Events: Book Club
Book Club: "The Underground Railroad"
Wed., 9/27/17, 11am - 12pm @ MCPL RothschildTwo slaves escape a cotton plantation via the Underground Railroad with a relentless slave catcher in pursuit.
Readers of Classic Lit: "Little House in the Big Woods"
Wed., 9/27/17, 12pm - 1pm @ MCPL WausauDiscussion of the classic book about two girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier. No registration required and new participants are always welcome!
Book Club: "The Hired Girl"
Mon., 10/9/17, 5:45pm - 6:45pm @ MCPL Marathon CityJoin us for our monthly book club at MCPL Marathon City! For the month of October, we'll be reading "The Hired Girl" by Laura Amy Schlitz! Free, with new members always welcome! Call 715-443-2775 for more information.
Book Club: "Fahrenheit 451"
Tue., 10/10/17, 2pm - 3pm @ MCPL HatleyDiscuss Ray Bradbury's classic novel "Fahrenheit 451" during our Hatley Branch's October book club meeting!
Book Club: "Missing Mom"
Thu., 10/12/17, 11:30am - 12:30pm @ MCPL EdgarJoin us for a discussion of this book, about a woman who undergoes a major personal transformation in the year following her mother's death.
Book Club: "Under The Influence"
Thu., 10/12/17, 6:30pm - 8pm @ MCPL AthensDiscussion of a novel about a woman who falls apart in her personal and professional life, and falls under the spell of a charming couple. No registration required and new people are always welcome!
Book Club: "The Light Between Oceans"
Mon., 10/16/17, 1pm - 2pm @ MCPL MosineeA baby washes ashore a remote Australian island where a childless couple run a lighthouse.
Book Club "Magic Hour"
Mon., 10/16/17, 1pm - 2pm @ MCPL StratfordReluctantly giving up her California practice working with troubled children, Julia Cates is forced to draw on all her skills to deal with a young mute girl found abandoned and terrified in her Pacific Northwest.
Book Club: "Ordinary Grace"
Join us for a discussion of the book "Ordinary Grace," about a man who looks back on a tragic event that shattered his small Minnesota hometown when he was 13.
- Mon., 10/16/17, 6:30pm - 8pm @ MCPL Spencer
Women's Night Out: "A Man Called Ove"
Mon., 10/16/17, 6:30pm - 8pm @ MCPL WausauLively, social discussion of the novel about a curmudgeon who finds an unexpected friendship among neighbors.
Tween Book Club: "Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery"
Thu., 10/19/17, 4pm - 4:45pm
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MCPL Wausau
Tweens can discuss "Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery" by Deborah and James Howe and compete in some fun "Minute to Win It"-style challenges!
Book Club: "The Girls"
Wed., 10/25/17, 11am - 12pm @ MCPL RothschildA 1960s teen girl becomes swept up in a chaotic cult and its charismatic leader in "The Girls" by novelist Emma Cline.
Readers of Classic Lit: "The Golden Notebook"
Wed., 10/25/17, 12pm - 1pm @ MCPL WausauJoin us for a discussion of this classic book, about a successful author who combines her different notebooks of writings into one single golden notebook. No registration required and new participants are always welcome!
Book Club: "The Finest Hours"
Thu., 11/9/17, 11:30am - 12:30pm @ MCPL EdgarJoin us for a discussion of this book, which chronicles a real-life rescue mission the U.S. Coast Guard made in 1954 to save oil tankers ripped apart by a massive storm.
Book Club: "Redeployment"
Thu., 11/9/17, 6:30pm - 8pm @ MCPL AthensJoin a lively discussion of this historical fiction novel about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New members always welcome!
Book Club: "The Casual Vacancy"
Mon., 11/13/17, 5:45pm - 6:45pm @ MCPL Marathon CityJoin us for our monthly book club at MCPL Marathon City! For the month of November, we'll be reading "The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling! Free, with new members always welcome! Call 715-443-2775 for more information.
Book Club: "Dear Daughter"
Tue., 11/14/17, 2pm - 3pm @ MCPL HatleyJoin our Hatley Branch Book Club in November to discuss the novel "Dear Daughter" by Elizabeth Little!
Book Club: "Before the Fall"
Wed., 11/15/17, 11am - 12pm @ MCPL RothschildAfter a tragic plane crash, the only two survivors are a down-and-out painter and the four year-old heir to a media empire in Noah Hawley's novel "Before the Fall."
