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.
Let’s get cooking in November with Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by V. M. Burns, the first installment in the Baker Street mysteries.
Find Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder on hoopla.
Find Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder in the catalog.
Register for the December 19 Cozy Mystery Book Club
As we do every 3 months, this meeting will be BYOB – 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.
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. Register to receive the link to the Zoom meeting.
Strange Love by Ann Aguirre
Find the eBook version of Strange Love on hoopla.
Find Strange Love in the catalog.
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.
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Find Babel-17 on hoopla in eBook and audiobook format.
Find Babel-17 in the catalog.
Author Events
Wayne Karlin Presents The Genizah
Saturday, December 7, 2 p.m.
Lexington Park Library
Register for Wayne Karlin Presents The Genizah
Wayne Karlin will present his latest novel, The Genizah, and discuss the Holocaust backgrounds of the novel. He will reveal the process of turning family history into fiction for The Genizah. Karlin is the author of nine novels, a short story collection, and three non-fiction books. A professor-emeritus at the College of Southern Maryland, Karlin is the recipient of six State of Maryland Individual Artist Awards in Fiction, two Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1994 and 2004), the Paterson Prize in Fiction for 1999, the Vietnam Veterans of American Excellence in the Arts Award in 2005, and the 2019 Juniper Prize for Fiction. His books have also been published in England, and in translation in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and Vietnam.
For more information about Wayne Karlin and his works, visit his website.
Miss an author event? We’ve recorded many of the virtual visits, and they’re available to watch on our YouTube channel!
