Friends of the Beaufort County Library have announced plans for the 2010 Books Sandwiched In program which launches Jan. 11 with a review of the prize-winning mystery “White Tiger.”

 

         The 23rd season of the popular Books Sandwiched In Program features eight book reviews every Monday from 1 until 2p.m. starting Jan. 11th and continuing until March
1st. The programs are held at the Sea Island Presbyterian Church on Lady’s Island.

Program co-chairmen Sherry Hirsch and Gretchen Blickle remind participants to bring along their own lunch prior  to the review while the Friends will provide a dessert.

 This year’s program includes:

• Jan. 11 – White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, review presented by Marilyn Harcharik.

• Jan. 18 – Whatever It Takes by Paul Tough, reviewed by Sallie Stone.

• Jan. 25 – Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, reviewed by Rick Toomey.

• Feb. 1 – American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury  by Kevin Phillips, presented by Joseph Foutch.

• Feb. 8 – Ethical Ambition:  Living a Life of Meaning and Worth by Derrick A. Bell, Jr. , presented by Don D. Doggett

• Feb. 15 – Exile by Richard North Patterson, reviewed by Sherry Hirsch.  Feb. 22 –The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, presented by Fred Devyatkin. 

• March 1 – AWOL:  The Unexcused Absence of America’s Upper Classes from Military Service and How it Hurt Our Country by Kathy Roth-Douquet & Frank Schaeffer; presented by Kathy Roth-Douquet.

For more information, contact 470-6522.