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Reading Rockets: K-5 Book Swap!

3:00pm–4:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Book Club, Literacy
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December's Reading Rockets is a book swap! Bring a book to swap with friends. We'll trade books, have a snack, and play silly book themed games. This is a combined K-5th grade program.

 

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Cooks and Books

7:00pm–9:00pm
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Food and Cooking
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Cooks and Books

Join your fellow cookbook-obsessed-peeps as we read, cook, chat and EAT! We'll meet once a month on the 2nd Thursday from 7-9 PM. Each month, we'll read the same cook book or choose a common ingredient or cuisine. We'll each cook something to share and gather to eat and talk!

This month, everyone brings a family or holiday favorite for a festive evening.

Please register (limited spots!) Registration opens 30 days prior to event.

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Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.

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Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

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Please remember to cancel your registration if you cannot attend so that others may enjoy this program.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Booked for Lunch

12:00pm–1:00pm
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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Booked for Lunch

This group reads both fiction and nonfiction titles of all genres and formats and meets monthly on the 2nd Fridays. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

In December, we read a children's book and discuss our potential selections for the next year.

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Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

Meeting monthly at the Sharpsburg location, this group reads mysteries, thrillers, and true crime.

This month we're reading the Australian gothic novel Homecoming by Kate Morton.

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Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Tome Raiders Nonfiction Book Club: Reader's Choice Edition

6:30pm–7:30pm
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
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Tome Raiders

Tired of the same old bestsellers? Craving books that surprise, challenge, and expand your mind? The Tome Raiders Book Club is your passport to the strange, fascinating, and overlooked corners of nonfiction. From the origin of medical discoveries to untold histories and mind-bending science, we hunt down and engage with the most intriguing reads.

Join us as we delve into the broad and weird world of nonfiction every 3rd Wednesday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, we dive into a nonfiction book, from the reclusive mountains of Idaho in Tara Westover's Educated to the sprawling historical true crime journey of The Wager by David Grann.

For this holiday-edition of Tome Raiders Nonfiction Book Club, please read whatever you want and come ready to share your thoughts with the group! We all need some more books on our "TBR" (To Be Read) List for the new year!

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Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Horror Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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We have rescheduled to one week later, Wednesday 12/17 at 7pm.

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Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Reading Rockets: K-2 Book Club

3:00pm–4:00pm
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Book Club, Literacy
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Join us for a special book club designed for kids in grades K-2! Reading books is even more fun when we can talk about the stories with friends. 

How does it work?

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Speculative Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

We're starting the year with Even Though I Knew the End by C.L.

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After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Tome Raiders Nonfiction Book Club

6:30pm–7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tome Raiders

Tired of the same old bestsellers? Craving books that surprise, challenge, and expand your mind? The Tome Raiders Book Club is your passport to the strange, fascinating, and overlooked corners of nonfiction. From the origin of medical discoveries to untold histories and mind-bending science, we hunt down and engage with the most intriguing reads.

Join us as we delve into the broad and weird world of nonfiction every 3rd Wednesday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, we dive into a nonfiction book, from the reclusive mountains of Idaho in Tara Westover's Educated to the sprawling historical true crime journey of The Wager by David Grann.

Join us for Dinner with King Tut, an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind--and through all five senses--from ancient

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Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Reading Rockets: 3-5 Book Club

3:00pm–4:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Book Club, Literacy
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Event Details:

Join us for a special book club designed for kids in grades 3-5! Reading books is even more fun when we can talk about the stories with friends. 

How does it work?

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Reading Rockets: K-2 Book Club

3:00pm–4:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Book Club, Literacy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a special book club designed for kids in grades K-2! Reading books is even more fun when we can talk about the stories with friends. 

How does it work?

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Speculative Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

This month we're reading the sci-fi satire Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky about a robot who searches for meaning.

Disclaimer(s)

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Reading Rockets: 3-5 Book Club

3:00pm–4:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Book Club, Literacy
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a special book club designed for kids in grades 3-5! Reading books is even more fun when we can talk about the stories with friends. 

How does it work?

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Speculative Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

For May, we're reading the fantasy The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera in which a man raised to be the chosen one rejects his fate.

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After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Evening Book Group

7:00pm–8:00pm
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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Evening Book Group

This long-standing monthly book group is always looking for new members! We read mostly adult fiction and have a great time learning what we liked and didn’t like about each month's book. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

This month we're reading Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.

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Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Evening Book Group

7:00pm–8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Evening Book Group

This long-standing monthly book group is always looking for new members! We read mostly adult fiction and have a great time learning what we liked and didn’t like about each month's book. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

This month we're reading The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. Stop in to get a copy of the book.

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Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Speculative Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

This month we're reading the dystopian novel Chain-gang All-Stars by Kwame Nana Adjei-Brenyah where prisoners fight for their freedom on live TV a la American Gladiato

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After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Speculative Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

September means back-to-school so we're reading the dark academic fantasy Babel by R.F. Kuang where translation is magic.

Disclaimer(s)

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Speculative Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

Did you know Godzilla Day is in November? Let's discuss The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi where animal rights are extended to giant monsters!

Disclaimer(s)

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (SCL).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Evening Book Group

7:00pm–8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Program Room (Verne C. Koch Program Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Evening Book Group

This long-standing monthly book group is always looking for new members! We read mostly adult fiction and have a great time learning what we liked and didn’t like about each month's book. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

This month we're reading The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso. Stop in to get a copy of the book.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 21+ only please.