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Books & Brews

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Books and Brews, a monthly book club. Second Wednesdays at 5:30pm at Labyrinth Press Company

Join us on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 5:30pm for our Books & Brews book club, held at Labyrinth Press Co. Each month, attendees can socialize and participate in a book discussion led by our librarians!

Labyrinth is located at 12 E 4th Street in Jamestown. 

Please note: Attendees can purchase food and drink if desired. The library will not provide food and drink.

Questions? Call us at (716) 484-7135 Ext. 226.

How to Participate

  1. Check out the month’s book at Prendergast Library or your preferred library. Links to the library catalog and e-editions can be found below. (Or purchase the book at your local bookstore!)
  2. Read the book.
  3. Join us at Labyrinth on the 2nd Wednesday of the month to discuss and socialize. You’re welcome to attend even if you didn’t finish the book – just be prepared for spoilers!

January 8th at 5:30pm - The Silent Patient

Catalog
eBooks and eAudiobooks

More eBook and eAudiobook copies may be available through our partner, The Mid-York Public Library System. To access this collection, select “Add Library” in Libby or “partner libraries” on desktop. Call (716) 484-7135 ext. 226 with any questions.

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Pub. 2019)

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband, and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive … Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening, her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations: a search for the truth that threatens to consume him …

February 12th at 5:30pm - The Final Girl Support Group

Catalog
eBooks and eAudiobooks

More eBook and eAudiobook copies may be available through our partner, The Mid-York Public Library System. To access this collection, select “Add Library” in Libby or “partner libraries” on desktop. Call (716) 484-7135 ext. 226 with any questions.

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (pub. 2021)

In horror movies, the final girl is the one who’s left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer, and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious, a victim and a hero. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on, what happens to her? Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre twenty-two years ago, and it has defined every day of her life since. And she’s not alone. For more than a decade she’s been meeting with five other actual final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their lives back together, piece by piece. That is until one of the women misses a meeting and Lynnette’s worst fears are realized-someone knows about the group and is determined to take their lives apart again. But the thing about these final girls is that they have each other now, and no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife . . . they will never, ever give up.