Adult Book Club: Razorblade Tears
First half of book club will be dedicated to talk about our thoughts of the Author Talk. The second half of book club will be getting into our groups and discussing the books we have read.
Centers around a seemingly random act of violence that sets off an inescapable chain reaction for two fathers. When their sons are murdered in a drive-by shooting, Ike Randolph and Buddy Lee team up to avenge their untimely death.
Trigger Warnings: Violence, Homophobia, Gun Violence, Transphobia, Racism.
Focused on main character Titus Crown’s efforts to investigate several recent killings in his hometown. To solve the crime, Crown must contend with the town’s racist history, a far-right group, and a long-undiscovered serial killer.
Trigger Warnings: Racism, Murder, Violence, Death of Parent, Pedophilia, Mass/School Shootings.
Kids Homeschool Book Club: Our Friend Hedgehog
Pick up your copy of this month’s book in the Imagination Portal to read at home together. We’ll then meet to discuss the book and all of our favorite parts as well as a book-themed craft or activity. Ages 5-8
January: Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo
February: Hattie Harmony: Worry Detective by Elizabeth Olsen
March: Cornbread & Poppy by Matthew Cordell
April: Marshmallow Martians: Show and Smell by Deanna Kent
For more information contact a librarian by phone (765-653-2755 ext. 7173) or by email ([email protected]).…
New Adult Book Club: Love From Scratch
Are you a new adult? Are you a mom needing a break? Do you want to make new girl friends? Most importantly do you love to read? If any of that applies to you please Join us for a brand new book club at the library!
New Adult Book Club
January 22nd, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Kiwanis Room
Our very first discussion will be on
Love From Scratch
by Kaitlyn Hill
Reese’s plan to keep work a No Feelings Zone crumbles like a day-old muffin when she and Benny are thrown together for a video shoot that goes viral, making them the internet’s newest ship…
Ethics Book Club: The Giver
Join us at the Ethics Book Club! Each month, Hillman Interns from The Janet Prindle Institute of Ethics and guest DePauw University professors will discuss readings that explore ethical dilemmas and themes. You don’t want to miss examining classic and contemporary literature!…
Adult Book Club: Tender is the Night
Join the discussion at Adult Book Club every second Monday of the month. Celebrating 25 years, you won’t want to miss out on great discussions, voting, and good company!
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender Is the Night, semiautobiographical novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1934. It is the story of a psychiatrist who marries one of his patients; as she slowly recovers, she exhausts his vitality until he is, in Fitzgerald’s words, un homme épuisé (“a used-up man”).
Trigger Warning: Mental Illness, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Racial Slurs, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun Violence, Murder, Homophobia
Contact: Amber/Hope
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Adult Book Club: The Nickel Boys
Join the discussion at Adult Book Club every second Monday of the month. Celebrating 25 years, you won’t want to miss out on great discussions, voting, and good company!
The Nickel Boys
Describes life in a reform school from the point of view of young Black teenager. Whitehead based Nickel Academy on the real life Dozier School, a Florida facility that ran for over a century, until a university investigation publicized its racist and abusive practices.
Trigger Warning: Racism, Child Abuse, Physical Abuse, Sexual Assault
Contact: Amber/Hope/Tammy
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