The Wolfner Library Book Club
Wolfner's book club offers titles covering multiple genres for your reading pleasure. You will find selections from history, mystery, romance and suspense, just to name a few.
We encourage all members to participate in the live book club discussions held using the Zoom platform.
Don't want to discuss the book with others? That's okay, too. You can still join the club and enjoy the pre-selected titles.
How to Join the Club
1. Register at Wolfner Reads Registration or call the library at 800-392-2614.
2. Read the books that interest you and then...
- On the appointed Thursday, call or log in to the club's 2:00 p.m. Zoom meeting. Once everyone is on the line, we will discuss the book we have read.
Upcoming Titles
If you are a Wolfner patron, participate in our weekly book club by dialing in every Thursday at 2 p.m., or by using Zoom from a smart device. Here’s a list of books that will be featured from February through March.
February 1 “My Love Story” by Tina Turner (DB092875)
Legendary singer aims to set the record straight about her career and complicated personal life. Covers her early life in Tennessee, her rise to fame with husband Ike Turner, her success as a solo artist, and the sometimes dark hours in between.
February 8 “Letter to My Daughter” by Maya Angelou (DB067662)
Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (RC 57200, BR 15665) shares life lessons in the form of reminiscences, poems, and short essays with her thousands of young daughters all over the world. In "Senegal" Angelou commits a social faux pas that her hostess graciously ignores.
February 15 “Loving vs Virginia: a documentary novel of the landmark civil rights case” by Robert H. Mayer (DBC09695)
A novel in blank verse telling the story of Mildred Jeter, an African American woman, and Richard Loving, a Caucasian man, who marry and then challenge the Virginia law forbidding interracial marriages in the 1950s.
February 29 “Party of Two” by Jasmine Guillory (DB099911)
Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe's mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. But when she flirts with a gorgeous man at a hotel bar, she discovers too late that he is none other than hotshot junior senator Max Powell.
March 7 “I am Glad My Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy (DB110152)
I’m Glad My Mom Died, a memoir by Jennette McCurdy, details the author’s experiences as a child star on Nickelodeon and her relationship with her mother. Published in 2022, Jennette’s first book explores complex experiences with body image, love, family, religion, and the child acting industry.
March 14 “When My Name Was Keoko” by Linda Sue Park (DB055957)
Thirteen-year-old Tae-yul and his younger sister, Sun-hee, take turns recounting what happened to their family in Korea while under Japanese occupation during World War II. As the Japanese tried to suppress Korean culture, even people's names were changed--Sun-hee was called Keoko.
March 21 “Radium Girls” by Kate More (DB089743 or DB114273)
Chronicle of the women employed during World War I as watch dial painters--requiring the use and ingestion of radium-laced paint--and their legal fight for compensation. Discusses the often gruesome physical deformities and pain the women experienced and their determination to receive justice.
March 28 “Circe” by Madeline Miller (DB090711)
Circe grows up in the court of her father, the sun god Helios. Despised by her parents and others, she falls in love with a mortal who shuns her. When she takes revenge, she is banished. Those who wish her and others harm are transformed into pigs.