Book Club

Please join our book discussion group "Book Chat". We read a variety of books including fiction, nonfiction, young adult fiction, and sometimes even juvenile fiction.

New faces are ALWAYS welcome. If you miss the meeting, you may still stop into the library anytime to pick up a copy of the book for the next meeting. This group meets the first Thursday of each month unless otherwise noted at 6:00 pm.

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2021 Schedule

Title	Author	Meeting
Open Discussion		January 7, 2021
Little Faith *A21	Nickolas Butler	February 4, 2021
The Soul of an Octopus	Sy Montgomery	March 4, 2021
Rebecca	Daphne DuMaurier	April 1, 2021
White Fragility	Robin Diangelo	May 6, 2021
Story of Edgar Sawtelle	David Wroblewski	June 3, 2021
NO MEETING		July 2021
Pie in the Sky K21 Patron Saints of Nothing T21	Remy Lain Randy Ribay	August 5, 2021
Hillbilly Elegy	J. D. Vance	September 2, 2021
Eleanor Oliphant is Completly Fine	Gail Honeyman	October 7, 2021
The Guest List	Lucy Foley	November 4, 2021
American Dirt	American Dirt	December 2, 2021

*All Iowa Reads Titles (AIR)

K = Kid selection
T = Teen selection
A = Adult selection

2020 Schedule

Title	Author	Meeting
Open Discussion		January 2, 2020
The Hate U Give	Angie Thomas	February 6, 2020
The Mothers *A20	Brit Bennett	March 5, 2020
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History	Keith O'Brein	April 2, 2020
Less	Andrew Greer	May 7, 2020
Catch 22	Josheph Heller	June 4, 2020
NO MEETING		July 2020
The Parker Ineritance K20 Hey Kiddo T20	Varian Johnson Jarrett Krosoczka	August 6, 2020
Dandelion Wine	Ray Bradbury	September 3, 2020
The Dry	Jane Harper	October 1, 2020
Beneath a Scarlet Sky	Mark Sullivan	November 5, 2020
Whistling Past the Graveyard	Susan Crandall	December 3, 2020

*All Iowa Reads Titles (AIR)

K = Kid selection
T = Teen selection
A = Adult selection

Our Services

Whats Happening @ the Library?

Sep 29

After School - Pokemon/Games Unplugged

Sep 29, 2021, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

A Pokémon League is a fun and casual environment where people can meet to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game/Video Game and trade cards. Please bring your own cards and/or Nintendo DS w/ game for game play and trade. It is a great opportunity to meet other players and share ideas

Pokémon games encourage people to learn. Reading skills are required in most Pokémon games, as are math skills, strategic thinking and problem solving. Through collecting and trading, Pokémon games also encourage sharing. It’s a game than can be played by children as young as five (with some help), but can also be challenging for adults. It also emphasizes character development through the focus on sportsmanship and personal improvement.

Experienced players and beginners of all ages are welcome.

We will also have our regular collection of board games available for those who do not have their own Pokémon cards to play with.

NL Schools get out at 2:20 EVERY Wednesday. Send them on up to the library to participate in our weekly after school programs! 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. Every Wednesday during the school year.

Oct 01

Senior Moments

Oct 1, 2021, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

A social time (for adults). This is for adults of all ages. This is a time to just get together, chit chat, meet new people. Most of the time we color, which we provide materials for. This group meets every Friday except for observed holidays, from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

Oct 02

Tyke Time (AM)

Oct 2, 2021, 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Saturday morning Tyke Times are at 9:30 am (before we officially open). The story time will be for babies up to school age. We will do rhymes, songs, read books and play. What we do will vary each week. The Tyke Time will last for 15-30 minutes depending on children's interest and an adult must be present and participate with the child.

Note: This event will be BEFORE normal business hours, so we will take care of any checkout AFTER the program.

Oct 06

After School - Movie Day!

Oct 6, 2021, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Today we will show a movie! Name That Movie!

Note: Sometimes movies run a little longer so program may run over the end time of 4:00 pm.

1. Rabbit
2. Pro Basketball Player
3. Looney

NL Schools get out at 2:20 EVERY Wednesday. Send them on up to the library to participate in our weekly after school programs! 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. Every Wednesday during the school year.

Oct 07

Book Chat - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Oct 7, 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Book Chat meets tonight!

Book Chat is for people who enjoy reading. This is our library's book club. We meet the first Thursday of each month. Here we discuss whichever book we handed out at the previous meeting and then receive a new book for the next month. Feel free to come join us anytime in the month, just stop at the desk and ask for a copy of the book. We love to see and hear from new people!

October's book discussion will be Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Oliphant. If you would like more information on what this book is about, please follow this link.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434883-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine

November's book discussion will be The Guest List by Lucy Foley. If you would like more information on what this book is about, please follow this link.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51933429-the-guest-list

Oct 08

Senior Moments

Oct 8, 2021, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Oct 13

After School - BINGO!

Oct 13, 2021, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

NL Schools get out at 2:20 EVERY Wednesday. Send them on up to the library to participate in our weekly after school programs! 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. Every Wednesday during the school year.

This week we will be playing BINGO! This program is for school aged children.

Oct 13

Library Board Meeting

Oct 13, 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Library Board meets tonight at 6:00 pm.

Oct 15

Senior Moments

Oct 15, 2021, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM