All Books Considered | Romance Book Club | Murderbot Diaries Book Club | Mystery Book Club | Grim Readers Book Club | Virtual Veterans’ Book Group | Author Visits
Author Fair 2022 at Lexington Park Library
Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Come together and learn with local and aspiring authors. Spend the day discovering new authors and learning how to get started in the writing industry! Get all the Author Fair details and register for the afternoon session with author Eman Quotah.
All Books Considered
Do you ever wonder what your local librarians are reading? Find out each month when a different librarian selects a book and leads a discussion group. This book club will have something for everyone! Join us for fun and lively conversation online on the 4th Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Register to receive the link to the Zoom meeting.
Register for the May 23 All Books Considered
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Find Darius the Great is Not Okay in our catalog.
Register for the June 27 All Books Considered
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight
Find A Good Marriage in our catalog.
Register for the July 25 All Books Considered
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Find I Must Betray You in our catalog.
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 May 18 Romance Book Club
Whiteout by Adriana Anders
May Romance Audiobook; May Romance eBook
Register for the June 15 Romance Book Club
A Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
June Romance Audiobook; June Romance eBook
Register for the July 20 Romance Book Club
Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken
July Romance Audiobook; July Romance eBook
Murderbot Diaries Book Club
Join us each month to discuss one of the books in Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries series. We’ll meet virtually on the second Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m.
Register for the June 9 Murderbot Diaries Book Club
Find Exit Strategy in the catalog.
Register for the July 14 Murderbot Diaries Book Club
Find the audiobook of Network Effect on hoopla; Find Network Effect in the catalog
Register for the August 11 Murderbot Diaries Book Club
Find the audiobook of Fugitive Telemetry on hoopla; Find Fugitive Telemtry in the catalog
Virtual Mystery Book Club
Join us online as we discuss a different mystery novel! The Mystery Book Club will meet the 1st Thursday of each month, at 7 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). Register to receive the link to the Zoom meeting.
Register for the June 2 Mystery Book Club
No Cure for the Dead by Christine Trent
Find the June Mystery book on hoopla
Virtual Grim Readers Book Club
The Grim Readers is a book club that meets on the first Tuesday of every month for an hour to discuss a horror book.
Register for the June 7 Grim Readers Book Club
Find The Scorpion’s Tale by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child in the catalog.
Virtual Veterans’ Book Group 2022
A book discussion series for veterans of all eras, their spouses, and adult children, led by Vietnam veteran, author, and College of Southern Maryland professor Wayne Karlin. Registration required; space is limited. Meetings will be held the first Saturday of the month 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. via Zoom. Participants should plan to attend all sessions. Materials provided. For more information contact Kimberlé Fields at 301-863-8188 or kfields@stmalib.org.
The Veterans Book Group is coordinated statewide by Maryland Humanities and is presented locally in partnership with St. Mary’s County Library. It is supported in part by Lockheed Martin, David Bruce Smith, and the Wawa Foundation.
Register for the Veterans’ Book Group
February 5: Dad’s Maybe Book by Tim O’Brien
March 5: War and the Arc of Human Experience by Glenn Petersen (Part One – beginnings: pre-war and combat experiences)
April 2: War and the Arc of Human Experience by Glenn Petersen (Part Two: post-war experiences, PTSD, and Petersen’s struggle with PTSD)
May 7: Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs by David Phillips
June 4: Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
Meet the Author, Virtually!
Author Talk with Meg Cabot
Tuesday, June 7, 7 p.m.
Register for Author Talk with Meg Cabot
Join us for a Virtual Author Talk with New York Times Best Selling Author, Meg Cabot as she discusses writing and her many wonderful novels. Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign, but learned at an early age that a good storyteller can always give herself a happy ending. Her 80+ books for both adults and tweens/teens have included multiple #1 New York Times bestsellers, selling over twenty-five million copies worldwide. Her Princess Diaries series has been published in more than 38 countries and was made into two hit films by Disney. Meg’s numerous other award-winning books include the Mediator series, the Heather Wells mystery series, and Avalon High, the latter of which was made into a film for Disney Channel. Meg Cabot (her last name rhymes with habit, as in “her books can be habit forming”) currently lives in Key West with her husband and various cats.
Miss an author event? We’ve recorded many of them, and they’re available to watch on our YouTube channel!
