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June’s Mystery Book Club Title

The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves

  The Darkest Evening by Anne Cleeves was reviewed on 6/17/21.  The book discussion was lively and the author was loved by all.  The rating was 4.5 “On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though […]

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The Tuesday Book Club Selection for August

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1:00 pm August 10, at the Library. Join us as we discuss The Engineer’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood. Emily Warren Roebling is the wife of the chief engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge. When her husband suffers the bends from his underwater work on the structure, she […]

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The Tuesday Book Club Selection for July

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July 13 at 1:00 pm. Join us as we discuss A Woman of No Importance: the Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell. Virginia Hall was sent by the British as a Special Operations Executive Agent to  southern France […]

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Tuesday Book Club

Hands holding books, celebrating reading.

Tuesday, June 8, from 1:00 – 2:00 pm. READER’S CHOICE – June’s meeting is a chance to share! Come talk about a title that you read recently, or just sit in to get some great recommendations. Meeting location to be announced.

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Mystery Book Club Selection for May

Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr novel cover.

Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr was reviewed on Thursday, May 20, 2021. The ratings were varied and the book ended up being rated a 2.5.  The novel centered on strong, capable women and the relationships of daughters and mothers in a stressful situation.

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Tuesday Book Club Pick For May

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May 11, from 1 – 2 pm.  Join us as we discuss American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. Extra copies will be available at the circulation desk.  Details about meeting location coming soon!

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The Mystery Book Club Selection for April

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Wasted by Sue Grafton was reviewed on Thursday, April 15, 2021. There was quite a lot of discussion about the book.  Everyone thought that the homeless were the real story and we had a rich discussion around that subject.  We rated the book 3.4.    

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The Tuesday Book Club Selection for April

Bear Town novel by Fredrik Backman.

April 13, 1 – 2 pm “Beartown” by Fredrik Backman is the novel to be discussed at the April 13th meeting of the Library Tuesday Book Discussion Group. The book’s setting is a small dying town surrounded by forest. But Beartown’s junior hockey team is on the […]

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The Mystery Book Club Selection for March

Plum Island: A Nelson DeMille novel.

Plum Island by Nelson DeMille was reviewed on Thursday, March 18. There was quite a lot of discussion about the book (mostly disappointment) and it was rated a 3.3.  The concerns were the the character of the detective and the disjointment of the story.  The book had […]

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The Tuesday Book Club Selection for March

Dust Bowl survivors' untold story.

Tuesday, March 9 at 1:00 pm. Join us as we discuss The Worst Hard Time: the Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan. Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the book describes the man-made ecological disaster that hit […]

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