The library currently has two adult book groups. The Bookies have been meeting for over 23 years and meet the third Thursday of the month at 7 pm. Currently meeting virtually. The M.A.D. About Books group is newer and meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 pm. Currently meeting virtually with plans to meet at the Zelienople Community Park gazebo during the Summer months. Both groups work from a list of books chosen by the group members. Each member takes a turn hosting the meeting when their book choice is discussed. Snacks are always included. We read a variety of fiction with the occasional nonfiction title thrown in and read at least one classic novel a year. Participants do not have to purchase books. We borrow them from other libraries. We also play one murder mystery game a year. Field trips related to our books are also occasionally planned. If you are interested in joining a book group, please leave your contact info with the staff.
Titles to be discussed in 2021 include:
For the Bookies:
- There, there/Tommy Orange
- The Gown/Jennifer Robson
- Giver of the Stars/Jojo Moyes and The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek/Kim Michele Richardson
- The Ringmaster’s Wife/Kristy Cambron
- The Baker’s Secret/Stephen Kiernan
- Eleanor/David Michaelis
- The Story of My Life/Helen Keller
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry/Fredrik Bachman
- The Sparrow/Mary Doria Russell
Other novels of interest: Fever/John G. Fuller, The First Mrs. Rothschild/Sara Aharoni, Leadership/Doris Kearns Goodwin, Circe/Madeline Miller
The M.A.D. about Books group:
- Girls with No Names/Serena Burdick
- The War that Saved My life/Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Where the Crawdads sing/Delia Owens
- Look Again/Lisa Scottoline
- Hillbilly Elegy/J.D. Vance
- America’s First Daughter/Stephanie Dray
- Send Judah First/Brian C. Johnston
- The Giver of the Stars/Jojo Moyes
- Long Way Gone/Charles Martin
- The Mystery of Mrs Christie/Marie Benedict
- One Thousand White Women: the journals of May Dodd/Jim Fergus