Join a Book Club

The library offers a book club during the summer months. Keep checking back for updates to the reading list and meeting dates/times.

The summer book club is open to any adult who would like to participate.
Book club will meet every other Tuesday at 10:30am.
Depending on how many are planning to attend, the book discussions will be held in either the Board Room or the Community Room.
Book discussions will be led by the person responsible for picking the book. To see a full list of discussion leaders see the list below.
Once a book is chosen and reported to Cindy, the library will ensure there are 5 copies of that book in our collection. If you are unable to get a book here, you can always look at Hill Avenue Book Co., Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.
Your responsibility as an attendee is to come prepared. Have the book read, and be ready to discuss!
To request to have your name (and book) added to the list as a discussion leader on the official summer list, call Cindy Davis at 336-2667 or email her at admin@spiritlake.lib.ia.us

Books for the 2013 Summer Book Discussion:

June 5th - "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand (Led by Bonnie Ewoldt)
Click here for a PDF of Bonnie's discussion questions and timeline
Click here to view the map of Louis Zamperini's travels
Click here for an interview with Louis Zamperini
June 19th - "Healer" by Carol Cassella (Led by Barb Speer)
July 3rd - No book discussion due to 4th of July holiday
July 17th - "The House I Loved" by Tatiana de Rosnay (Led by Monica Beemer)
July 31st - "Learning to Swim" by Sara J. Henry (special Skype session planned with the author) (Led by Janine Cook)
Click here for a few pictures from the Skype session with Sara J. Henry
August 7th - "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot (Led by Janine Gustafson)