Book Clubs

Traveling Book Club

Third Tuesday each month @ 6:00 pm for dinner, 6:30 begin discussion.

A new Traveling Book Club that will rotate each month between different restaurants.

Explore different towns and eateries while you meet new people and try new books.

Register at your local library and order a copy of the book using the library catalog.

Afternoon Book Club

Second Thursday & last Tuesday each month @ 1:00 pm in the library. Join us for one session or both, no registration required.

Tuesday, February 25th

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the story of the fabulously wealthy Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when the New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession.” A tale of America in the 1920s, The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics of twentieth-century literature.–From publisher description.

Thursday, March 12th

Little Faith by Nickolas Butler

A Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church that believes in faith healing.

Lyle Hovde is at the onset of his golden years, living a mostly content life in rural Wisconsin with his wife Peg, daughter Shiloh, and six-year old grandson Isaac when Shiloh becomes deeply involved with an extremist church. While reckoning with his own faith—or lack thereof—Lyle soon finds himself torn between his unease about the church and his desire to keep his daughter and grandson in his life. But when the church’s radical belief system threatens Isaac’s safety, Lyle is forced to make a decision from which the family may not recover.  

Evening Book Club

Usually the last Monday of each month @ 6:30 pm. Location rotates between various eating spots.  Order your copy using the library catalog or ask us for help.

Monday, February 24th at Ras’ in Hammond

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, this profoundly affecting chronicle of slavery and its aftermath is widely considered to be Toni Morrison’s greatest novel.

Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. (From the publisher.)

Tween Book Club

Ages- completed 5th grade and up, snacks are provided!

We met in August and had a great discussion on Restart by Gordon Korman.

Call the library at 715-684-3813 (ask for Molly or Rebecca) to get information on when we meet again.

• During the school year the group meets occasionally as the group chooses.
• B-W Bus #18 stops right at the library at 3:30 (Required: a note from home if you are changing buses).