The Friends are hosting a new kind of book discussion called Bagels and Books. This is different from a traditional book club in that you don’t need to read a specific book. Instead, we’ll suggest a genre for the month and you can read any book you like from that category. When we gather, we’ll trade suggestions and book recommendations (and pans!) Everyone who participates will come away with a reading list. There will also be bagels! For May, we'll meet on Saturday, 18th at 10:30 a.m. to discuss nature books.

So you like the idea, but need some suggestions to get started? Here are two ways to get ideas. First, we’ll have a display at the library at the beginning of each month with hand-selected titles from the current category. Second, we’ve started a blog for people to post their recommendations. Go to bagelsandbooks.com and read the conversations for any of the topics there. Right now, there are posts on mystery/thriller recommendations for October and a chat about current reading. You don’t need to create an account or remember a password to read posts. But if you want to add your own thoughts, you need to enter your name and email address for the first post.