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What's Books on Tap? Books on Tap is an, exciting book club created by and for new adults. We meet the second Thursday of each month @ 7:00 PM at the Pollyanna Brewing Company, which is located at 431 Talcott Avenue in downtown Lemont. Copies of the book are available at the Patron Services desk. They are also available on our loanable Kindles, along with our digital services. Participants must be 21 years or older.
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Thursday, January 10th @ 7:00 PM Recounts the struggles of hundreds of women who were exposed to radium while working factory jobs during World War I, describing how they were mislead by their employers and became embroiled in a battle for workers' rights
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Thursday, February 14th @ 7:00 PM
Coming of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, Zélie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical abilities. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Thursday, March 14th @ 7:00 PM
The surviving members of a forgotten teen detective club and their dog reunite as broken adults to embark on an effort to solve a terrifying cold case that ruined them all and sent the wrong man to prison
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Thursday, April 11th @ 7:00 PM
Sifting through stories, recipes, genetic tests and historical documents, a renowned culinary historian, in a memoir of Southern culinary tradition and food culture, traces his ancestry through food, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom, and the charged politics surrounding the origins of soul food, barbecue and all Southern cuisine. 20,000 first printing.
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Thursday, May 9th @ 7:00 PM
In a future world where the United States' borders have receded behind a ring of scorched earth to protect citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks, a group of extreme adventurers find themselves at the center of a murderous plot. By the award-winning author of The Next Time You See Me.
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Thursday, June 13th @ 7:00 PM
Taking refuge in fairy tales after the loss of his mother, twelve-year-old David finds himself violently propelled into an imaginary land in which the boundaries of fantasy and reality are disturbingly melded. By the author of The Black Angel. Reprint.
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Thursday, July 11th @ 7:00 PM
An account of the unsolved Golden State Killer case traces the rapes and murders of dozens of victims and the author's determined efforts to help identify the killer and bring him to justice. (true crime). Reprint. 150,000 first printing. AB. K. LJ. NYT. PW.
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Thursday, August 8th @ 7:00PM
After the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed
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Lemont Public Library District 50 E Wend St Lemont, Illinois 60439 (630) 257-6541 ext. 2www.lemontlibrary.org |
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