2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

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Adults

Book Discussion Group: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

This month we will be reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.  

From the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six—an entrancing and wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet as she reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.

Book Discussion Group: Killers of a Certain Age (Zoom)

This month we will be reading Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn. 

Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon. They’ve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can’t just retire—it’s kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller by New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn. 

Book Discussion Group: Killers of a Certain Age

This month we will be reading Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn. 

Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon. They’ve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can’t just retire—it’s kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller by New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn. 

Book Discussion Group: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Zoom)

This month we will be reading The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin.  

A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the bookstore, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his life over—and see everything anew. 

Book Discussion Group: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

This month we will be reading The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin.  

A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the bookstore, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his life over—and see everything anew. 

Book Discussion Group: This Time Tomorrow (Zoom)

This month we will be reading This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub.  

On the eve of her fortieth birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her sixteenth birthday.

Book Discussion Group: This Time Tomorrow

This month we will be reading This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub.  

On the eve of her fortieth birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her sixteenth birthday.

Book Discussion Group: Daisy Jones & the Six (Zoom)

This month we will be reading Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.  

A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup—from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising, and Carrie Soto Is Back.

Instructions to Connect: 

Click on or copy/paste the link here: https://zoom.us/j/97565165172

Book Discussion Group: Calling Me Home (Zoom)

This month we will be reading Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler.  

In Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler, eighty-nine-year-old Isabelle McAllister has a favor to ask her hairdresser Dorrie Curtis. It's a big one. Isabelle wants Dorrie, a black single mom in her thirties, to drop everything to drive Isabelle from her home in Arlington, Texas, to a funeral in Cincinnati. With no clear explanation why. Tomorrow. Curious whether she can unlock the secrets of Isabelle's guarded past, she agrees, not knowing it will be a journey that changes both their lives.