Book Club: Stranger Than Fiction

Love nonfiction? Join our nonfiction book club! Copies will be available for checkout at either library location. Meetings are held virtually or in person at the Eastgate Branch Library on the 1st Tuesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm. Please see our program schedule for more details on individual meeting locations.

Stranger Than Fiction: Why You Eat What You Eat

March 26, 2019
Stranger Than Fiction: Why You Eat What You Eat

Stranger Than Fiction: Why You Eat What You Eat

Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship With Food

By: Rachel Herz

Date: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @Eastgate

Time: 6:30pm

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How is personality correlated with preference for sweet or bitter foods? What genres of music best enhance the taste of red wine? With clear and compelling explanations of the latest research, Rachel Herz explores these questions and more in this lively book. Why You Eat What You Eat untangles the sensory, psychological, and physiological factors behind our eating habits, pointing us to a happier and healthier way of engaging with our meals.

Stranger Than Fiction: Year of Yes

March 1, 2019
Stranger Than Fiction: Year of Yes

Stranger Than Fiction: Year of YesYear of Yes

By: Shonda Rhimes

Date: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 @Eastgate

Time: 6:30pm

She’s the creator and producer of some of the most groundbreaking and audacious shows on television today. Her iconic characters live boldly and speak their minds. So who would suspect that Shonda Rhimes is an introvert? That she hired a publicist so she could avoid public appearances? That she suffered panic attacks before media interviews?

With three children at home and three hit television shows, it was easy for Shonda to say she was simply too busy. But in truth, she was also afraid. And then, over Thanksgiving dinner, her sister muttered something that was both a wake up and a call to arms: You never say yes to anything. Shonda knew she had to embrace the challenge: for one year, she would say YES to everything that scared her.

This poignant, intimate, and hilarious memoir explores Shonda’s life before her Year of Yes—from her nerdy, book-loving childhood to her devotion to creating television characters who reflected the world she saw around her. The book chronicles her life after her Year of Yes had begun—when Shonda forced herself out of the house and onto the stage; when she learned to explore, empower, applaud, and love her truest self. Yes.