We Heard You Want To Find a Book Club

ARLINGTON-- Arlington Facebook groups are buzzin' to find book clubs. As you form your own and want to welcome more community members into your group, let us know! For now, check out the Robbins and Fox Libraries' Book Clubs (of which there are several) to get your David McCullough fix.

Name: Queer Book Group
Meets (where & when): 7 – 8:30, every other month, usually on the last Wednesday. Meeting up in the 4th Floor Conference Room of the Robbins
Leader/contact: Rob Lorino (rlorino@minlib.net)
Group statement: Read some great LGBTQ-themed books (fiction and non-fiction, about 80/20), make some new friends, and expand your community!
Upcoming meetings: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta, February 22; The Imitation Game by Jim Ottaviani, March 26; If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, June 28.

Name: Guys Book Group
Meets (where & when): 7:30 pm the first Thursday of each month at the Fox branch
Leader/contact: Brad McKenna (bradley.mckenna@gmail.com)
Group statement: Book topics generally include sports, politics, history, crime, business, and technology. We primarily read non-fiction, but we will read some fiction as well.
Upcoming meetings: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough, February 9; The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto, March 9

Name: Not-So-Young-Adult Book Group (NSYA)
Meets (where & when): 7pm usually on the third Wednesday of each month in the Robbins Library Conference Room.
Leader/contact: Linda Dyndiuk (ldyndiuk@minlib.net)
Group statement: A book group for adults in which we read young adult books.
Upcoming meetings: Sugar Changed the World by Marc Aronson and Maria Budhos, February 15; The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, March 15; Nation by Terry Pratchett, April 19; Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero, May 17

Name: Robbins Library Book Discussion Group
Meets (where & when): the first Monday of each month in the Robbins Library Community Room (the September meeting will be in the Conference Room.)
Leader/contact: Therese Henderson (tzh@mit.edu)
Group statement: The longest-running of all of these book groups, this one has been meeting since January 1994. Members may recommend up to four titles per year, and the facilitator determines the final selections. This group reads a blend of fiction and nonfiction with a variety of themes. See their website for more info.
Upcoming meetings: The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, February 6; American Bloomsbury by Susan Cheever, March 6; Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout, April 3; The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, May 1; The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer, June 5

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