Book Groups
Looking for something to read & someone to discuss it with?
Here are the book groups that meet each month at the library.
Wednesday Evening Book Group
This group meets on the second Wednesday of each month
Next meeting: Wednesday, March 14 @ 7:00 PM
Book: Caleb's Crossing
Author: Geraldine Brooks
Synopsis: Martha's Vineyard, 1650s: Bethia Mayfield is a young girl growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor, amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans. Restless, bright, and curious, but denied the education that her brothers receive, she slips away as often as she can to explore the island's wild landscapes and observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At the age of twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a cheiftain, and the children form a secret friendship that gradually draws the each into the alien world of the other.
Everyone is welcome to read & share!
Extra copies of this book are available through interlibrary loan.
Monday Morning Book Group
This group meets on the 4th Monday of the month.
Next meeting: Monday, February 27 @ 10:00 AM
Book: Five Quarters of the Orange
Author: Joanne Harris
Synopsis: When the widowed Framboise moves back to the French village where she grew up, she is pleased to discover that no-one recognizes her. She soon forges a new life for herself there, and before long has established a profitable creperie. All is going well, until her profiteering nephew realizes that money can be made by publishing a collection of Framboise's increasingly popular recipes, left to her by her mother, a woman despised throughout the village. For the book to be a success, her true identity must be revealed, opening the flood gates to a past life and painful childhood memories.
Everyone is welcome to read & share!
Extra copies of this book are available through interlibrary loan
Reddick Library, WCMY, Book Mouse Morning Meeting Book Club
Tune to WCMY Radio AM 1430 to hear the discussion of this book.
This group meets on the last Tuesday of the month.
Next Meeting: February 28
Book: The Imperial Cruise
Author: James Bradley
Synopsis: In 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, China, and Korea. A century later, Bradley travels in the wake of Roosevelt's mission to discover what transpired in these meetings.
Everyone is welcome to read & share!
Extra copies of this book are available through interlibrary loan.