Join us and chat about our current great book with the Miamisburg book discussion group. This month's title is, Nickel Boys by Colin Whitehead. Pick up a book or audiobook at the Miamisburg Library. This title is also available on OverDrive.

Join us every other month to read and discuss historical fiction and nonfiction. For August, we’ll be reading Dead Wake by Erik Larson. For a physical copy of the book, click here. For a digital copy of the book, click here. 

A monthly book discussion featuring mystery novels with tea and light snacks served during each meeting.  Participants take turns bringing treats.  Our title for August is Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby.

Join us for the inaugural meeting of Taste Buds, a cookbook book club. Make friends, be a cookbook critic, and create, share, and sample new foods. The first meeting will feature some light snacks, discussion of how the book club will work, and distribution of recipes for the next meeting. Advanced registration is required.

Get together to look at, read, and review some of the best new books for children being published this year.  At the first meeting you will get the chance to look over a selection of books and choose a few to check out and take home.  Then each participant will make their own sock puppet to be used for future video book reviews that will be posted to the library's social media pages.  This is your chance to let other library users, authors, and publishers know which books kids really love.  Appropriate for children ages 8-14. 

The Kettering-Moraine branch is hosting a book club on the last Thursday of each month. Join us as we get to know one another while discussing the chosen book. In honor of our new group, we’ll be reading books by debut authors.  Come help us decide whether to add this new author to our favorite lists or be one and done!

August--A Clue-like locked-room mystery. The Maid, by Nita Prose (Overdrive).

Do you like books? Do you like Doughnuts?  If you answered "yes," then you will love our book discussion group!  Join us at 10:00 AM. Doughnuts will be provided, along with coffee and tea!

Join us Saturday, August 27th at 11:00 A.M. for a lively discussion on the book "All Her Little Secrets" by Wanda Morris. If you need a copy of the book or need help downloading the book to a device, please contact Northwest Library at 937-463-2665.

Join us the last Tuesday of every month for lively book discussions that will include a variety of Fiction and Non-Fiction titles. We will be reading in August - Darling by K. Ancrum and Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, in September - The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich, and in October - Let There Be Light:  the Real Story of Her Creation by Liana Finck.

Do you love romance? Janet Louise Roberts was a prolific writer of pulp romance and a librarian right here at Dayton Metro Library. Special Collections librarians are hosting a very special book club where we review a book from the Janet Louise Roberts pulp romance collection followed by discussion of a new romance title from the same sub-genre or tropes. In August we will be discussing Romantic Suspense. We will be reviewing Janet Louise Roberts’ The Dornstein Icon and our book for group discussion will be Verity by Colleen Hoover. The Janet Louise Roberts title will be available to read in the Dayton Room at Main for anyone who would like to look at it.   

Join us at the Vandalia Branch for The Afternoon Book Club where we'll be reading something old, something new and maybe something a little true! 

Meet at the Burkhardt library for an in person book club discussion!  Social distancing and other applicable safety protocols will be followed.  Copies of the books and audiobook will be available at the branch.  All ages welcome but books will be adult reading level and content. 

Read the rainbow in this book/discussion group for those with a desire to read/discuss young adult stories of discovery and acceptance.  Proud Reads is a different kind of book club; rather than select one title for the entire group to read, each member is empowered to select what they wish to read that month from a list of diverse titles (list available in the teen area).  Proud Reads means reading/discussing what you enjoy while still experiencing our colorful community through a shared love of books.    

This program provides a safe space for teens who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, or an ally to meet and discuss LGBTQIA+ topics

Pub-Lit is a book club hosted by the Dayton Metro Library at the Brixx Ice Company American Grill. Join us on the first Tuesday of every month and have a drink or dinner while discussing an offbeat book.

Join us for an afternoon speaker series in the Library with Leah Thomas. She is a celebrated environmentalist based in Santa Barbara, CA. Coining the term ‘eco-communicator’ to describe her style of environmental activism, Leah uses her passion for writing and creativity to explore and advocate for the critical yet often overlooked relationship between social justice and environmentalism. With this intersection in mind, Leah founded and launched Intersectional Environmentalist in 2020, a resource hub and platform that aims to advocate for environmental justice, provide educational resources surrounding intersectional environmentalism, and promote inclusivity and accessibility within environmental education and movements.

 

Leah, who is also the founder of eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah, uses her multiple years of eco-focused educational and work experience to inform her ever-expanding list of projects, as well as her audience of more than 350k followers. A graduate of Chapman University with a B.S. in Environmental Science & Policy and a cluster in Comparative World Religions, Leah has interned twice with the National Park Service and has worked at leading green companies, including eco-friendly soap company Ecos and most recently, Patagonia. A fundamental optimist and opportunity-maker, Leah used her time after being furloughed during the pandemic to create Intersectional Environmentalist.

 

Leah’s book The Intersectional Environmentalist published March 8, 2022. Her writing has also appeared in a variety of publications, including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Highsnobiety, and she has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, and numerous podcasts.

Join us for an evening speaker keynote with Leah Thomas. She is a celebrated environmentalist based in Santa Barbara, CA. Coining the term ‘eco-communicator’ to describe her style of environmental activism, Leah uses her passion for writing and creativity to explore and advocate for the critical yet often overlooked relationship between social justice and environmentalism. With this intersection in mind, Leah founded and launched Intersectional Environmentalist in 2020, a resource hub and platform that aims to advocate for environmental justice, provide educational resources surrounding intersectional environmentalism, and promote inclusivity and accessibility within environmental education and movements.

 

Leah, who is also the founder of eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah, uses her multiple years of eco-focused educational and work experience to inform her ever-expanding list of projects, as well as her audience of more than 350k followers. A graduate of Chapman University with a B.S. in Environmental Science & Policy and a cluster in Comparative World Religions, Leah has interned twice with the National Park Service and has worked at leading green companies, including eco-friendly soap company Ecos and most recently, Patagonia. A fundamental optimist and opportunity-maker, Leah used her time after being furloughed during the pandemic to create Intersectional Environmentalist.

 

Leah’s book The Intersectional Environmentalist published March 8, 2022. Her writing has also appeared in a variety of publications, including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Highsnobiety, and she has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, and numerous podcasts.

Each month let's get together and discuss a great read and how it relates to us.

Our September book is: "The Stars and the Blackness Between Them" by Junauda Petrus.

A book discussion group open to adults who are interested in reading and discussing a diverse range of fiction and nonfiction books featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and/or themes. Join us at the Main Library for our discussion on the second Monday of each month, 7 - 8:30 pm.
  

Reading the September book:
Dayton Metro Library Books (6 copies): https://bit.ly/37sDqga
On Overdrive in ebook format: https://bit.ly/3Pl3WJN

On Overdrive in eaudio format: https://bit.ly/3ynKyp8

Want to keep in touch with the latest announcements and stay in touch between meetings? Join the Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DaytonMetroLibraryLGBTQIA

Upcoming Books:

October 17: Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel

November 14: Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

December 12: The Romantic Agenda [JG1] by Claire Kann

Come for books, snacks, friendly conversation and fun.

A monthly book discussion featuring mystery novels with tea and light snacks served during each meeting.  Participants take turns bringing treats.  Our title for September is Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day.

Join us and chat about our current great book with the Miamisburg book discussion group. This month's title is, The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins. Pick up a book or audiobook at the Miamisburg Library. This title is also available on OverDrive.