Book Clubs Events
Mon, April 29, 2024
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Are you a fan of nonfiction? Are you having a difficult time finding books you love? Join the Fans of Nonfiction Book Club here at the Library. We share both great and not-so-great nonfiction reads as well as our opinions about them.
Participants are asked to prepare to talk about one... Read more
Tue, May 14, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
This month, the group is discussing "The Deep Blue Good-by: A Travis McGee Novel" by John MacDonald. "Travis McGee is a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He’s also a knight-errant who’s wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and... Read more
Mon, May 20, 2024
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Are you a fan of nonfiction? Are you having a difficult time finding books you love? Join the Fans of Nonfiction Book Club here at the Library. We share both great and not-so-great nonfiction reads as well as our opinions about them.
Participants are asked to prepare to talk about one... Read more
Mon, May 20, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
If you are interested in Sci-Fi or Fantasy, we are the book club for you. This month we will be discussing "Murder on a Moon Trek" by Diane Vallere. "I have no business being here (unless my dreams can count as "business."). All my life, I wanted to work on a cruise ship in the security sector, but... Read more
Wed, May 22, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Join us to discuss "Paradise Postponed" by John Mortimer this month. "British life since World War II is vividly illuminated through the lives and fortunes of Leslie Titmuss and the people of the village of Rapstone Fanner."-from Amazon. You may call the Library to get this upcoming month's book.... Read more
Tue, June 11, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
This month, the group is discussing "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Lucia Graves. "Barcelona, 1945—just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother’s... Read more
Mon, June 17, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
If you are interested in Sci-Fi or Fantasy, we are the book club for you. This month we will be discussing "Homeland" by R.A. Salvatore. "Discover the origin story of one of Dungeons & Dragons’ greatest heroes, drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, in the thrilling first adventure in The Dark Elf... Read more
Wed, June 26, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Join us to discuss "Tom Lake" by Ann Patchett this month. "In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a... Read more
Tue, July 09, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
This month, the group is discussing "The Dry" by Jane Harper. "After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his... Read more
Mon, July 15, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
If you are interested in Sci-Fi or Fantasy, we are the book club for you. This month we will be discussing "Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon's World" by Ursula Le Guin. "From the multi-award-winning author of "The Left Hand of Darkness" and the Earthsea sequence comes this single-volume... Read more
Tue, August 13, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
This month, the group is discussing "The Violin Conspiracy" by Brendan Slocumb. "Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way.... Read more
Mon, August 19, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
If you are interested in Sci-Fi or Fantasy, we are the book club for you. This month we will be discussing "The Lies of the Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch. "An orphan’s life is harsh and often short in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a... Read more
Tue, September 10, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
This month, the group is discussing "Tourist Season" by Carl Hiaasen. "The first sign of trouble is a Shriner's fez washed up on a Miami beach. The next is a suitcase containing the almost-legless body of the local chamber of commerce president found floating in a canal...The locals are desperate... Read more
Mon, September 16, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
If you are interested in Sci-Fi or Fantasy, we are the book club for you. This month we will be discussing "All Systems Red" by Martha Wells. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by... Read more
Wed, September 18, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Join us to discuss "" by this month. "."-From Amazon. Contact the library to get this upcoming month's book. Newcomers are welcome to attend!
Tue, October 08, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
This month, the group is discussing "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane. "When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened—something that ended their... Read more
Mon, October 21, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
If you are interested in Sci-Fi or Fantasy, we are the book club for you. This month we will be discussing "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt. "After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy... Read more
Tue, November 12, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
This month, the group is discussing "The Body by the Sea: A Brittany Mystery" by Jean-Luc Bannalec. "A town on the sea, Concarneau’s nickname is Ville Bleue, or the Blue Town. With three harbors at its center, visitors can see enormous ships, sailors, fishermen, and the industry that goes alongside... Read more
Mon, November 18, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
If you are interested in Sci-Fi or Fantasy, we are the book club for you. This month we will be discussing "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke. "Since its publication in 1953, this prescient novel about first contact gone wrong has come to be regarded not only as a science fiction classic but as... Read more
Tue, December 10, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
This month, the group is discussing "The Little Death" by Michael Nava. "Michael Nava is the author of "The Little Death," "Goldenboy," "Howtown," "The Hidden Law," "The Death of Friends," "The Burning Plain," and "Rag and Bone." He is, as he puts it "a writer who practices law," with a private... Read more
Mon, December 16, 2024
6:30pm - 8:00pm
If you are interested in Sci-Fi or Fantasy, we are the book club for you. This month we will be discussing "The Fat Man: A Tale of North Pole Noir" by Ken Harmon. "A satire of traditional Christmas stories and noir. A hardboiled elf is framed for murder in a North Pole world that plays reindeer... Read more