Shelf Indulgence Book Club
December 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Shelf Indulgence Book Club at the Hartland Public Library
If you enjoy reading a diverse mix of fiction and nonfiction, then this book club is for you! This book club reads one book each month, and meets on the third Thursday at 11 am or the fourth Tuesday at 6 pm (pick one meeting) to discuss it. Visit the Hartland Public Library website for selected book lists. https://www.villageofhartland.
Shelf Indulgence Book Club June Book:
Tuesday, June 17 at 6 PM
Thursday, June 19 at 11 AM
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
In this southern noir, an African-American sheriff in a small town in Virginia must face off with a serial killer.
Shelf Indulgence Book Club July Book:
Thursday, July 17 at 11 AM
Tuesday, July 22 at 6 PM
Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King
Short stories that toe the line between the everyday and the nightmarish. Full of suspense, dark comedy, and twists and turns.
Shelf Indulgence Book Club August Book:
Thursday, August 21 at 11 AM
Tuesday, August 26 at 6 PM
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
In 1972, an excavation operation for a new housing complex discovers a skeleton in the bottom of a well. The novel then goes back to 1920s and 1930s Pottstown, Pennsylvania, exploring the lives of the residents of the Chicken Hill neighborhood, which is inhabited mainly by Jewish and Black residents.
Shelf Indulgence Book Club September Book:
Thursday, September 18 at 11 AM
Tuesday, September 23 at 6 PM
James by Percival Everett
This novel is a reimagining of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of Jim, the escaped slave who accompanies Huck on his travels.
Shelf Indulgence Book Club October Book:
Thursday, October 16 at 11 AM
Tuesday, October 21 at 6 PM
The Women by Kristin Hannah
During the Vietnam War, Frances “Frankie” McGrath serves in the United States Army Nurse Corps. This historical fiction novel focuses on the women involved in the Vietnam War.
Shelf Indulgence Book Club November Book:
Thursday, November 20 at 11 AM
Tuesday, November 25 at 6 PM
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Tookie, an Indigenous woman in Minneapolis, is being haunted by Flora, a former customer at the bookstore where Tookie works. The bookstore is a fictionalized version of Birchbark Books, which is the real bookstore that Louise Erdrich owns!
Shelf Indulgence Book Club December Book:
Tuesday, December 16 at 6 PM
Thursday, December 18 at 11 AM
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
In this novel, inspired by the diary of an 18th-century midwife in Maine, Martha Ballard is called to examine a body discovered in the frozen river. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, she is forced to investigate the murder on her own.
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