Join the Eastern Branch book club for a monthly themed discussion! Whether it’s fiction or nonfiction, hardcover or digital, chapter book or graphic novel – you get to choose your own title to read and discuss based on the theme each month.
Summer Dates & Themes:
This book club meets the 3rd Monday of the month at 6 PM. Stop by or contact the branch at 517-788-4074 to learn more.
Join us on the first Friday of the month from 10-11:30 AM at the Meijer Branch to discuss a book selected by the group.
Summer Dates and Titles:
To learn more, contact the Meijer Branch at 517-788-4480.
Join us as we discover and discuss these compelling reads!
December 4: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
January 8: Becoming by Michelle Obama
February 5: If the Creek Don’t Rise by Leah Weiss
Come discuss a banned book or two in this 1 hour discussion on banned books!
Discuss the City of Jackson Book of the Year, “Evicted” by Matthew Desmond. Desmond received the MacArthur Genius grant, which allowed him to write this book and create a program tracking evictions across the U.S.
This conversation will revolve around urban housing challenges and possible remedies.
About the Discussion Leader: John Hawthorne is a Professor of Sociology at Spring Arbor University and Chair of the City of Jackson Human Relations Commission
Book discussion kits of “Evicted” are available at JDL by reservation.
To learn more, contact Adult Services at adultservices@myjdl.com
Cozy mysteries, also referred to as “cozies,” are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. Cozies thus stand in contrast to hardboiled fiction, which features violence and sexuality more explicitly and centrally to the plot. The term “cozy” was first coined in the late 20th century when various writers produced work in an attempt to re-create the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Let’s talk about our Cozy Mysteries, have some tea and cookies and exchange titles for future reads.
Intended for Adults.
Cozy mysteries, also referred to as “cozies,” are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. Cozies thus stand in contrast to hardboiled fiction, which features violence and sexuality more explicitly and centrally to the plot. The term “cozy” was first coined in the late 20th century when various writers produced work in an attempt to re-create the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Let’s talk about our Cozy Mysteries, have some tea and cookies and exchange titles for future reads.
Intended for Adults.
Join us at the Napoleon Branch as we discuss…
Thursday, November 15 at 2 p.m.
Artemis by Andy Weir
Stop by the Napoleon Branch to check out a copy of this month’s title.
Intended for adults.
Join us at the Napoleon Branch on Thursday, February 21st at 2 p.m. to discuss
Hillbilly-Elegie by J.D. Vance
Stop by the Napoleon Branch to check out a copy of this month’s title.
Intended for adults.
Join us at the Napoleon Branch on Thursday, January 17th at 2 p.m. to discuss
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Stop by the Napoleon Branch to check out a copy of this month’s title.
Intended for adults.