Titles & Death Book Discussion

Titles & Death Book Discussion Group combines the best of our Death in the Stacks and Titles & Talk Book Discussion Groups by selecting a title with a good story and a subtle mystery.

Join us on Friday, January 24 from 11am to 12pm, for a discussion of Sheby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures.

Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.

Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

Registration is strongly encouraged. We try to provide participants with a variety of format options (regular and large print books, audiobooks, eBooks, and eAudiobooks) to borrow - please register and make sure you have an active Westmoreland County library card. Staff handles holds on physical items, but members must request digitial items through their library account on Libby. If you need help, please stop in or call the library at 724-238-6451.

 Register now for our January 2025 discussion!

Titles & Death is a combination of Ligonier Valley Library's Death in the Stacks and Titles & Talk book discussion groups and meets in January for a book discussion. You do not have to belong to either of the other discussion groups to attend this discussion.