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.

December 11: The Novel Life of Jane Austen by Janine Barchas
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Combining deep scholarship and serious whimsy, this book presents this literary icon as the starring character in her own graphic novel. Sprinkled throughout, the Easter eggs and clever references to popular film adaptations of Austen’s novels will satisfy the casual and avid Austen fan alike.

January 8: Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki
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Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between them.

February 12: The Reddest Rose: Romantic Love from the Ancient Greeks to Reality TV by Liv Stromquist
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The deceptively simple through-line is the question: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio date an endless string of 20-something models? Her answer — in the form of  this collection of well-researched, humorous essays — tracks how philosophers and artists, from the Ancient Greeks to Beyoncé, conceptualized romantic love.

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.

No meeting in December.

January 21: The Redemption of Wolf 302: From Renegade to Yellowstone Alpha Male by Rick McIntyre.  

A lover, not a fighter, that was wolf 302. A loner with an eye for the ladies, 302 was anything but Yellowstone’s perfect alpha wolf. However, this is not the story of 302’s failures, but  his dramatic transformation. A powerful coming-of-age tale that will strike a chord with anyone who has struggled to make a change, big or small.

February 18: Kindred:  A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler & Jonathan Jennings.

Butler’s most celebrated, critically acclaimed work tells the story of Dana, a young black woman who is suddenly and inexplicably transported from her home in 1970s California to the pre-Civil War South. Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully renders Butler’s mysterious and moving story, which spans racial and gender divides in the antebellum South through the 20th century.

Mystery Mondays Book Club

Select Mondays at 11 AM
Boardman Road Branch Library
No registration required.

No meeting in December.

January 26:  Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger

February 23: State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny