Library Book Club.
Adults are welcome to join the Library's Book Club, which meets the second Wednesday each month at 6pm. The group—led by our board vice-president Chrissy Bardo—reads a variety of genres, including historical fiction, biography, fantasy, mystery/suspense, young adult fiction, and more. Contact the Library to sign up!
January (10th)
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George // Terribly unhappy in his family’s crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude and danger of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.
February (14th)
James Patterson by James Patterson // How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? James Patterson tells stories from his life in this dazzling memoir.
March (13th)
Threshing of the Straw by Kim Catron // Macey May Johnson knows something isn’t right when her mama puts her alone on a bus to her grandma’s farm with strict instructions to wait to be picked up at the station. She’s only nine and has never been allowed to travel by herself before, but her daddy’s gone and the bills can’t be paid. And Macey May knows her family keeps secrets. She can feel it in her bones. Her grandma keeps secrets from her own mama. Her mama keep secrets from her. Her daddy, well, he keeps them even from himself. And now Macey May has one of her own. A terrible secret. But which secrets are meant to be kept, and which ones are meant to be told?
April (10th)
RoseBlood by AG Howard // Rune has a mysterious affliction that’s linked to her musical talent. Her mother believes create direction will help, so she sends Rune to a French arts conservatory rumored to have inspired The Phantom of the Opera. When Rune begins to develop a friendship with the elusive Thorn, she realizes that with him, she feels cured. But as their love grows, Thorn is faced with an impossible choice: save Rune or protect the phantom haunting RoseBlood, the only father he’s ever known.
May (8th)
Night Owl by Andrew Mayne // After three decades in counterintelligence, Brad Trasker is retired, disillusioned, and dealing with a tragic loss. Spy games are behind him until he attends the launch of a next-generation aircraft. When the project of innovative aerospace CEO Kylie Connor explodes on the tarmac - nearly killing her in the process - Trasker is pulled back into the line of fire. To discover who’s pulling the strings behind a dangerous conspiracy, Trasker needs to find a motive. Corporate espionage, revenge, or something he can’t yet see? Targeted by assassins, he finds himself overmatched when he realizes he can’t trust anyone, including Kylie. Too long out of a game he no longer understands, Trasker must adapt or die.
June (12th)
He Who Fights with Monsters: A LitRPG Adventure by Shirtaloon & Travis Deverell // Jason wakes up in a mysterious world of magic and monsters. It’s not easy making the career jump from office supplies store middle manager to heroic interdimensional adventurer. At least, Jason tries to be heroic, but it’s hard to be good when all your powers are evil. He’ll face off against cannibals, cultists, wizards, monsters… and that’s just on the first day. He’s going to need courage, he’s going to need wit, and he’s going to need some magic powers of his own. But first, he’s going to need pants.