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Join us for the Swasey Book Club! To celebrate Women's History Month, our March selection is Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by Velma Wallis.
About the book--Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of…
Join us at the Moore Library for this LGBTQ+ Book Club! This book club will focus on queer novels and graphic novels for teens and new adults. Drop in for the first meeting to help choose our reads. Engage in your community, make new…
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Join us for a lively discussion of Nation by Terry Pratchett.
Alone on an island, everything and everyone they’ve ever known washed away by a massive storm, two young survivors begin to forge a new nation. Encompassing themes of death,…
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In March in honor of Women's History Month we'll be reading the classic novel, The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, this semiautobiographical novel explores the stifling expectations…
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Join the Wheelock Book Club for a discussion of West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.About the book:An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of…
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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…
Welcome to The Reading Room! Bring a restful end to a hectic day. In this quiet “book club” relax with us and read a quick book, play Switch cozy games, make art with drawing tablets, listen to music, or watch a film. New activities…
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Join Foss Waterway for a water-related book discussion. We will be reading, Galloping Gertie: The True Story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse by Amanda Abler.
About:A nonfiction picture book about the famous 1940 Tacoma Narrows…
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.
This is a…
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Join us for the Swasey Book Club! Our April pick is Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup.
About the book--"A sweeping, lyrical debut about the love and longing between humanity and the earth itself, by a major new literary talent from…
Join us at the Moore Library for this LGBTQ+ Book Club! This book club will focus on queer novels and graphic novels for teens and new adults. Drop in to help us choose our next read. Engage in your community, make new friends, and read new…
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Join us for a lively discussion of acclaimed novel, The Samurai’s Garden, by Gail Tsukiyama.
During the Second Sino-Japanese war, a well-to-do Chinese student named Stephen is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal…
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In April in honor of Genocide Awareness Month we'll be reading the non-fiction title A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ismael Baeh.“A breathtaking and un-self-pitying account of how a gentle spirit survives a childhood…
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Join the Wheelock Book Club for a discussion of Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn.About the book:In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship…
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Join Foss Waterway for a water-related book discussion. We will be reading, Ten Tacoma Tales by William M. Hanson.About:
So, this is your city-- And these are your stories-- the jazzy ones your mother wouldn't let you read... but, ah, go…
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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.
This is a…
Welcome to The Reading Room! Bring a restful end to a hectic day. In this quiet “book club” relax with us and read a quick book, play Switch cozy games, make art with drawing tablets, listen to music, or watch a film. New activities…
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Join us for the Swasey Book Club! In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May's selection is Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
About the book--
An incandescent and heartrending memoir about Qian…
Join us at the Moore Library for this LGBTQ+ Book Club! This book club will focus on queer novels and graphic novels for teens and new adults. Drop in to help choose our next reads. Engage in your community, make new friends, and read…