Book Clubs
Graphic Novel Book Club
Select Thursdays at 7 PM
Virtual, registration required.
Note: These programs will not be recorded.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
June 18: Register Here
Book: This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
Rose’s latest summer at a lake house is overshadowed by her parents’ constant arguments, her younger friend’s secret sorrows, and the dangerous activities of older teens.
July 16: Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls
Extensively researched and gorgeously rendered, Feeding Ghosts is Hulls’ homecoming, a vivid journey into the beating heart of one family, set against the dark backdrop of Chinese history. By turns fascinating and heartbreaking, inventive and poignant, Feeding Ghosts exposes the fear and trauma that haunt generations, and the love that holds them together.
August 13: On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together. Two girls meet in boarding school and fall deeply in love—only to learn the pain of loss.
Books and Brews Book Club
Select Wednesdays at 7 PM
In-person at Juan Murphy’s, located at 796 Main Street, Poughkeepsie.
No registration required.
June 17: Atmosphere: A Love Story, by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program, about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, it transports readers to an iconic era and tells a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love—this time among the stars.
July 15: Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Thirty-six hours after being attacked, Jet wakes in the hospital to grim news that a bone fragment is putting pressure on her brain’s arterial wall and will cause a fatal hemorrhage within seven days. Instead of choosing surgery with a slim chance of survival, she uses her last week to solve her own murder.
August 19: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all.
Mystery Mondays Book Club
Select Mondays at 11 AM
Boardman Road Branch Library
No registration required.
June 29: Spirit Crossing by William Kent Kreuger
July 27: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
August 31: A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman