Book Clubs

The Bill Memorial Library is currently home to one established book club, the Food For Thought Book Club.

Food For Thought

The Food for Thought Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Par 4 Restaurant, 93 Plant Street here in Groton, to satisfy their appetite for good food and thoughtful discussion. The former starting when they arrive and the latter at 1:00. Copies of each monthly  selection are available here at
the library, and all are welcome to pick up a book and join in the fun.

COVID-19 Modification: 

The Food for Thought Book Club will be meeting via
Zoom, or, weather permitting, at the picnic tables here at BML.  If you wish to participate, give your name and email  address to a staff member (call the number below), and you will receive a message with the link and password for the event. Discussions take place at 1:00 p.m.

A list of previous years’ selections (2005 – 2015) can be found here.
List for 2018 – 2020
List for 2021
List for 2022

2023 Selections

A list of the current year’s selections can be found below.

January 11: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

February 14: The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church

March 14: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

April 11: Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

May 9: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

June 13: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

July 11: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

August 8: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

September 12: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

October 10: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

November 14: One Book One Region 2023: to be determined

December 13: Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien