Book Groups

Book and Movie Discussion Group

All are welcome to join our international book to movie club! We currently meet at the
library on 3rd Monday afternoons in 2023 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.

Click here to go to Zoom   Meeting ID: 940 4219 5784  Passcode: Book2Movie

January 2023

Book – Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Movie – Billy Budd directed by Peter Ustinov

February 2023

Book – The Letter, short story by Somerset Maugham (the story is in volume 3 of The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, available for free download on gutenberg.ca)
Movie – The Letter directed by William Wyler

March 2023

Book – Mildred Pierce by James Cain
Movie – Mildred Pierce directed by Michael Curtiz

April 2023

Book – Poetry (tbd) for Poetry Month
Movie – Paterson directed by Jim Jarmusch

May 2023

Book – The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Movie – The Remains of the Day directed by James Ivory

June 2023

Book – Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Movie – Call Me By Your Name directed by Luca Guadagnino

Books and movies are available through the Mid-Hudson Library System, Libby and Hoopla.