The Full STEAM Ahead Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Tipsy Bean in College Station. This book club is for adults and is led by Jessica. Contact Jessica at jonesj@bryantx.gov or (979) 764-3416 for more information. This club will focus on books that deal with issues in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and the Arts. This could mean climate fiction, post-apocalyptic novels, and more! Please note that, although this club is led by a Larry J. Ringer Library librarian, it is being held at The Tipsy Bean, located at 750 William D. Fitch Pkwy in College Station.
Upcoming Meetings & Books
- January 21, 2020 – Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way by David Barrie
- February 18, 2020 – A selection of short stories by various authors that can be read for free online or found in short story collections that can be checked out from our library system (Ask a librarian if you need help with either the electronic or printed versions)
- “What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (available to read for free online at https://catapult.co/stories/some-mathematicians-remove-pain-some-of-us-deal-in-negative-emotions-we-all-fix-the-equation-of-a-person and in the short story collection, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky, that is in Ringer Library’s collection)
- “Especially Heinous” by Carmen Maria Machado (available to read for free online at http://theamericanreader.com/especially-heinous-272-views-of-law-order-svu/ and in the short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, that is in Ringer Library’s collection)
- “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (available to read for free online at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery and in the short story collection, The Lottery and Other Stories, that is in Mounce Library’s collection)
- March 17, 2020 – Dune by Frank Herbert
- April 21, 2020 – Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
- May 19, 2020 – Title TBA
Previous Book Selections
- December 2019 – December meeting cancelled; book moved to January 2020
- November 19, 2019 – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- October 15, 2019 – Langford’s Leap by Ted Boone (local author attended and discussed his book)
- September 17, 2019 – Radium Girls by Kate Moore
- August 20, 2019 – Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
- July 16, 2019 – The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
- June 18, 2019 – Semiosis by Sue Burke
- May 21, 2019 – Meeting cancelled, book moved to July
- April 16, 2019 – Patient H. M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets by Luke Dittrich
- March 19, 2019 – Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- February 19, 2019 – I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
- January 15, 2019 – Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
- December 18, 2018 – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- November 20, 2018 – Circe by Madeline Miller
- October 16, 2018 – All Systems Red by Martha Wells
- September 18, 2018 – Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- August 21, 2018 – Sourdough by Robin Sloan
- July 17, 2018 – The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
- June 19, 2018 – Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson
- May 15, 2018 – Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
- April 17, 2018 – Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
- March 20, 2018 – The Child in Time by Ian McEwan
- February 2018 – Artemis by Andy Weir
- January 2018 – Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
- December 2017 – Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
- November 2017 – The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
- October 2017 – South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby
- September 2017 – Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich
