OWL has both Fiction and Non-Fiction Book Discussion Groups that are open to all! Come to one or all meetings. Books are available for check out at OWL.
Non-Fiction Discussion Group
When: Second Thursday of each month from 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Where: Meeting will be held In the Library's Jamie Gagarin Community Room.
Facilitated by: Patricia Moore [email protected]
Selection List for 2022-23 Click here
June 8
Becoming by Michelle Obama
In this memoir, Michelle Obama chronicled the experiences that shaped her – her childhood on the
South Side of Chicago, her years at Princeton and Harvard Law School, the law firm where she met her
future husband, her life as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, and her time
in the White House. Moderated by Laura
July 13
Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own
childhood survival story. Both brightly funny and darkly tragic, it freshly and honestly portrays difficult
themes. Read one of Paulsen’s own books for young adults (Hatchet, Dog Song, and many more) to see
how Paulsen wove his own experiences into his fiction. Moderated by Cindy
Fiction Discussion Group
When: Second Thursday of each month from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Meeting will be held In the Library's Jamie Gagarin Community Room.
Facilitated by: Patricia Moore [email protected]
Selection List for 2022-23 Click here
June 8
Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut
This anti-war book centers on the fire-bombing of Dresden. The protagonist’s odyssey through time
reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives. It's just a vicious cycle of death and evil: the
Germans were making candles out of the Jews; Americans were melting German teenagers; the Soviets
were starving their own while fighting the Germans. All this happened, more or less. The war parts,
anyway, are pretty much true. So it goes. Moderated by Jeff
July 13 Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
The two main characters create a contrasting love story between two desperately opposite people. The
woman struggles to find her next step of life, while the man struggles with living a life that was less than
what he was used to. His condition gave her a purpose: to get him to change his mind. Questions are
raised about the quality of living and whether a death with dignity is possible. Moderated by Laura S