Random Reviews 2011-2012
(the second Wednesday of the month)
CORVALLIS LIBRARY MEETING ROOM
12:00 - 1:00 pm
September 14 : Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Reviewer: Rebecca Olson
October 12 : Readers Theatre
Readings from nine books by nine outstanding presenters
Dick Weinman Master of the Senate
Sandy Ridlington Olive Kitteredge
Gary Whitehouse Seabiscuit
David Low DaVinci Code
Gregg Kleiner This House of Sky
Curtis Keifer Harry Potter
Rick Borsten Snow Falling on Cedars
Charlotte Headrick To Kill a Mockingbird
Jane Donovan Nickel and Dimed
Readers theater will be directed by Jane Donovan
November 9 : Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin
Reviewer: Gary Whitehouse
December 14 : Cascadia’s Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami that Could Devastate North America by Jerry Thompson
Reviewer: Chris Goldfinger
January 11 : A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
Reviewer: Cristina Eisenberg
February 8 : Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future by Robert Reich
Reviewer: Charles Vars
March 14 : The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Reviewer: Marisa Chappell
April 11 : Country Driving: A Journey from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler
Reviewer: Staci Simonich
May 9 : Mink River by Brian Doyle
Reviewer: John Larison
June 13 : The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin
Reviewer: Michael Wong
Coffee, tea, and cookies served. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Sponsored by The Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
These programs are open to the public and free of charge.
Sign language interpreter provided with 48 hours notice.
Call 541-766-6928.