Fourteen years ago, Willard Library started its “Battle Creek Reads” program, which encourages community members to read the same book, talk about it, and then meet the author. This year, library patrons will have to settle for an on-line meeting, but the books and authors for 2021 have been selected.
This year s selections will illustrate the theme “The Ties That Bind Us”. The books are “The Distance Between Us” by Reyna Grande and “A Woman is No Man” by Etaf Rum.
Public Relations Librarian Kristine Pioch says they usually choose one book, but this year the committee chose two. Our committee of about six library staff, headed up by library director Cathy Lucas, started with eight books this year. We read all of them, and then narrowed it down to two.