Third Thursday Readers

Virtual Book Club for adults!
Meets monthly, every Third Thursday at 10 AM

Next Meeting: November 21: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Little Bee Reading Group Guide
Little Bee Author Q & A

December 19 Meeting: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Readers Guide by Penguin Randomhouse

Meetings are held using Zoom. You can join using your tablet, computer or phone, including dialing in on your phone. If you are not sure how to join, just ask!

For more information, please contact Karson Kiesinger, Reference and Adult Services Librarian by email: reference@bfli.org or by calling 802-442-9051.

Future Discussion Titles! (updates coming soon)

Past Discussion Titles
Third Thursday Readers – Books Discussed – Round #1 (October 2020 – July 2022):
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
A Promised Land by Barack Obama (first half, through Ch. 15)
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
A Promised Land by Barack Obama (last half)
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck
Where the Light Enters by Jill Biden
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
The Plague by Albert Camus
Almost Famous Women: Stories by local author Megan Mayhew Bergman
Solomon’s Riches by local author Steve Darr
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez

Third Thursday Readers – Books Discussed – Round #2 (August 2022 – June 2023):
The Last Flight by Julie Clark
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
The End of Your Life Book Club by William Schwalbe
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott

Third Thursday Readers – Book Discussed – Round #3 (July 2023 – March 2024):
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Road to Character by David Brooks
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Mr. Ives’ Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos
The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Third Thursday Readers – Book Discussed – Round #4 (began April 2024): 
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore
Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow