YPL Book Group, led by Leslie Altman, meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 2 PM. Newcomers always welcome. Meets in the Simpkins Reading Room.
February: Thursday, February 13th at 2 PM (Note date change.)
The Stranger by Albert Camus
With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—tells the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach.
FYI: Past YPL Book Group picks include:
February: The Stranger by Albert Camus
November: You Are Here by Dave Nicholls
October: The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
September: The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton
August: Octopus Month
June: Jacquelyn Mitchard Books
May: Judas by Amos Oz
April: Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
March: The Wager by David Grann
February: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict ______________
Looking Ahead YPL Book Group
March: Thursday, March 20th at 2 PM
The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and The Founding of a Nation by Nancy Rubin Stuart
Praised by her mentor John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren was America's first woman playwright and female historian of the American Revolution. In this unprecedented biography, Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals how Warren's provocative writing made her an exception among the largely voiceless women of the eighteenth century. ______________
Looking Ahead Neighborhood Book Group
March: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Thursday, March 13th at 4 PM
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
An international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically
April: Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Thursday, April 10th at 4 PM
Neighborhood Book Group, led by Rick Woods, meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at 4 PM. Meets in the Gale Room.
(Call the library for contact information and further information.)
February, Thursday, February 13th at 4 PM
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married–she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations.
FYI: Past Neighborhood Book Group picks include:
February: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
January: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
December: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
November:Clear by Carys Davies
October: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
September: The Moonstone by Wilke Collins
June: Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney
May: Old Filth by Jane Gardam
April: Chasing Bright Medusa: A Life of Willa Cather by Benjamin Taylor
My Antonia by Willa Cather
March:”Not the End of the World: How we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet" by Hannah Ritchie
February: The Overstory by Richard Powers ____________