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In June in honor of Immigrant Heritage Month we'll be reading Salt Houses by Hala Alyan."What does home mean when you no longer have a house—or a homeland? This beautiful novel traces one Palestinian family's struggle with that…
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Join us at Kobetich Branch to discuss a new book each month. This month we will be reading Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez."Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in…
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TPL'S ONLINE GENRE FICTION BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP!**
Speculative Fiction? What's that? Do you like science fiction? That's speculative fiction. Fantasy? OK, that's speculative fiction too. Horror, magical realism, alternate…
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Join the Wheelock Book Club for a discussion of The Martian by Andy Weir.About the book:Stranded on Mars by a dust storm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Watney struggles to survive in…
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We pick the theme; you pick the book. A monthly rotating theme or genre book club, where you can discuss what you read, and get recommendations for other books from participants. Love the theme, hate the theme, share all about it in this…
Join us for a monthly LGBTQ+ book club discussion, on the 2nd Saturday of the month! Titles change every month, and include a mix of fiction, non-fiction, adult, and YA selections. All are welcome to read and rant.
July’s title…
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Join us for the Swasey Book Club! July's selection is The Last Murder at the End of the World.
About the book:A genre blended tale, mixing a near-future, postapocalyptic setting with a murder mystery. A fog has destroyed the entire…
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Join the Main Book Club for a discussion of North Woods by Daniel Mason. About the book:
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—a…
Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month this summer to eat snacks and talk about books. This is the perfect event for teens and young adults looking for a place to hang out and meet other readers over summer break. Meetings will take…
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In July in honor of LGBQTIA+ Pride Month we'll be reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.In this Pulitzer-prize winning novel, readers are introduced to Calliope:"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless…
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Join us at Kobetich Branch to discuss a new book each month. This month we will be reading Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper."Christian Cooper is a self-described Blerd (Black nerd), an avid comics fan, and an expert birder…
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TPL'S ONLINE SPECULATIVE FICTION BOOK GROUP!
Speculative Fiction? What's that? Do you like science fiction? That's speculative fiction. Fantasy? OK, that's speculative fiction too. Horror, magical realism, alternate history,…
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Join the Wheelock Book Club for a discussion of Me Before You by JoJo Moyes.About the book:
Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has never been farther afield…
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We pick the theme; you pick the book. A monthly rotating theme or genre book club, where you can discuss what you read, and get recommendations for other books from participants. Love the theme, hate the theme, share all about it in this…
Join us for a monthly LGBTQ+ book club discussion, on the 2nd Saturday of the month! Titles change every month, and include a mix of fiction, non-fiction, adult, and YA selections. All are welcome to read and rant.
August's title…
Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month this summer to eat snacks and talk about books. This is the perfect event for teens and young adults looking for a place to hang out and meet other readers over summer break. Meetings will take…
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Join us for the Swasey Book Club! August's selection is Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
About the book:"Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her…
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Join the Main Book Club for a discussion of All Systems Red by Martha Wells. About the book:
In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety,…
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In August we'll be reading Orbital, the 2024 Booker Prize Award Winner, by Samantha Harvey.Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours.The…
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Join us at Kobetich Branch to discuss a new book each month. This month we will be reading Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter."A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare.…
