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Book Discussion: "Lessons in Chemistry" by,Bonnie Garmus

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kathryn Linnemann Branch
Library Branch: Kathryn Linnemann Branch
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Class & Event Types: Books & More
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself s...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Food and/or Drinks

Food and/or drinks will be served at this class or event. Please contact the Library with any questions or concerns you have.

While we do not serve snacks containing nuts at any youth classes we cannot always ensure there is no cross contamination in processing. Please ask to see packaging at the event if you are concerned.  

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Book Discussion: "Playing Nice" by JP Delaney

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Corporate Parkway Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Corporate Parkway Branch
Room: Meeting Room A&B
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Evenings & Weekends
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

"Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent's worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, a stranger who breaks the devastating news that Pete's son, Theo, isn't actually his son - he is the Lamberts', switched at birth by an...

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Book Discussion: "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" by Lisa See

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Kisker Road Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Kisker Road Branch
Room: Meeting Room A&B
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

In their remote Chinese mountain village, Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. For the Akha people, ensconced in ritual and routine, life goes on as it has for gene...

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Book Discussion: "In the Woods" by Tana French

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Clubs & Communities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the childr...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Food and/or Drinks

Food and/or drinks will be served at this class or event. Please contact the Library with any questions or concerns you have.

While we do not serve snacks containing nuts at any youth classes we cannot always ensure there is no cross contamination in processing. Please ask to see packaging at the event if you are concerned.  

Register Everyone

Please register each person attending the class or event regardless of age.  

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Book Discussion: "The Reading List" by Sara Nisha Adams

2:00pm - 3:00pm
McClay Branch
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: McClay Branch
Room: Meeting Room A&B
Age Group: Adults
Class & Event Types: Books & More
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

This event is also offered on May 2 at 2:00 PM. Please sign up for only one session.  Mukesh lives a quiet life  after losing his beloved wife. He worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends...

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Accommodations

If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Food and/or Drinks

Food and/or drinks will be served at this class or event. Please contact the Library with any questions or concerns you have.

While we do not serve snacks containing nuts at any youth classes we cannot always ensure there is no cross contamination in processing. Please ask to see packaging at the event if you are concerned.  

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Next Chapter Book Club

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Kisker Road Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Kisker Road Branch
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Clubs & Communities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Next Chapter Book Club is a community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Participants (even those who cannot read) gather for one hour weekly to read aloud and discuss a book that is provided by the Library. Together, we will explore new worlds and meet interesting characters through fun and engaging stories, gaining real-world skills and making new friends along the way.

Registration is required for this program and space is limited. By registering for one session, you will automatically be registered for the entire series.

Together, we will read and discuss Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins. ...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Register Everyone

Please register each person attending the class or event regardless of age.  

Book Discussion: "The Huntress" by Kate Quinn

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Cliff View Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Cliff View Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Clubs & Communities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is strand...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Register Everyone

Please register each person attending the class or event regardless of age.  

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Book Discussion: "The Reading List" by Sara Nisha Adams

2:00pm - 3:00pm
McClay Branch
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: McClay Branch
Room: Meeting Room A&B
Age Group: Adults
Class & Event Types: Books & More
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

This event is also offered on May 1 at 2:00 PM. Please sign up for only one session.  Mukesh lives a quiet life  after losing his beloved wife. He worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends...

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Accommodations

If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Food and/or Drinks

Food and/or drinks will be served at this class or event. Please contact the Library with any questions or concerns you have.

While we do not serve snacks containing nuts at any youth classes we cannot always ensure there is no cross contamination in processing. Please ask to see packaging at the event if you are concerned.  

Sponsored by Friends

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BookTok Talk

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Clubs & Communities, Evenings & Weekends, Hobbies & Recreation, Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 37
Event Details:
Discuss trendy books and books you think deserve more attention virtually! Participate or just hang out to hear about BookTok’s popular titles and get some great recommendations.  BookTok is a popular section on the app TikTok that focus...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Book Discussion: "The Sentence" by Louise Erdrich

11:30am - 12:30pm
McClay Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: McClay Branch
Room: Meeting Room A&B
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Clubs & Communities, Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

This book discussion regularly meets at the Spencer Road Branch, however, due to construction we will be meeting at the McClay Branch for this discussion. Copies will be available for pickup at both the McClay and Mid Rivers Mall Branches. "A...

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Accommodations

If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Food and/or Drinks

Food and/or drinks will be served at this class or event. Please contact the Library with any questions or concerns you have.

While we do not serve snacks containing nuts at any youth classes we cannot always ensure there is no cross contamination in processing. Please ask to see packaging at the event if you are concerned.  

