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Read the book and come for a lively discussion.
Copies, provided by The Friends of BTL, are available
at the Adult Circulation desk one month prior to the meeting, and all books are also available on digital platforms.
New members are always welcome! |
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Daytime Book Discussion - 3rd Wednesday of the month: 2:00 - 3:00pm |
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Wednesday, January 18 @ 2:00 pm . The Power of the Dog : a novel by Thomas SavageFollows the story of two brothers in 1920s Montana as their already-fragile relationship is impacted by the arrival of a woman and her young son. ************ |
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Wednesday, February 15 @ 2:00 pm Project Hail Mary : a novel by Andy WeirThe sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space where he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. ************ |
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Wednesday, March 15 @ 2:00 pm Zorba the Greek by Nikos KazantzakisSet before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. Zorba has had a family and many lovers, has fought in the Balkan wars, has lived and loved - he is a simple but deep man who lives every moment fully and without shame. ************* |
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Wednesday, April 19 @ 2:00 pm So Long, See You Tomorrow by William MaxwellHaunted by a memory of human failure, an aging man recalls his friendship, as a boy, with a tenant farmer's son and forces himself and others to recall the causes of a bloody murde and its consequences ************* |
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Wednesday, May 17 @ 2:00 pm The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher MurrayHired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library, Belle de Costa Greene becomes one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she keeps. ************* |
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Wednesday, June 21 @ 2:00 pm Sapiens : a brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah HarariA narrative history of humanity's creation and evolution explores how biology and history have defined understandings of what it means to be human and details the role of modern cognition in shaping the ecosystem and civilizations. |
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Wednesday, July 19 @ 2:00 pm ************* |
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Wednesday, August 16 @ 2:00 pm The Kites by Romain GaryYoung Ludo lives in the French countryside with his uncle, a kite maker, and falls in love with Lila, the daughter of a Polish aristocrat, but when she disappears after Germany invades Poland during World War II, Ludo is determined to save her from the Nazis. |
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Wednesday, September 20 @ 2:00 pm Afterparties : stories by Anthony SoShort stories that portray of the lives of Cambodian-Americans still dealing with the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide including a young, disillusioned teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick and a child whose mother survived a school shooting. |
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Wednesday, October 18 @ 2:00 pm Orlando : a biography by Virginia WoolfOrlando doubles as first an Elizabethan nobleman and then as a Victorian heroine who undergoes all the transitions of history in this novel that examines sex roles and social mores. |
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Wednesday, November 15 @ 2:00 pm The Chiffon Trenches : a memoir by André Leon TalleyA deeply revealing memoir by a noted style icon captures the fashion world from the inside out, in its most glamorous and most cutthroat moments. |
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Wednesday, December 20 @ 2:00 pm |
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Evening Book Discussion - 1st Tuesday of the month: 7:30 - 8:30pm NEW END TIME |
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Tuesday, January 3 @ 7:30 pm The Personal Librarianby Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher MurrayHired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library, Belle de Costa Greene becomes one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she keeps. |
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Tuesday, February 7 @ 7:30 pm The Chiffon Trenches : a memoirby André Leon TalleyA deeply revealing memoir by a noted style icon captures the fashion world from the inside out, in its most glamorous and most cutthroat moments. |
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Tuesday, March 7 @ 7:30 pm |
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Tuesday, April 4 @ 7:30 pm The Power of the Dog : a novelby Thomas SavageFollows the story of two brothers in 1920s Montana as their already-fragile relationship is impacted by the arrival of a woman and her young son ************* |
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Tuesday, May 2 @ 7:30 pm Afterparties : storiesby Anthony SoShort stories that portray of the lives of Cambodian-Americans still dealing with the inherited weight of the Khmer Rouge genocide including a young, disillusioned teacher obsessed with Moby-Dick and a child whose mother survived a school shooting. |
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Tuesday, June 6 @ 7:30 pm Orlando : a biographyby Virginia WoolfOrlando doubles as first an Elizabethan nobleman and then as a Victorian heroine who undergoes all the transitions of history in this novel that examines sex roles and social mores |
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Tuesday, July 11* @ 7:30 pm Project Hail Mary : a novelby Andy WeirThe sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space where he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species * Date change due to Independence Day |
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Tuesday, August 1 @ 7:30 pm Zorba the Greekby Nikos KazantzakisSet before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. Zorba has had a family and many lovers, has fought in the Balkan wars, has lived and loved - he is a simple but deep man who lives every moment fully and without shame. |
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Tuesday, September 5 @ 7:30 pm So Long, See You Tomorrowby William MaxwellHaunted by a memory of human failure, an aging man recalls his friendship, as a boy, with a tenant farmer's son and forces himself and others to recall the causes of a bloody murder and its consequences. |
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Tuesday, October 3 @ 7:30 pm |
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Tuesday, November 7 @ 7:30 pm The Kitesby Romain GaryYoung Ludo lives in the French countryside with his uncle, a kite maker, and falls in love with Lila, the daughter of a Polish aristocrat, but when she disappears after Germany invades Poland during World War II, Ludo is determined to save her from the Nazis |
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Tuesday, December 5 @ 7:30 pm Sapiens : a brief history of humankindby Yuval Noah HarariA narrative history of humanity's creation and evolution explores how biology and history have defined understandings of what it means to be human and details the role of modern cognition in shaping the ecosystem and civilizations. |
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