Registration is required; the book is available for pick up at the Beaumont Branch’s front desk. If you have any questions, please email mstout@lexpublib.org.
August is the time kids go back to school, so we'll celebrate this Bite Club with the "Nostalgic Childhood Food Edition"! We'll have cookbooks focused on school lunches, after-school snacks, and nostalgic childhood dishes to bring back the memories of a simpler time. Members can choose a recipe from one of the cookbooks provided or use their own cookbook/recipe to contribute a dish.
In the beloved tradition of Howl's Moving Castle and The House in the Cerulean Sea , a whimsical and unforgettable cozy fantasy about adventure, common sense, and the power of love, as a cheeky butcher's daughter, a befuddlingly handsome sorcerer, and his clever talking cat unlock magical secrets in the dark heart of their kingdom..
A bold and inventive retelling of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, the enslaved man at the heart of the original story. Blending sharp wit, suspense, and powerful social commentary, Everett reimagines a familiar literary journey while giving voice, agency, and depth to a character long denied center stage.
Registration is required; the book is available for pick up at the Beaumont Branch’s front desk. If you have any questions, please email mstout@lexpublib.org.
In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth--breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor, and master of the house in more ways than one--is at once a mesmerizing talent and a man of terrifying instability.
Are you strange and unusual?
Do you like strange and unusual reads?
Join us at West Sixth Brewing for our monthly Cult Classics Book Club! This month, we will continue discussing "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski. Copies of the book are available at the previous month meeting, or the Central Library's front desk.
Bury Our Bones is, “a genre-defying, unforgettable novel about immortality and hunger to sink your teeth into.”
No registration required. Copies of the book are at the Beaumont Branch Circulation desk.