What Silent Book Club is Reading: November 2019
One of the things I look forward to every month is the Columbus, Ohio chapter of Silent Book Club meeting. Everyone brings their own book and reads together quietly for an hour, then we all nerd out about books afterward. If you're in the area, you should come hang out with us!
We meet on the second Tuesday of every month and this time we met at Raising Cane’s in Clintonville. I love their chicken and sweet tea, and having food options is nice for the folks who come to Silent Book Club immediately after work.
We kick off the meeting with a quick round of introductions where everyone says their name and a little about what they're reading. I always take notes and post the full book list the next day.
It's a great way for everyone to learn about books they might like and I've picked up several books I loved based on what people were reading and recommended to the group.
Here's what the group is reading this month:
These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Gregory Boyle
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Amped by Douglas E. Richards
October Light by John Gardner
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
the old Star Wars novels
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life, edited by Andrew Blauner
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1 by Junji Ito
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon by Mattias Boström
The Teahouse Detective: The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Foul Means: The Formation of a Slave Society in Virginia, 1660-1740 by Anthony S. Parent Jr.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg
Ten Dead Comedians: A Murder Mystery by Fred Van Lente
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
There are Silent Book Club chapters throughout and US and several around the world, so if you're not in Columbus, OH, check the events on the SBC website to find one near you!
