Tuesday Book Club

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 […]...

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 […]...

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, […]...

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!...

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 […]...

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 […]...

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  […]...

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!...

Hoopla has announced that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone will be instantly available on both eBook and audiobook until April 30th as part of the hoopla Bonus Borrows collection. All titles in the hoopla Bonus Borrows collection are complimentary to libraries and cost a hoopla patron zero borrows. The hoopla Bonus Borrows collection is here […]...

Funny, You don’t Look Autistic, by Michael McCreary.  Available online from March 23 – April 13, 2020. Introducing an e-book club with NO WAIT LIST.   This is part of a national initiative called the “Big Library Read” and is being offered to libraries nationwide by the parent […]...

Tuesday, February 11, 1 – 2 pm at Killingworth Library. Join us as we discuss Northland: a 4,000 Mile Journey Along America’s Forgotten Border by Porter Fox. The work describes Fox’s 4,000 mile adventure along our U.S./Canadian boundary with an appreciation for both the area’s history and […]...

 “The Man Without a Face” by Masha Gessen is the nonfiction work to be discussed at the January 14th meeting of the Tuesday Book Discussion Group. Subtitled “The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin”, it traces the early life of Putin and his eventual rise to power.  One […]...

December 10, 1- 3 pm at the library. Join us as we discuss The Dry by Jane Harper. The locale is a small Australian town suffering a prolonged drought. A multiple murder brings fear and consternation to a place already on the edge. The hatreds and suspicions […]...

Tuesday, November 12, 1:00 pm at the library. Join us as we discuss A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Extra copies will be available at the circulation desk. Newcomers always welcome!...

Tuesday September 10 at 1:00 pm. Join us as we discuss “Waking Lions” by Israeli writer Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Described in the New York Times as “…part psychological thriller, part morality play” it was listed as a NYT Notable Book of 2017. The story begins when a highly […]...