Rodman Library Offers Book Clubs for All Ages

If you like to read, Rodman Library has a book club for you – no matter your age.

Here's a look at future book club selections:

 

I READ YA DISCUSSION

The I Read YA Discussion, a book club for adults who like to read young adult literature, meets every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Library. Registration is required to attend.

NOTE: September's meeting will be held on the second Monday due to the observance of Labor Day.

Future selections include:

  • November 4 Small Favors by Erin A. Craig
  • December 2What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

Click here for descriptions of the October-December 2024 selections and links to place a hold and register for meetings.

 
 
 

KIDS BOOK CLUB

The Kids Book Club meets at 4:15 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month.

  • November 20Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi 
  • December 18Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday by Megan McDonald

Book Club meetings include a brief discussion about the book, a fun activity, and a snack.

Books are available for extended checkout at the Children’s Department.  Registration is required for each session at rodmanlibrary.evanced.info/signup, or contact the Children’s Department at 330-821-2665 ext. 223.

Click here for descriptions and registration links for  the September 2024 through December 2024 selections.

 

TRUE CRIME JUNKIES

The True Crime Junkies meet at 6:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month.

Selections for future meetings include:

  • November 19Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America by Les Standiford with Joe Matthews
  • December 17The Serial Killer's Apprentice: The True Story of How Houston's Deadliest Murderer Turned a Kid into a Killing Machine by Katherine Ramsland and Tracy Ullman

Copies of each book are available at the Main Library, through the library’s catalog, or digitally through the Ohio Digital Library and Hoopla.

For more information about the True Crime Junkies, call 330-821-2665, ext. 215.

Click here for descriptions of the July-September 2024 selections and links to place a hold and register for the meeting

Click here for descriptions of the October-December 2024 selections and links to place a hold and register for meetings

 

BOOKS AND COFFEE

The Books and Coffee Book Club usually meets at 6:30 p.m. every second Monday of the month at Rodman Branch Library.

Future selections include:

  • November 11The Women by Kristin Hannah
  • December 9A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans

Copies of each book are available at the Main and Branch libraries, through the library’s catalog, or digitally through the Ohio Digital Library and Hoopla.

For more information, call 330-821-1313.

Click here for descriptions of the July through December 2024 selections as well as links to place holds.

 

 

EVENING BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 The Evening Book Discussion Group meets at 6:00 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month.

NOTE: The December meeting will be held on the third Monday of the month due to the Christmas holiday.

The group has announced the following selections:

  • October 28The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
  • November 25Celine by Peter Heller
  • December 16Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva

For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 107.

Click here for descriptions and a link to place a hold on the January - June 2024 selections.

 

MONDAY WOMEN'S BOOK GROUP

Meets every first and third Monday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Main Library.

  • October 21 — "So Cool" (Chapter 5) of An Immense World by Ed Yong
  • November 4 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • November 18An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • December 2  — "A Rough Sense" (Chapter 6) of An Immense World by Ed Yong
  • December 16 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawson
  • January 6  — "The Rippling Ground" (Chapter 7) of An Immense World by Ed Yong
  • January 20The Women by Kristin Hannah

 

DAR BOOK GROUP

The DAR Book Group, facilitated by the Jain Bain Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, meets quarterly. The group, which is open to both men and women, meets at 3 p.m. on a selected Friday in the RPL conference room.

Registration is required to attend.

[REGISTER HERE]

 

 

The Teen Book Club is on a break.

For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 217.