Murderous Reads

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Mystery Book Discussion - Each month will have a series of books, read any book in the series. We will meet in person AND over Zoom. This month's series is Kathy Reichs Temperance Brennan series. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us05web. zoom. us/j/85114060743?pwd=0yAaDaON16sZRr1YjZS38hbHk954GF.…Learn More

CANCELED – Fantastic Fantasy!

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Join us from 1pm – 2pm to talk about the books that enchant your memory and have you under their spell! Get recommendations from other dragon-slayers and find your next magical read! Fantastic Fantasy! is part of a new ongoing, rotating speculative fiction book club that meets every third Saturday.…Learn More

Social Justice Reading Group – U.S. Mexico Border

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Social Justice Book Group will discuss books related to a topic of local, national or international importance. A librarian will introduce a book on the subject and group members are invited to introduce a book for discussion that they have read. The featured book for the month of September is The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú.…Learn More

The Banned Books Club – The House on Mango Street

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

The Banned Book Club meets the last Thursday of the month at 12:30. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we will read the classic coming of age novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The novel is structured as a series of vignettes that cover a year in the life of Esperanza as she struggles with her identity, her poverty, and her dreams as she observes the people...

Banned Books on FILM – American Psycho

Staff Conference Room 101 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States

Join us for a film screening of the movie, based on the banned book American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.   Synopsis: A rich Wall Street player basks in his late-1980s yuppie lifestyle, but behind his slick appearance lurks a murderous monster.…Learn More