ADULT BOOK CLUBS
Romance Book Club
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
It is 1960. When Jennifer Stirling wakes up in the hospital, she can remember nothing-not the tragic car accident that put her there, not her husband, not even who she is. She feels like a stranger in her own life until she stumbles upon an impassioned letter, signed simply "B", asking her to leave her husband.
Years later, in 2003, a journalist named Ellie discovers the same enigmatic letter in a forgotten file in her newspaper's archives. She becomes obsessed by the story and hopeful that it can resurrect her faltering career. Perhaps if these lovers had a happy ending she will find one to her own complicated love life, too. Ellie's search will rewrite history and help her see the truth about her own modern romance.
Monday, December 16 @ 5:30 PM
Sci Fi/Fantasy Book Club
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.
Or does he?
Tuesday, December 17 @ 5:30 PM
Mystery Book Club
New Year's Eve Murder by Leslie Meier
After the Christmas festivities in Tinker’s Cove, Lucy Stone and her daughter Elizabeth are ready to celebrate the new year with a trip to Manhattan, having won a mother-daughter makeover from Jolie magazine. Elizabeth is thrilled, but Lucy is less excited about facing crowded shopping streets during a flu epidemic. Despite her doubts, Lucy looks forward to the chance to bond with Elizabeth and enjoy a little culture in the city.
Upon arriving at Jolie, the mother-daughter duo is immersed in the world of high fashion, with Elizabeth dazzled by the extreme outfits and models, while Lucy feels uneasy about the cutthroat atmosphere. Things take a dark turn when Jolie’s fashion editor, Nadine Nelson, mysteriously falls ill and dies. Lucy, having witnessed the magazine’s toxic dynamics firsthand, uncovers a web of animosity among the staff, with several people harboring grudges against Nadine and her clique of high-powered fashionistas.
The mystery becomes personal when Elizabeth develops symptoms eerily similar to Nadine’s. Now, Lucy must uncover the killer before time runs out and the ball drops in Times Square.
Tuesday, December 31 @ 5:00 PM
Banned or Challenged Book Club
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—"Cupid Day"—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is…until she dies in a terrible accident that night.
However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined.
Tuesday, January 7 @ 5:00 PM
TEEN BOOK CLUB
Teen Book Club
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school--you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (Maria Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better as long as she remembers the first rule of punk: be yourself.
The real Malú loves rock music, skateboarding, zines, and Soyrizo (hold the cilantro, please). And when she assembles a group of like-minded misfits at school and starts a band, Malú finally begins to feel at home. She'll do anything to preserve this, which includes standing up to an anti-punk school administration to fight for her right to express herself!
Saturday, December 7 @ 1:00 PM
CHILDREN'S BOOK CLUB
Elementary Book Club & Movie
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this resourceful girl's fortunes change again is at the center of A Little Princess , one of the best-loved stories in all of children's literature.
Discussion is followed by a screening of the movie.
Tuesday, December 10 @ 4:00 PM
ADULT BOOK CLUBS
Romance Book Club
The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
It is 1960. When Jennifer Stirling wakes up in the hospital, she can remember nothing-not the tragic car accident that put her there, not her husband, not even who she is. She feels like a stranger in her own life until she stumbles upon an impassioned letter, signed simply "B", asking her to leave her husband.
Years later, in 2003, a journalist named Ellie discovers the same enigmatic letter in a forgotten file in her newspaper's archives. She becomes obsessed by the story and hopeful that it can resurrect her faltering career. Perhaps if these lovers had a happy ending she will find one to her own complicated love life, too. Ellie's search will rewrite history and help her see the truth about her own modern romance.
Monday, December 16 @ 5:30 PM
Sci Fi/Fantasy Book Club
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.
Or does he?
Tuesday, December 17 @ 5:30 PM
Mystery Book Club
New Year's Eve Murder by Leslie Meier
After the Christmas festivities in Tinker’s Cove, Lucy Stone and her daughter Elizabeth are ready to celebrate the new year with a trip to Manhattan, having won a mother-daughter makeover from Jolie magazine. Elizabeth is thrilled, but Lucy is less excited about facing crowded shopping streets during a flu epidemic. Despite her doubts, Lucy looks forward to the chance to bond with Elizabeth and enjoy a little culture in the city.
Upon arriving at Jolie, the mother-daughter duo is immersed in the world of high fashion, with Elizabeth dazzled by the extreme outfits and models, while Lucy feels uneasy about the cutthroat atmosphere. Things take a dark turn when Jolie’s fashion editor, Nadine Nelson, mysteriously falls ill and dies. Lucy, having witnessed the magazine’s toxic dynamics firsthand, uncovers a web of animosity among the staff, with several people harboring grudges against Nadine and her clique of high-powered fashionistas.
The mystery becomes personal when Elizabeth develops symptoms eerily similar to Nadine’s. Now, Lucy must uncover the killer before time runs out and the ball drops in Times Square.
Tuesday, December 31 @ 5:00 PM
Banned or Challenged Book Club
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—"Cupid Day"—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is…until she dies in a terrible accident that night.
However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined.
Tuesday, January 7 @ 5:00 PM
TEEN BOOK CLUB
Teen Book Club
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school--you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (Maria Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better as long as she remembers the first rule of punk: be yourself.
The real Malú loves rock music, skateboarding, zines, and Soyrizo (hold the cilantro, please). And when she assembles a group of like-minded misfits at school and starts a band, Malú finally begins to feel at home. She'll do anything to preserve this, which includes standing up to an anti-punk school administration to fight for her right to express herself!
Saturday, December 7 @ 1:00 PM
CHILDREN'S BOOK CLUB
Elementary Book Club & Movie
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this resourceful girl's fortunes change again is at the center of A Little Princess , one of the best-loved stories in all of children's literature.
Discussion is followed by a screening of the movie.
Tuesday, December 10 @ 4:00 PM