Our regular book discussion schedule begins in September. Copies of the books will be available at the Reference Desk by mid-August.

The Tuesday morning book group will be discussing The Round House by Louise Erdrich on Tuesday, September 17 at 10:00 am in Group Study Room 2. This book recently won the National Book Award for Fiction. Here is Brenda’s earlier review.

The Tuesday evening book group will be discussing The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier on Tuesday, September 24 at 7:00pm. For this date only, we will be meeting in the Administrator’s Office, next to the lobby. Tracy Chevalier’s books are well known by book groups, and by readers of historical fiction. Here is Brenda’s review.

The Crime Readers will also begin their discussion schedule in September, meeting every third Thursday at 7:00pm at Home Run Inn Pizza in Darien. This book group is co-sponsored by the Indian Prairie Public Library, which will also be featuring film discussions related to this fall’s books. On September 19, they will be discussing The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain.