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Cover for "The Snow Child" by Eowyn Ivey. The background is a deep blue color with white illustrations. On the right side, a silhouette of a young girl stands in the snow, facing left. Next to her is the silhouette of a fox walking beside her. Tall, slender birch trees, also in white, rise vertically along both sides and behind them, creating the look of a snowy forest.

Page-Turners Society, or: Monsters, Mysteries, Cowboys, Crimes and Spies

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

Join us as we journey into The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, a luminous and atmospheric novel set in 1920s Alaska.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us as we journey into The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, a luminous and atmospheric novel set in 1920s Alaska.

The cover is a snow landscape. There are houses covered with snow and surrounded by snowy mountains. There are huge, heavy snowflakes swirling around that gives the appearance of a snowstorm. There is the back of a woman in a blue jacket and dark pants with long blond hair facing the houses. The book’s title is in all caps and in red at the top of the cover. Under the title it reads, “It Started as a Reunion. It Ended with Murder.” The author’s name is in all caps and in white at the bottom of the cover.

Mystery Book Club: Shiver

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

Milla reunites with four old friends at an isolated ski resort in the French Alps, ten years after they trained together for an elite snowboarding competition.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Milla reunites with four old friends at an isolated ski resort in the French Alps, ten years after they trained together for an elite snowboarding competition.

Cover of "All the Missing Girls" with the silhouette of a Ferris wheel and trees against a darkening sky. The clouds are rolling in like a storm is coming. At the top, it says, "No one ever just disappears."

Club Insomnia: All the Missing Girls

Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

Ten years after her best friend vanished, Nicolette Farrell returns to her hometown only to be plunged into a new disappearance, forcing her to unravel the truth about both missing girls in a chilling story told entirely in reverse. 

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Ten years after her best friend vanished, Nicolette Farrell returns to her hometown only to be plunged into a new disappearance, forcing her to unravel the truth about both missing girls in a chilling story told entirely in reverse. 

Cover of “The Dark Is Rising” by Susan Cooper that shows a snowy, wintry scene with a dark, leafless tree in the background. On the right side is a young boy with pale skin and dark hair. He looks directly at the viewer and holds a glowing circular symbol with a cross inside it. A white horse stands to the left of the boy, looking downward. Snow is falling throughout the scene, and the sky behind them transitions from deep blue at the top to a lighter blue near the horizon.

Fantasy Book Club: The Dark is Rising

Friday, December 19, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room (SPL) at Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
15-18 Years, 19+ Years

On Midwinter’s Eve, just before his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton senses a strange fear settling over his familiar countryside.

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Conference Room (SPL)
Age Group: 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

On Midwinter’s Eve, just before his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton senses a strange fear settling over his familiar countryside.

Closed for Christmas

12/23/2025 @ 6:00pm to 12/28/2025 @ 6:00pm
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual

Closed for New Year's Day

12/31/2025 @ 6:00pm to 01/01/2026 @ 7:00pm
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Book cover for "The Wife Between Us", featuring a blue-tinted close-up of a woman’s doubled, blurred face, with the title in large yellow text and author names Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen.

East Regional Book Club: The Wife Between Us

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 5:45pm - 6:45pm
Meeting/Activity Room (ERL) at East Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

Join us to discuss The Wife Between Us, a gripping psychological thriller co-authored by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. The book follows the story of a woman named Vanessa who is struggling to move on after her ex-husband, Richa

Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss The Wife Between Us, a gripping psychological thriller co-authored by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. The book follows the story of a woman named Vanessa who is struggling to move on after her ex-husband, Richa

Cover of "The House of Hidden Meanings" that features a black and white profile shot of RuPaul turned slightly toward the camera against a white background.

Rainbow Skies: The House of Hidden Meanings

Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

Welcome to Rainbow Skies!

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Welcome to Rainbow Skies!

Bright red background with a sketched black wolf shot in the neck with an arrow; yellow text on foreground: "A Court of Thorns and Roses," with white subtext below for the author, "Sarah J. Maas."

Amazing Stories: A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution.

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution.

Cover of “Feed” by M.T. Anderson. It shows the back of a person’s bald head, centered against a teal-blue background. The head is bright orange, creating a strong contrast with the background. The title “feed” appears in lowercase letters near the top of the head. Faded blocks of text in white and orange overlay the lower half of the head and continue across the cover, becoming harder to read as they blend into the background.

Fantasy Book Club: Feed

Friday, January 16, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room (SPL) at Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
15-18 Years, 19+ Years

For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital with nothing inside their heads for days.

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Conference Room (SPL)
Age Group: 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital with nothing inside their heads for days.

Book cover with a blue, weathered background. Large white text reads “Trevor Noah,” and yellow text below reads “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.” The cover shows an illustrated man smiling and touching his head with one hand while holding a small pink flower in the other.

West Book Club

Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (WRL) at West Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

Do you enjoy interesting conversation and snacks? Check out the West Book Club and meet some fellow readers. Lively discussions, food and book lovers, what more could you ask for?

Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Do you enjoy interesting conversation and snacks? Check out the West Book Club and meet some fellow readers. Lively discussions, food and book lovers, what more could you ask for?

Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

All Day
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
A person lies inside a glowing, futuristic chamber lit with bright blue light. Their face is centered and looking downward, with tousled hair spreading out above their head. Below the chamber, bold stencil-style text reads “MICKEY 17.”

Cinema Bookworms

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:45pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Culture & Entertainment, General Program
Age Group:
19+ Years

Welcome to Cinema Bookworms! We'll be comparing a book and its movie adaptation. Read the book on your own, then join us for the movie. Afterward, we will have a discussion comparing the two.

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club, Culture & Entertainment, General Program
Event Details:

Welcome to Cinema Bookworms! We'll be comparing a book and its movie adaptation. Read the book on your own, then join us for the movie. Afterward, we will have a discussion comparing the two.

There is a white, two-story house with a black shingled roof in the middle of the cover. This house is surrounded on all four sides by green trees. The first part of the title, "The Last Time", is above the house in all caps and in pink. The rest of the title, "She Saw Him", is below the house in all caps and in pink. The author’s name is then underneath this in all caps and in white.

Mystery Book Club: The Last Time She Saw Him

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (HPM) at Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years

Kiki Reed reluctantly attends a party knowing her ex-fiancé Jamie will be there. Their brief, polite reunion eases her nerves—until Jamie is later found dead in his car from a gunshot wound.

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Kiki Reed reluctantly attends a party knowing her ex-fiancé Jamie will be there. Their brief, polite reunion eases her nerves—until Jamie is later found dead in his car from a gunshot wound.