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Club meets on Zoom 1st & 3rd Fridays at 2PM
Zoom invitations are emailed the Thursday before the meeting.
Club meets on Zoom 1st & 3rd Fridays at 2PM
Zoom invitations are emailed the Thursday before the meeting.
October 2022: #18 The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy
October 2022: #18 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Recommended by Billie
Buy, Borrow or Listen
Amazon | Audible
Seattle Public Library | LibbyApp (both have waiting lists)
Independent Book Stores
YouTube | Full Animated Audiobook 4:34:36
YouTube | Full Audiobook 4:56:47
YouTube | Full Movie in 33 segments
Study Guides, Documentaries, and Reviews
Wikipedia
YouTube | Search
YouTube | Best Bits
GoodReads
BookRags
Litchart
Grade Saver Study Guide
TV Tropes
Study Guides not available at:
BookBrowse
Recommended by Billie
Buy, Borrow or Listen
Amazon | Audible
Seattle Public Library | LibbyApp (both have waiting lists)
Independent Book Stores
YouTube | Full Animated Audiobook 4:34:36
YouTube | Full Audiobook 4:56:47
YouTube | Full Movie in 33 segments
Study Guides, Documentaries, and Reviews
Wikipedia
YouTube | Search
YouTube | Best Bits
GoodReads
BookRags
Litchart
Grade Saver Study Guide
TV Tropes
Study Guides not available at:
BookBrowse
Book Resources
Starting May 2022 Zoom schedule: 1st and 3rd Friday at 2PM
Zoom invitations are emailed one day before meeting.
To join: E-mail John Walling <ArrowheadResident@Gmail.com>
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 206-386-4636 / Ask Us
Starting May 2022 Zoom schedule: 1st and 3rd Friday at 2PM
Zoom invitations are emailed one day before meeting.
To join: E-mail John Walling <ArrowheadResident@Gmail.com>
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 206-386-4636 / Ask Us
- SPL Catalog
- SPL Always Available
- SPL Instant Book Club
- SPL Bookmobile Instructions
- SPL > Libby App eBooks and audio books
- SPL > OverDrive eBooks and audio books
Independent Bookstores and Other Sellers
Kindle
- How to read PDF on Kindle: wikiHOW | Wondershare |
Past Book Club Selections
September 2022: #17 The Botany of Desire
September 2022: #17 The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Recommended by Patricia
Buy or Borrow
Amazon | Audible
Seattle Public Library | LibbyApp
Independent Book Stores
Study Guides, Documentaries, and Reviews
Wikipedia
YouTube | PBS Botany of Desire (1:56:28) | 10-minute reading
YouTube | Lecture (59:47) | Tedtalk: A plant's eye-view (17:29)
GoodReads
BookRags
SuperSummary
BookBrowse
Study Guides are Unavailable at:
Litchart
GradeSaver: Study Guide
TV Tropes
Recommended by Patricia
Buy or Borrow
Amazon | Audible
Seattle Public Library | LibbyApp
Independent Book Stores
Study Guides, Documentaries, and Reviews
Wikipedia
YouTube | PBS Botany of Desire (1:56:28) | 10-minute reading
YouTube | Lecture (59:47) | Tedtalk: A plant's eye-view (17:29)
GoodReads
BookRags
SuperSummary
BookBrowse
Study Guides are Unavailable at:
Litchart
GradeSaver: Study Guide
TV Tropes
August 2022: #16 The Last Day of John Lennon
August 2022: #16 The Last Days of John Lennon by James Patterson
Recommended by Ingrid
Buy or Borrow
Amazon | Audible
Seattle Public Library | LibbyApp
Independent Book Stores
Study Guides and Reviews
YouTube: 2010 Documentary
GoodReads
Kirkus Reviews is a negative hit.
The critic recommends the book by Kenneth Womack
Recommended by Ingrid
Buy or Borrow
Amazon | Audible
Seattle Public Library | LibbyApp
Independent Book Stores
Study Guides and Reviews
YouTube: 2010 Documentary
GoodReads
Kirkus Reviews is a negative hit.
