Book Club meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm (except December). It is open to all adults, no registration required! Copies of the upcoming book are available to place on hold at the library.

Our Next Read

April 21st at 7 PM - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late. 

Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

 

2026 Book Club Lineup

Click on any of the entries below to be directed to the catalog record for that book.

January - God of the Woods by Liz Moore

February - Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan

March - All Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

April - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

May - Some Murders in Berlin by Karen Robards

June - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

July - Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

August - My Friends by Fredrik Backman

September - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

October - Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

November - The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt