Discussion Groups 2024
We have so many great book discussions coming up this year! We hope you'll join us. Scroll down for this month's listings.
Community Discussion Groups hosted AT Loganberry
- Magical Realism/Literary Realism/Dystopian Book Club (aka Nathan's Book Club) - hosted by Nathan Klainer - meets alternating 3rd Thursdays, and will continue in August (on second Thursday, note date change for this month with Grapes of Wrath by John Steing
Rebel Readers - hosted by Dahlia Fisher & Felicia Haney explores authors writing about race, religion, culture, sexuality, and intersectionality through a variety of genres. In August they are featuring Click.- Storytime for Toddlers with Nanny Patricia - second Wednesdays at 11 am, ages 1-4.
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 [email protected] 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.
Save the Date - Book Club Open House - September 29, 2024!
A special afternoon 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.
Other related activities
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!
Upcoming Discussions
For the Thrill of Lit - Cain's Jawbone
Thursday, August 15, 7:00PM
For the Thrill of Lit (FTTOL) is Loganberry's book club for lovers of suspense, mystery, thriller, and horror! It meets bi-monthly on the third Thursday of the month in rotation with Queer Book Club. FTTOL will meet both in-store and via Zoom.
This month we will be reading Cain's Jawbone, by Edward Powys Mathers, aka Torquemada.
Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations… but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada’s murder mystery?
In 1934, the Observer’s cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.
We will be meeting on August 15, 2024 to put our brilliant minds together and attempt to solve this nearly century-old murder mystery!
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.
Naturalist Notebook Discussion Group - Round of a Country Year by David Kline
Sunday, August 18, 1:00PM
David Kline, an Amish farmer and naturalist in mid-Ohio, has written several books following the seasons with a keen eye on nature as well as daily life in his book, ROUND OF A COUNTRY YEAR. David is a good friend of Wendell Berry's, who introduces the book speaking about the kinship Amish farmers have with their land and the simpler life we have left behind. This newer book of David's also addresses climate change. Join Loganberry and the Nature Center in August in person or via zoom (link will be available soon), free to attend but registration required.
Rebel Readers Book Club
Sunday, August 25, 1:00PM
For the summer months Rebel Readers & Writers will come to Loganberry Books every FOURTH Sunday of the month at 1 pm.
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.
7/28 - Honoring Black Business Month - Click by Cleveland's own Dr. George Fraser (Click the title to buy a copy from Loganberry for 10% off!)
Rebel Readers Book Club
Sunday, September 15, 1:00PM
For the fall Rebel Readers & Writers returns to the THIRD Sunday of the month at 3 pm.
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.
For the Thrill of Lit - Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer
Thursday, October 17, 7:00PM
For the Thrill of Lit (FTTOL) is Loganberry's book club for lovers of suspense, mystery, thriller, and horror! It meets bi-monthly on the third Thursday of the month in rotation with Queer Book Club. FTTOL will meet both in-store and via Zoom.
This month's pick is Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer!
In a dark and decadent far future, the city of Veniss persists beside a dead ocean. Earth has become a desert wasteland ravaged by climate change. Veniss endures on the strength of its innovative tech of almost Boschian intensity, but at what cost? Where does the line between "made creature" and "person" lie?
Against this backdrop, Veniss Underground spins the tale of Nicholas, an aspiring, struggling Artist; his twin sister, Nicola; and Shadrach, Nicola's former lover. A fateful trip by Nicholas to the maverick biotech Quin will have far-reaching consequences for all three--and for the fate of Veniss itself, as insurrection stirs and the oppressed begin to revolt.
By turns beautiful and powerful, Veniss Underground explores the limits of love, memory, and obsession against a backdrop of betrayal and biological mutation.
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.
