Adult Book Discussion Group
First Thursday of the month @ 2:00 pm via Zoom (Unless otherwise noted on events calendar)
Drop by our long-running, monthly book discussion group for lively and stimulating conversation. Some of our previous titles include Love and Summer by William Trevor, Molokai by Alan Brennert, and Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. This book club meets via Zoom from September through June. Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqd-6upjIsGNwwg5pHnVpuAiOidErmaLBM
Titles for 2024-25
SEPT 5: How Can I Help You? by Laura Sims (Author Interview with Pennington Public Library)
OCT 3: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
NOV 7: What We Inherit by Jessica Pearce Rotondi (Author Interview with Pennington Public Library: Link Coming Soon!)
DEC 5: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
JAN 2: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
FEB 6: Travels with Charley: In Search For America by John Steinbeck
MAR 6: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
APR 3: How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
MAY 1: Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho
JUN 5: James by Percival Everett
Please Note: Titles not found in library collection may be obtained via Interlibrary Loan.
Too-Busy-for-Books Book Club
Second Tuesday of the month @ 7:30 p.m. (Unless otherwise noted on events calendar)
Designed for people who barely find enough time to breathe, this book club reads only one short work per month. The group meets from September through June. Please e-mail kha@penningtonlibrary.org if you are interested in joining.
Titles for 2024-25
SEPT 10: How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
OCT 8: Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
NOV 12: The Stranger by Albert Camus
DEC 10: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
JAN 14: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Frederik Backman
FEB 11: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
MAR 11: African Americans of Central New Jersey: A History of Harmony and Hostility by Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills
APR 8: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
MAY 13: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
“Unaccustomed Earth” pp. 3-60
Part Two, pp. 222-332
Once in a Lifetime
Year’s End
Going Ashore
JUN 10: Ellen Foster by Kay Gibbons
Please Note: Titles not found in library collection may be obtained via Interlibrary Loan.