What we’re about
Here's the deal, I like big books and I cannot lie. I like small books too. No book judgement. But, I'd like to explore books by dead authors - exclusively.
Readers out there! Hear me now!
Let's get together on a dedicated night of the week for dinner or drinks, or both, but mostly to talk books, life, be out and about, and meet cool people doing cool things.
This group is for you if you like books and to discuss books from dead authors and the influence of those authors or stories in the current world, enjoy meeting people from all walks of life, reading books that stretch or challenge you from time to time, and sip easily on wine or cocktails or beer (or any types of beverages, really) whilst discussing books and chatting with people.
This group is not for you if you are closed off to new experiences or people or desire a book discussion held in someone's home with a potluck. Being out and about means there will be background noise for our discussions!
Logistics: 3rd Thursday of the month, roughly 7:30 - 9:00 pm, trying out new places around DEN but anchored on the east side. (or we may find a home away from home location and ground ourselves!)
Discussions range from the book to applicable current landscapes, crossovers, personal experiences, and insights. Open mind and diplomacy is a must. We will read the whole book for each event and discussions will be open ended with discussion questions at the ready to keep us going.
This group is an extension or new chapter of the original group started (and going strong!) in Portland, OR!
Upcoming events
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February Book Club - The Chrysalids @ TBD
·OnlineOnlineCome read & drink with us! The location will be posted closer to the event.
For February, we are reading The Chrysalids by John Wyndham.
"A world paralyzed by genetic mutation.
John Wyndham takes the reader into the anguished heart of a community where the chances of breeding true are less than fifty per cent and where deviations are rooted out and destroyed as offenses and abominations."
As a reminder, this meetup's intentions are to be out and about in the city, exploring new places for drinks and discussions about books. Will post a location ASAP. Taking recommendations for locations if you have one in mind!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826845.The_Chrysalids10 attendees
March Book Club - Snow Country @ TBD
Location not specified yetCome read & drink with us! The location will be posted closer to the event.
For March, we are reading Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata.
"At an isolated mountain hot spring, with snow blanketing every surface, Shimamura, a wealthy dilettante meets Komako, a lowly geisha. She gives herself to him fully and without remorse, despite knowing that their passion cannot last and that the affair can have only one outcome. In chronicling the course of this doomed romance, Kawabata has created a story for the ages, a stunning novel dense in implication and exalting in its sadness."
As a reminder, this meetup's intentions are to be out and about in the city, exploring new places for drinks and discussions about books. Will post a location ASAP. Taking recommendations for locations if you have one in mind!
http://goodreads.com/book/show/14028.Snow_Country5 attendees
April Book Club - Petals of Blood @ TBD
Location not specified yetCome read & drink with us! The location will be posted closer to the event.
For April, we are reading Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
"The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, Petals of Blood is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time.
First published in 1977, this novel was so explosive that its author was imprisoned without charges by the Kenyan government. His incarceration was so shocking that newspapers around the world called attention to the case, and protests were raised by human-rights groups, scholars, and writers."
As a reminder, this meetup's intentions are to be out and about in the city, exploring new places for drinks and discussions about books. Will post a location ASAP. Taking recommendations for locations if you have one in mind!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/121120.Petals_of_Blood5 attendees
Past events
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