
BookTok Book Club
Facilitated by Veronica Williamson
Meets the 1st Monday of the month at 6:30 pm
This group will read and discuss books that have gone viral on Tik Tok and have since become some of the must-read fiction of the year.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
**NEW DATE** February 10: The Priory of the Orange Tree (chapters 36-76) by Samantha Shannon
March 3: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Grab Bag Book Club
Facilitated by Peter Klein
Meets the 1st Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm
This group will read and discuss a mixture of fiction and non-fiction books in an effort to broaden the groups reading habits.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
March 5: French Exit by Patrick deWitt
April 2: The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs
The Morning After
Facilitated by Katlin Seagraves
Meets the 1st Saturday of the month at 10:30 am
Explores the tropes, tribulations, and subgenres within Romance, reading and discussing mostly newer releases.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
March 1: The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava
April 5: The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho
Off the Shelf
Facilitated by Kelly Brown & Carissa Kellerby
Meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at 3:00 pm
*Same club, new name and format* A bookseller and a librarian pick books off their shelves in an attempt to read through their TBR piles. No rules, just vibes.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
March 9: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
April 13: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
*May 18:* Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
*THIRD Sunday in May to work around Mayfest*
★ NEW ★ Reading Elizabeth Strout
Facilitated by Courtney Spohn
Meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm
Starting in January 2025, chronologically reading through the fictional works of Elizabeth Strout one month/one book at a time.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
February 19: Amy and Isabelle
March 19: Abide With Me
April 16: Olive Kitteridge
Lit Fic Book Club
Facilitated by Shannon Kline
Meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 5:00 pm **NEW TIME**
The perfect excuse to leave work a little early but still make it home by dinnertime. This group reads contemporary literary fiction with a focus on women authors. Novels considered literary are typically high-caliber, meaningful character studies that deeply explore thought-provoking themes.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
February 20: Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
March 20: A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
April 17: The Employees by Olga Ravn
Own Voices Book Club
Facilitated by Rebecca Howard
Meets the 4th Sunday of each month at 3:00 p.m.
This group reads and discusses books that encourage us to see beyond our own perspectives, confront our biases, and explore the complex, and multi-layered nature of identity.
Upcoming Book Discussions:
February 23: How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
March 23: Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
April 27: Where There Was Fire by John Manuel Arias
*January meeting moved to accommodate our annual store inventory*
★ NEW ★ Crime Time
Facilitated by Tait Hove and Sally Mercedes
Meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
Coming in January 2025, this group reads and discusses crime fiction across a variety of genres, with a focus on mysteries and thrillers.
February 25: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
March 25: Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
April 22: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
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