Dormont Public Library Book Club

03/15/2023

Tonight we will be discussing We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter at Arsenal.

I put together these helpful/interesting images I found online. One is a map of all of the paths taken by Kurc family members during the events discussed in the book, one is a picture of the Kurc family, and the other is a Kurc family tree. This article has an interview with the author, which I recommend reading!

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/following-the-footsteps-of-the-characters-in-we-were-the-lucky-ones/

09/19/2022

I'm really enjoying this month's book The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond.

It has a lot in common with the book The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave, which currently has a lot of buzz and is being made into a show!

Hope to see you all at Arsenal on Wednesday!

05/16/2022

Hi everyone, check out this interview with Frank McCourt, author of this month's book. We can't wait for the discussion this Wednesday @ Arsenal at 7:00!

Author Frank McCourt shares his Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, "Angela's Ashes," which recounts his impoverished childhood in Ireland.Join us on Patreon! htt...

04/20/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blabUbWI_Ao

I just watched this video and thought others might enjoy, see you soon if you're coming tonight!

-Lauren.

Amor Towles is the author of the NYT- bestselling novel, "The Rules of Civility." Here he discusses his newest novel, "A Gentleman in Moscow," which is set ...

10/19/2021

Will we see you at Arsenal this Wednesday? It's gonna be spooky 🎃📚

From the Dormont Public Library

What better way to celebrate spooky October, than by reading about one of America's most prolific serial killers and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair... all while drinking delicious cider at Arsenal Cider Tap House - Dormont, with our friends at Dormont Public Library Book Club?

Copies of the book are available at our library; contact the library at [email protected] to register.

09/22/2021

🌪Due to a tornado warning, tonight's book club meeting at Arsenal Cider Tap House - Dormont will be cancelled.🌪

Tonight's book selection, A Prayer for Owen Meany, will be discussed alongside the October selection, Devil in the White City, at the group's October 20 meeting.

Apologies for the last-minute change - thank you for your understanding!

Eat, drink, and be merry this October, with our friends at Dormont Public Library Book Club and Arsenal Cider Tap House - Dormont! Next month's selection introduces us to 1893 Chicago, during the World's Fair... and one of America's most infamous serial killers, H. H. Holmes.

$6 gets you admission and a drink. Sign up today by clicking the link below or contacting the library at [email protected] - we promise you won't be sorry 🎩🔍️

https://www.facebook.com/events/230503709010223

09/18/2021

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who?

Join A Novel Dormont book club on September 29th at Arsenal Cider House to discuss “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean 📚🔥

09/11/2021

As you make your way through September's book, A Prayer for Owen Meany, you may be wondering what the author (John Irving) is really like... well now you can get an inside look at his life, writing process and more through the following documentary!

https://youtu.be/_acnWf3Hmuo

P.S. Don't forget to register for the September 22nd discussion
☎️ : 412-531-8754 or 📧: [email protected]

When reading John Irving, you get the feeling that you are sitting at a table and one of the characters is handing you a glass of wine. Irving is one of the ...

08/28/2021

Our fall 2021 book discussion schedule is live! Check out what we have planned for the rest of the year:

-October 20th: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
-November 17th: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
-December 15th: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

All discussions to take place at Arsenal Cider House-Dormont from 7:00-8:30 PM. Please RSVP with Dormont Public Library by phone or email. $6 drink fee can be paid at the door.

08/11/2021

7-days until we meet next at Arsenal to discuss "Educated" by Tara Westover!

React to this post with:
👍 if you finished the book already, 😆 if you are still reading, or 😡 if you called it quits before the end (no shame either way!)

07/30/2021

UPDATE: You can now pay your $6 at the door for upcoming book discussions at Arsenal!