Book Clubs

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Alvinston

TWEEN BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, July 18 & August 15 - 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Ages 10 -12

Discuss what you are reading this summer with the group.

ADULT BOOK CLUB

Thursday, July 20 & August 17 - 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

July - “Things you Save in a Fire“ by Katherine Center: A heart-warming, gut-wrenching, and hilarious story about healing, family, forgiveness, courage, and love.

August - “They Left Us Everything” by Plum Johnson: A funny, touching memoir about the importance of preserving family history to make sense of the past.

Bright’s Grove

BOOK CLUB (AFTERNOON)

Wednesday, July 12 & August 9 - 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

July - “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus: A story of hope and staying true to yourself.

August - “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman: A dark romantic comedy about a social misfit with a traumatic past who becomes enamored with a singer.

BOOK CLUB (EVENING)

Tuesday, July 18 & August 15 - 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

July - “Last Garden in England” by Julia Kelly: A historical fiction novel about a young woman that discovers the history of the gardens she is maintaining.

August - “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson: A historical fiction novel about the journeys of a young woman who delivers books to her patrons on horseback.

Camlachie

CAMLACHIE BOOK CLUB

Thursday, July 20 & August 24 - 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

July - “Ask Again, Yes” by Mary Beth Keane: A domestic fiction novel about two Irish American families in a New York suburb, and the love, and tragedies that threaten to tear them apart.

August - “When I Close my Eyes” by Elizabeth Musser: A thriller about the attempted murder of Josephine Bourdillon, her would be murderer, Henry Hughes, and her teenage daughter Paige.

Corunna

CORUNNA BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, July 18 & August 15 - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

July - “Bewilderment” by Richard Powers: Astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while singlehandedly raising his unusual nine-year-old son, Robin.

August - “The Man who Died Twice” by Richard Osman: A gripping mystery novel, part of the Thursday Murder Club series.

Florence

Florence Adult Book Club

Tuesday, July 18 & August 22 - 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

July - “The Boston Girl” by Anita Diamant: Addie Baum is born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters.

August - “Cloud Cuckoo Land“ by Anthony Doerr: A soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, and hope- and a book.

Forest

FRIDAY BOOK CLUB

Friday, July 14 & August 11 - 10:30 to 11:30 p.m.

July - “The Judge’s List” by John Grisham: A thriller about investigator Lacy Stoltz, who follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect-a sitting judge.

August - “The Quintland Sisters” by Shelley Wood: A historical fiction novel about the Dionne Quintuplets, told from the perspective of a midwife in training who helps bring them into the world.

Grand Bend

GRAND BEND BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, July 12 & August 9 - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

July - “Daisy Jones and the Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid: A fictional romance novel about an iconic band and their rise to fame in the 1970s.

August - “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah: An educational memoir about the comedian’s early life in South Africa. Being born to a black mother and white father under apartheid, made his mere existence a crime.

Inwood

INWOOD BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, July 18 & August 15 - 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

July - “Hidden Valley Road” by Robert Kolker: A nonfiction book about a family with an inordinately high number of members diagnosed with Schizophrenia.

August - “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood: The story of Offred, a Handmaid in an oppressive world where women are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.

Mallroad

TEEN BOOK CLUB

Friday, July 7 & August 4 - 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

July - Islands: Pick any book with “island” in the title or based on an island and discuss your reads with the group.

August - Sand and Sea: Pick any book with “sea” in the title or based on the sea and discuss your reads with the group.

KIDS’ BOOK CLUB

Friday, July 7 - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Ages 10 -12

Friendship: Read a friendship themed book of your choosing and share your thoughts with others.

Oil Springs

OIL SPRINGS BOOK CLUB

Thursday, July 13 & August 10 - 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

July - “The Henna Artist” by Alka Joshi: One woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern.

August - “The Vacationers” by Emma Straub: Secrets, joys, and jealousies that rise to the surface over the course of an American family’s two-week stay in Mallorca.

Petrolia

TWEEN BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, July 19 & August 16 - 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Ages 10 -12

Discuss what you are reading this summer with the group.

ADULT BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, July 12 - 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

“Not a Happy Family” by Shari Lapena: A mystery thriller about an upstate New York family and the secrets that they keep even when they are dead.

EVENING BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, July 18 - 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

“Where’d You Go, Bernadette” by Maria Semple: A misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she mysteriously disappears in this “whip-smart and divinely funny” novel.

Point Edward

POINT EDWARD BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, July 5 & August 2 - 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

July - “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed: A biography about a young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.

August - “Rabbit Foot Bill” by Helen Humphreys: A novel based on a true story about a lonely prairie boy who befriends a local outsider in 1947 and then witnesses a shocking murder.

Port Franks

PORT FRANKS BOOK CLUB

Monday, July 10 & August 14 - 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

July - “Run Hide Repeat” by Pauline Dakin: A non-fiction memoir of a fugitive childhood steeped in unexplained fear and menace.

August - “Talk Bookish To Me” by Kate Bromley: A rom-com about a romance novelist who is thrown back into the path of her first love.

Sarnia

ADULT FICTION BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, July 4 & August 8 - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

July - “The Harlem Shuffle” by Colson Whitehead: A historical fiction novel that follows Ray Carney, an only slightly bent salesman when it comes to being crooked.

August - “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner: A historical, mystery fiction novel that begins in eighteenth-century London, in a secret apothecary shop that caters to an unusual kind of clientele.

Historical Fiction Book Club

Thursday, July 13 & August 10 - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

July - “Secret Keeper of Jaipur” by Alka Joshi: Henna artist Lakshmi arranges for her protégé, Malik, to intern at the Jaipur palace in a tale rich in character, atmosphere, intrigue and lavish storytelling.

August - “Three Sisters“ by Heather Morris: Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in Auschwitz.

Warrior Cats Book Club

Sunday, July 16 & August 13 - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Explore the popular ‘Warrior Cats’ series by Erin Hunter. Warrior Cats is based on the adventures and drama of multiple clans of feral cats.

Art And Books Club

Thursday, August 17 - 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Read ‘When We Lost Our Heads’ by Heather O’Neill and participate in a tour of the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery’s (JNAAG) ‘Many Lives Mark This Place’ exhibit featuring artist John Hartman. Book discussion starts at Sarnia Library and then will move to JNAAG.

Thedford

Thedford Book Club

Tuesday, July 18 & August 15 - 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

July - “The Stationary Shop” by Marjan Kamali: Set in 1953 Tehran, a young couple are separated on the eve of their marriage, and reunited sixty years later in America.

August - “Promise” by Damon Galgut: Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch, in a drama set against the march of South African national history.

Watford

WATFORD BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, July 18 & August 15 - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

July - “Maid” by Stephanie Land: A memoir that explores the underbelly of upper-middle class America and the reality of what it’s like to be in service to them.

August - “A Town Called Solace” by Mary Lawson: A gripping and darkly domestic tale that explores the relationships of three people brought together by fate and the mistakes of the past.

Wilkesport

LUNCHTIME BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, August 29 - 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Take a lunch break and talk about books.

Wyoming

WYOMING BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, July 21 & August 9 - 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

July - “Still Life” by Louise Penny: A mystery about the discovery of a dead body in the woods that brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and colleagues to a small village in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

August - “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennet: A multigenerational family saga that tackles prickly issues of racial identity and bigotry.

Online Book Club

NON-FICTION BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, July 18 & August 15 - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Discuss this month’s non-fiction book selection. The next title is selected at each meeting.