Book Clubs at the Bluffton Library

Please register to participate: (843)-255-6503 / dhenderson@bcgov.net

2025:

  1. A Classics Conversation Book Club [along with Jane Austen]:

2. The Page Turners Book Club:

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2024:

1. A Classic Conversation: Reading the Classics Book Club
Meets 2nd Wednesday, every other month, 11:30 am

  • Jan. 10: 1984, by George Orwell (1949)
  • Mar 13:  David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens (1849, 1850)
  • May 8:  East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (1952)
  • Sept 11:  Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë (1847)
  • Nov 13:  The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper (1826)
  • Dec 11:  Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston (1937)
                             + Tea and Book selection for 2025

[Led by Deb Barnum, Library Volunteer]

2. Page Turners Book Club: meets last Tuesday, every month

3. Riveting Reads: meets 2nd Saturday of most months, 3-4 pm

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2023:

1. A Classic Conversation: Reading the Classics Book Club
Meets 2nd Wednesday, every other month, 11:30
am

  • Feb 8: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (1813)
  • Apr 12: The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim (1922)
  • June 14: The Razor’s Edge, by Somerset Maugham (1944)
  • Sept 13: A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens (1859)
  • Nov 8: Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegner (1987)
  • Dec 13: Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton (1911) – Tea and choosing books for 2024

Hosted by Deb Barnum, Library Volunteer

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2. Page Turners Book Club:
Meets last Tuesday, every month – begins March 29

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2022:

1. A Classic Conversation: Reading the Classics Book Club
Meets 2nd Wednesday, every other month, 11:00 am [please note the time change!]

– begins March 9

  • March 9: Meet & Greet and discussion of The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett [see December]
  • April 13: Pride & Prejudice, by Jane Austen
  • June 8: Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy
  • September 14: The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton
  • November 9: The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
  • December 14: Tea / Planning for 2023; discussion of The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett

Led by Deb Barnum of the Friends of the Bluffton Library

2. Page Turners Book Club:
Meets last Tuesday, every month – begins March 29

  • March 29: Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
  • April 26: The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, by Jennifer Ryan
  • May 31: The Exiles, by Christina Baker Kline
  • June 21: The HundredYearOld Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson.
  • July 26: A Woman of No Importance, by Sonia Purnell 
  • August 30: The Henna Artist, by Alka Joshi
  • September 27: The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Luiz Zafon
  • October 25: Of Women and Salt, by Gabriella Garcia
  • November 29: These Precious Days, by Ann Patchett

Led by Debbie Henderson, Bluffton Reference Librarian

2. Otherworldly Reads Book Club: [cancelled]
Meets 3rd Tuesday, every other month, 4:00 pm – begins March 15

  • March 15: Eternal Life, by Dara Horn
  • May 17: Sleeping Beauties, by Stephen King / Owen King
  • July 19: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
  • September 20: Lovecraft Country, by Matt Ruff
  • November 15: NOS4A2, by Joe Hill

Led by Debbie Henderson, Bluffton Reference Librarian