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Book Besties

Genre Book Club
2024-04-17 18:00:00 2024-04-17 19:00:00 America/New_York Book Besties Book Besties is a brand new genre-focused book club coming to the Long Beach Island Library this Spring. Long Beach Island Branch -

Wednesday, April 17
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-04-17 18:00:00 2024-04-17 19:00:00 America/New_York Book Besties Book Besties is a brand new genre-focused book club coming to the Long Beach Island Library this Spring. Long Beach Island Branch -

Book Besties is a brand new genre-focused book club coming to the Long Beach Island Library this Spring.

What's a genre book club? This is a book club that focuses on books that fall into genres like romance, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery.
Simply put, it is a book club for folks who want to read fun and unique books. Dragons? Love? Outer space? Murder? Check check check and check!
This Spring session will run from March-May. The selected reading is listed below...


March: Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan
April: When Women were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
May: Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | General | Book Discussion |

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