YPL Book Group, led by Leslie Altman, meets the 3rd Thursday of the month at 2 PM. Newcomers always welcome. Meets in the Simpkins Reading Room.
May: Thursday, May 16th at 2 PM
Judas by Amos Oz
Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third, mysterious presence in his new home. Atalia Abravanel, the daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, a beautiful woman in her forties, entrances young Shmuel even as she keeps him at a distance. Piece by piece, the old Jerusalem stone house, haunted by tragic history and now home to the three misfits and their intricate relationship, reveals its secrets.
FYI: Past YPL Book Group picks include:
May: Judas by Amos Oz
April: Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
March: The Wager by David Grann
February: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
January: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
November: This is Happiness by Niall Williams
October: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
September: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
August: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
June: The Secret River by Kate Grenville
May: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell ______________
Looking Ahead YPL Book Group
June: Thursday, June 20th at 2 PM
Jacquelyn Mitchard will join us! If we want, we can read The Deep End of the Ocean together, or each person can read a title of their choice.
Neighborhood Book Group, led by Rick Woods, meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at 4 PM. Meets in the Gale Room. (Does not meet in July or August.) (Call the library for contact information and further information.)
June: Thursday, June 13th at 4 PM.
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol. Liz Cheney, one of the few Republican officials to take a stand against these efforts, witnessed the attack first-hand, and then helped lead the Congressional Select Committee investigation into how it happened. In Oath and Honor, she tells the story of this perilous moment in our history, those who helped Trump spread the stolen election lie, those whose actions preserved our constitutional framework, and the risks we still face.
FYI: Past Neighborhood Book Group picks include:
May: Old Filth by Jane Gardam
April: Chasing Bright Medusa: A Life of Willa Cather by Benjamin Taylor
My Antonia by Willa Cather
March:”Not the End of the World: How we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet" by Hannah Ritchie
February: The Overstory by Richard Powers
January: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
December: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
November: Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl
October: The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra
September: East of Eden by John Steinbeck & Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver _____________