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MAIN LIBRARY ONLINE LIBRARY 4600 Walnut Lake Road Open 24 hours every day Tel: (248) 682-2120 www.westbloomfieldlibrary.org To check out a Book Group Kit, groups must first register with the Library as a Fax: (248) 232-2291 West Bloomfield community book group. A member of the group (who has a TDD: (248) 232-2292 HOURS OF SERVICE Please visit West Bloomfield library card) can then check out a Book Group Kit for six weeks. WESTACRES BRANCH www.westbloomfieldlibrary.org Kits may be reserved one year in advance. A cardholder is limited to checking 7321 Commerce Road for current hours of operation. out two kits at the same time; kits cannot be renewed. To register your book Tel: (248) 363-4022 group, call the Adult Information Desk at (248) 232-2290. Fax: (248) 363-7243 EMAIL & TEXT For your convenience, most Book Group Kit titles are also available Email: [email protected] [email protected] in additional formats, including eBook, eAudiobook and Book on CD. 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Delaney (Fiction) Then She Was Gone The Woman in Cabin 10 A Man Called Ove by Lisa Jewell (Fiction) by Ruth Ware (Fiction) Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Fredrik Backman (Fiction) There’s Room for Discussion at the Library by Mark Sullivan (Fiction) This is How I Lied The Woman in the Window The Map of Salt and Stars by Heather Gundenkauf (Fiction) by A.J. Finn (Fiction) Community book groups may reserve the Library’s comfortable conference room The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Jennifer Joukhadar (Fiction) up to three months in advance at no charge. The room seats twelve. A West by Kim Michele Richardson (Fiction) This Is How It Always Is The Wright Brothers The Mothers by Brit Bennett (Fiction) by Laurie Frankel (Fiction) by David McCullough (Biography) Bloomfield or contract community library cardholder must make reservations. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (Biography) Call (248) 232-2350. 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To subscribe, go to Daisy Jones and the Six by Paulette Jiles (Fiction) www.westbloomfieldlibrary.org, click “Services” and then “eNewsletters.” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction) The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff (Fiction) Darkest Child Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Fiction) by Delores Phillips (Fiction) Kits for Book Groups with The Peacock Emporium Dutch Girl by Jojo Moyes (Fiction) by Robert Matzen (Biography) Everything To-Go A Place for Us Grab a Book Group Kit loaded with everything your book group needs for a Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Fatima Fameen Mirza (Fiction) memorable book discussion. There are more than 80 titles to choose from, by Gail Honeyman (Fiction) including many in large print! Red at the Bone Everything I Never Told You by Jacqueline Woodson (Fiction) by Celeste Ng (Fiction) Each kit includes: • Ten copies of one of the titles listed below. Five Presidents by Clint Hill (Non-Fiction) by (Fiction) • A “Let’s Talk” reading guide to help stimulate lively discussion. The Second Mrs. Hockaday • Reviews of the book from Publisher’s Weekly and other sources. by James McBride (Fiction) by Susan Rivers (Fiction) • Biographical information about the author. I Know This Much is True Sing, Unburied, Sing • A copy of The Reading Group Book: The Complete Guide to Starting and by Wally Lamb (Fiction) by Jesmyn Ward (Fiction) Sustaining a Reading Group. This helpful guide also includes annotated lists In Order to Live Small Great Things of 250 suggested titles for provocative book discussions. by Yeonmi Park (Biography) by Jodi Picoult (Fiction)