Book Clubs
Parchment Book Group
The Parchment Book Group meets on the second Monday of each month.
Our next meeting will be Monday, November 11, at 6:00 p.m. at Biggby Coffee Parchment (this month only).
Featured Book – November
What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama
Join us for an hour of thoughtful consideration of the featured book. Be prepared to share your thoughts, share a quote or two from the book, and rate the book from 1-10 on your own completely subjective scale.
Suggested Extra Read on Hoopla (eBook or Audiobook): Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Looking Ahead
November 11
What You Are Looking For is In the Library: A Novel by Michiko Aoyama
Suggested Extra Read on Hoopla (eBook or Audiobook): Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazo Kawaguchi
December 9
Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
January 13
Table for Two by Amor Towles
February 10
The Women by Kristin Hannah
March 10
Solito by Javier Zamora
Reading Together 2025
April 14
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Mystery Book Club
Three Months, Three Books, One Author
The Mystery Book Club meets each month at 6:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday. We focus on one author per quarter.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 19 in the library’s Community Room for a discussion of Murder at Half Moon Gate (Wrexford & Sloane #2) by Andrea Penrose. And mark your calendar for a Virtual Author Visit with Andrea Penrose on Tuesday, December 17th!
Featured Author October – December
Andrea Penrose
Looking Ahead
October 15
Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane #1) by Andrea Penrose
November 19
Murder at Half Moon Gate (Wrexford & Sloane #2) by Andrea Penrose
December 17
Murder at Kensington Palace (Wrexford & Sloane #3) by Andrea Penrose
Author Andrea Penrose will join us for a Virtual Author Visit!
January 21
The Word is Murder (Daniel Hawthorne #1) by Anthony Horowitz
February 18
The Sentence is Death (Daniel Hawthorne #2) by Anthony Horowitz
March 18
A Line to Kill (Daniel Hawthorne #3) by Anthony Horowitz
Silent Book Club
The Parchment Community Library Silent Book Club is two book clubs in one! The Evening Silent Book Club will meet on the 4th Monday of each month at 5:30 pm. Come at 5:15 pm for optional socializing before reading begins. The Afternoon Silent Book Club will meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 1:30 pm. Come at 1:15 pm for optional socializing.
Bring your own book and read in companionable silence for 45 minutes. At the end, we’ll take 15 minutes to discuss what we’ve been reading. Discussion is optional – participate as much or as little as you’d like. Beverages and snacks will be provided.
