February is Black History Month, and Book Club is reading “Between the World and Me” by the supremely gifted and creative Ta-Nehisi Coates (“Black Panther,” “We Were Eight Years in Power,” among others). It’s a long letter to his son about being Black in the United States… Read On
Every so often, we at the ol’ book club like to dig into something a little bit bigger than a monthly book. Okay, a lot bigger. So we came up with the challenge read, whereby we read a much longer work over the course of six months… Read On
The time is the 1970s; the place, small-town Ohio. Two Chinese American parents are determined that their favorite daughter fulfill the dreams they couldn’t pursue. But she’s found dead in the local lake, and the bonds that were keeping the family together are suddenly frayed… Read On
Continuing with the theme of young protagonists, February’s book is Ender’s Game, the celebrated sci-fi story by Orson Scott Card… Read On
It’s a new year, so book club is doing something new – reading off a list on Goodreads (well, for at least our first two books)… Read On
You’ve probably heard of the Millenium series by Stieg Larssen (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”); Larssen had planned more novels but died after the third one, and the series was picked up by the publisher’s and family’s choice, David Lagercrantz… Read On
October means Halloween, so we’re reading the latest from the spook-master himself, Stephen King. In the “Outsider,” a young boy’s corpse is found in a town park. The suspect is a popular little league coach and father of two girls. The case seems ironclad, but the suspect has an alibi… Read On
One thing we can say for sure at the HYP Book Club is that we’ve never read an African-American female sci-fi author. Since we like to take the road less traveled, we’re going to remedy that this month, with “Kindred” by the renowned Octavia Butler… Read On
In honor of the recent passing of Philip Roth, we’re reading one of his lesser-known works, “The Plot Against America.” Imagine an America where famed aviator Charles Lindbergh becomes president and America stays out of WWII, and a cordial “understanding” is negotiated with Nazi Germany… Read On
Another HYP Book Club first: The Challenge Read! We pick a super-lengthy book with an interesting premise and take 6 months to read it. Then we meet at the end of the six months and talk not just about the book, but the experience… Read On