Discussion Groups 2024

 

We have so many great book discussions coming up this year! We hope you'll join us.
In addition to our bookseller-led clubs, we will have (at least) THREE discussion groups led by book-loving community members.

 

Community Discussion Groups hosted AT Loganberry

  • Magical Realism Book Club - hosted by Nathan Klainer - meets alternating 3rd Thursdays, and will continue in April with Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
  • Rebel Readers - hosted by Dahlia Fisher & Felicia Haney explores authors writing about race, religion, culture, sexuality, and intersectionality through a variety of genres. They meet on 3rd Sundays at 3 pm, continuing March 17 and honoring Women's History Month with The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate, special guest: Karamu Associate Artistic Director Nina Domingue
  • New in March: Storytime for Toddlers with Nanny Patricia - second Wednesdays at 11 am, ages 1-4, beginning March 13 with Paddington.

We also provide books for a variety of off-site community book clubs! Contact us if you would are interested in having us stock your club's books.

 

Bookseller-led Discussion Groups

The Queer Book Club (led by Devon) alternates with For the Thrill of Lit (led by Devon & Cat) on third Thursdays. These clubs are in-person in the store! (We are no longer scheduling concurrent Zoom sessions for these clubs, but if you would like to join virtually, please email us at books@logan.com in advance of the meeting date, and we will set you.)

Naturalist's Notebook (led by Freddy) continues its quarterly meetings on third Sundays, co-hosted by The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes.

 

Curated Reads is our subscription service. Since 1995, we've been sending books around the country (and world!), curated to meet your specific tastes and interests. 

And we are also doing an Instagram-based Broaden Your Bookshelf 24 challenge!

 

Community Book Club Fair - COMING September 29, 2024!!

A special night for social readers: a meet-and-greet for many clubs, with book recommendations, special discounts, networking & a keynote talk.

The Open House will be open to all kinds of book clubs -- casual neighborhood and community groups, along with formal clubs hosted by organizations and institutions. It will also be open to individuals wishing to connect with a club.

Your club can just come to socialize and take advantage of the discounts, or you can table or present in order to recruit new members.

If you are interested in being on the list for this or other book discussion activity, please Email Toni for more information, or fill out this form online.

 


 

Upcoming Discussions

Story Time for Toddlers: Paddington
Wednesday, March 13, 11:00AM
Loganberry Books and Patricia Cullen-Murphy, aka Nanny Patricia, present Story Time for Toddlers! For kids ages 1-4 years old, Story Time for Toddlers will feature British Children's classic picture books read aloud by Nanny Patricia, meeting the second Wednesday of every month. Story Time for Toddlers is a completely free event and all are welcome to attend. 

Nanny Patricia has a long history of entertaining and has been featured in films such as The Tale of Desperaux. 

This week, we'll be reading Paddington by Michael Bond. Buy your own copy here
 
  
 


Rebel Readers Book Club
Sunday, March 17, 3:00PM

Rebel Readers & Writers comes to Loganberry Books every third Sunday of the month at 3pm.

Join hosts Dahlia Fisher & Felicia Haney, women from different backgrounds with shared values, lifting the voices of diverse authors writing about race, religion, culture, sexuality, and intersectionality through a variety of genres including poetry, essays, short story collections, fiction and memoir.

March 17 - Honoring Women's History Month: The Queen of Sugar Hill by RaShonda Tate -- An historical novel about prolific and controversial actress Hattie McDaniel by a recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature. 

4/21: Honoring Arab Heritage Month:  You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

5/19: Honoring Jewish Heritage Month:  Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter By Rachel Shteir

 

 

 

 


Queer Book Club: Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Thursday, March 21, 7:00PM
This month we'll be reading Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman!
 
Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera. Unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, at first each feigns indifference. But during the restless summer weeks that follow, unrelenting buried currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire, intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them. What grows from the depths of their spirits is a romance of scarcely six weeks' duration and an experience that marks them for a lifetime. For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. 
 
This meeting's Zoom link can be found here. PLEASE NOTE: registration is required for the Zoom portion of the meeting - Please register before 6 pm on the day of the meeting, so we have time to do the computer set up.

 
 

 
 


Donald Ianonne "Stories From an Hourglass" Book Discussion and Signing
Sunday, April 7, 1:00PM
Join author Don Iannone, faculty member at the Business School of the European Union-based Transcontinental University, as he presents his most recent publication Stories From an Hourglass.
 
This book tells the life story of Don Iannone, a Greater Cleveland author, professor, poet, and photographer. The book is family history, personal life history, and professional life history all rolled into one. Most importantly, Stories from an Hourglass is the story of an ordinary man's struggles and triumphs in making extraordinary use of his life gift. What distinguishes this book from others is its firm grounding in research, its ability to weave together words and images to tell a story, its honesty, and its commitment to treating people and life events with fairness and kindness. The book is filled with interesting and entertaining surprises about Iannone. It contains many lessons for readers about overcoming hardship, learning from mistakes, taking advantage of opportunities, determination, love and caring, and ultimately the vital importance of being who you are. 

Iannone is the author of twenty-two books that cover nonfiction, poetry, and photography, in addition to numerous articles in academic and professional journals. Born in the steel and coal regions of Eastern Ohio, Don's early life in Martins Ferry and St. Clairsville lends a genuine depth to his life story. He and his wife reside in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Don holds doctorates in Divinity and Philosophy. 
 


For the Thrill of Lit - Parasite by Darcy Coates
Thursday, April 18, 7:00PM
For the Thrill of Lit (FTTOL) is Loganberry's book club for lovers of suspense, mystery, thriller, and horror! We meet bi-monthly on the third Thursday of the month, in rotation with Queer Book Club. FTTOL will meet both in-store and via Zoom.
 
They're closer than you think...
 
A guard discovers an unusual life-form on her remote moon outpost. She disregards protocol to investigate it, with catastrophic consequences.
The parasitic alien wears its victims' skins and adopts their personalities. It's a perfect disguise, and allows the creature to spread without being detected. By the time humanity realizes it's facing extinction, a third of its six hundred space stations have already gone dark. 
A handful of remarkable individuals must find a way to battle the greatest threat the universe has ever encountered.
 
Our selection for April is Darcy Coates' Parasite!
 
This meeting's Zoom link can be found here. PLEASE NOTE: registration is required for the Zoom portion of the meeting - Please register before 6 pm on the day of the meeting, so we have time to do the computer set up.