Book Clubs

The Bill Memorial Library is currently home to two book clubs, the Food For Thought Book Club and Something Else Entirely.

Food For Thought

The Food for Thought Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Groton Townhouse, 355 Route 12, to satisfy their appetite for good food and thoughtful discussion.

The former (good food) starts when they arrive at noon and the latter (thoughtful discussion) at 1:00. Copies of each monthly selection are available here at the library, and all are welcome to pick up a book and join in the fun.

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A list of previous years’ selections (2005 – 2015) can be found here.
List for 2018 – 2020
List for 2021
List for 2022
List for 2023
List for 2024

2025 Selections

A list of the current year’s selections can be found below. (These may change based upon availability; please call us to confirm titles or stop by the library when we have copies for checkout.)

January 14: What Alice Forgot by Lianne Moriarty

February 11: Normal People by Sally Rooney

March 11: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

April 8: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

May 13: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

June 10: 11/22/63 by Stephen King

July 8: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

August 12: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

September 9: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

October 14: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

November 18: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

December 9: The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans

January 14, 2025: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

Something Else Entirely

Something Else Entirely is a speculative fiction book club for busy readers that meets every other month on the second Saturday at Bill Memorial Library, starting February each year. Meetings go from 10:30-11:30 am.
 
Selections for the upcoming book will be available one month in advance at Bill Memorial Library for convenience, though readers wishing to get an earlier start can request the book sooner by speaking to a member of staff.
 
What is speculative fiction? It’s an umbrella term that encompasses many different genres: science fiction and fantasy, of course, but also horror, superheroes, dystopian stories and alternate histories. Something Else Entirely aims to hit a variety of moods and pacings based on member input each year, including both contemporary speculative fiction and some of the classics.
 
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Previous selections:

List for 2024

2025 Selections

February 8: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

April 12: Redshirts by John Scalzi

June 14: The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes

August 9: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

October 11: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

December 13: Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin