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SO Very Literary Book Club - Nevada Reads selection - World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

SO Very Literary Book Club - Nevada Reads selection - World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

The SO Very Literary Book Club meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month from 2:00-3:30 pm.  
For 2023, we will focus on a variety of genres, award winners, and a banned book.
Everyone is welcome.  Come join us for a year of passionate book discussions!

Registration is appreciated.

Please stay at home if you or any member of your family are sick. Thank you

We look forward to seeing you!  

 

2023 Titles:

January: Bewilderment by Richard Powers

February: Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

March:  The Bright Forever by Lee Martin

April: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, banned book

May: Nevada Read Selection - World of Wonders: in Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishment by Aimee Nezhukumatathil - From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction—a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us. As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. 

June: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

July:  The Promise by Damon Galgut

August: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

September: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

October: Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winifred Rembert as told to Erin I. Kelly

November: Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow

December: Book share - Share a book you have read outside of the book club

Date:
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Courtside Room, Diamond Room
Branch:
South Valleys Library
Categories:
Book Club
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