Book Clubs at PPL
Tuesday Brown Bag Book Club at PPL!
This group meets the last Tuesday of every month from 12 -1 pm. Meetings will be held at the Library in our Trustee Room, 3rd Floor. Join us...all are welcome! Contact Bonnie Lilienthal at 455-8025 to register or email blilienthal@provlib.org.
History Hijinks Book Club at PPL
Meets the 1st Monday of the month from 5:30 - 6:45 pm, unless otherwise noted.
Registration required.
Meeting in person in PPL's Mural Room, 3rd Floor, and via Google Meet. All are welcome. To register and get a Meeting link, email or call Anne Mulready: annemulready@aol.com; 401-453-6163.
Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule.
The group will be reading the following books in the upcoming months:
5/6 & 6/3 — Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow
7/1 — 1968: The Year That Rocked The World by Mark Kurlansky
The Book Readers Guide To The Galaxy Book Club
Meets the last Monday of the month from 5:45 - 7 pm, unless otherwise noted.
Meetings are held in person in PPL's Mural Room, 3rd Floor. Join us...all are welcome! Contact Reina Kirkendall at 455-8033 for information or email rkirkendall@provlib.org. Copies of these books will be placed on hold and may be picked up at PPL. Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule and to register. The group will be reading the following books in the upcoming months:
April 29 — Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
June 24 — This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amaal El Mohtar
July 29 — Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
August 26 — Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
September 30 — Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
October 28 — The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
November 25 — Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
December 16 — Starter Villan by John Scalzi (meeting early due to holiday closures)
The Dark Adademia Book Club
If you're interested in romanticizing the Greek classics, learning languages, or have a general air of existentialism, this is the book club for you!
Meets the third Monday of the month from 6 - 7 pm, unless otherwise noted. Meetings are held in person in PPL's Mural Room, 3rd Floor. Join us...all are welcome! Contact Reina Kirkendall at 455-8033 for information or email rkirkendall@provlib.org. Copies of these books will be placed on hold and may be picked up at PPL.
Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule and to register.
The group will be reading the following books in the upcoming months:
April 15 — Bunny by Mona Awad
May 20 — Yellowface by R.F Kuang
June 17 — Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
July 15 — If We Were Villains by M.L Rio
August 19 — The Cloisters by Katy Hays
September 16 — The Secret History by Donna Tart
October 21 — Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
November 18 — Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth
NEW!! Mystery Book Club
The group will be reading these books:
May 14 — Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
June 11 — The Verifiers by Janek Pek
July 9 — The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
August 13 — Reykjavik: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir
September 10 — The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
October 8 — The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
November 12 — Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
December 10 — The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
NEW!! Romantasy Book Club
Interested in dragons, shirtless men, and a little spice? This is the book club for you! Join us to discuss fae, vampires, and warrior book boyfriends alike! Meetings will be held in person the last Saturday of the month from 2 - 3 pm in PPL’s Mural Room, 3rd Floor, unless otherwise noted*. Contact Reina Kirkendall at 455-8033 or email rkirkendall@provlib.org for more information. Copies of these books will be placed on hold and may be picked up at PPL. Check PPL's Calendar for ongoing schedule.
The group will be reading these books:
April 27 * (will meet in Seminar Room) — Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
June 29 — Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout
July 27 — The Serpent and Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
August 31 — House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
NEW Book Club Collaboration
Connecting Stories Book Club
Join the discussion at PPL, in conjunction with Trinity Repertory Company, for this latest collaborative book club. In this club, you will read and discuss literature related to the plays being performed at Trinity for their 2023-24 season. Connect with Trinity's onstage work as we connect people to stories and stories to plays.
Next meeting
Tuesday, May 29 | 5:30 - 6:45 pm
PPL Trustees Room, 3rd Floor
The book we will discuss is Cantoras, by Carolina De Roberts Selected to complement La Cage aux Folles running May 30 - June 30, 2024. Participants will receive a discount code to use for purchasing tickets.
Don't wait to request a copy using our catalog! Or call your local library. It can take 3 or 4 business days for a book request to be delivered.
Contact Wensley Bynoe, director of community engagement at wbynoe@trinityrep.com if you have additional questions or if you need a modified book (i.e. audiobook, large print, braille, etc.)
Any questions, please contact Ivy at ibrunelle@provlib.org, Subject: "Connecting Stories".