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Too-Busy-for-Books Book Club

November 10 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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Too-Busy-for-Books Book Club

Second Tuesday of the month @ 7:30 p.m. (Unless otherwise noted on events calendar)

Designed for people who barely find enough time to breathe, this book club reads only one short work per month. The group meets from September through June. Please e-mail kha@penningtonlibrary.org if you are interested in joining.

Titles for 2026-27
SEPT 8: Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (2019, 144 pages)
OCT 13: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (1887, ~116 pages)
NOV 10: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (2025, 205 pages)
DEC 8: If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel by Genki Kawamura (2019, 176 pages)
JAN 12: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (2021, Assigned Essays Selection ~150 pages)
FEB 9: Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor (1938, 80 pages)
MAR 9: Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023, 207 pages)
APR 13: What Does it Feel Like? By Sophie Kinsella (2024, 120 pages)
MAY 11: The Ferryman and his Wife by Frode Grytten (2025, 176 pages)
JUN 8: Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (2025, 176 pages)

Curated Selection for The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

  • You’ll Never Walk Alone
  • Humanity’s Temporal Range
  • Our Capacity for Wonder
  • Lascaux Cave Paintings
  • Scratch n’ Sniff Stickers
  • Diet Dr. Pepper
  • Canada Geese
  • Teddy Bears
  • The Hall of Presidents
  • Air Conditioning
  • Staphylococcus Aureus
  • The Internet
  • Academic Decathlon
  • Sunsets
  • Penguins of Madagascar
  • Piggly Wiggly
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Googling Strangers
  • Monopoly
  • Super Mario Kart
  • The Notes App
  • The QWERTY Keyboard
  • The World’s Largest Ball of Paint
  • Sycamore Trees
  • Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

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