"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall"
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books we're excited about in September
Upcoming Events
VOLUMES' BOOK CLUBS
A reminder that our books clubs will soon be meeting up to discuss their August books. The general book club will be discussing Grief is a Thing With Feathers by Max Porter, and the SciFi book club will meet to talk about Blake Crouch's Dark Matter. Both clubs will gather on September 8th, the Volumes' Book Club at 7:00pm and Scifi at 8:00pm.
CHECK OUT WHY PEOPLE ARE LOVING THESE BOOKS:
ON GRIEF IS A THING WITH FEATHERS NPR writes, "As resonant, elliptical and distilled as a poem, Grief Is the Thing With Feathers is one of the most moving, wildly inventive first novels you're likely to encounter this year."
"This deeply moving book about death and its grief-stricken consolations – love and art – appears to be no more than a scattering of text, dialogue and poetry that lifts and settles on the page, the frailest sort of thing. Yet as we read on, we become aware that the way it has been put together is robust indeed." – The Guardian
ON DARK MATTER The AV Club says: "The uncanny beauty of Dark Matter is how it manages to make discussions about quantum mechanics sound romantic. And that tender element of Blake Crouch’s latest speculative adventure yarn is also its appeal."
WANT TO GET AHEAD?
Here's the inside scoop on September's reads:
Volumes' Book of the month is Chicago: City on the Make by Nelson Algren. (If you like the book or Algren in general, make sure to come to our event on the 17th, where Chicago Tribune journalist Mary Wisniewski will be discussing her new biography Algren, A Life.)
The SciFi book club's September book is The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein. The meetings will take place on October 6th at 7:00 and 8:00pm, respectively.
Make sure to stay in the loop by joining The Volumes Bookcafe - Book Club group on Facebook!
Join our NaNoWriMo Novel Experiment!
Don’t have time to do a full novel for National Novel Writing Month? Do you have one day? This November, Volumes Bookcafe is challenging you to join us in a month long novel writing journey.
A different person every day. A new chapter in the book.
We’ll collectively pick the theme, the genre, etc. You come in for one day and add to the story. Afterwards we will print the book and throw a party! Sign up starts now, and soon we will start crowdsourcing the bones of the book! Sign up here!
Ongoing Events at Volumes:
Every Monday @ 7:30pm Trivia Night
Every Wednesday and Saturday @ 10:00am, Story Time
First Wednesday of Each Month @ 7:30pm (Except September), Volumes' Open Mic
Last Wednesday of Each Month @7:00pm, You Joke Like A Girl: An All-Ladies Comedy Night
Second Tuesday of Each Month @ 7:30pm, Hella Immaculate: A Monthly Comedy Series
