CURRENT BPL BOOK CLUBS
 
 
The Library offers a variety of book clubs to cover many 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
April 1 at 12PM
Since this title is so large, members will read the second half for April. This group meets the first Wednesday of the month in the Library. Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Service Desk.
Circle of Days by Ken Follett
Circle of Days
by Ken Follett

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world's greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Fair, and to find Neen, the girl he loves. Her family lives in prosperity and offer Seft an escape from his brutish father and brothers within their herder community. A PRIESTESS WHO BELIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE Joia, Neen's sister, is a priestess with a vision and an unmatched ability to lead. As a child, she watches the Midsummer ceremony, enthralled, and dreams of a miraculous new monument, raised from the biggest stones in the world. But trouble is brewing among the hills and woodlands of the Great Plain. A MONUMENT THAT WILL DEFINE A CIVILIZATION Joia's vision of a great stone circle, assembled by the divided tribes of the Plain, will inspire Seft and become their life's work. But as drought ravages the earth, mistrust grows between the herders, farmers and woodlanders--and an act of savage violence leads to open warfare . . . Truly ambitious in scope, Circle of Days invites you to join master storyteller Ken Follett in exploring one of the greatest mysteries of our age: Stonehenge.

Kids' Books for Adults Book Club
March 17 at 7PM 
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.
 
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden

Chester the cricket arrives at a Times Square newsstand where he makes friends with a boy, a cat, and a mouse.

Cook the Book Book Club
March 24 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. Email Patrice (psartor@ci.benicia.ca.us) with questions.
 
THEME: Your Go-To Favorite!
 
For this meeting, find your go-to weekday dish in a cookbook and make that version. We'll talk about why it's your go-to, and if the recipe version is better (or worse!) than yours.
 

Mystery Book Club
March 26 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.
 
Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben
Gone Before Goodbye
by Harlan Coben

Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan ... until it wasn't. Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion. Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world's most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself--or she will be the next one who is ... Gone Before Goodbye. A tour de force thriller that delivers a killer premise and thundering plot with serious emotional punch. Maggie is flawed, compelling and utterly real. Coben and Witherspoon are a dream team --Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List

BookBytes, the Digital Readers Club
NEXT MEETING TO BE ANNOUNCED
Join BookBytes, our new digital book club and enjoy great reads right from your device! Four times a year we will feature one title available in both eBook and downloadable audiobook formats through the Library’s digital collection, Libby. Discussion questions will be posted online, and readers can connect and share their thoughts at virtual meetups.
 
Discover, download, and discuss—your next favorite book is just a click away!

 
Zoom link for virtual book discussion meet-up: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85189871411?pwd=xaaDQFcyXlLAStaC1Jw7D9dNKpitPO.1
 
For a list of the discussion questions, please visit our website: https://benicialibrary.org/events/bookbytes-the-digital-readers-club