Discover new books & new friends
We'll begin with some conversation starters so you can get to know fellow attendees.
Then our expert staff will guide a lively discussion about carefully selected titles—from classics to new releases. Bring your enthusiasm and love of reading, even if you don't get a chance to finish this month's title.
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Here's what we're reading this month The Book Women of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson
Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble in their small town. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's determination to bring a little bit of hope to the darkly hollers
August The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
September Violeta by Isabel Allende
October The Family Way by Christopher DiRaddo
New Appleby Branch opened in Appleview Plaza on October 20, 1983, having served the local neighbourhoods first as Skyway Branch (1965), and New Appleby Branch in Appleby Mall (1972).