Rant: My local library's book club only picks boring old books

I joined our community book club to talk about fresh stories, but every month it's another classic like Moby Dick. Who wants to debate symbolism in a book from 1851? Last time, I suggested a new novel about family drama, and the leader said it was too modern. Now they're voting to skip all books with cell phones in them. What kind of rule is that? It's like they're scared of anything written after TV was invented. How can we get new people to join if we don't read what's out now?