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The Lakeland Library offers two book discussions, free and open to all students and the public!

About the Book Discussion Group

The Book Discussion Group members choose books from different genres and read a selection every four-six weeks. Members take turns leading the discussion. Group discussion provides for a diversity of perspectives, making the discussion group a lively and rewarding experience. The Book Discussion Group currently meets online via Webex. It's free and everyone is welcome! Please email lglasser@lakelandcc.edu to participate in the online Book Discussion Group or for more information.

Date
Title and Author
Tuesday
7/18/23
ONLINE

"One Summer: America, 1927"
by Bill Bryson
Summer Reading 

Wednesday
8/30/23
ONLINE

"About Grace: a novel"
by Anthony Doerr
Ohio Reads

Tuesday
9/26/23
ONLINE

"Maus: a survivor's tale"
by Art Spiegelman
Banned Books Week – "Let Freedom Read"
October 1-7, 2023

Wednesday
10/25/23
ONLINE

"Our Missing Hearts: a novel"
by Celeste Ng
Diversity

Tuesday
12/5/23
ONLINE

"The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree"
by Nice Leng'ete
Cultures Around the World

Wednesday
1/24/24
ONLINE

"Beloved"
by Toni Morrison
Books into Movies

Tuesday
2/20/24
ONLINE

"Things Past Telling: a novel"
by Sheila Williams
Black History Month

Wednesday
3/27/24
ONLINE

"The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sister Brought Medicine to Women -- and Women to Medicine"
by Janice P. Nimura
Women's History Month

Tuesday
4/23/24
ONLINE

"The Personal Librarian"
by Marie Benedict
National Library Week
April 7-13, 2024

(15 minute planning session for next year)
Wednesday
5/22/24
ONLINE

"The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Death of a President"
by Candice Millard
Summer Reading

Tuesday
6/25/24
ONLINE

"Violeta: a novel"
by Isabel Allende
Summer Reading

 

About the Monday Book Club

The Monday Book Club is a partnership between Morley Library and Lakeland Community College Library. The Monday Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month, at 2 p.m. Please email mfbathome@gmail.com to participate in the Monday Book Club or for more information. It's free and everyone is welcome!

Date
Title and Author
6/12/23

"The Lost Book of the Grail"
By Charlie Lovett

7/10/23

"We Came, We Saw, We Left:  A Family Gap Year"
By Charles Wheelan

8/14/23

"The Book of V: A Novel"
By Anna Solomon

9/11/23

"The Hello Girls:  America's First Women Soldiers"
By Elizabeth Cobbs

10/9/23

"Lessons"
By Ian McEwan

11/13/23

"The Fate of Food:  What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World"
By Amanda Little

12/11/23

"Siddhartha: A Novel"
By Hermann Hesse

1/8/24

"Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir"
By Jeannie Vanasco

2/12/24

"A Fall of Marigolds: A Novel"
By Susan Meissner

3/11/24

"The Club:  Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age"
By Leopold Damrosch

4/8/24

"An Unnecessary Woman"
By Rabih Alameddine

 

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