What we’re about
Welcome Savvy Readers!
*Join us as we get together about one Saturday a month to chat over our monthly book selection in a cafe or coffee shop setting (we mostly read fictional novels).
*Savvy Readers aims to be a positive, welcoming experience, and a place to have discussions with other readers in a respectful, enjoyable manner.*
*Attendee Cost:
We currently are trying a new voluntary pay model. If you wish to contribute, the suggested amount is sliding scale: $1–$2 for one meetup or $2–$6 for every 2–3 meetups you attend. The idea is that contributions are optional and meant to be modest :)
*A warm & special thank you to those who have contributed*
~Please note, contributions should not exceed $22 a year.
~You can pay via Venmo or Zelle. The organizer can share details at a meetup, or you can message me in the app for the info.
~You may also support the coffee shop meeting place with a menu purchase per your personal preference and budget.
Key Notes:
- New members are always welcome!
- We meet in Chicago, usually in the Loop or River North neighborhood, about one Saturday out of the month.
- *It’s ok if you don’t finish the book each month! As long as you don’t mind spoilers, read or audio-listen to your preference, and feel free to join us for our discussion.
- Of course, it's alright if you do not like a book. That said, please remain respectful in how you share your reading experience and perspective :)
- ******Please note, as books contain a range of content, please explore and see book information for tone or content alerts based on your needs and preferences. Some readers find sites like Story Graph or other online sources helpful for visibility into topic considerations.******
- Due to a limited number of seats available for each monthly meet up (~10-12 total), please watch for registration to (usually about 4-5 weeks prior to event), and reserve your spot via the Meet Up app under this group.
- Audio listeners are welcome and encouraged!
- Look for announcements on the next book selection and voting rounds, which are posted in the app.
- Contact organizer Maria via direct message in this app with questions. I am always happy to chat, and would love to hear from you!
We hope to have you join us soon!
~Maria
Upcoming events
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*Savvy Jan - SEA OF TRANQUILITY BY EMILY JOHN ST. MANDEL*
River North, Chicago, IL, USHello Savvy Readers,
A big thanks to all who voted, we will have an update on voting in January! Our next book is....
***SEA OF TRANQUILITY BY EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL***
- Goodreads Choice Awards, 2022
- One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times & NPR
- "One of [Mandel's] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet." --The New York Times
- 4+ Stars on Storygraph & Goodreads
- 4+ Stars as an Audiobook
Explore on Storygraph!
Goodreads page here!
Friendly reminders:
- Please review book details for tone or content alerts based on your preferences. Some readers use sites like StoryGraph to learn more before reading.
- StoryGraph and Goodreads links are above & below.
- There is no pressure to read or finish any book — only read per your own comfort and preferences. You’re always welcome to join the meetup even if you don’t finish a book, yet spoilers are part of the discussion :)
- RSVP is kindly required due to limited seats at the meetup location.
- Please RSVP in the app. If you cannot attend, kindly update your status. If the RSVP window has closed, feel free to message me — no worries at all!
- Audio listeners are encouraged and welcome! (This is a highly rated audio book)!
Please contact organizer Maria via direct message in the app with any questions, including if you need the meet up location.
Newcomers are always welcome!
Regards,
Maria
***SEA OF TRANQUILITY BY EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL***
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal—an experience that shocks him to his core.
Two centuries later a famous writer named Olive Llewellyn is on a book tour. She’s traveling all over Earth, but her home is the second moon colony, a place of white stone, spired towers, and artificial beauty. Within the text of Olive’s best-selling pandemic novel lies a strange passage: a man plays his violin for change in the echoing corridor of an airship terminal as the trees of a forest rise around him.
When Gaspery-Jacques Roberts, a detective in the black-skied Night City, is hired to investigate an anomaly in the North American wilderness, he uncovers a series of lives upended: The exiled son of an earl driven to madness, a writer trapped far from home as a pandemic ravages Earth, and a childhood friend from the Night City who, like Gaspery himself, has glimpsed the chance to do something extraordinary that will disrupt the timeline of the universe.
A virtuoso performance that is as human and tender as it is intellectually playful, Sea of Tranquility is a novel of time travel and metaphysics that precisely captures the reality of our current moment.
***SEA OF TRANQUILITY BY EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL***
- Goodreads Choice Awards, 2022
- One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times & NPR
- "One of [Mandel's] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet." --The New York Times
- 4+ Stars on Storygraph & Goodreads
- 4+ Stars as an Audiobook
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Past events
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