Posted by Candice on Saturday, Jul 9, 2016
If you're in the mood for a little reading, eating, and talking, think about joining us at one of our B.Y.O.Book meetups. For the Summer/Fall series, we will be celebrating the exhibition of Shakespeare's First Folio at the University of Iowa Main Library Gallery (August 29-September 25) by featuring a nonfiction book about Shakespeare's work and two fiction books that have Shakespearean themes. This will be a very unique opportunity to read a book (or three) by or about one of the world's most famous and influential writers, while at the same time having the chance to view the first printing of his collected plays.
Tuesday, August 2, 6-7 p.m. at The Mill (120 E. Burlington St.) we will be discussing Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Tuesday, September 20, 6-7 p.m. at Share Wine Lounge & Small Plate Bistro (in the Sheraton Hotel) we will be discussing Andrea Mays' The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio.
Tuesday, October 18, 6-7 p.m. at Northside Bistro (203 N. Linn St.) we will be discussing Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven: a Novel.
There will be a limited number of copies of the books available at the second floor Info Desk in the Library. If you have questions or want more information, please call 356-5200, or email candice-smith@icpl.org or jason-paulios@icpl.org
We hope you can join us!
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I work at the Info Desk on the second floor, and I select books for the adult nonfiction collection. I have a degree in anthropology, which really helps in selecting...well...almost anything. I also manage the Art To Go collection of framed prints and original art, and the nonfiction DVDs.
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This book is the August BYOBook read, and it's very good. There are many themes that resonate throughout, but several kept me thinking long after I'd finished the book: we are all haunted in one way or another (mistakes, guilt, people); the blurring of boundaries between different aspects of life that we think are solidly separated; and how so much of our existence is based on structuring that isn't really there, or is there but we don't see it. -Candice