Monthly Book Discussions
Monthly Book Discussions
Book discussions are online via Zoom! Please register for each book discussion you would like to participate in. Instructions and a link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to you. A Suffolk County Library card with a valid email address in your library card record are needed to participate. Contact the library at or by phone at (631) 264 - 0567 if you need assistance.
March Book Discussion:
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Wednesday, March 24
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom
Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits.
Books available at the Circulation Desk after February 24th. eBooks and audiobooks available through the Over-drive/Live-brary link on our website.
To register: Email us at with “Book Discussion Anxious People” as the subject line. When registering, please include your full name in the body of the email.
April Book Discussion:
**Long Island Reads Selection of 2021**
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Wednesday, April 28
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. via Zoom
Separated by their embrace of different racial identities, two mixed-race identical twins reevaluate their choices as one raises a black daughter in their southern hometown while the other passes for white with a husband who is unaware of her heritage.
Books available at the Circulation Desk by March 24th. eBooks and audiobooks available through the Overdrive/Live-brary link on our website.
To register: Email us at with “Book Discussion Vanishing Half” as the subject line. When registering, please include your full name in the body of the email.
**Note: Author Brit Bennett will be honored at the 2021 Long Island Reads Selection Award virtual event for her novel The Vanishing Half in an online Crowdcast program hosted by Plainview-Old Bethpage Library on Sunday, April 11 at 2 p.m. Free tickets will be available to the public beginning Monday, March 1, at 9:30 a.m. through Eventbrite.**
Keep a look out here and in our next newsletter for upcoming book discussions!
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