The critic recommends the book by Kenneth Womack
July 2022: #15 Another Roadside Attraction
July 2022: #15 Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
Recommended by Billie 5/15/2022
Buy or Borrow
Amazon | Audible (unavailable at Audible)
Seattle Public Library
Scribd eBook (unavailable)
LibbyApp
Study Guides and Reviews
Litchart (unavailable)
BookRags
SuperSummary
Wikipedia
YouTube: Plot Summary (unavailable)
GradeSaver: Study Guide (unavailable)
TV Tropes (unavailable)
Recommended by Billie 5/15/2022
Buy or Borrow
Amazon | Audible (unavailable at Audible)
Seattle Public Library
Scribd eBook (unavailable)
LibbyApp
Study Guides and Reviews
Litchart (unavailable)
BookRags
SuperSummary
Wikipedia
YouTube: Plot Summary (unavailable)
GradeSaver: Study Guide (unavailable)
TV Tropes (unavailable)
June 2022: #14 The Handmaid's Tale
June 2022: #14 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Recommended by Billie 5/15/2022
Available at
Amazon | Audible
Seattle Public Library
Scribd eBook
Youtube Full Audio Read by Claire Danes (7:50:00)
LibbyApp
Video: The Handmaids Tale (1990) 720p (1:48:40) IMDB
Study Guides and Reviews
Litchart
BookRags
Wikipedia
YouTube: Plot Summary (7:50)
GradeSaver: Glossary | Study Guide
TV Tropes
Recommended by Billie 5/15/2022
Available at
Amazon | Audible
Seattle Public Library
Scribd eBook
Youtube Full Audio Read by Claire Danes (7:50:00)
LibbyApp
Video: The Handmaids Tale (1990) 720p (1:48:40) IMDB
Study Guides and Reviews
Litchart
BookRags
Wikipedia
YouTube: Plot Summary (7:50)
GradeSaver: Glossary | Study Guide
TV Tropes
May 2022: #13 To Kill a Mockingbird
May 2022: #13 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Recommended by Sue
Available at
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
Scribd
Youtube Full Audio
LibbyApp
Study Guides and Reviews
Litchart: To Kill a Mockingbird
BookRags: To Kill a Mockingbird
Wikipedia To Kill a Mockingbird
Y ouTube: Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird (7:38) > PDF
GradeSaver: To Kill a Mockingbird
TV Tropes: To Kill a Mockingbird
April 2022: #12 Dog on It
April 2022: #12 Dog on It by Spencer Quinn / Blog
Recommended by Norma - March 2022
Available at
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
Simon & Schuster
Scribd
Study Guides and Reviews
Litchart: nothing here
BookRags: Dog on It
Misc
Honky Tonk Parrot video
Recommended by Norma - March 2022
Available at
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
Simon & Schuster
Scribd
Study Guides and Reviews
Litchart: nothing here
BookRags: Dog on It
Misc
Honky Tonk Parrot video
March 2022: #11 Brave New World
March 2022: #11 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Recommended by Billie - January 2022
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
YouTube
Brave New World - complete dramatized audiobook
Brave New World - Radio Drama (1956) - Aldous Huxley as Narrator - 1 Hr
Google Drive PDF: Brave New World paginated
Recommended by Billie - January 2022
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
YouTube
Brave New World - complete dramatized audiobook
Brave New World - Radio Drama (1956) - Aldous Huxley as Narrator - 1 Hr
Google Drive PDF: Brave New World paginated
Brave New World: Guides and Analysis
- Wikipedia: Brave New World
- LitChart: Literature Guide for Brave New World
- BookRags: Brave New World
- Bloom's Guide: PDF
Feb 2022: #10 The boys in the boat
Feb 2022: #10 The Boys in the Boat
Feb 2022: #10 The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Recommended by Mieke T. 8/27/2021
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
LitChart: The Boys in the Boat Study Guide | Literature Guide
BookRags: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Summary & Study Guide
SuperSummary: The Boys in the Boat Summary and Study Guide
