Dates
The DDC meets on the fourth Wednesday of January-September and on the third Wednesday of October-December (we meet a week earlier to avoid Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas scheduling conflicts). Download a copy of our printable calendar (.pdf).

All meetings begin at 6:30pm and last approx. two (2) hours. Usually, the first half hour is spent socializing, ordering food & drinks, etc., and we settle in for the book discussion beginning around 7:00pm.

Location
Unless otherwise announced, our meeting location is The D.O.C. Wine Bar (in the back room), 2602 N. Clark Street, Chicago. The D.O.C. Wine Bar is conveniently located on 36 Broadway and 22 Clark CTA bus routes. There is street parking nearby.

2006 Schedule
Selections alternate between shorter works (usually under 300pp.) and longer ones (300+ pp.). The schedule is arranged to give the more ambitious reader a bit of a "break" in between longer books, while allowing the casual reader to pick and choose between selections and to apportion reading time accordingly. Most of the 2006 reading list selections were culled from TIME magazine's list of The 100 Best Novels, 1923-present (i.e., the years TIME has been in existence) and selected by active DDC members.

Wed. Jan. 25, 2006 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (224pp.)

Wed. Feb. 22, 2006 - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (552pp.)

Wed. Mar. 22, 2006 - Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (304pp.)

Wed. Apr. 26, 2006 - Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (368pp.)

Wed. May 24, 2006 - The Moviegoer by Walter Percy (256pp.)

Wed. June 28, 2006 - Imaging Argentina by Lawrence Thornton (240pp.)
This meeting will be held at Tango Sur restaurant, 3763 N. Southport, Chicago. B.Y.O.B.

Wed. July 26, 2006 - Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (768pp.)

Wed. Aug. 23, 2006 - The Sea by John Banville (208pp.)

Wed. Sep. 27, 2006 - The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (592pp.)

Wed. Oct. 18, 2006 - Neuromancer by William Gibson (271pp.)

Wed. Nov. 15, 2006 - The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (336pp.)

Wed. Dec. 13, 2006 - Holiday Gathering (reading & location TBA)

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