It’s difficult to meet in person right now, but SPL has thought of a way to help keep your mind active while we’re all social distancing: an at-home Book Club! The discussion will be in April, but book kits will be available starting in the first half of March.
Register for a spot (eight spots are open), and the next time you stop by the library, you’ll be given a book and packet to keep. You can then join in via the SPL Adult Book Club on the library’s Facebook and discuss it with us from the comfort of your own home! This time our discussion will be open April 20-21. Facebook not your thing? Fill out and return the book review sheet in your Book Club packet and we’ll display it at the library so others can decide if they’d like to read the book! Contact the library online or give us a call to register. Book Club packets can be picked up at the front desk or via contactless curbside service.
June’s choice is Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman, author of the best-selling novel A Man Called Ove. “For as long as anyone can remember, Britt-Marie has been an acquired taste. It’s not that she’s judgmental, or fussy, or difficult – she just expects things to be done in a certain way. A cutlery drawer should be arranged in the right order, for example (forks, knives, then spoons). We’re not animals, are we? But behind the passive-aggressive, socially awkward, absurdly pedantic busybody is a woman who has more imagination, bigger dreams and a warmer heart than anyone around her realizes. So when Britt-Marie finds herself unemployed, separated from her husband of 20 years, left to fend for herself in the miserable provincial backwater that is Borg... she is a little unprepared. But she will learn that life may have more to offer her that she’s ever realized, and love might be found in the most unexpected of places,” (Britt-Marie Was Here, 2016). Register for a spot in the book club and pick up your free copy today!