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Our book clubs cover a range of topics and genres, and happen at different locations. Read the book and gather with your community to chat about it. For more information on our book clubs visit our website: https://www.ocls.info/book-clubs
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Y Read: Book Read Aloud GroupDr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center, Orlando, FL
Experience the joy and camaraderie of reading aloud a book with others. An entire book or short stories will be read aloud over several weeks with time for lively discussion. Facilitator-led in partnership with the Dr. P. Phillips YMCA and Southwest Library. Intended for ages 18+
Currently reading: Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho.
Note: It is not necessary to read the book before attending this event or having a copy of the book.
The event is held in the Dr. P. Phillips YMCA conference room.
YMCA membership or Orange County Library System card not necessary to attend. Free to the community. No registration necessary.
The Dr. P. Phillips YMCA is located at 7000 Dr. Phillips Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819. - Romantasy Book ClubOrlando Public Library | Orange County Library System, Orlando, FL
Join Orlando Public Library for the Romantasy Book Club, a bi-monthly book club focused on all things romance and fantasy! For this book club, we'll be reading A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen. Discuss the July selection, enjoy fun bookish activities, and make new friends!
Ages 18+, registration required. This is a free event and you do not need an Orange County Library System library card to participate.
Please register here.Card holders can borrow a copy of A Fate Inked in Blood here.
From the book description:
A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back.
Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. It was foretold such a magic would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden’s fate.
Believing he’s destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she swore to protect.
- Y Read: Book Read Aloud GroupDr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center, Orlando, FL
Experience the joy and camaraderie of reading aloud a book with others. An entire book or short stories will be read aloud over several weeks with time for lively discussion. Facilitator-led in partnership with the Dr. P. Phillips YMCA and Southwest Library. Intended for ages 18+
Currently reading: Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho.
Note: It is not necessary to read the book before attending this event or having a copy of the book.
The event is held in the Dr. P. Phillips YMCA conference room.
YMCA membership or Orange County Library System card not necessary to attend. Free to the community. No registration necessary.
The Dr. P. Phillips YMCA is located at 7000 Dr. Phillips Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819. - Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book ClubLink visible for attendees
In July the Hiawassee Book Club will discuss Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these -- the haughty, and even wealthier, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy -- irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and Darcy plays out in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues.
This event occurs online through Zoom. An email will be sent before the event with more information on how to join. To receive the Zoom link, please register at the Library's website, https://attend.ocls.org/event/13294198
Virtual access to this title is available in both eBook and Audiobook formats.
Print Book 1 : Print Book 2 : Overdrive E-book : Overdrive Audio : Hoopla E-book : Hoopla Audio
* The two print editions are the same book, but different publishers and introductions
* Some formats currently have waiting lists
