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DISCUSSIONS
The library has four book discussion series: Real Reads, Pages & Pints, Stellar Reads, and the Next Chapter Book Club. Patrons will enjoy lively discussion and connecting to community members at each session.
Books are available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk one month before the discussion, or any time through our catalog or eLibrary. Didn't finish the book? No problem, everyone is welcome to join in!
Real Reads
coffee, doughnuts, and true stories you can't put down
The Book of Delights
by Ross Gay
Tuesday, February 18,
9:30 - 11 a.m.
In The Book of Delights, one of today's most original literary voices offers up a genre-defying volume of lyric essays written over one tumultuous year. The first nonfiction book from award-winning poet Ross Gay is a record of the small joys we often overlook in our busy lives.
Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics
by Ernesto Londoño
Tuesday, March 18
9:30 - 11 a.m.
Trippy is the definitive book of psychedelics and mental health today and Londoño's in-depth and nuanced look at this shifting landscape will be pivotal in guiding policymakers and readers as they make sense of the perils, limitations and promise of turning to psychedelics in the pursuit of healing.
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
by Margaret Renkl
Tuesday, April 15
9:30 - 11 a.m.
Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons -- from a crow spied on New Year's Day, its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the year, to the lingering bluebirds of December, revisiting the nest box they used in spring -- what develops is a portrait of joy and grief.
Pages and Pints
join us at Goldfinger Brewing Company to discuss fiction titles.
Ages 21+
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Tuesday, January 7 and
Wednesday, January 8
7 - 8:30 p.m.
It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong.
Ages 21+
The Midnight Feast
by Lucy Foley
Tuesday, February 4 and
Wednesday, February 5
7 - 8:30 p.m.
It's the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guests' healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the "Manor Mule" cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs.
Ages 21+
The Wedding People
by Alison Espach
Tuesday, March 4 and
Wednesday, March 5
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn't here for the big event. The Wedding People is a nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined.
Ages 21+
Stellar Reads
explore new worlds and magic in sci-fi/fantasy reads
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov
Wednesday, January 8, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart.
Foul Days
by Genoveva Dimova
Wednesday, February 12
7 - 8:30 p.m.
As a witch in the walled city of Chernograd, Kosara has plenty of practive treating lycanthrope bites, bargaining with kikimoras, and slaying bloodsucking upirs. There's only one monster she can't defeat: her ex, the Zmey, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She's defied him one too many times and now he's hunting her. Betrayed by someone close to her, Kosara's only choice is to trade her shadow - the source of her powers - for a quick escape. Unfortunately, Kosara soon develops the deadly sickness that plagues shadowless witches, and only reclaiming her magic can cure her. To get her shadow back, Kosara will have to face the Foul Day's biggest threats without it. And she's only got twelve days.
The Stardust Grail
by Yume Kitasei
Wednesday, March 12
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilizations -- until a disasterous job forced her into hiding. Now she just wants to enjoy a quiet life on Earth as a graduate student of anthropology. Until an old friend comes to her with a job she can't refuse: find a powerful object that could save an alien species from extinction. Two problems: no one has seen it in living memory, and they aren't the only ones hunting for it.
Celebrity Reads
find out if they're really just like us with books written by or about celebrities
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
by Ina Garten
Tuesday, December 10
1 - 2 p.m.
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account of her remarkable journey.
Tiger, Tiger
by James Patterson and Peter DeJonge
Tuesday, February 11,
1 - 2 p.m.
The impossible life of Tiger Woods—how did he become the GOAT, and what drove him to fall so spectacularly? In Patterson’s hands, Tiger’s story is a hole-in-one thriller.
Carson the Magnificent
by Bill Zehme
Tuesday, April 8
1 - 2 p.m.
From 1962 to 1992, Johnny Carson dominated the late-night tv airwaves like no one before or since. Author Zehme explores Carson's career on stage and seeks to understand and explain the more guarded and sometimes prickly private side of the man every American knew, but didn't really know.
TBR: Thursday Book Readers
work on your To Be Read list with titles that are trending
The Great Divide
by Cristina Henriquez
Thursday, January 23
10-11 a.m.
It is said that the Panama canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. Henríquez tells the stories of migrant laborers, locals, and others affected by the Panama Canal project. A sweeping tale of ambition, loyalty, and sacrifice.
James
by Percival Everett
Thursday, February 27
10-11 a.m.
From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.
Crow Talk
by Eileen Garvin
Thursday, March 27
10-11 a.m.
The best-selling author of The Music of Bees returns with the story of the unlikely friendship between a lonely ornithologist and an Irish musician working to save an injured crow in the wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
Next Chapter Book Club
literacy program for adults (ages 18+) with intellectual and developmental disabilities
About the Next Chapter Book Club
- Get together to enjoy books, make friends, and have fun
- Books will be read together during the meeting
- All are welcome, regardless of the ability to read
- Books will be provided to all participants
- Meet twice a month online, via Zoom
Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 6:30 p.m.