Book Discussion Groups
Join New Cumberland Library's Book Discussion Groups! Book discussions are sponsored by the Friends of the New Cumberland Public Library and each group meets on a standing schedule.
Shelf Love
2nd Tuesday evenings
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Treat yourself to shelf love! This book discussion group is designed for busy, working individuals. We understand – reading a book in one month’s time is not always possible. We discuss a particular book every other month. We still get together once a month, though. On the off month, we check up on each other’s progress and talk about how we feel about the book “so far” in a casual, zero-pressure environment.
Meeting is held in the Library's 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Selections for the 2024-2025 Season:
August 13 - Shelf Love Social
September 10 - The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
October 8 - Shelf Love Social
November 12 - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
December 10 - Shelf Love Social
January 14 - Maame by Jessica George
February 11 - Shelf Love Social
March 11 - Lovers and Liars by Amanda Eyre Ward
April 8 - Shelf Love Social
May 13 - The Push by Ashley Audrain
Great Books Discussion Groups:
1st & 3rd Monday mornings
September 16, 2024 - May 19, 2025
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The selection of titles to be read and discussed is available at the Main Desk.
Questions can be directed to Joan Short, 717-938-3494
Meeting is held in the Library's Dining Room
Selections for the 2023-2024 Season:
September 16 It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
October 7 History by Emerson: First Series essays
Compensation
Friendship
October 21 Night Flight by Antoine De Saint Exupery
November 4 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
December 2 Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'NeillJanuary 6 Pericles by William Shakespeare Rescheduled for February 18
January 21** Haven by Alice Munro: Dear Life short stories
Pride
Train
In Sight of the Lake
February 3 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
February 18** Pericles by William Shakespeare
March 3 The Masterpiece by Emile Zola
March 17 Winterset by Maxwell Andersen
April 7 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
April 21 All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville West
May 5 The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
May 20 John Brown's Body, an epic poem in eight sections by Stephen Vincent Benet
**Tuesday
2nd & 4th Wednesday mornings
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The selection of titles to be read and discussed is available at the Main Desk.
Questions can be directed to Dan Tepsic, 717-319-1260
Meeting is held in the Library's 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Selections TBD:
February 12 Birth, Mrs. Meeks, of a Son by Charles Dickens
The Hills of Zion by H.L. Mencken
Aunt Helen by T.S. Elliot
February 26
March 12
March 26
April 9
April 23
May 14
May 28
Ruth's Mystery Discussion Group
1st Thursday of every month except July
10:30 a.m.
All lovers of good mysteries are invited to join our monthly discussion group.
Please call the Library at 717-774-7820 for more information
Meeting is currently held in Foundation House.
Ruth's Mystery Discussion Group members each report on a one book they've read on the selected reading topic. The reading topics for 2024 are:
November 7 - Mystery Published in the Last Five Years
December 5 - Christmas Mysteries
January 9 - Reader's Choice
February 6 - Historical Mystery before 1940
March 6 - End of Series
April 3 - European Mysteries
May 1 - Medical or Science Mystery
June 5 - Academic or Culinary Mystery
July - No Meeting
August 7 - My Vacation Read
September 4 - One Author: TBD
October 2 - Police Procedural