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
June 4 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.
Hello beautiful : a novel
by Ann Napolitano

Awarded a college basketball scholarship away from his childhood home silenced by tragedy, a young man befriends a spirited young woman who welcomes him into her loving, loud, chaotic household, in the new novel by the author of Dear Edward.

Kids' Books for Adults Book Club
June 17 at 7PM
This group meets the third Tuesday of the month via Zoom. Pick up a copy of the book 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.
 
Superfudge
by Judy Blume

Fifth-grader Peter Hatcher's mother is pregnant, his four-year-old brother, Fudge, is a constant embarrassment to his family, and his parents want to move to New Jersey for a year, could life get any worse?

Cook the Book Book Club
June 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.
 
THEME: Recipes for a Perfect Picnic
 

Mystery Book Club
June 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.
 
Blue labyrinth
by Douglas J Preston

Investigating the murder of his most ruthless, most feared enemies, Aloysius Pendergast journeys to an abandoned California mine only to uncover a dark secret from his family's past and a plot by a vengeful killer.
 
KIDS' AND TEEN BOOK CLUBS
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Kids' Book Club
June 10 at 3:30PM
For Grades 3-5.
This group meets the first Tuesday of the month online and in the Library.
 
Email aangell@ci.benicia.ca.us (Librarian Alli) for details of how to join the meeting online. Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Service Desk.
 
Matilda
by Roald Dahl

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

Jr. Kids' Book Club
June 24 at 3:30PM
 For Grades 1-3.
This group meets the fourth Tuesday of the month online and in the Library.
 
Email aangell@ci.benicia.ca.us (Librarian Alli) for details of how to join the meeting online. Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Service Desk.
 
 
Mirror
by Jeannie Baker

Follows the intricately drawn, parallel stories of two families: one in an Australian city and another in a North African village, depicting how each follow respective morning routines before embarking on culturally representative shopping trips. By the author of the award-winning Where the Forest Meets the Sea. Jr Lib Guild.