The Owatonna Branch loves to read!
We have two active book groups. Members can go to either or both.
Morning Brew: meets at 9:00 AM on the THIRD THURSDAY of each month via ZOOM
January 16 The Widows of Malibar Hill by Sujate Massey (Historical Fiction on
India) 385 pgs
February 20, 2025 The Women by Kristin Hannah (Historical Fiction on the Viet
Nam War) 471 pgs
March 20, 2025 Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
(Memoir) 264 pgs
April 17, 2025 God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Mystery) 478 pgs
May 15, 2025 Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (Nonfiction) 565 pgs
June 19, 2025 The Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kristin Miller
(Fiction) 298 pgs
July 17, 2025 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Classic) 947 pgs
August 21, 2025 The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich (Minnesota) 372 pgs
September 18, 2025 Shakespeare: the Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench
(Memoir) 373 pgs
October 16, 2025 A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Among the Pyrates, written by Herself (Fiction)
November 20, 2025 First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (Mystery) 340 pgs
December 18, 2025 All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley (Memoir) 226 pgs
Evening Book Group: meets at 6:30 PM in the Community Room of Morehouse Place unless otherwise indicated.
The current book is The Small and the Mighty, by Sharon McMahon
Meeting will be Tuesday, March18, 2025 at 6:30 at Morehouse Place
The book after that will be This Motherless Land, by Nikki May
Meeting will be Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 6:30 at Morehouse Place
The book after that will be The House is on Fire, by Rachel Beanland
Meeting will be May 2025 date TBD