Your invited to join one of our book clubs!
Have you been thinking about joining a book club in 2022? Here are invitations from two book clubs hosted at the Dover Public Library.
Tuesday Night Book Club
The New Year is here! Full of potential and possibilities. Everyone is asking, “What’s your New Year’s resolution?” I for one plan to dive into a good book. And what better way than to share that, than in a book group. The Dover Public Library has different book groups that will fit into anyone’s schedule. I happen to oversee the Tuesday Night Book Group. We meet the second Tuesday of each month in the main part of the library at 6:30 to 7:30.
Reading can take you on an adventure without leaving your house. And, being part of a book group you share the love of reading. At our group it’s ok to say you didn’t like the book. You can express your opinion. Plus, the added bonus is you read books you never would have picked out, and you learn so many interesting, knowledgeable facts. Like, did you know that there’s a correct way for the toilet paper roll to be installed on the roller? Yes, we learned that at Tuesday Night Book Group.
When we meet this January we’ll discuss any Christmas book you read over the holidays.
February 8th: Maverick, a biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason Riley
March 8th Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law by Mary Roach
April 12th, Lost Girls : An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker
Come check us out and share the love of reading.
~DeniseCampbell Johnson
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC)
The CLSC was started in 1878 and is America’s oldest continuous book club. It was founded in order to provide people who could not afford the time or money to attend college the opportunity of acquiring the skills and essential knowledge of a college education. Every year, the Chautauqua Institution selects must-read books that broaden our knowledge of current topics and expand our intellectual curiosity.
We, the members of the Chautauqua Book Club at the Dover Library, do our best to honor the institution’s mission. We meet from noon to 1:00 PM in the community room at the library on the last Thursday of every month.
Join us on February 24 when we will discuss The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. This novel is the story of a network of people who are connected to the Turtle Mountain reservation in North Dakota in 1953, when the Chippewa are fighting for the survival of their tribe. Thomas Wazhashk, the night watchman at the Jewel Bearing Plant and tribal chairman, gathers the elders together to tell them about a new bill in Congress that would terminate federal recognition of all Indian tribes, thereby ending all government services and forcing tribes to relocate to new lands. He is successful at organizing a delegation that travels to Washington, D.C. to protest the bill.
In addition to Thomas, the author introduces us to other members of Turtle Mountain: 19-year-old Patrice “Pixie” Paranteau who supports her family with the wages she earns at the plant; her older sister Vera who left the reservation and later found her way back to tribal life; Lloyd Barnes, a non-native teacher at the school who runs a boxing club for the students; the star boxer named Everett “Wood Mountain” Blue. The author shows the interconnectedness of these people and their need for each other.
We’d love to have you join us at noon on Thursday, February 24 to explore this moment in the history of our nation. Feel free to bring your lunch. If you have questions, please contact Sherrel at the library at 330-343-6123 or at srieger@doverlibrary.org.
