The library holds 6 monthly book groups. Books are available at the circulation desk a month before the discussion. Great Books Discussion Group texts can be found online at Project Gutenberg. Get Lit books are available as ebook downloads on Hoopla.
Morning Book Group | 1st Thursday at 10AM | Susan Dunker | |
Afternoon Book Group | 3rd Monday at 3PM | Denise Lafrance | |
Evening Book Group | 3rd Monday at 6:30PM | Denise Lafrance | |
Great Books Discussion Group | 1st Sunday at 2PM | Topic: Friendship and Community | John Moore |
Get Lit | Last Wednesday at 6:30PM | At Blue Latitudes | Emily Fortin |
Pizza & Pages | 3rd Wednesday at 6PM | Grades 7+ with Pizza! | Denise Lafrance |
December 5, 2019 | Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar |
January 2, 2020 | Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery |
February 6, 2020 | Exit West by Moshin Hamid |
March 5, 2020 | Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel |
April 2, 2020 | The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein |
May 7, 2020 | Where You’ll Find Me by Ty Gagne |
June 4, 2020 | The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert |
July 2, 2020 | Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi |
August vacation month | See you in September! |
September 3, 2020 | Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg |
October 1, 2020 | Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman |
November 5, 2020 | Salt Houses by Hala Alyan |
December 3, 2020 | The Alice Network by Kate Quinn |
The Afternoon and Evening Bookgroups read the same book each month. Come at either time.
December 16, 2019 | Salt Houses by Hala Alyan |
January 13, 2020 | Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman |
February 19, 2020 | A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline |
March 16, 2020 | Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg |
April 20, 2020 | TBA |
May 18, 2020 | To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey |
June 15, 2020 | Stranger in the Woods: the extraordinary story of the North Pond Hermit by Michael Finkel |
Great Books Discussion Group texts can be found online at Project Gutenberg.
January 2020 | Homer: The Iliad, Book 1 (17 pages) Sappho: "Ode to Aphrodite" (1 page) |
Februrary 2020 | Aeschylus Oresteia - The Eumenides (36 pages) |
March 2020 | Plato The Republic - Book III, 386a - 398b3 (13 pages) |
April 2020 | Aristotle Poetics - Ch. 12-18, 23-26 (18 pages) |
May 2020 | Horace The Art of Poetry (13 pages) Ode 15 from First Books of Odes (1 page) |
June 2020 | Ovid's Metamorphoses Ajax & Ulysses and the Arms of Achilles (13 pages) |
July 2020 | Wordsworth Preface to Lyric Ballads (30 pages) |
August 2020 | Wordsworth "Lines Composed Above Tintern Abbey" (5 pages) |
September 2020 | Edna St. Vincent Millay "Renascence," "When the Year Grows Old," "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver" (8 pages) |
October 2020 | Sarah Orne Jewett "An Autumn Holiday" (14 pages) |
November 2020 | Robert Frost "Two Witches" (7 pages) |
December 2020 | John Greenleaf Whittier "Snow Bound" (6 pages) |
The title for the next month is chosen during the discussion. Check the Event Calendar to see the next title. These titles are available as ebook downloads through Hoopla.
March 13, 2019 | Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan |
April 17, 2019 | Ruins of Gorland—Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan |