Book Club for Book Clubs
The Foundation hosts a yearly "Book Club for Book Clubs" program that brings together members of community book clubs to talk and share ideas. Library staff brings the clubs up-to-date on the many resources available online and through the library.
Book Club Resources
Community Book Club Wall
To foster the sharing of ideas and great book titles, The Foundation created the Community Book Club wall. Located on the 1st floor near the elevator, you can find a list of local area book clubs and their reading choices.
In-House Resources
The library maintains a collection of past library book club selections on the 2nd floor. Multiple copies are available for book clubs to check out. We also offer books to help with book group planning, selection guides, and discussion starters.
Borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks for free–anywhere, anytime. Available 24/7, now the library comes to you! Also available as an app–either OverDrive or Libby, by OverDrive. Click here for a short tutorial.
Choose your subject areas and each week you’ll receive an email with 2-3 chapters from a recently published book in the categories selected. If you want to read the book, visit the library to check it out or request it.
NoveList is a comprehensive readers’ advisory resource. You can find titles, articles, and read-alike lists for both fiction and nonfiction, and for all age/reading levels. You’ll never be without a good read again! Click here for a short tutorial.
BookPage is a monthly book review magazine provided by the PT Library Foundation, and available in print or online. BookPage serves as a guide to the best new books, with bonus author interviews.
Books & Authors connects readers from every reading level to fiction and non-fiction books that match their interests. Explore books, authors, genres and topics from more than 240,000 titles. Click here for a short tutorial.
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The Community Book Clubs
Afterwords
"We are an activity group under the Newcomers Club, so our members are dues-paying members of the Peters Township Newcomers & Neighbors Club. We do add new members, but our membership is rather full at the moment"
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly, September through May
- During 2020 pandemic: meeting via Zoom
Reading Profile:
- Contemporary Fiction, from a variety of genres
- Nonfiction, occasionally
Daytimers
"We are a light and cheerful bunch and don't spend a ton of time on the book review but most of the time talking and laughing which is important also. We are a lovely group of women and we are ALWAYS looking for more to join us."
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly, on the second Wednesday
- Contact the Peters Township Library Foundation for more details or to join! Please note that new members must join the Peters Township Newcomers and Neighbors Club in order to join the the group
Reading Profile:
- Historical Fiction
- Fiction
- Classics
Lighthouse Book Club
"Our book club has been meeting for 13 years. Because we’ve kept our group small in number we have made some trips, some book related such as taking the train to Chicago for the weekend where we toured the Frank Lloyd Wright home and studio after reading Loving Frank, visiting the Johnstown Flood Museum after reading The Johnstown Girls, and touring the Lemoyne House after reading His Promised Land. Some non-book related trips we've taken include visiting the Flight 93 Memorial, Little Lake Theater, Nemacolin Castle, Phipps Conservatory, and Longwood Gardens. And of course we’ve attended the Peters Township Library Foundation’s November author series."
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly, on the 2nd Friday
- During 2020 pandemic: meeting via Zoom
Reading Profile:
- Biographies
- Classics
- Best Sellers
- Historical Fiction
- Science Fiction
PTPL Afternoon Book Club
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly, on the third Wednesday of the month, 1 PM, at the Peters Township Public Library
- Contact the Reference Department for more details
Reading Profile:
- Classics
- Historical Fiction
- Life Stories
- Coming-of-Age Stories
- Literary Fiction
PTPL Mystery Book Club
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly, on the last Tuesday of the month, 1:30 PM, at the Peters Township Public Library
- Contact the Reference Department for more details
Reading Profile:
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Book Lists:
- 2019
PTPL Teen Book Club
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly, on the first Thursday, via Zoom
- Contact the Youth Services department for more details
Reading Profile:
- New & popular YA fiction
Book Lists:
- 2019
PTPL Tween Book Club
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly, on the first Monday, via Zoom
- Contact the Youth Services Department for more details
Reading Profile:
- New & popular juvenile fiction
- New & popular juvenile nonfiction
Book Lists:
- 2019
Ravishing Readers
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly
Reading Profile:
- Contact the Peters Township Library Foundation for more details or to join! Please note that new members must join the Peters Township Newcomers and Neighbors Club in order to join the the group
Book Lists:
- 2019, number 2
- 2019, number 1
Spine Crackers
"We are an activity group under the Newcomers Club, so our members are dues-paying members of the Peters Township Newcomers & Neighbors Club."
Meeting Frequency:
- Monthly
- During 2020 pandemic: meeting via Zoom
Reading Profile:
- Literacy Fiction, across genres
- Nonfiction, 2 titles per year
Woman's Club of Upper St. Clair Literary Ladies
Meeting Frequency:
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Reading Profile:
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Book Lists:
- 2019