Monday, October 9, 2017

Fall 2017 and Spring 2018

Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 Schedule

--2017--

Meetings are at 10:00 am to noon at the home of the host unless otherwise indicated.

September 11 -- Sue will host. Book selection is  Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (2016), by Frans de Waal (3 copies available through the Newport/Lincoln City library system.)

October 9 -- Craig will host.He has selected the topic of capitalism.  Select a book, fiction or non fiction, on capitalism.  Non fiction books on the topic would include books by Ayn Rand or Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.  An alternative is watching TED talks on the topic.

November 6 [Note: 1st Monday] --  John P. Will host. Book to be selected later. Book selection is Color of Law (2017) by Richard Rothstein. There is one copy available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system.


December 11  --  Brent will host. Book selection is American Character: A history of the epic struggle between individual liberty and the common good (2016) , by Colin Woodard.  There are two copies available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system.



--2018--

Meetings are at 10:00 am to noon at the home of the host unless otherwise indicated. 

January 8 -- Mary Ann will host. Book selection is: The Remains of the Day (1989), by Kazuo Ishiguro . Four copies are available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system.

February 12 -- Deral will host. Book selection is: The Practice of the Wild, by Gary Snyder. .

March 12 -- Pat will host. Book selection is The Hidden Life of Trees (2016), by Peter Wohlleben. One copy is available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system. .

April  9 -- Kris will host. Book selection is:  The life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing (2014), by Marie Kondo. There are two copies available through Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system as well as a book on CD and an ebook format.

May 14 -- Sue will host. Book selection is: Killers of the Flower Moon—The Osage Murders and the birth of the FBI  by David Grann

June 11 -- Craig will host. Book to be selected later.

July 9 -- Brent will host. Book selection is: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: a 500-year history (2017), by Kurt Andersen. to be selected later. There are three copies available through Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system

August  13 -- John will host. Book to be selected later.

September 10  -- Mary Ann will host.  Book to be selected later.