Program Type: Book Clubs

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, all SJCPLS libraries will be closed Thursday, November 26 and remain closed through Friday, November 27, 2020. Libraries will reopen on Saturday, November 28, 2020.

Bookdrops will remain open during all closed days and, of course, our virtual services such as eBooks, databases and downloadables are available 24/7. We wish you a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday.

Thursdays, November  5, 12, 19 & December 3 @ 4:15 PM
Join Ms. Nicole for our zoom teen book club (Grades 7 and up) for this month’s pick, Aurora Rising by Aime Kaufman. We may not be able to meet in person, we can still make new friends, have good discussion and fun! Books are provided by the Friends of the Anastasia Island Library to the first 8 students who sign up! Sign up online or email njebbia@sjcfl.us to sign up for our book club. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Please sign up each teen individually if using online form or by emailing.

The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch . . . and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline cases, and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

Join Donna for an Adult Zoom Book Club featuring a book of your choice! Read a selection of your choosing and join this group to highlight your choice and hear others as well. You might even get more ideas for your reading list!

Registration Required.

Join Donna for an Adult Zoom Book Club: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes.

Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice’s greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who’s never asked a man’s permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Horseback Librarians of Kentucky. What happens to them–and to the men they love–becomes a classic drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. Though they face all kinds of dangers, they’re committed to their job–bringing books to people who have never had any, sharing the gift of learning that will change their lives. Based on a true story rooted in America’s past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope. At times funny, at others heartbreaking, this is a richly rewarding novel of women’s friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond.

Copies available on request, just let us know where you’d like to pick it up. Email dbraasch@sjcfl.us to request a copy  if needed.

Registration required.

All libraries will be closed for the Christmas holiday on Thursday, December 24th and Friday, December 25th. All libraries will reopen on Saturday, December 26th.

Bookdrops will remain open during all closed days and, of course, our virtual services such as eBooks, databases and downloadables are available 24/7. We wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday.

All SJCPLS libraries will be closed Friday, January 1 for the New Year’s Day holiday. Libraries will reopen on Saturday, January 2. Book drops will remain open during these closures and our virtual services such as eBooks, databases, and downloadables are available 24/7. From all of us at SJCPLS, we wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday!

All SJCPLS libraries will be closed on Monday, January 18 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.

Bookdrops will remain open and, of course, our virtual services such as eBooks, databases and downloadables are available 24/7.

In observance of the President’s Day holiday, all SJCPLS libraries will be closed on Monday, February 15, 2021. Libraries will resume normal operating hours on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Bookdrops will remain open during this closure and, of course, our virtual services such as eBooks, databases and downloadables are available 24/7.