Princeton Book Review talking points The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown
Wikipedia: The Boys in the Boat
Washington Rowing: The Boys in the Boat
Feb 2022: #10 The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Recommended by Mieke T. 8/27/2021
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
LitChart: The Boys in the Boat Study Guide | Literature Guide
BookRags: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Summary & Study Guide
SuperSummary: The Boys in the Boat Summary and Study Guide
Princeton Book Review talking points The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown
Wikipedia: The Boys in the Boat
Washington Rowing: The Boys in the Boat
- YouTube: 1936 Washington Olympic 8+ (Action stops at 3:20. The remaining is a still picture)
- GoHuskies.com: Boys in the Boat
- The Story Behind 'The Book' (1 page of Q&A)
George Yeoman Pocock was really the spiritual guide for these young men as they set out on this audacious quest to win a gold medal and it’s hard to overstate how much his wisdom meant to everyone on the crew. - YouTube: Background on The Boys In The Boat narrated by John Biglow
- Bow: Roger Morris
- Chuck Day
- Gordy Adam
- Johnny White
- Jim McMillin
- Shorty Hunt
- Joe Rantz
- Stroke: Don Hume
- Cox: Bob Moch
- YouTube: The Boys in the Boat: The Rest of the Story with Jim Pocock (1hr:16min)
Jan 2022: #9 How to be an Antiracist
Jan 2022: #9 How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Recommended by Mieke T. 8/13/2021
- Amazon
- Seattle Public Library
- LitChart: How to Be an Antiracist Study Guide | Literature Guide
- BookRags: How to Be an Antiracist Summary & Study Guide
2021 book selections
Past Book Selections
April 2021: #1 Where the Crawdads Sing by Owens, Delia
May 2021: #2 Apple Eater by Annemarieke Tazelaar
June 2021: #3 Requiem in Red by Norma Roth
July-Aug 2021: #4 Olive Mabel and Me by Andrew Cotter
April 2021: #1 Where the Crawdads Sing by Owens, Delia
May 2021: #2 Apple Eater by Annemarieke Tazelaar
June 2021: #3 Requiem in Red by Norma Roth
July-Aug 2021: #4 Olive Mabel and Me by Andrew Cotter
July 2021: Book #4
Olive, Mabel & Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs
Hardcover – December 1, 2020
by Andrew Cotter (Author)Recommended by John W
Aug -Sep 2021: #5 Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
- Recommended by Cynthia M 6/24/2021
- Amazon
- Seattle Public Library
Sep-Oct 2021: #6 The Martian by Andy Weir
- Recommended by Billie O. 3/24/2021
- Amazon
- Seattle Public Library
- Recommended by Mieke T. 8/13/2021
- Amazon
- Seattle Public Library
- Study Guide https://www.litcharts.com/lit/a-man-called-ove/
- Study Guide http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-a-man-called-ove/#gsc.tab=0
Dec 2021: #8 All The Flowers In Paris by Sarah Jio
- Recommended by Judi C. 8/13/2021
- Amazon
- Seattle Public Library
- Study Guide: none found
- Audible: All the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio | Audiobook
- BookReporter review All the Flowers in Paris | Bookreporter.com
- Bookish Libra review ALL THE FLOWERS IN PARIS by Sarah Jio
- Sarah Jio (@sarahjio) / Twitter
- Sarah Jio, New York Times Bestselling Author
- Sarah Jio, Author | Facebook
- Q&A with Sarah Jio, author of All the Flowers in Paris | Penguin Random House Audio
PAST PROPOSED BOOKS
PROPOSED BOOKS
Posted 6-14-2021
Aug 2021: Book #5
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
I have a great book to recommend - it’s called “Ordinary Grace” and it has won 5 book club awards. The only thing is that it costs $12.99 on Amazon currently. Maybe I could fine a better price - or we’ll wait until the Bookmobile finds another lower price.
It is by William Kent Krueger and was written in 2013.
It got an Edgar award and 4 other awards: I was really impressed when I read it. The author is from Oregon.
