FOR READERS
Friday with the Friends
Join the FRIENDS every month for a lively discussion of selected books. The Second Friday Book Club welcomes everyone and no registration is required! This is a brown-bag book club sponsored by the FRIENDS of the West Palm Beach Public Library. Please feel free to bring your lunch!
Friday, May 10, 2013 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PMThird floor, Hibiscus Room
The book this month is The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. A staff writer for The New Yorker describes the life and times of John Laroche, a plant smuggler and orchid thief, and the eccentric world of Florida's obsessed collectors of rare plants.
Friday, June 14, 2013 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PMThird floor, Hibiscus Room
The book this month is Defending Jacob by William Landay. When his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student, assistant district attorney Andy Barber is torn between loyalty and justice as facts come to light that lead him to question how well he knows his own son.
Friday, July 12, 2013 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PMThird floor, Hibiscus Room
The author describes how she was held hostage for eighteen years by registered sex offender Phillip Garrido, who sexually abused her and fathered her two children, and how she was finally found by authorities.
Just for Mystery Lovers
Saturday, May 25, 2013 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PMThird floor, Iris Room
Love a good mystery? Then this club is for you!This month's selection is The Expats by Chris Pavone. Along the cobble-stoned streets of Luxembourg, mother & expat Kate Moore suspects that another American couple are not who they claim to be & as her paranoia grows, she becomes increasingly terrified that her own past is catching up with her.
Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PMThird floor, Iris Room
Love a good mystery? Then this club is for you!This month's selection is Death of a Schoolgirl: The Jane Eyre Chronicles by Joanna Campbell Slan. The schoolmate of Rochester's ward, Adele, passes away under suspicious circumstances, and Jane investigates. First in the series.
Saturday, July 27, 2013 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PMThird floor, Iris Room
Love a good mystery? Then this club is for you!This month's selection is The Beggar's Opera by Peggy Blair. The first in a series featuring Inspector Ramirez and set in Old Havana.
Conversando sobre libros
Miércoles, 22 de mayo from 6:30 to 8:00 PMThird floor, Hibiscus Room
Acompanenos cada el cuarto miércoles del mes a las 6:30 para una charla sobre un libro de un autor latino. The Spanish Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of every month. La obra seleccionada para este mes es Diez Mujeres de Marcela Serrano. Para obtener información, póngase en contacto con la biblioteca en 561-868-7723.
Miércoles, 26 de junio from 6:30 to 8:00 PMThird floor, Hibiscus Room
Acompanenos cada el cuarto miércoles del mes a las 6:30 para una charla sobre un libro de un autor latino. The Spanish Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of every month. La obra seleccionada para este mes es Los Dias del Arcoiris de Antonio Skármeta. Para obtener información, póngase en contacto con la biblioteca en 561-868-7723.
Miércoles, 24 de julio from 6:30 to 8:00 PMThird floor, Hibiscus Room
Acompanenos cada el cuarto miércoles del mes a las 6:30 para una charla sobre un libro de un autor latino. The Spanish Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of every month. La obra seleccionada para este mes es La Emoción de las Cosas de Ángeles Mastretta. Para obtener información, póngase en contacto con la biblioteca en 561-868-7723.
