Book Discussions
Mystery Book Discussion Group
This group meets monthly at the library. Books are available at the library approximately one month before the discussion date. All are welcome to join. Groups may be meeting remotely; contact the book group coordinator to find out the plan for their upcoming discussion.
Discussions are on Thursdays at 7:00 pm.
2025
January 16: A Gentleman’s Murder, by Christopher Huang
February 20: Slow Horses, by Mick Herron
March 20: The Holdout, by Graham Moore
April 17: Tale of Hilltop Farm (Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter #1), by Susan Wittig Albert
May 15: Billy Boyle, by James Benn
June 19: Deja Dead (Temperance Brennan #1), by Kathy Reichs
July 17: Faded Coat of Blue, by Owen Parry
Mystery book group coordinator: Maureen Parent, 802-434-2055, msparent@gmavt.net
(Mostly) Fiction Book Discussion Group
This group meets monthly at the library. Books are available at the library approximately one month before the discussion date. All are welcome to join. Groups may be meeting remotely; contact the book group coordinator to find out the plan for their upcoming discussion.
Discussions are on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm.
2025
January 14: Under the Whispering Door, by T.J. Klune
February 11: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
March 11: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, by Soraya L. Chemaly
April 8: My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier
Book group coordinator: Gwen Landis, 802-434-5012, gwennie1972@yahoo.com
Climate Action Book Discussion Group
A collaboration between the Richmond Climate Action Committee and the library, this group discusses books that focus on climate and environmental issues and stories.
Books discussed so far:
- Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson (November 2022)
- We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, by Jonathan Safran Foer (February 2023)
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (May 2023)
- The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis, by Amitav Ghosh (November 2023)
- The Heat Will Kill You First, by Jeff Goodell (February 2024)
- The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth, by Elizabeth Rush (May 2024)
- Playing God in the Meadow, by Martha Leb Molnar (November 2024)
Next Discussion:
TBA
Cookbook Club
Cookbook Club meets one Saturday a month at noon to share thoughts and dishes from the same cookbook.
2025 Schedule:
January 4 - Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico, by Rick Martinez
February 1 - The Weekday Vegetarians, by Jenny Rosenstrach
March 1 - Indian-ish, by Priya Krishna
April 5 - Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables, by Joshua McFadden
2024 Schedule:
January 13 - Every Grain of Rice; Chinese Soul Food; and Mooncakes and Milk Bread
February 10 - Ethiopia, by Yohanis Gebreyesus
March 9 - Bean by Bean, by Crescent Dragonwagon
April 13 - Maple: 100 sweet and savory recipes featuring maple syrup, by Katie Webster
NO MEETING IN MAY
June 8 - Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking, by Toni Tipton-Martin
July 13 - Simply Pho: A Complete Course in Preparing Authentic Vietnamese Recipes at Home, by Helen Le
August 10 - Aloha Kitchen: Recipes from Hawai’i, by Alana Kysar
September 14 - Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds and Legumes, by Abra Berens
October 12 - Let’s Make Dumplings!: A Comic Book Cookbook, by Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan
November 9 - The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, by Sean Sherman
December 14 - Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s, by B. Dylan Hollis