CURRENT BPL BOOK CLUBS
 
 
The Library offers a wide variety of book clubs to cover many ages and genres. You can meet new people and expand your literary interests! We provide the book at each meeting or you can ask for it from the Customer Service Desk. All of our clubs work on a drop-in basis, and you are welcome to come even if you didn't finish (or start!) your title. More info is below.
 
  
 
ADULT BOOK CLUBS
 
Noon Book Club
October 1 at 12PM
This group meets the first Wednesday of the month in the Library. Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Service Desk.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba

Presents a story of how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors.

Kids' Books for Adults Book Club
September 16 at 7PM Lost & Found
October 21 at 7PM The Trumpet of the Swan
This group meets the third Tuesday of the month via Zoom. If you need a copy of the book, ask at the Customer Service Desk.

Join Zoom Meeting by computer:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83580667298?pwd=o9nAXi9lHltfF3GJK2zZUXbKkQ2xlF.1
Or by phone: 1-669-900-6833
Meeting ID 835 8066 7298
Email aangell@ci.benicia.ca.us for the passcode.
 
Lost & Found: Based on a True Stor
by Mei Yu

A little girl moves with her family from China to Canada and must find a way to learn English in order to make friends.
The Trumpet of the Swan
by E. B. White

Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan--his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home--in a newly illustrated edition of a tale first published forty years ago.

Cook the Book Book Club
September 23 at 12PM
This group usually meets the fourth Tuesday of the month in the Library. Members cook a dish based on the theme or from an assigned cookbook and come discuss what they think about the dish. Member often bring food from their cookbook to share, but this is not required.
 
THEME: "Salsa", or Mexican Cuisine. There are some titles to choose from at the end of the Holds Shelf in the Library (under the "Zs").
 
For this theme, let’s celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by making lots of salsas and/or any Mexican food that tickles your fancy. And hey, why not sign up for our SALSA COOK-OFF? bit.ly/BPLsalsa
 

Mystery Book Club
September 25 at 7PM
This group meets the fourth Thursday of the month in the Library. Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Service Desk.
 
The second murderer
by Denise Mina

When wealthy socialite Chrissie Montgomery, young, naïve and set to inherit an enormous fortune, goes missing, PI Philip Marlowe and Anne Riordan, head of her own all-female detective agency, search for this woman who doesn't want to be found, encountering a dead body along the way.
 
KIDS' AND TEEN BOOK CLUBS
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Kids' Book Club
October 7 at 3:30PM
For Grades 3-5.
This group meets the first Tuesday of the month online and in the Library.
 
Email mtanner@ci.benicia.ca.us (Librarian Melena) for details of how to join the meeting online. Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Service Desk.
 
The Field Guide
by Tony DiTerlizzi

When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.

Jr. Kids' Book Club
September 23 at 3:30PM
 For Grades 1-3.
This group meets the fourth Tuesday of the month online and in the Library.
 
Email mtanner@ci.benicia.ca.us (Librarian Melena) for details of how to join the meeting online. Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Service Desk.
 
 
The big orange splot
by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

When a seagull drops a can of orange paint on his neat house, Mr. Plumbean gets an idea that affects his entire neighborhood.