Book Groups at Paoli Library

Mystery Book Club.
Meets on the first Monday of the month at 10:30 am in the Meeting Room on the lower level. For more information, please call the library at 610.296.7996. New readers are always welcome—just choose a book that follows each of the monthly themes below.

Next Meeting : 

Monday, August 2

Read any New Mystery and share your “review”

Fall 2010 Themes and Titles:

Ongoing Programs at Tredyffrin Public Library

French Conversation Group  NEW!

Join this new monthly library group and practice your French conversation skills with a native speaker. The group will meet at the library the third Tuesday of every month from 6:30-8 pm - Study Room B. For more information, contact Gretchen Chamberlin at 610.688.7092, ext. 203 or gchamberlin@ccls.org.

Story Café

Story Cafe is on hiatus until the fall.

Independent Film Series

The indie film group is on hiatus until the fall and will be reviewing the group and film selections the library screens. Help us understand what film buffs in Tredyffrin are looking for in a film group by filling out a FILM SURVEY.

If you would like to join the Film Program Committee or need further information, contact Gretchen Chamberlin at 610.688.7092 ext. 203 or gchamberlin@ccls.org.

Open Minds Book Group
Meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 2 pm
New members are always welcome. For more information, please contact library staff member Gretchen Chamberlin at 610-688-7092 or gchamberlin@ccls.org.

• August 17: The Nineteenth Wife by David Ebershoff

And if you want to read extra, you can also read Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven: A story of Violent Faith.  The first title is fiction and the second is non-fiction—both are about the Mormon faith.

Upcoming Open Minds Selections:

• September 21 : Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
• October  19:  The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
• November 16:  Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
• December 21:  We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals  (non-fiction) by Gillian Gill
• January 18:  Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
• February 15: Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
• March 15:  Zeitoun (non-fiction)by Dave Eggers
• April 19:  Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Science Books Discussion Group

Meets on the third Thursday of every month at 7:30 pm
New members are welcome. For more information, please contact library staff member Valerie Green at 610-688-7092 or vgreen@ccls.org.  

• August 19: The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr

Nicholas Carr talks about his new book with The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/Is-Technology-Making-Your/66128/

 

• September 16: The Wave Watchers Companion by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
• October 2: Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely