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Book Groups and Clubs for Readers…
Readers unite! Broward County Library is the place to come to get, read, and talk about your favorite books. Here's what's happening for book lovers this month at BCL:
May Book Clubs @ Your Library
AARLCC
May 10 - Urban Fiction Book Club, Meta Smith's Queen of Miami, 10:30 a.m.
May 24 - Sankofa Book Club presents The Farrakhan Factor edited by Amy Alexander, 2 p.m.
Century Plaza Branch
May 5 - Book Discussion, Daniel Silva's The Secret Servant. 1 to 2 p.m.
May 12 - Book Discussion, Michael Wex's Born to Kvetch, 1 to 2 p.m. Program sponsored by a grant from the Broward Public Library Foundation.
Dania Beach Paul DeMaio Branch
May 10 - Come celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Imani Book Club with host and honoree Kristine Hollis, 1 to 3 p.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Dania Beach Library.
May 31 - Literary Book Club will discuss Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Davie/Cooper City Branch
May 5 - Book Club, Annie Proulx's The Shipping News, 6:30 p.m.
Galt Ocean Mile Reading Center
May 15 - Book Review, Title to be announced at later date, 2 p.m.
May 19 - Book Discussion, Jonathan Kellerman's Obsession, 2 p.m.
Hollywood Branch
May 14 - Shorts - Short Story Discussion Group, An international selection of short stories for lively exchange, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
May 22 - "Quick and Easy Classics" book group. No registration necessary, just show up having read the book Eudora Welty's The Optimist's Daughter, and be ready to discuss it, 7 to 8 p.m. Please call Morgan at 954-926-2430, x. 234 with questions.
Imperial Point Branch
May 14 - Brown Bag Book Discussion. Bring your lunch and share in the discussion of John Hart's Down River, 12:30 p.m. Beverages will be provided.
Lauderdale Lakes Branch
6 - Region V Reads The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Film and Book Discussion, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Lauderhill Towne Centre Library
May 19 - Bereans (Inspirational Fiction) Book Club The Pastor's Wife, by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Library's Multipurpose Room.
May 27 - LC Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting & Book Discussion, Many Lives, Many Masters and Through Time Into Healing by Brian L. Weiss, 11a.m. to 1 p.m., Library's Multipurpose Room.
Main Library
May 20 - A Literary Tea with Les Standiford, author of Washington Burning: How a Frenchman's Vision for Our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers and the Invading British Army, 2 p.m., 6th floor. Sponsored by the Florida Center for the Book.
North Regional/BCC Library
May 8 - Reading Round Table Book Discussion: The Accidental by Ali Smith, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
May 22 - Lunch with the Librarian, The Bear Came Over the Mountain/Away from Her by Alice Munro, presentation by librarian Louise Taylor. NOTE: Attendees are encouraged to read the book prior to attending this discussion, noon to 1 p.m. Soft drinks courtesy of the Friends of North Regional/BCC Library. Presented in honor of Boomers Month.
Northwest Regional Library
May 22 - Book Review, Clapton by Eric Clapton, come and take a plunge into the life, career, and music of Eric Clapton, 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Multi-purpose Room. For details, call Ken at 954-341-3900 x. 253.
Pembroke Pines Branch/Walter C. Young Resource Center
May 7- Let's Talk About Books Book Discussion, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, 1 to 2 p.m.
South Regional/BCC Library
May 17 - Nia Book Discussion, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseine, Khaled, 3 to 4 p.m.
Southwest Regional Library
May 20 - Let's Talk About Books Book Club, Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
May 21 - Non-Fiction Book Discussion, Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic, by Steven Johnson, 7 to 8 p.m.
Stirling Road Branch
May 20 - Book Discussion, Shirley MacLaine's Sage-ing While Age-ing, 1:30 to 2:30pm. Please read book prior to attending.
Tamarac Branch
May 1 - Brandeis Book Discussion, Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 1 to 2:30pm
West Regional Library
May 1 - Knit*Lit Book Club, a book club featuring crafty fiction for fiber fans will discuss Jane Austen's Persuasion, 7 to 8:30pm. Bring your current project.
May 7 - Region V and English Café Group Read Aloud, The Pearl, a one-act play based on the novel by John Steinbeck, 6 to 8pm.
May 13 - West Regional Science Fiction Book Club, discussion of Octavia Butler's Dawn, 7 to 8:30pm. 23 - West Regional Book Club, Claire Messud's The Emperor's Children, 10am to noon, Room 130.
Weston Branch
Book-Club-in-a-Bag - Start your own book club with everything you need to lead a discussion group: 10 books, questions, biographical information, reviews, and a sign-up form to help you keep track of the books. All items must be returned when due. Contact Linda Abraham for available titles: 954-389-2098 x249.
May 27 - Spanish Book Club, Gabriel García Márquez's Memoria de mis putas tristes, 6:30 to 8pm.
May 29 - Book Discussion, Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 7 to 8pm.
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