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Stockton Township Public Library

(815) 947-2030

  • Home
  • Resources & Services
  • Programs
    • Kids' Programs
    • Adult Book Club
    • Movie Club
    • Stay Sharp
  • What's New
    • New Arrivals
    • New Reviews
  • About Us
    • About
    • Contact
  • Your Account
    • PrairieCat Login (VEGA)
    • Brainfuse Online Tutoring

Stockton Township Public Library Adult Book Club

November Book Club Read

Funny Story by Emily Henry


Daphne always loved the way her fiancé, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex... right? 



ALSO AVAILABLE IN LARGE PRINT, AUDIO, AND EREAD FORMATS

When we meet

 Book Club meets on the last Thursday of each month at 1 pm in the Atwood Room.


Upcoming dates:


  • November 20, 2025
  • December: No meeting
  • January 29, 2026 


Upcoming Books

  • November: Funny Story by Emily Henry (Goodreads link)
  • December: No meeting
  • January: Bring your favorite book from 2025

Previous Book Club Books

October 2025

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

September 2025

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

August 2025

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

July 2025

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

May 2025

James by Percival Everett

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Family Veteran's Day Event

Date: Wednesday, November 12 

Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM


Come to the library to learn more about Veteran's day and what the poppy represents. 


Please bring the name of a Veteran that you know and wish to honor.


This event is free, no library card needed!