Monday October 30 6:00pm: Community Book Discussionįriday November 10 6:30pm Books-n-Brew Book Club Thanks to a grant from the Minnesota Cultural and Heritage Foundation, Meinders Library has 30 free copies of How to Survive for your reading pleasure. Lastly, community reads are a no-cost endeavor.Rather, everyone is encouraged to simply absorb the book as a community, listening to others and yourself about how a story touched you personally. Nobody expects to hear and speak with authority on the topics presented in Steiner’s book. Yes, I know that is uncomfortable sometimes. Pass along the book to others who are going through tough times and who might need a bit of encouragement, or who enjoys similar writing as you do.
The more widely read they are, the more successful our endeavor becomes. The beauty of a community read is that these books are meant to be shared. Sometimes we fall in love with literature and are reluctant to pass it along to others in case the pages get crumpled or someone might love a story with their morning coffee. Take a chance that you will find a sliver of time to read at least one story of survival. So, I would say, don’t be afraid to cut your teeth on this book. This allows readers to spend minimal personal time while still being able to participate. As we know time is short, we try to pick community read books that are quick and easy.It’s easy to find a story that speaks to you. The nice thing about Andy Steiner’s How to Survive: The Extraordinary Resilience of Ordinary People is that she tells the story of courage and triumph in bite-sized pieces. However, it is worth it to broaden your literary experiences. Reading a book outside your typical genre sometimes isn’t easy.It is universal in our attempts to live our daily lives with grace, courage and dignity. Community Reads encourage the masses to read the same book, thus providing a common experience and a nice platform for discussion with anyone who partook in the read–regardless of age, gender, stage of life, or general interests.And despite the title of this post sounding a bit strange, it conveys exactly what I want it to.Īs it is written, I’d like to tell you a bit about community reads and how to survive them. Yes, I know, grammar and punctuation is always the thing.
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