Book Bites

Grab a bite and gab about books! Join us at Elements Eatery & Mixology in Lexington Park for a relaxed conversation about what you’ve been reading. Share what you loved (or loathed) about the last book you read, gather new recommendations from the rest of the group, and enjoy the company of fellow bibliophiles. Visit elements-food.com for directions and to see menu options available for purchase. Adults only. No registration required.

3rd Mondays: March 19, April 16, May 21; 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Monthly Book Discussions at the Library

• Feel free to drop in for any book discussion at any branch. No registration is required.
• Copies of the books are available at the Circulation Desk of the library hosting the discussion.
• The books have an extended due date, usually one week after the discussion, to allow you to review the book after the discussion.
• Enjoy the discussion … and tell a friend!

Charlotte Hall Library

1st Monday at 6:45 PM

January 8, 2018 (2nd Monday)
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

February 5, 2018
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

March 5, 2018
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

April 2, 2018
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

May 7, 2018
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

June 4, 2018
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

July 2, 2018
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

August 6, 2018
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

September 10, 2018 (2nd Monday)
Little Bee by Chris Cleave

October 1, 2018
One Maryland One Book Selection

November 5, 2018
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

December 3, 2018
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Leonardtown Library

3rd Thursday at 7:00 PM
The last Leonardtown Library Book Discussion will be May 17, 2018.

January 25, 2018 (4th Thursday)
Mastery by Rachel Kranz
(This title is an unpublished manuscript. For a copy, please email rrbates@smcm.edu)

February 15, 2018
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

March 22, 2018 (4th Thursday)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

April 19, 2018
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

May 17, 2018
Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss

Lexington Park Library

2nd Monday at 6:00 PM

January 8, 2018
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

February 12, 2018
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

March 12, 2018
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and a Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

April 9, 2018
The Bostonians by Henry James

May 14, 2018
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott

June 11, 2018
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol

July 9, 2018
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson

August 13, 2018
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse

September 10, 2018
Doc: A Novel by Maria Doria Russell

October 15, 2018 (3rd Monday)
One Maryland One Book Selection

November 19, 2018 (3rd Monday)
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken