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  • Mt. Lebanon Library's Groups
    Evening Book Group
    Meets: 3rd Monday of each month, 7pm
    Convener: Caroline Tibbetts, Librarian
    Selections are usually contemporary fiction.

    Girls' Night Out
    Meets: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7pm
    No meeting in August or December
    Conveners: Connie Mathews, Children's Librarian
    A group for girls ages 10-13 and their mothers.

    Just for Guys
    Meets: 4th Wednesday of each month, 7pm
    No meeting in August or December
    Co-conveners: Jim Lutz, retired teacher; Cynthia Richey, Library Director
    A group for boys ages 9-12 and their fathers.

    KidsLit
    Meets: 2nd Monday of each month, 7pm
    No meeting in August or December
    Co-Conveners: Holly Visnesky, Children's Librarian; Cynthia Richey, Library Director
    A group for adults that read a wide variety of
    children's titles.

    Morning Book Group
    Meets: 2nd Monday of most months, 10:30am
    Convener: Joan Fisher
    Selections ten to focus on classics but contemporary works are also read.

    Mystery Readers
    Meets: 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7pm
    Co-Conveners: Elizabeth Krebs, Librarian; Sue Howard, Duquesne University
    Selections are from a wide variety of mystery genres.

    PALS (People Able to Lend Support)
    Meets: 3rd Friday of each month, 1pm
    Convener: Mardi Centinaro, Head of Adult Services
    A group for anyone old enough to qualify for Medicare.  Selections are popular fiction and non-fiction.

    Shakespeare Readers
    Meets: 1st, 3rd, & 4th Monday, 10:30am
    Convener: Joan Fisher
    Selections of the Bard of Avon are read aloud and discussed over several sessions.
  • Online Tips & Reading Guides
         Bookbrowse.com
            Click on the Book Clubs tab for tips on running a
            group and links to reading guides.


        Reading Group Choices
            An "opinionated guide of great books to read and
            discuss that have been published by independent
            presses as well as major publishers." The site also
            includes tips for starting and running a book group.

        Reading Group Guides
            "The online community for reading groups" features
            over 1500 reading guides and advice for groups.