Third Thursday Readers
Virtual Book Club for adults!
Meets monthly, every Third Thursday at 10 AM
Next Meeting January 16: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Group requested to repeat this December book selection to accommodate schedules.)
Readers Guide by Penguin Random House
February 20 Meeting: No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Book Club Discussion Questions from the author’s website
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
Little Bee by Chris Cleave