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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 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 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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The Tuesday Book Club Selection for February, 2021

Samantha Power's Education of an Idealist.

Tuesday, February 09 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm. Join us as we discuss The Education of an Idealist: a Memoir by Samantha Power. This is the story of an Irish immigrant brought up in Pittsburgh and Atlanta, becoming a journalist and witnessing the genocide in Bosnia, and […]

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Tuesday Book Club Title for November

1984 by George Orwell book cover.

Tuesday, November 10, 1:00 – 2:00 pm.  Join us as we discuss the classic novel 1984 by George Orwell. First published in 1949, it was modeled on Stalinist Russia. Depicting how political, economic, and social frameworks can become malicious and harmful to the people they supposedly serve, […]

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Tuesday Book Club Pick for September

"Less" book cover; Pulitzer Prize winner.

September 8 at 1:00 pm. Join us as we discuss Less by Andrew Sean Greer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2018. Extra copies will be available at the circulation desk.  Further details about our September meeting coming soon!

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The Tuesday Book Club Pick for August

Before We Were Yours: Lisa Wingate novel

Our Tuesday Book Discussion has gone virtual! Meet up on Zoom as we discuss Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. A reminder: the August meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 12 at 1:00pm due to the Tuesday primary. This historical novel is based on the […]

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Tuesday Book Club Title for July

To Kill a Mockingbird book cover.

Next Meeting:  Tuesday July 14 at 1:00 pm via Zoom. Given the vagaries of our virus challenged existence, the Library’s Tuesday Book  Discussion Group is scheduling a zoom session for our July meeting. It will be held at the usual time of 1:00. You will receive an […]

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Running low on your Hoopla borrows? The Free Bonus Borrows program has been extended to May 31!

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You won’t find the current  #1 best seller, but typing in “bonus borrows” in the Hoopla search bar will reveal classics like the Count of Monte Cristo, Wuthering Heights, Howard’s End and Moby Dick for e-books, or Agatha Christie and H.G. Wells  on e-audio. Plus lots of  […]

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May the 4th Be With You – Hoopla Offerings

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May 4th is Star Wars Day! You will be able to find a variety of eBooks, eAudiobooks and music titles on Hoopla for all ages to enjoy.  With Hoopla’s simultaneous use there is never any waiting so it will allow you to instantly discover your inner Jedi!

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