Don't you agree that the next best thing to reading a good book is talking about it? The Library offers several options for you to share favorite books with friends.
Read This! is an ongoing video series where Orange County Library System librarians and staff members give you a look at what they're reading and what they think about it.
Book Clubs at the Library
Browse the list below to find a book club meeting or author event, or make a selection using the location and date range options.
Ms. Jones and her book club will discus books that can tranform your life. This month's book: Life's Healing Choices: Freedom from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits by John Baker and Rick Warren (Aug 21, 2007)
Join the Southwest Book Club this month to discuss Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. This book club favorite and historical fiction bestseller is a story about the love and friendship of a Chinese boy, Henry Lee and a Japanese girl, Keiko during the Japanese internment in World War II. Years later widowed Lee embarks on a personal quest that leads to memories of a love that transcended cultures and generations. This quest may also help him confront the choices he made many years ago.
Anyone age 18 or older is welcome to attend. The book club meets monthly at the Southwest Branch Library. For more information, please call 407.835.7323 or email southwest@ocls.info.
This month the Alafaya Book Club is reading the classic "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. Set against the moors of northern England, the story follows the turbulent lives of Cathy and Heathcliff, as they experience love, loss and vengeance.
Ms. Jones and her book club will discus books that can tranform your life. This month's book: Life's Healing Choices: Freedom from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits by John Baker and Rick Warren (Aug 21, 2007)
Fantastic and witty cozy murder mystery, will appeal to fans of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache series. Available from OCLS in print and large print http://www.ocls.info/shortlink/?FEH627S1
What if you wake up every day and don't remember the day before? What if the person you think is your husband may not be who he says? With no memory, how do you know who to trust? This is a terrific psychological thriller with all this a...
Group verdict: a love story that grows into you. Definitely worth the read, terrific lyrical language. Read this one slowly and savor the way Frazier crafts the story and descriptions. Available at OCLS in print, large print, and audio b...
Browse through the Book Bundles titles to find the right book for your group. We've provided a brief synopsis of each title for your convenience. Where available, we've also provided links to the author's website, reading group material or Novelist Plus.
We have set aside copies of these titles for your book club. You will find the total number of copies available next to the title. You may check out as many of these as you need for your group. Just use this form to request the books for your group!
The Freading eBook collection is a great option for book club selections. The titles are always available, so every member can check the same book out at once!
Each book, a new horizon! Mayor Buddy’s Book Club brings books to life for 5th-8th grade students in the City of Orlando. By encouraging leisure time reading and creative expression, this initiative will improve literacy throughout our community by making reading fun and increasing leisure reading.
Each day we'll email you a 5-minute portion of a book. During the week you can read 2-3 chapters and decide if you want to check the book out of the library. Every Monday we start new books. Sign up and start reading.
LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere—even on your mobile phone. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth.
An interactive social media site for book lovers! Using Shelfari, you can create a personal shelf of your books, see what your friends are reading, get and give recommendations for what to read next, create book lists, and even share your opinion on a book with friends or the growing Shelfari community.