Book Club: "The Silver Star"
Join us at our Spencer Branch for a discussion of the book "The Silver Star," about two sisters who move in with their uncle and face hardships as they grow up.
- Thu., 11/16/17, 1:30pm - 3pm @ MCPL Spencer
Tween Book Club: "Wonder"
Thu., 11/16/17, 4pm - 4:45pm
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MCPL Wausau
Tweens can discuss "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio and compete in some fun "Minute to Win It"-style challenges!
Book Club: "A Spool of Blue Thread"
Mon., 11/20/17, 1pm - 2pm @ MCPL MosineeThis story follows the lives of four generations of the Whitshank family, spanning from the 1920s until present day.
Book Club "The Martian"
Mon., 11/20/17, 1pm - 2pm @ MCPL StratfordWhile on a space mission to Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is accidentally left behind and must figure out a way to grow food and survive until NASA can send a mission back to rescue him.
Women's Night Out: "The Green Road"
Mon., 11/20/17, 6:30pm - 8pm @ MCPL WausauStop by the Women's Night Out book club for a lively, social discussion of a novel about an Irish family whose children spread across the globe and reunite over Christmas.
Readers of Classic Lit: "The American Dream"/"Zoo Story"
Wed., 11/22/17, 12pm - 1pm @ MCPL WausauJoin us for a discussion of two of Edward Albee's classic one-act plays! No registration required and new participants are always welcome!
Book Club: "Greenglass House"
Mon., 12/11/17, 5:45pm - 6:45pm @ MCPL Marathon CityJoin us for our monthly book club at MCPL Marathon City! For the month of December, we'll be reading "Greenglass House" by Kate Milford! Free, with new members always welcome! Call 715-443-2775 for more information.
Book Club: "The Snow Child"
Tue., 12/12/17, 2pm - 3pm @ MCPL HatleyJoin us at our Hatley Branch to discuss "The Snow Child" by Eowyn Ivey.
Book Club: "The Underground Railroad"
Thu., 12/14/17, 11:30am - 12:30pm @ MCPL EdgarJoin us as we discuss this award-winning book, about a young slave trying to find the road to freedom!
Book Club: "The Christmas Shoes"
Mon., 12/18/17, 1pm - 2pm @ MCPL MosineeThis story follows the lives of a man and a boy who cross paths one fateful Christmas Eve.
Book Club "The 13th Gift"
Mon., 12/18/17, 1pm - 2pm @ MCPL StratfordAfter the death of her husband, Joanne Smith is dreading the holiday season. But 12 days before Christmas, she begins receiving unexpected gifts from her family's "True Friends," which changes her outlook.
Book Club: "A Season of Angels"
Join us for a discussion of the book "A Season of Angels," about three wacky angels who set out to answer the Christmas prayers of those on earth.
- Mon., 12/18/17, 6:30pm - 8pm @ MCPL Spencer
Readers of Classic Lit: The Short Stories of O. Henry
Wed., 12/20/17, 12pm - 1pm @ MCPL WausauJoin us for a discussion of some of O. Henry's classic short stories!
Tween Book Club: "Tuck Everlasting"
Thu., 12/21/17, 4pm - 4:45pm
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MCPL Wausau
Tweens can discuss "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt and compete in some fun "Minute to Win It"-style challenges!
Book Club: "Small Great Things "
Wed., 1/24/18, 11am - 12pm @ MCPL RothschildJoin us for a discussion of "Small Great Things," about an African American nurse who is charged with a crime after performing life-saving CPR on the child of two white supremacists.
Book Club: "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry"
Wed., 2/28/18, 11am - 12pm @ MCPL RothschildJoin us for a discussion of "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry," about a girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters that bring to life a world of fairy tales.
Book Club: "Lilac Girls"
Wed., 3/28/18, 11am - 12pm @ MCPL RothschildJoin us for a discussion of "Lilac Girls," about the intersecting lives of an American woman and a Polish woman during World War II.
- Locations
- Wausau
- Athens
- Edgar
- Hatley
- Marathon City
- Mosinee
- Rothschild
- Spencer
- Stratford
- Marathon County Public Library
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300 North First Street Wausau WI 54403 USA
Phone: 715-261-7200 (business hours)
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Fax: 715-261-7204
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