Summer reading - book and film discussions

For fans of best-selling books that have been turned into great screenplays, your ship has come in. Spend the summer at Queens Library and catch-up on some award-winning classics you might have missed, and it’s all for free. You’re invited to share your enthusiasm with discussion clubs for great literature, popular non-fiction, and some classic film adaptations.
Below is a list of those in your area. Keep checking the schedule at local libraries or log on to the Queens Library events calendar on the web at www.queenslibrary.org. or call (718) 990-0700. Programs are subject to change.
The Auburndale location, at 25-55 Francis Lewis Blvd., will talk about The Kite-Runner by Khaled Hosseini on Saturday, June 17th at 2:30 p.m.
In Bay Terrace, located at 18-36 Bell Boulevard, they will talk about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling on Thursday, June 15th at 10:30 a.m. and Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow on Thursday, July 20th at 10:30 a.m.
Elsewhere in Bayside, at 214-20 Northern Boulevard, they will discuss Broken For You by Stephanie Kallas on Tuesday, July 18th at 1 p.m.
At 249-01 Northern Boulevard, in Douglaston, the order of the summer will be The Bee Season by Myla Goldberg on Wednesday, June 14th at 2:30 p.m. and Sex Wars by Marge Piercy on Wednesday, July 12th at 2:30 p.m.
At 193-20 Horace Harding Expressway in Fresh Meadows the boxing biography Cinderella Man by Jeremy Schaap will be discussed on Thursday, June 22nd at 2:30 p.m., as will Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Foer on Thursday, July 20th, and Thursday, July 27th, both at 2:30 p.m.
In Glen Oaks, at 256-04 Union Turnpike, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving will be the subject on Friday, July 28th at 2 p.m.
In College Point, at the Poppenhusen Institute, located at 212-21 14th Avenue, all comers can talk about The Natural by Bernard Malamud on Friday, June 23rd at 2 p.m. and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden on Friday, July 21st at 2 p.m.
At Queensboro Hill, at 60-05 Main Street, the first topic of the summer will be Night by Elie Wiesel on Tuesday, July 11th at 3 p.m.