Marshall Afternoon Book Club
If you like a variety of genres, you will enjoy the eclectic assortment of titles chosen by this book club, including classics, fiction, non-fiction and best sellers.
Once a month, fellow readers meet to discuss a chosen book and related topics. Lively discussions are guaranteed. Refreshments are provided by Friends of the Library. Books are chosen through popular vote by the members of the group and are read from January through November. A summer picnic and a holiday party are always part of the reading year.
Where: John Marshall Library
When: 1 p.m., 2nd Wednesday of the month
More info: (540) 422-8527 or e-mail Deborah Cosby, John Marshall Branch Manager
2019 Dates and Selections
- Jan. 9: Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Feb. 13: Washington Black: A Novel by Esi Edugyan
- March 13: The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero by Timothy Egan
- April 10: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
- May 8: The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet by Henry Fountain
- June 12: The Air you Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles
- July 10: Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel
- Aug. 14: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Sept. 11: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Oct. 9: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
- Nov. 13: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
- Dec. 11: Holiday Party