Adults

Read A Dog Named Christmas by Greg Kincaid and meet us in the Administration Office for a discussion! When Todd McCray, a developmentally challenged young man still living on his parents Kansas farm, hears that a local animal shelter is seeking temporary homes for its dogs during the days leading to Christmas, he knows exactly what he wants for the holidays. His father objects, but Todds persistence quickly wins out. Soon the McCrays are the short-term foster family for a lovable pooch the young man names Christmas.

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Managing the expectations and stressors of the holiday season can become overwhelming and contribute to the holiday blues. Gift yourself this hour to learn how being present can help you create balance this holiday season.

B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own BOOK!) and enjoy some silent reading time with other book lovers.

Read The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck and join us at 50 North, 339 E. Melrose, for a great discussion! When Eddie was twelve years old, all he wanted for Christmas was a bike. He knew money had been tight since his father died, but Eddie dreamed that somehow his mother would find a way to afford that dream bike.

What he got from her instead was a sweater. A stupid, handmade, ugly sweater that young Eddie left in a crumpled ball in the corner of his room.

This month's book will be NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Copies are available at the Reference Desk. eBook copies are available on Libby & Hoopla and audiobook copies are on Libby. Thrills & Chills is a mystery, thriller, and true crime book club. We meet every third Wednesday of each month.

Read The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani and join us at 50 North 339 E Melrose Avenue for a discussion. Adriana Trigiani returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her careera breathtaking multigenerational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and the quest of two star-crossed lovers to find each other again.

Read The Seamstress of Sardinia by Bianca Pitzorno and meet us in the Administration Office for a discussion! In 1900 Sardinia, a young womans remarkable talent with a needle earns her a position as a seamstress with a wealthy family. Inside this privileged world far different from her own humble beginnings, the skilled sewer quietly takes measurements, sketches designs, mends hemsand in the silence, hears whispered secrets and stories of all those around her.

Read Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton and join us at 50 North 339 E Melrose Avenue for a discussion. Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrestuntil she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...