A general interest book club for all ages and backgrounds at the Briargate Library. New members welcome and registration is not required.
PPLD Book Clubs
Briargate Book Club - General Interest
2nd Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
Fiction Book Club
1st Thursdays at 2 p.m.
The Fiction Book Club meets at Cheyenne Mountain Library and enjoys sharing a variety of authors and books in an open discussion format. The group is open to all and registration is not required.
January 5, 2012 - The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
February 2, 2012 - The Elegance of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
March 1, 2012 - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
April 5, 2012 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
May 3, 2012 - The Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Great Books Classics
2nd Thursdays from 6:45 - 9:00 p.m.
Discussions for adults take place at the Penrose Library in the Adult Meeting Room. Discussions are open to everyone and registration is not required. Copies of Great Conversations 5 are available from the Library.
January 12, 2012 - Hekabe by Euripides (play)
February 9 - Selected poems by John Keats
March 8 - Ethan Brand by Nathaniel Hawthorne (short story)
April 12 - Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (novel)
May 10 - The Criterion of a Good Form of Government by John Stuart Mill (essay)
June 14 - Masks by George Santayana (essay)
July 12 - Philosophy and Knowledge by Bertrand Russell (essay)
August 9 - To be announced
September 13 - The Man Who Loved Islands by D.H. Lawrence (short story)
October 11 - Anthropology and the Abnormal by Ruth Benedict (essay)
November 8 - The Bell by Iris Murdoch (novel)
December 13 - Planning for 2013
Monumental Readers
3rd Fridays at 10 a.m.
Located at the Monument Library, new members are always welcome and registration is not required.
January 20, 2012 - No Place Like Home by Barbara Samuel
February 17, 2012 - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
March 16, 2012 - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
April 20, 2012 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
May 18, 2012 - Night Villa by Carol Goodman
June 15, 2012 - The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
July 20, 2012 - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
August 17, 2012 - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
September 21, 2012 - All Pikes Read Choice (TBA)
October 19, 2012 - Room by Emma Donoghue
November 16, 2012 - Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
December 21, 2012 - Book Chat - Members Favorites
Mystery Book Discussion Group
3rd Wednesdays at 2 p.m.
Located at the Cheyenne Mountain Library, the Mystery Book Discussion Group enjoys sharing a variety of favorite mystery authors and books in an open discussion format. The group is open to everyone and registration is not required.
January 18, 2012 - Comic Caper
February 15, 2012 - Campus Mystery
March 21, 2012 - Award Winning
April 18, 2012 - Local Author Robert Spiller will discuss his new book Radical Equations
May 16, 2012 - Travel Mystery
Old Colorado City Book Group
4th Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (except for November and December, which is 3rd Thursdays)
Located at the Old Colorado City Library, everyone is welcome to this book group and encouraged to bring a lunch.
January 26, 2012 - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
February 23 - Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
March 22 - Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
April 26 - Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
May 24 - Room by Emma Donoghue
June 26 - The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund De Waal
July 26 - One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
August 23 - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
September 27 - APPR Selection
October 25 - Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden
November 15 - The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
December 20 - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Palmer Lake Book Group
1st Fridays at 9 a.m.
The Palmer Lake Book Group meets at the Palmer Lake Library and welcomes new members.
Rockrimmon Mostly Fiction Book Club
1st Tuesdays from 1 - 3 p.m.
The Rockrimmon Mostly Fiction Book Club meets at the Rockrimmon Library. New members welcome and registration is not required.
Sand Creek Book Club
Last Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
The Sand Creek Book Club meets the last Thursday of every month at 10:30 a.m. in the Sand Creek Library. The Sand Creek Group always welcomes new members.
World Traveler Book Club
3rd Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.
If you’re interested in other cultures and countries, this book club is for you. We will be exploring a multitude of places through the written word. Located at the East Library, everyone is welcome and registration is not required.
November 16, 2011 - Italy - Juliet by Anne Fortier
January 18, 2012 - England - Romancing Miss Brontë by Juliet Gael
February 15, 2012 - Russia - Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
March 21, 2012 - France - Claude and Camille by Stephanie Cowell
April 18, 2012 - Canada - What is Left the Daughter by Howard A Norman
May 16, 2012 - Italy - A Question of Belief by Donna Leon
June 20, 2012 - Afghanistan - Farishta by Patricia McArdle
July 18, 2012 - England - The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
August 15, 2012 - Norway - The Snowman by Jo Nesbø
September 19, 2012 - Ireland - Solace by Belinda McKeon
October 17, 2012 - Sweden - The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler
November 14, 2012 - England - The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
