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Library Book Clubs

Book clubs are free and open to the public.

November is National Novel Writing Month

Monday Night Classics Book Club

Meeting Time: Fourth Monday of every month at 7 p.m.
Meeting Location: Gowland Meeting Room at the Dove Lane Library

Nov. 23 The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Dec. no meeting in December

Upcoming book selections

Please contact Leila Dooley at 760-602-2042 or e-mail leila.dooley@carlsbadca.gov for more information.

Tuesday Evening Book Club

Meeting Time: First Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.
Meeting Location: Cole Community Room at the Georgina Cole Library

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December 1

Run by Ann Patchett

Read reviews online

For whom does author Ann Patchett write?  Find out who her first reader is as NPR’s Lynn Neary discovered in a 2007 interview.

NPR’s Book Tour Series hosts a podcast with Ann Patchett. Listen to her brief reading followed by Q & A.

Upcoming book selections

Please contact Elyse Roy at 760-434-2866 or e-mail elyse.roy@carlsbadca.gov for more information.

First Wednesday Book Club

Meeting Time: First Wednesday of every month at 2 p.m.
Meeting Location: Gowland Meeting Room at the Dove Lane Library

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December 2

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Upcoming book selections

Please contact Heidi Wyner at 760-602-2044 or e-mail heidi.wyner@carlsbadca.gov for more information.

First Thursday Book Club

Meeting Time: First Thursday of every month at 7 p.m.
Meeting Location: Gowland Meeting Room at the Dove Lane Library

Dec. 3 A Mercy by Toni Morrison  (reviews)

Upcoming book selections

Please contact Dione Sobin at 760-602-2041 or e-mail dione.sobin@carlsbadca.gov for more information.

Thursday Afternoon Book Club

Meeting Time: Second Thursday of every month at 2 p.m.
Meeting Location: Cole Community Room at the Georgina Cole Library 

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November 12

Outliers: the Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Read reviews online 

Article on Malcolm Gladwell in Biography Resource Center

There will be no meeting in December. Happy holidays!

Upcoming book selections

Please contact Kimiko Morita at 760-434-2913 or e-mail kimiko.morita@carlsbadca.gov for more information.

Contact Information

Dove Library
librarian@carlsbadca.gov
760-602-2038
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011
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Cole Library
librarian@carlsbadca.gov
760-434-2871
1250 Carlsbad Village Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
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