About us
Welcome to the San Antonio Book Lovers Club
This is a space that you can bring your book/reading suggestions that you would like to share and participate in lively discussions with a group of fellow book lovers.
Our discussions are fairly free form, I will provide some discussion points about the reading and let the conversation flow. This is NOT a traditional structured type book club.
We will cover many topics from short stories, poetry, historical fiction, non-fiction, biographies, etc. The intent is for this group to be fueled by your input!
Happy Reading!
Andrea
Upcoming events
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🗣🎤Worth Repeating - Tripping
MalĂş & Carlos Alvarez Theater, 321 W Commerce St, San Antonio, TX, USUNHOSTED
https://www.tpr.org/wr
Tickets are on sale now for $10
https://support.tpr.org/a/wr26-27-tickets
Topic for Nov 10th event: Tripping
From losing your cool to psychedelic explorations, these stories are all about the journeys we take.Doors: 7pm
Show Start: 7:30pmConcessions are available for a suggested donation.
TPR volunteers will check you in, just give them the name on the reservation, you don't need to print out your receipt.
Worth Repeating is Texas Public Radio's live storytelling event series turned podcast. From last chances to first tries, from far flung adventures, to hometown cautionary tales, storytellers have seven minutes to tell a great story from our stage, often to sold-out crowds.
Hosted at TPR's Irma & Emilio Nicolas Media Center inside the intimate MalĂş & Carlos Alvarez Theater & Studios, these events are not to be missed. As we do each year, we're asking you or someone you know to submit a story. Your stories are worth repeating.
2025-2026 season is made possible by the 80/20 Foundation, and the Lifshutz Foundation.As we do every year, we ask you to submit your stories to us so we can continue to bring this community program to life.
https://www.tpr.org/storyteller
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Bombay Bicycle Club, 3506 North Saint Mary's Street, San Antonio, TX, USWe will be in on the very back porch adjacent to the parking lot.
In the case of inclement weather we will meet at Black Potion. I will post an update the day of the event.
Also I will work on posting a group viewing of the movie if there is interest
November Book Club Discussion:
# Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
By Laura Hillenbrand
Random.org - selected #313 (of 452)
Suggested by Rickyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8664353-unbroken
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.
The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.
Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.
475 pages, Hardcover
First published November 16, 2010Please post your suggestions for future discussions. You can also send me a direct message.
Selections will be from books published Nov 2024 or earlier.
This month's choice may not be of interest to you but get a book you'd like to read and discuss on the list!
Check out our list here:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/bookshelf/1183399-san-antonio-book-lovers-club6 attendeesThe Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
Bombay Bicycle Club, 3506 North Saint Mary's Street, San Antonio, TX, USWe will be in on the very back porch adjacent to the parking lot.
In the case of inclement weather we will meet at Black Potion. I will post an update the day of the event.
Also I will work on posting a group viewing of the movie if there is interest
December Book Club Discussion:
# The Left Hand of Darkness
By Laura Hillenbrand
Random.org - selected #140 (of 454)
Suggested by Dardiehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18423.The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.
Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.
304 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1969Please post your suggestions for future discussions. You can also send me a direct message.
Selections will be from books published Dec 2024 or earlier.
This month's choice may not be of interest to you but get a book you'd like to read and discuss on the list!
Check out our list here:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/bookshelf/1183399-san-antonio-book-lovers-club2 attendees
Past events
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