Books & Brews
This discussion group meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at The Drafting Table. New readers are always welcome. Pick up a copy of the book at the library. No registration required.
September 10 - North Woods by Daniel Mason
Exploring the many ways we're connected to our environment and to one another across time, language and space, this sweeping collection of stories about a single house in the woods of New England is told through the lives of an extraordinary succession of inhabitants.
October 8 - The Only One Left by Riley Sager
In 1983, home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope's End to care for Lenora Hope, helping her write about the events leading up to her family's massacre in 1929 ,and soon discovers this seemingly harmless woman could be far more dangerous than she first thought.
November 12 - A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power
Details the story of three women from different generations, told through the stories of the dolls they carried in 1888, 1925 and 1961 bringing to light the damage done to indigenous people through history.
December 10 - The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman
Four friends in NYC hold onto their unconventional Christmas tradition even when their paths diverge--but the changes they fear might be exactly what they need... Does growing up have to mean growing apart?
Between the Lines Book Club
Join us on the last Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. for an hour of eclectic reads and discussion. We provide coffee while you provide the conversation. New readers are always welcome. Pick up a copy of the book at the library. No registration required.
September 25 - Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
A 12-year-old lone survivor of a plane crash investigates the stories of his less-fortunate fellow passengers before making a profound discovery about his life purpose in the face of transcendent losses.
October 30 - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
When nine people, including FBI agent Jessica Winslow, receive a cryptic list with their names on it, they dismiss it as a joke, until bad things start happening, prompting Jessica to find the link that binds them all together to expose a murderous madman.
November 27 - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
Hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library, Belle de Costa Greene becomes one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she keeps.
December 18 - The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
While on a girls trip to Italy with her best friend, Chess, Emily discovers their high-end villa was once the scene of a brutal murder, and, digging into the past, finds the truth seeping into the present as dangerous betrayals emerge.
Books & Bytes Teen Book Club
Books & Bytes is a book club just for teens in grades 7-12. Join us for a lively discussion on the last Monday of the month at 6pm. New readers are always welcome. Pick up a copy of the book at the library. Registration required.
October 14 - Maybe an Artist by Liz Montague
One of the first Black female cartoonists to be published in the New Yorker offers this brilliant, laugh-out-loud memoir in which she shares the events in her life that led to her success