Reading fiction is a lot like eating out - "there's nothing wrong with occasionally indulging in tripe you can gulp down in a hurry, but the end result is almost always more satisfying when you can invest more time in savoring complicated flavors. Venturing into the literary world of fine dining can be bewildering, so it's nice to find other people with whom you can compare your initial reactions. That's the theory behind book clubs, and there may be no better club to join than King's Books' Banned Book Club at Doyle's Public House. Tuesday night, they'll be discussing Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, the Young Adult novel that received national attention when a father was handcuffed and escorted out of a New Hampshire board meeting after expressing concern about the required book given to his 14-year-old daughter. Picoult examines a school shooting in her riveting, poignant and thought-provoking novel that asks a haunting question: Do we really ever know someone? Drop-in visitors are always welcome to the BBC.

BANNED BOOK CLUB, 7 p.m., Doyle's Public House, 208 Saint Helens Ave., Tacoma, no cover, 253.272.7468