramar Ranch Library Center on the fourth Wednesday of each month, except November and December, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Exceptions are noted in the meeting schedule below.
When available, books can be obtained through the San Diego Public Library System, with arrangements for pick-up at the Scripps Ranch Branch Library.
For additional information about the SRFOL Book Discussion Group, please send email to the Book Discussion Group Coordinator.
Please Note: Occasionally, the library is unable to acquire a sufficient number of copies of a Book Discussion book in time for the Book Discussion Group meeting. As a result, the schedule of books noted below is subject to change. We will endeavor to provide as much advance notice as possible of book list changes on this web page. Participants are encouraged to check this web page for last-minute updates to the book list and meeting schedule.
Tentative Book List and Meeting Schedule
2010 |
Jan 27 |
FIC / SHAFFER |
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer |
Feb 24 |
796.334 / ST. JOHN |
(*) Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John |
Mar 24 |
FIC / CONNELLY |
(*) The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly |
Apr 28 |
YA FIC / ZUSAK |
(*) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak |
May 26 |
362.10973 / REID |
(*) The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T.R. Reid |
Jun 23 |
973.931 / WRIGHT |
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright |
Jul 28 |
FIC / PETTERSON |
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson |
Aug 25 |
FIC / ENGER |
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger |
Sep 22 |
FIC / STOCKETT |
The Help by Kathryn Stockett |
Oct 27 |
364.1523 / LARSON |
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson |
Nov 17 |
YA FIC / ALEXIE |
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie |
Dec 15 |
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Potluck at 6:00 p.m.; Choose books for 2011 |
2011 |
Jan 26 |
FIC / RUIZ |
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón |
Feb 23 |
FIC / STROUT |
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout |
(*) = Changed from originally announced
Suggested Reading
Although not selected for a Book Discussion Group meeting, voracious readers might be interested in book recommendations from members of the Book Discussion Group.
FIC / ADIGA |
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga |
FIC / BROOKS |
March by Geraldine Brooks |
FIC / COETZEE |
Elizabeth Costello by J. M. Coetzee |
FIC / FAULKNER |
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner |
BIO / GILBERT |
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert |
302 / GLADWELL |
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell |
613.2 / GUPTA |
Chasing Life: New Discoveries in the Search for Immortality to Help You Age Less Today by Sanjay Gupta |
616.025 / GUPTA |
Cheating Death: The Doctors and Medical Miracles that Are Saving Lives Against All Odds by Sanjay Gupta |
FIC / HARRIS |
The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris |
362.83091 / KRISTOF |
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof |
FIC / LIPPMAN |
What the Dead Know |
FIC / PAMUK |
The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk |
FIC / RODOREDA |
The Time of the Doves by Merce Rodoreda |
FIC / ROSNAY |
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay |
FIC / SEE |
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See |
FIC / WALLACE |
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace |
BIO / WALLS |
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls |
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