Book Groups

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 18                   The Pearl by John Steinbeck                                        Classic

February 15                 Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz                      Mystery

March 21                     My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She Is Sorry   by Fredrik Backman                                                                                                                                        Fiction

April 18                        The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres                                                                                                                    and Tom Rivett-Carnac  Nonfiction

May23                         Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom                                                                                                                                    by Ilyon Woo   Nonfiction

June 20                        The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki  Biography

July 18                         Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano                             Fiction

August 15                    Absolution by Alice McDermott                                 Historical Fiction

September 19             The Six by Loren Grush                                              Biography

October 17                  The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters                       Fiction

November 21              The Postcard by Anne Berest                                   Historical Fiction

December 19              A Low Country Christmas by Mary Alice Monroe       Fiction

Evening Book Group:  meets at 7:00 PM in the Community Room of Morehouse Place unless otherwise indicated.

Current book is Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
Meeting will be April, 22, 2024

The book after that will be The Heavan and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
Meeting will be May date TBD

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