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Book Club Meetings

S2SB2B: When Baldwin Loved Brenden

Location: Main Library Meeting Room A & B
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

A whole decade has passed since Baldwin, Brenden, Bria, and Christopher last saw each other. In college, they were a close-knit circle of friends who called themselves The Group--until an unfortunate set of circumstances placed their friendship in jeopardy. They went their separate ways after graduation, never looking back, and never expecting to see each other again.

S2SB2B: Me, Myself and Him

Location: Main Library Meeting Room A & B
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

How was Locksie supposed to tell her boyfriend that she had gone off to church and fallen in love with another man?

Locksie grew up in the church-against her will-thanks to her holier than thou mother. But now that she's all grown-up, she's her own woman and church is the last thing on her mind; her live-in boyfriend, Dawson, is the first. When Locksie finally decides to go back and visit church upon the invitation of her aunt, who hoped that by extending the invite, her niece would find God again, Locksie ends up finding more than she could have ever expected.

S2SB2B: The Great Pretender

Location: Main Library Meeting Room A & B
Date: Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

"For over six years, Reginald Brooks has managed to pull it off. Having two families, leading two lives. Now, the pretending must stop. But how? THE GREAT PRETENDER is an electrifying tale of how one man tries to untangle his life, setting a full-fledged arena of wife against husband, lover against lover, friend against friend, and family against family. Once you begin this engaging tale, you will witness how one man's decision to pretend ricochets through the lives of several people. For some, escape could seem to be a most welcome solution.

Literature Out Loud!: O Pioneers!

Location: Bailey Cove Branch Library
Date: Monday, June 3, 2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Join us for a slide show of artworks created in 1913, a cup of tea or two, and a lively discussion of Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!".

Madison Murder, Ink.: Joyland

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm

A STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME! Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. "I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. That combo made Hard Case Crime the perfect venue for this book, which is one of my favorites.

Madison Murder, Ink.: Blue Monday

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Immensely intelligent and poignantly human, Frieda Klein has captivated book critics and crime readers everywhere with her debut outing as Blue Monday 's iconoclastic heroine. A psychotherapist and insomniac who spends her nights walking along the ancient rivers that lie beneath modern London, Frieda stars in a dazzling new crime series in which the terrors of the mind spill over into real life. When five-year-old Matthew Farraday is abducted, Frieda cannot ignore the fact that his photograph perfectly matches the boy one of her patients describes from his fantasies.

Madison Murder, Ink.: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm

This splendid collection of mysteries carries readers back to a gas-lit era, when literature's greatest detective team lived on Baker Street. A dozen of Holmes and Watson's best-known cases include "The Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," The Five Orange Pips," "The Copper Beeches," and "A Scandal in Bohemia."

Madison Murder, Ink.: Josh Whoever

Location: Madison Public Library
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Josh was an army veteran, but a maneuver-turned-massacre cover-up threw him into a hero's harsh spotlight. After walking away from it all, Josh, who's been pulling scams for a living, takes refuge in the bottle and tries to stay invisible. But his latest con puts him in the sights of a Russian mob family convinced that he is a private detective-and the only one who can find missing reality star Kiev Romanov.

Eleanor Murphy ForeverYA: Every Day by David Levithan

Location: Eleanor E. Murphy Branch Library
Date: Saturday, June 8, 2013 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.

There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.