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Thurs. 1/21/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club at Red Heat Tavern: Carrie
Meet in Red Heat Tavern’s private room to discuss Carrie. Please wear a mask when not dining or social distancing.
Lively discussion, delicious food (including gluten free), craft beers, & cocktails ~ a perfect night out! Separate checks provided.
400 Evergreen Way #466, South Windsor.
Mon. 1/25/21 10:30am Virtual E. Windsor Senior Center Book Club: Fast Girls
All seniors are invited to join our free virtual book discussion of Fast Girls by Elisa Hooper. Email to receive Zoom log in.
Thurs. 1/28/21 6pm Pints & Pages Book Club at Red Heat Tavern: Loving Frank
Meet in Red Heat Tavern’s private room to discuss Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. You must text/call to reserve your seat (860)265-6077. 14 attendees maximum to leave room for extra space. We have books in stock on our website. Please wear a mask when not dining or social distancing. Lively discussion, delicious food (including gluten free), craft beers, & cocktails ~ a perfect night out! Separate checks provided. 400 Evergreen Way #466, South Windsor.
Tues. 2/9/21 7pm Virtual Author Event: Susan Silver, Hot Pants in Hollywood
This free event is brought to you by Wood Memorial Library. Register at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/susan-silver-hot-pants
Hot Pants In Hollywood is a Show Biz memoir, and much more. It's a Baby Boomer's life on steroids. Susan Silver was one of the first female TV comedy writers with credits like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maude, Bob Newhart, among others.
Wed. 2/10/21 7pm Virtual Book Club: Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Read Queenie and join our free virtual discussion via Joshua Hyde Public Library!
Register at https://zoom.us/.../tJ0tfuqqpzsuGtSmVGnjh2N5SvBx4elZYpJW
About the book:
Queenie Jenkins is a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…
including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth.
As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, “What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?”—all of the questions today’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her.
With “fresh and honest” (Jojo Moyes) prose, Queenie is a remarkably relatable exploration of what it means to be a modern woman searching for meaning in today’s world.
Thurs. 2/18/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: ‘Salem’s Lot location tba
Mon. 2/22/21 10:30am Virtual E. Windsor Senior Center Book Club: Elevation
All seniors are invited to join our free virtual book discussion of Elevation by Stephen King. Email to receive Zoom log in.
Read Elevation by Stephen King and join our virtual discussion via Zoom! Email for Zoom log in.
Don't think you like Stephen King? Give this one a try! It's NOT scary, and is only 146 pages long.
Copies available in our Online Store.
About the book:
From legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting story about “an ordinary man in an extraordinary condition rising above hatred” (The Washington Post) and bringing the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine together—a “joyful, uplifting” (Entertainment Weekly) tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences, “the sign of a master elevating his own legendary game yet again” (USA TODAY).
Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded.
He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.
In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face—including his own—he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
Thurs. 2/25/21 6pm Pints & Pages Book Club at Red Heat Tavern: tba
Thurs. 3/18/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: The Shining location tba
Thurs. 4/22/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: The Stand (part 1) location tba
Thurs. 5/20/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: The Stand (part 2) location tba
Thurs. 6/17/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: Night Shift location tba
Thurs. 7/22/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: The Dead Zone location tba
Thurs. 8/19/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: Firestarter location tba
Thurs. 9/23/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: Cujo location tba
Thurs. 10/21/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower Book 1) location tba
Thurs. 11/18/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: Different Seasons (stories 1 and 2) location tba
Thurs. 12/16/21 6pm Stephen King Book Club: Different Seasons (stories 3 and 4) location tba
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