All are welcome to attend our book discussions. Stop by the Adult Services Desk at the Main Library (Harnish) to pick up your copies today! Date:Thursday, July 02, 2015 @ Harnish Time: 7:00 PM The Light in the Ruins by Chris BohjalianHoping to safeguard themselves from the ravages of World War II within the walls of their ancient villa in […]
Looking for a little reading inspiration? Here’s what our book clubs have been reading this month. BOOK CLUBBERS (Meets the first Thursday evening of each month) The expats : a novel by Chris Pavone. An international spy thriller about a former CIA agent who moves with her family to Luxembourg where everything is suspicious and nothing is as it seems. […]
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Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! Uprootedby Naomi Novik“A young girl is unexpectedly uprooted from her family and becomes involved in a centuries-old battle with The Wood, a malevolent entity which destroys anyone it touches. Fast-paced, with magic, mystery and romance, Novik’s stand-alone novel is a fairy tale for adults.”- […]
Here’s what we’re reading this month … SPINE-CRACKERS BOOK DISCUSSION Friday, May 1, 2015 @ Harnish Start Time: 12:30 PM The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd The story follows Hetty “Handful” Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah’s eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, […]
Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! At the Water’s Edge: A Novelby Sara Gruen“Set in Loch Ness, right in the middle of WWII, a foolish group of rich Americans arrive in search of the famous monster. Narrator Maddie must make sense of the circumstances that have brought her to this wild […]
Here’s what we’re reading this month… BOOK CLUBBERSThursday, April 2, 2015 @ HarnishStart Time: 7:00 PMFrog Musicby Emma DonoghueA novel based on an unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heatwave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman called Jenny Bonnet […]
Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! The Love Song of MissQueenie Hennessy: A Novelby Rachel Joyce“Miss Queenie Hennessy, who we met in Joyce’s first book, is in a hospice ruminating over her abundant life experiences. I loved the poignant passages and wise words peppered throughout. Readers of The Unlikely Pilgrimage […]
Stop by the Adult Services Desk at the Main Library (Harnish) to pick up your copies today! BOOK CLUBBERS Thursday, March 05, 2015 @ Harnish Start Time: 7:00 PM Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler Can youthful friendships bear the changes caused by time and experience in the larger world? Coming back to a small town in Wisconsin will tell the […]
Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! A Spool of Blue Threadby Anne Tyler“In this book, we come to know three generations of Whitshanks–a family with secrets and memories that are sometimes different than what others observe. The book’s timeline moves back and forth with overlapping stories, just like thread on […]
