Bixby Book Club- Following Atticus

Description

Calling all readers! The Bixby Book Club meets the second Tuesday of every month at 6pm. We read a variety of books, spanning the genres of contemporary, literary, and historical fiction, as well as non-fiction, biography, and classics. Didn’t read or finish the book? No worries! This is a no-judgement book club. New members are always welcome.

This meeting will be held in the library’s Community Room, if available, or the Vermont Room.

Plenty of copies of books are available at the circulation desk for all who would like to read one- for those attending book club as well as those reading on their own. They can also be reserved by emailing Martha at Martha.Sanborn@bixbylibrary.org

View a list of 2026 reads here.

The book for May is Following Atticus: Forty-eight high peaks, one little dog, and an extraordinary friendship  by Tom Ryan.

Book Description:

After a close friend died of cancer, middle-aged, overweight, acrophobic newspaperman Tom Ryan decided to pay tribute to her in a most unorthodox manner. Ryan and his friend, miniature schnauzer Atticus M. Finch, would attempt to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire’s four-thousand-foot peaks twice in one winter while raising money for charity. It was an adventure of a lifetime, leading them across hundreds of miles and deep into an enchanting but dangerous winter wonderland. At the heart of the amazing journey was the extraordinary relationship they shared, one that blurred the line between man and dog.