Book discussion groups are grouped by location under the name of the branch where they meet. The one exception is the Southwest Page Turners group which is held out of the library.
Crescent Hill
Adult Book Discussion
Moderator: Robert Gieszl - robert.gieszl@lfpl.orgBooks are available at branch circulation desk.
Meets at the Crescent Hill branch on the second Saturday of each month, 10:30 AM.
Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
June 8, 2013 - Old School by Tobias Wolff
July 13, 2013 - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
August 10, 2013 - The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
September 14, 2013 - Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
October 12, 2013 - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
November 9, 2013 - River King by Alice Hoffman
December 14, 2013 - The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Booked for Lunch
Moderator: Sally SuterBooks are available at branch circulation desk.
Meets at the Crescent Hill branch on the last Wednesday of each month, 1:00 PM.
Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 2013 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
June 2013 - Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
July 2013 - In the Garden of the Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
Talking Book Discussion
Moderator: Kathy SzinnyeyTalking books available from NLS upon request. Open to the public. Books are available at branch circulation desk.
Meets at the Crescent Hill branch on the first Thursday of each month, 7:00 PM.
Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
June 6, 2013 - Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward Latimer Beach
Fairdale
Adult Book Discussion Group
Moderator: Marci Reed - (502) 375-2051Meets at third Wednesday of every month at the Fairdale branch Library. Starts at 6:00 PM.
Upcoming discussions will take place on the following dates:
May 15, 2013 - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
June 19, 2013 - Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
June 27, 2013 - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Watch the Movie, Read the Book Discussion
Moderator: Meagan Vance-Wemes - (502) 375-2051Meets the last Thursday of every month at the Fairdale Branch Library. Starts at 6:00 PM.
We read books that have been made into movies and then compare them.
Upcoming discussions will take place on the following dates:
May 30, 2013 - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
June 27, 2013 - Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
A limited number of copies of books for the discussion groups are available at the circulation desk.
Fern Creek
Brian’s Saturday Book Club
Meets at the Fern Creek branch at 2:00 PM.Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
June 15, 2013 - Arcadia by Lauren Groff
Afternoon Book Discussion
Meets at the Fern Creek branch at 2:00 PM.Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
June 12, 2013 - Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Highlands-Shelby Park
Highlands-Shelby Park Friends of the Library Book Discussion Group
Meets at the Highlands-Shelby Park Library on the second Monday of each month at 6:00 PM.Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 13, 2013 - Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz
June 10, 2013 - Either Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot or Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, both are by Bill O'Reilly
July 8, 2013 - Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count by Jill Jonnes
August 12, 2013 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
Jeffersontown
Book Discussion Group
Moderator: Debra Anderson - debra.anderson@lfpl.orgBooks are available at branch circulation desk.
Meets in the Jeffersontown branch meeting room on the third Wednesday of the month, starting at 10:15 AM.
Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 15, 2013 - The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg
June 19, 2013 - Then Again by Diane Keaton
July 17, 2013 - Dust: A Richard Jury Mystery by Richard Grimes
August 21, 2013 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
September 18, 2013 - A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
October 16, 2013 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
November 20, 2013 - German Woman by Paul Griner
December 18, 2013 - The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
Main Branch
The Mayor’s Book Club
Meets at the Main Library on the third Wednesday of the month, from noon to 1:00 PM.Titles were selected from the Library’s Read Your Way Around the World Book List. Brown-bag lunches are welcome.
Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 15, 2013 - The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni
June 19, 2013 - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
July 17, 2013 - Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
August 21, 2013 - American Dervish by Ayad Ahktar
September 18, 2013 -Paris Without End by Gioia Diliberto
October 16, 2013 - The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
November 20, 2013 - Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith
December 18, 2013 - Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
Graphic Novel Discussion Group
Meets at the Main Library on the second Monday of the month, starting at 7:00 PM.Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
June 10, 2013 - Metafiction in Comics
July 8, 2013 - Fantasy Comics
August 12, 2013 - "What is a Hero?"
September 9, 2013 - Censorship of Comics
For a suggested reading list please contact Anthony at (502) 574-1611.
Middletown
Book Discussion and More
Meets at the Middletown branch on the second Thursday of the month, starting at 10:00 AM. Please join us for discussion and snacks!Moderator: Alex Goodman - (502) 245-7332
Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
June 13th, 2013 - Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
Newburg
The Hour of Power
Meets at the Newburg branch on the first Tuesday of each month, starting at 6:30 PM.Moderator: Damera Blincoe - (502) 479-6160
Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 7th, 2013
June 4th, 2013
Okolona
Book Discussion Group
Meets at the Okolona branch on the third Thursday of each month, stating at 7 PM.Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 16th, 2013 - The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
June 20th, 2013
July 18th, 2013
August 15th, 2013
St. Matthews
Adult Fiction Book Group
Meets at the St. Matthews branch on the third Thursday of the month from 11:00 AM to 12:00 noon.Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 16, 2013 - James Still's Chinaberry
June 20, 2013 - William Landay's Defending Jacob
Shively
Shively Book Club
This program meets the last Thursday of the month from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 PM.Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 23, 2013
June 27, 2013
July 25, 2013
August 22, 2013
September 26, 2013
Southwest
Southwest Page Turners
This program meets the third Thursday of the month at 2:00 PM. Meetings are held out of the library at Ponder Creek Estates. The address for Ponder Creek Estates is 620 Valley College Dr., Louisville, KY 40272.Moderator: Jim Falkenstine and/or Rebecca Maddox
Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 16, 2013
June 20, 2013
July 18, 2013
August 15, 2013
September 19, 2013
Call 933-0029 for details.
Western
Adult Book Discussion
Meets at the Western branch on the listed dates, starting at 6:30 PM. Light refreshments are provided.Westport
Adult Book Discussion
Meets at the Wesport branch on the third Monday of the month, starting at 7:00 PM.Upcoming meetings will take place on the following dates:
May 20, 2013 - Chinaberry by James Still
June 17, 2013 - In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
July 15, 2013 - What Matters? Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth by Wendell Berry
August 19, 2013 - Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
September 16, 2013 - Still Alice by Lisa Genova
October 21, 2013 - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
November 18, 2012 - The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
December 16, 2013 - Blessings by Anna Quindlen
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