Book Groups

Tattered Pages Book Group

Call It Sleep by Henry Roth
October 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM

RSVP: 518-851-7120 or email: info@claveracklibrary.org

Join local author Bob Brush each month for a thoughtful journey through contemporary classics, literary works that have shaped our culture, challenged the way we see the world, and continued to speak to readers across generations. Discover, or rediscover great literature and come be part of the conversation.

Call it Sleep (1934), a novel by Henry Roth, is about a young Jewish boy growing up in a ghetto in New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1900s.

All are welcome to join our international book to movie club! We currently meet at the library on 3rd Monday afternoons in 2025 at 3:00 pm for the movie screening and 5:00 pm for book discussion, those that can’t be with us in person can Zoom in to join us.

Nov. 16th, 2026 –
Book: The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Movie: The Shipping News directed by Lasse Hallström

Dec. 21st, 2026 –
Book: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Movie: Mrs. Dalloway directed by Marleen Gorris

Jan. 25th, 2027 –
Book: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
Movie: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis directed by Vittorio De Sica

Feb. 22nd, 2027 –
Book: This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff
Movie: This Boy’s Life directed by Michael Caton-Jones

March 15th, 2027 –
Book:   The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Movie: The End of the Affair directed by (group to decide which movie version 1955 or 1995 )

April 19th, 2027
Book: The Little Drummer Girl  by John Le Carre
Movie: The Little Drummer Girl directed by George Roy Hill