--2015--
Meetings are at 10:00 am to noon at the home of the host unless otherwise indicated.
January 12 -- Sue will host. Book selection is: The True American : murder and mercy in Texas (2014) by Anand Giridharadas. (One copy available through the local library.)
February 9 -- Deral's book selection. To be haeld at Brent's home. Book selection is: Collection of Sand, by Italo Calvino (one copy available through local library.)
March 9 -- Brent will host. Book selection is: The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid. (Two copies are available through the local library.) [There is a move of the same name based on the book available on DVD through Netflix. It is worthy of watching as a supplement to reading the book. But the movie is different enough from the book that it does not replace reading the book.]
April 13 -- John P. will host. Book selection is The Shallows, by Nicholas Carr. 3 copies avialable through the Newport/Lincoln City/Tillamook library.
May 11 -- Mary Ann will host. Book selection is Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival, by Peter Stark (2014). 1 copy available through the Newport/Lincoln City/Tillamook library.
June 8 -- John A. will host. Book selection is Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming, by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway (2010). Two copies are available through the Newport/Lincoln City/Tillamook library.
July 13 -- Pat will host. Book selection is There was and there was not : a journey through hate and possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and beyond, by Meline Toumani (2014). 1 copy available through the Newport/Lincoln City/Tillamook library.
August 10 -- Kris will host. Book selection is Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave (2014) by Adam Alter. 3 copies are available through the Newport/Lincoln City/Tillamook library.
September 14 -- Sue will host. Book selection is Rise of the Warrior Cop: the Militarization of America's Police Forces, by Radley Balko. One copy is available through the Newport & Driftwood libraries.
October 12 -- Deral will host. Book selection is God’s Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican, by Gerald Posner. There are two copies available through the Newport & Driftwood Library system.
November 9 -- Brent will host. Book selection is The Collapse of Western Civilization: a view from the future (2014), by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. There are not copies available from the local library.
December 14 -- John P. will host. Book selection is Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nahisi Coates. One copy is available through the Newport & driftwood libraries.
--2016--
Meetings are at 10:00 am to noon at the home of the host unless otherwise indicated.
January 11 -- Mary Ann will host. Book selection is: Book Of Wolves and Men (1978) by Barry Lopez.
February 8 -- John A. will host. Book selection is: America's bitter pill : money, politics, backroom deals, and the fight to fix our broken healthcare system (2015), by Steven Brill
March 14 -- Pat will host. Book to be selected later.
April 11 -- Kris will host. Book to be selected later.
May 9 -- Sue will host. Book selection is Gilead (2004), by Marilynne Robinson. Five copies of the book plus one copy of the book on CD are available through the Newport/Driftwood library system.
June 13 -- Deral will host. Book to be selected later.
July 11 -- Brent will host. Book to be selected later.
August 8 -- John P. will host. Book to be selected later
September 12 -- Mary Ann will host. Book to be selected later.
October 10 -- John A. will host. Book to be selected later.
November 14 -- Pat will host. Book to be selected later.
December 12 -- Kris will host. Book to be selected later.
