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Two Rivers Virtual Book Club July

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For July we will be reading A Gypsy's Book of Revelation by Cécile Barlier https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9781888996876 "A Gypsy’s Book of Revelation is a collection of stories with an astonishing range of styles and subject matters. A woman visits her cremation from inside the body of her dead self, a competitive couple trains as free-divers, a mother leaves her son behind on top of a mountain, a very pregnant woman experiences a peculiar relationship with a priest-to-be: these stories are full of surprising experimentation that strikes a deeply compelling balance between the real and the bizarre. Embodying unusual premises and worlds, these stories are also fearlessly nontraditional in their structure and approach. These voices haunt, tease, and dare while never providing fully fledged answers. Each story is…

Free

Book Club: YA For Adults

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We've selected our next book! On August 3, we'll be discussing Raybearer! From the Publisher: Nothing is more important than loyalty. But what if you've sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy? Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11. If she’s picked, she'll be joined with the other Council members through the Ray, a bond deeper than blood. That closeness is irresistible to Tarisai, who has always wanted to belong somewhere. But The…

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Daylight Book Club

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Thursday, August 5,2021 at 11:00 AM the Ledding Library Daylight Book Club will meet via Zoom to discuss The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth, by Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker. For more information contact Reference Librarian Laura Francillon at francillonl@milwaukieoreogn.gov (link sends e-mail).

Free

Fantasy Book Club (REMOTE)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Fantasy Book Club meets monthly on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our fantasy loving customers. Join us on Tuesday August 10th at 6:30pm for our Books Around the Corner Fantasy Book Club. We will discuss The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid. About the book: In the vein of Naomi Novik's New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden's national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut-- inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology--follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant. In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned…

$27.99

Article Club

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Wednesday, August 11: "How the Pentagon Started Taking UFOs Seriously" by Gideon Lewis-Kraus New Yorker Magazine, May 10, 2021. PDF available on the Article Club webpage. Zoom meeting ID: 829 9269 6275 ### Using Zoom, we will connect and share our thoughts about articles and podcasts from national publications. Our virtual meeting will last about 30 minutes, and feature discussions on the chosen article. Participants should be 18+ and interested in sharing.

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No Shelf Control Book Club (REMOTE)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for No Shelf Control Book Club. This book club features books from a wide range of genres including contemporary fiction, young adult, mysteries, thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, and more. We will meet second Thursdays. Our August meeting of the No Shelf Control Book Club will be on August 12th at 6:30pm. We will discuss Gold Spun by Brandie June. About the Book: If Nor can't spin gold, she can always spin lies. When seventeen-year-old Nor rescues a captured faerie in the woods, he gifts her with a magical golden thread she can use to summon him for a favor. Instead, Nor uses it for a con-to convince villagers to buy straw that can be transformed into gold. Her trick works a little too well, attracting the suspicion of Prince Casper,…

$17.99

Science Fiction Book Club (REMOTE)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us Tuesday August 17th at 6:30pm for our Science Fiction Book Club. We will discuss A Psalm for the Wild-Built ( Monk & Robot, 1 ) by Becky Chambers. About the Book: In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Earth gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question…

$20.99

Horror Book Club (REMOTE)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We will meet on Thursday August 26th at 6:30pm and discuss Goblin by Josh Malerman. About the book: Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you'll discover the secrets that hide behind its closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to Goblin. TO ATTEND: 1) Purchase the book club book to support our shop. If you already own the book you may purchase a gift certificate or sponsor a stack for $15 or $25 dollars depending on if the book club book is paperback or hardcover. 2) We will email you the Zoom link…

$28.00

Daylight Book Club

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 11:00 AM the Ledding Library Daylight Book Club will meet via Zoom to discuss Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler. For more information contact Reference Librarian Laura Francillon at francillonl@milwaukieoreogn.gov (link sends e-mail).

Free

Killer Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for Killer Book Club. This book club features all things murder in fiction and nonfiction including mysteries, thrillers, horror, true crime and more. We will meet second Thursdays. Our September meeting of the Killer Book Club will be on September 9th at 6:30pm. We will discuss For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing. About the Book: Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the esteemed Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn't be more proud--though no one has seen her in a while. Teddy really can't be bothered with the death of a school parent that's looking more and more like murder or the student digging a little too deep into Teddy's personal life. His…

$27