KPL Book Club

The Kilbourn Public Library Book Club is open to all adults interested in getting together for informal discussion on selected books. Each month a book is chosen and copies are available here at the library and on the bookmobile for interested readers.  The book club meets on the last Monday evening of the month at 5:30 p.m. and the last Wednesday afternoon of the month at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the featured book.  Currently we are meeting virtually on Zoom for engaging and enjoyable discussion. Everyone is welcome.

For the month of May the Kilbourn Public Library Book Club will be reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human. It is a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken and how far we will go to claim the lives we dream of. The Book Club will be discussing this book on Monday, May 21 at 6:30 pm and Wednesday, May 30 at 1:30 pm. Join us here at the library or participate with fellow readers by sending a comment to our book club blog at kplbookclub.blogspot.com. Everyone is welcome!

For the month of April, the Kilbourn Public Library Book Club will be reading Idaho by Emily Ruskovich. This book follows the story of Ann and Wade, who are married and work the rough landscape of northern Idaho. Wade is slowly losing his memory and Ann wants to peice together the tragic events that happened to his previous wife Jenny and their two daughters June and May. This is a novel told from several different perspectives that you will not want to miss out on. The Kilbourn Public Library Book Club will be discussing this book twice in April: Wednesday, April 25 at 1:30pm and Monday, April 30 at 6:30 pm. If you are unable to join us for discussion, please don't miss the online conversation at kplbookclub.blogspot.com. All are welcome!

The Kilbourn Public Library Book Discussion Group will be reading When Breath Becomes Air, written by Paul Kalanithi. This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question what makes life worth living? When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both. The Kilbourn Public Library Book Club will be discussing this book on Monday, March 26 at 6:30pm and Wednesday, March 28 at 1:30pm. If you cannot make it to either of these sessions, feel free to join the discussion online at kplbookclub.blogspot.com. Everyone is welcome!

For the month of February the Kilbourn Public Library will be discussing Chris Cleave's novel Everyone Brave is Forgiven. This is a love story set during the height of World War II in London and the island of Malta from 1939 to 1942. Based on the love letters of the author's grandparents, the story follows a young woman named Mary who is made a teacher by the British War Office. She encounters Allistair, who has enilsted in the Army because of his friend. The two fall in love and are continually tested by the heat and violence of the war in ways they could not have possibly imagined. The Book Club will be discussing this novel on Monday, February 26 at 6:30 pm and Wednesday, February 28 at 1:30 pm. Join us for a lively discussion and treats. If you can't join us in person visit our book club blog at kplbookclub.blogspot.com. Each month KPL staff will post discussion topics and questions to spark conversation. Join us in the discussion by adding a post to our blog.

To kick off 2018 the Book Club will be reading and discussing Anna Quindlen's Miller's Valley. This is a novel about a small town on the verge of a big change. A woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself. Miller's Valley is a masterly study of family, memory loss, and ultimately, discovery. It is a story of finding your true identity and a new vision of home. It reminds us that the place where you grew up can disappear, and the people in it too, but all will live on in your heart forever. We will discuss this book two times this month at the library.
*Monday, January 29 at 6:30 pm
*Wednesday, January 31 at 1:30 pm
If you can't make the discussion here in person participate on our blog at kplbookclub.blogspot.com.

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