Sponsored by Friends

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Next Chapter Book Club

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Kisker Road Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Kisker Road Branch
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Clubs & Communities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Next Chapter Book Club is a community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Participants (even those who cannot read) gather for one hour weekly to read aloud and discuss a book that is provided by the Library. Together, we will explore new worlds and meet interesting characters through fun and engaging stories, gaining real-world skills and making new friends along the way.

Registration is required for this program and space is limited. By registering for one session, you will automatically be registered for the entire series.

Together, we will read and discuss Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins. ...

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Accommodations

If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Register Everyone

Please register each person attending the class or event regardless of age.  

Book Discussion: "Countdown 1945" by Chris Wallace and Mitch Weiss

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Evenings & Weekends
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

The #1 national bestselling “riveting” (The New York Times), “propulsive” (Time) behind-the-scenes account “that reads like a tense thriller” (The Washington Post) of the 116 days leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima, by Chris Wallace,...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

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Book Discussion: "Mad Honey" by Jodi Picoult

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Corporate Parkway Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Corporate Parkway Branch
Room: Meeting Room A&B
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Evenings & Weekends
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagine...

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Accommodations

If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Food and/or Drinks

Food and/or drinks will be served at this class or event. Please contact the Library with any questions or concerns you have.

While we do not serve snacks containing nuts at any youth classes we cannot always ensure there is no cross contamination in processing. Please ask to see packaging at the event if you are concerned.  

Sponsored by Friends

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Book Discussion: "The Guncle" by Steven Rowley

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Boone's Trail Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Boone's Trail Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. He loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, When Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick's brother has a he...

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Book Discussion: "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by Victoria Schwab

5:30pm - 6:30pm
McClay Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: McClay Branch
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Evenings & Weekends
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

France, 1714. In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue and ...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Register Everyone

Please register each person attending the class or event regardless of age.  

Sponsored by Friends

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Book Discussion: "The Language of Flowers" by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Kathryn Linnemann Branch
Cancelled
Registration
Library Branch: Kathryn Linnemann Branch
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Evenings & Weekends
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

"In Victorian times, the language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After an isolated childhood spent in the foster-care system, her only connecti...

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Book Discussion - The Measure by Nikki Erlick

10:00am - 11:30am
WingHaven® Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: WingHaven® Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

It seems like any other day: You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live. From...

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Accommodations

If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Sponsored by Friends

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Next Chapter Book Club

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Kisker Road Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Kisker Road Branch
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Clubs & Communities
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Next Chapter Book Club is a community-based book club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Participants (even those who cannot read) gather for one hour weekly to read aloud and discuss a book that is provided by the Library. Together, we will explore new worlds and meet interesting characters through fun and engaging stories, gaining real-world skills and making new friends along the way.

Registration is required for this program and space is limited. By registering for one session, you will automatically be registered for the entire series.

Together, we will read and discuss Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Register Everyone

Please register each person attending the class or event regardless of age.  

Book Discussion: "Weyward" by Emilia Hart

10:00am - 11:00am
Deer Run Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Deer Run Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

For Ages 18+ "A spellbinding story about what may transpire when the natural world collides with a legacy of witchcraft." ––Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover...

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Book Discussion: "You Never Forget Your First" by Alexis Coe

11:00am - 12:00pm
Boone's Trail Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Boone's Trail Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, chased rich young women, caused an international incident, and never backed down--even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride wi...

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Book Discussion: "Take My Hand" by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

This book discussion regularly meets at Spencer Road Branch, however, due to construction we will be meeting at Middendorf-Kredell for this discussion.  "Montgomery, Alabama 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

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Book Discussion "Hello Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Augusta Branch
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Augusta Branch
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

"William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So it's a relief when his skill on the basketball court earns him a scholarship to college, ...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

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Nonfiction Book Discussion- "Born a Crime" By Trevor Noah

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Middendorf-Kredell Branch
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+, Ages 21+, Ages 55+
Class & Event Types: Books & More, Evenings & Weekends, History & Culture
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

"Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five...

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Book Discussion "The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides

5:00pm - 5:45pm
Library to You Bookmobile
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library to You Bookmobile
Age Group: Adults, Ages 18+
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Please pick up a copy of the book at the hosting branch.

Copies are available starting one month prior to the discussion, while supplies last.

Promising to be the debut of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motiv...

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If you need accommodations for this class, please contact the Library as soon as you are able.

Bookmobile Stops

Find a list of Library to You Bookmobile stops here.

Outdoor Class and Event Weather Statement

This class will be held outside. If the temperature is above 90 degrees, below 40 degrees, or there is other inclement weather, the class will be cancelled. If this class included registration you will receive a cancellation email 60 minutes before the class is scheduled to begin.

Sponsored by Friends

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