What we’re about
Welcome Savvy Readers!
Please review important details below:
*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.*
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 Dec - HOLDING PATTERN by JENNY XIE & *Optional Holiday Book Swap*
River North, Chicago, IL, USHello Savvy Readers,
A big thanks to all who voted! Our December book selection is below:
OPTIONAL December Book Swap:
We'll also have an optional book swap at the end of our meet up in December! If you have a used book you enjoyed, you are fully happy to pass forward, bring it along! You'll take home another from the exchange. There's no need to gift wrap! Otherwise, truly no pressure to join in the swap.
***HOLDING PATTERN BY JENNY XIE ***
- A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE BOOK
- A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE
- NAMED BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
- TIME, VOGUE, VULTURE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, & ELECTRIC LIT!
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 for content and tone considerations. Otherwise, find resources you find work best!
- 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.
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
***HOLDING PATTERN BY JENNY XIE ***
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE BOOK
NAMED BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
TIME, VOGUE, VULTURE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, & ELECTRIC LIT!
Kathleen Cheng has blown up her life. She’s gone through a humiliating breakup, dropped out of her graduate program, and left everything behind. Now she’s back in her childhood home in Oakland, wondering what’s next.
To her surprise, her mother isn’t the same person Kathleen remembers. No longer depressed or desperate to return to China, the new Marissa Cheng is sporty, perky, and has been transformed by love. Kathleen thought she’d be planning her own wedding, but instead finds herself helping her mother plan hers—to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur.
Grasping for direction, Kathleen takes a job at a start-up that specializes in an unconventional form of therapy based on touch. While she negotiates new ideas about intimacy and connection, an unforeseen attachment to someone at work pushes her to rethink her relationships—especially the one with Marissa. Will they succeed in seeing each other anew, adult to adult?
As they peel back the layers of their history—the old wounds, cultural barriers, and complex affection—they must come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they’ve done to hold each other back. Brilliantly observant, tender, and warm, Holding Pattern is a hopeful novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we learn to hold each other.
***HOLDING PATTERN BY JENNY XIE ***
- A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE BOOK
- A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE
- NAMED BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
- TIME, VOGUE, VULTURE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, & ELECTRIC LIT!
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