The Lanpher Library hosts a book discussion on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:00. The discussions are free and all are welcome to join us.
Copies of the book are available for loan in advance at the Lanpher Library and are due back on or before the evening of the discussion.
Participants take turns choosing the book and facilitating the discussion.
Copies of the book are available for loan in advance at the Lanpher Library and are due back on or before the evening of the discussion.
Participants take turns choosing the book and facilitating the discussion.
DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC, OUR BOOK DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD VIA ZOOM.
Past discussion titles include: November 2020: Shadows on the Rock, by Willa Cather October 2020: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson September 2020: The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas January 2020: Carnegie's Maid, by Marie Benedict November 2019: My Mortal Enemy, by Willa Cather October 2019 All Systems Red. by Martha Wells September 2019 Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds August 2019 I Liked My Life, by Abby Fabiaschi July 2019 The Women in the Castle, by Jessica Shattuck June 2019 Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens May 2019 Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders April 2019 The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka March 2019, An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones February 2019 The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak January 2019 March: Book 1, by John Lewis November 2018: Women and Power, by Mary Beard October 2018: Educated, by Tara Westover September 2018 The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware August 2018 The Girl with Seven Names, by Hyonseo Lee July 2018 An Address in Amsterdam, by Mary Dungee Fillmore June 2018: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows May 2018: Doc, by Mary Doria Russell April 2018: Maisie Dobbs, by Jaqueline Winspear March 2018: Bread and Roses Too, by Katherine Paterson (VT READS 2018) February 2018: Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng January 2018 Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, by Lisa See Nobember 2017 A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman October 2017 Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline Septbember 2017 Transatlantic, by Colum McCann August 2017 Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer July 2017 Tender is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald June 2017 Tribe, by Sebastian Junger May 2017 A Long Way Home, by Saroo Brierly April 2017 The Grass Harp, by Truman Capote March 2017 Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead February 2017: Brown Girl Dreaming , by Jaqueline Woodson (VT READS 2017) December 2016/January 2017: The Thornbirds, by Colleen McCullough November 2016: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, by Jan-Philipp Sendker October 2016: Not a Wasted Breath, by LaRecea Taylor Gibbs September 2016, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, by Laurie R. King August 2016, The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival, by John Valliant July 2016, A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Iriving June 2016, Goodbye for Now, by Laurie Frankel May 2016 A Slant of Light, by Jeffrey Lent April 2016 H is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald March 2016 Too Late the Phalarope, by Alan Paton February 2016 Three Can Keep a Secret, by Archer Mayor January 2016, All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr December 2015, The All of It, by Jeannette Haien November 2015 The Professor's House, by Willa Cather October 2015: Water Witches, by Chris Bohjalian September 2015: Naked, by David Sedaris August 2015 Watership Down, by Richard Adams July 2015: Postmistress, by Sara Blake June 2015: Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie (VT Reads 2015) May 2015: October Light, by John Gardner April 2015: The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford March 2015: White Teeth, by Zadie Smith February 2015: A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley January 2015: The Orphan Master's Son, by Adam Johnson December 2014: Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi November 2014 The Proving Ground, by G. Bruce Knecht October 2014: The Alchemist, by Paolo Coelho September 2014: Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout August 2014: A Stranger in the Kingdom, by Howard Frank Mosher July 2014 Wonder, by R.J. Palacio (VT Reads 2014) June 2014: Daisy Miller, by Henry James May 2014: Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee April 2014: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, by Jung Chang March 2014: Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder February 2014: The Lives of Girls and Women, by Alice Munro January 2014: The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh December 2013: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai SiJie November 2013: A Study in Scarlett, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle October 2013: When We Were Orphans, by Kazuo Ishiguro September 2013: The Last Telegraph, by Liz Trenow August 2013: My Antonia, by Willa Cather July 2013: Secret Daughter, by Shipli Somaya May 2013: The Terra Cotta Dog, by Andrea Camillieri April 2013: The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain March 2013: Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem February 2013: Coyote Wisdom, by Lewis Mahl Madrone January 2013: The Pilot's Wife, by Anita Shreve 2012 Titles: Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Wolf Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane Bull Run, by Paul Fliechman Skinwalkers, by Tony Hillerman The Water is Wide, by Pat Conroy |
Our book discussions will take place on zoom!
Register in advance for this meeting by clicking the link below: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Tuesday, January 19th, 6:30:
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi "This is NOT a history book. This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why we are where we are. A book about race. The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. It takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited. Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative written by beloved award-winner Jason Reynolds, this book shines a light on the many insidious forms of racist ideas--and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily lives." |