Recommended by Cynthia M
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
Aug 2021: Book #5
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
I have a great book to recommend - it’s called “Ordinary Grace” and it has won 5 book club awards. The only thing is that it costs $12.99 on Amazon currently. Maybe I could fine a better price - or we’ll wait until the Bookmobile finds another lower price.
It is by William Kent Krueger and was written in 2013.
It got an Edgar award and 4 other awards: I was really impressed when I read it. The author is from Oregon.
Recommended by Cynthia M
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
Posted 3-24-2021 > Book #6 September 2021
Sep 2021: Book #6
The Martian by Andy Weir
The SPL currently has 12 copies of the book. Five are available. They also have 7 large print books available, 164 ebooks, and 11 audio books available right now. So I think it's a viable candidate for consideration.
Recommended by Billie O.
Sep 2021: Book #6
The Martian by Andy Weir
The SPL currently has 12 copies of the book. Five are available. They also have 7 large print books available, 164 ebooks, and 11 audio books available right now. So I think it's a viable candidate for consideration.
Recommended by Billie O.
Posted 7-24-2021
Book #7
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The SPL has 26 copies and 14 are on hold (7/24/2021)
SPL Audiobooks are available.
Amazon paperback is $7.63
Recommended by Mieke T.
Book #7
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The SPL has 26 copies and 14 are on hold (7/24/2021)
SPL Audiobooks are available.
Amazon paperback is $7.63
Recommended by Mieke T.
Posted 7-9-2021
Book # 8
All the Flowers in Paris
by Sarah Jio
https://sarahjio.com/the-books/
Two women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious stack of love letters, and shocking secrets, sweeping from World War II to the present—for readers of Sarah’s Key and The Nightingale.
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
Book # 8
All the Flowers in Paris
by Sarah Jio
https://sarahjio.com/the-books/
Two women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious stack of love letters, and shocking secrets, sweeping from World War II to the present—for readers of Sarah’s Key and The Nightingale.
Amazon
Seattle Public Library
Posted 5-28-2021
Midnight in Chernobyl:
The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (2019)
by Adam Higginbotham
A history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in Soviet Ukraine in 1986. It won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2020. Higginbotham spent more than a decade interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing documents from the disaster including some that were recently declassified. Higginbotham considers it the first English-language account that is close to the truth i.e. free of Soviet propaganda.
Amazon Paperback & Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Chernobyl-Greatest-Nuclear-Disaster/dp/1501134639/
Amazon Audiobook:
https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-in-Chernobyl-audiobook/dp/B07GFRZVZ8/
SPL Catalog:
https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3437529030
Recommended by Norma R.
Midnight in Chernobyl:
The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (2019)
by Adam Higginbotham
A history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in Soviet Ukraine in 1986. It won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2020. Higginbotham spent more than a decade interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing documents from the disaster including some that were recently declassified. Higginbotham considers it the first English-language account that is close to the truth i.e. free of Soviet propaganda.
Amazon Paperback & Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Chernobyl-Greatest-Nuclear-Disaster/dp/1501134639/
Amazon Audiobook:
https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-in-Chernobyl-audiobook/dp/B07GFRZVZ8/
SPL Catalog:
https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3437529030
Recommended by Norma R.
Posted 4-4-2021
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama.
Currently only about 8 regular books available at SPL, none of them large print and or e-books. But that might change by the time we get to it. I have a copy, myself, but haven't read it. It was given to me. This would give me a reason to pull it out.
Recommended by Billie O.
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama.
Currently only about 8 regular books available at SPL, none of them large print and or e-books. But that might change by the time we get to it. I have a copy, myself, but haven't read it. It was given to me. This would give me a reason to pull it out.
Recommended by Billie O.
banned books
Banned Books
- https://www.dailykos.com/
- https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks
- https://bookshop.org/lists/banned-books
- https://bookriot.com/statistics-of-censorship/
- https://www.booksonfirst.com/we-sell-banned-books
- https://libguides.com.edu/c.php?g=649165&p=4554007
- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/banned-books/_/N-rtm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments
- https://www.prettyopinionated.com/2022/01/read-banned-books-now/
- https://www.walmart.com/browse/books/banned-books/3920_7957549
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