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Books & Bites: Lunchtime Book Club

April 8, 2026 • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
This is a FREE event!

Take a break and join us for Books & Bites, a monthly book club at the OWLS Club designed to fit right into your lunch hour! Perfect for members who are still working or anyone looking to enjoy lively discussions, each session will focus on a different book selected by our club host to kick things off. Bring a lunch, bring your thoughts, and connect with fellow members over shared stories and ideas.

September 2026 — The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Availability: Libby & Hoopla — available now in both digital and audio
Setting: Virginia, 1791–1810
Description: Historical fiction about a seven-year-old Irish orphan who arrives at a Virginia tobacco plantation in 1790. Indentured to work alongside enslaved people, she is raised by a mixed-race slave and must navigate the dangerous divide between the kitchen house and the big house.

October 2026 — The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Availability: Libby audio available now; Libby digital has a five-week wait; Hoopla available now
Setting: Near present day, globally, mainly centered in New York City
Description: From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did the boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise? As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice.

November 2026 — James by Percival Everett
Availability: Libby audio and digital available now
Setting: 1861, on the eve of the American Civil War
Description: Historical fiction that retells Mark Twain’s classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved runaway Jim. The book won the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

January 2027 — The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
Availability: Libby & Hoopla — available now in both digital and audio
Setting: Concordia, Virginia, 1963
Description: A humorous, thought-provoking, and nostalgic historical novel following four suburban housewives who form a secret book club to read Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, sparking feminist awakenings and forging a life-changing sisterhood.

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2715 E Jackson Blvd
Elkart, IN 46516
(574) 336-2652
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