Cozy Mystery Book Club at Leonardtown Library | Virtual Romance Book Club | Sci-fi and Fantasy Virtual Book Club | Author Visits
Cozy Mystery Book Club at Leonardtown Library
Join us on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Leonardtown Library to discuss & do a matching themed activity. Be ready to talk about a genre that puts us all at ease while keeping us on our toes.
Register for the June 15 Cozy Mystery Book Club
Bring Your Own Book!
Come ready to talk about a cozy mystery that you have been reading recently, a go-to favorite/recommendation, or one that you’re excited to read this year! It can be any cozy book, series, or author that you enjoy. Just come prepared to share and get some good recommendations from your peers. Something you suggest may even be selected for a future book club meeting! A list of all the books that we discuss will be sent out after the meeting.
Register for the July 20 Cozy Mystery Book Club
Probable Claws by Rita Mae Brown
It’s time for a murderous winter in July! Just in time for New Year’s Eve, Crozet, Virginia has been turned into a living snow globe and Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen can’t wait to build herself a new work shed… or at least she couldn’t until her dear friend, local architect Gary Gardner is shot down in front of her by a masked motorcyclist. Just as Harry begins to unearth some of Gary’s secrets, the killer strikes again. Aided by her cats and her Corgi, Harry plans to pursue the terrible truth, even if it means she may be digging her own grave.
July Cozy Mystery book in catalog; July Cozy Mystery audiobook on hoopla; July Cozy Mystery eBook on Libby
Register for the August 17 Cozy Mystery Book Club
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
In the summer of 1950, Flavia de Luce, an eleven-year-old aspiring chemist with a passion for poisons finds herself in an interesting situation. First, she finds a dead bird on her doorstep with a postage stamp pinned to its beak. Then, she finds a dying man in the cucumber patch. She knows that she should be afraid, but, instead, she finds it to be the most interesting thing to have ever happened in her entire life.
August Cozy Mystery book in catalog; August Cozy Mystery book on Libby
Virtual Romance Book Club
Join us online as we dive into the latest romance reads. This monthly book group, meeting on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m., will discuss a new title at each meeting. All titles will be available for checkout on hoopla digital. Register to receive the link to the Zoom meeting.
Register for the July 19 Romance Book Club
Register for the August 16 Romance Book Club
Sci-fi and Fantasy Virtual Book Club
Join us virtually on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. to discuss a science fiction or fantasy novel.
Register for the June 8 Sci-fi and Fantasy Book Club
Find Meet Me in the Future by Kameron Hurley on hoopla
Register for the July 13 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club
Find Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett on hoopla
Register for the August 10 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club
Find Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein on hoopla
Author Events
Virtual Author Talk with Ann Aguirre
Wednesday, June 21, 7:30 p.m.
Register for Virtual Author Talk with Ann Aguirre
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ann Aguirre has been a clown, a clerk, a savior of stray kittens, and a voice actress, not necessarily in that order. She grew up in a yellow house across from a cornfield, but now she lives in Mexico with her family. She writes all kinds of genre fiction, but she has an eternal soft spot for a happily ever after.
Virtual Author Talk with Dianne Freeman
Wednesday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.
Register for Virtual Author Talk with Dianne Freeman
Dianne Freeman is the acclaimed author of the Countess of Harleigh Mystery series. She is an Agatha Award and Lefty Award winner, as well as a finalist for the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark Award from Mystery Writers of America. After thirty years of working in corporate accounting and finance, she now writes full-time.
Miss an author event? We’ve recorded many of the virtual visits, and they’re available to watch on our YouTube channel!
