Book Club
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Skepchick Book Club: Ready Player One
Note: details about next month’s book are at the bottom of this post. Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month we read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Honestly, I love reading fiction more than nonfiction, so even though this is a generally science/skepticism-focused book club, I do like to slip a fiction book in the lineup from time…
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Hey Los Angeles Atheists and Agnostics! Hangout with me on Tuesday!
Hey there friends of the west coast is the best coast variety! I am here to tell you that I am hosting another meetup for the Los Angeles Women’s Atheist and Agnostic Group! Yeah, it’s got “women” in the title because we are fierce, large and in charge and leading the group. BUT you are cordially invited, regardless of gender,…
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Skepchick Book Club: Bright-sided
Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich. I was drawn to this book because I’m naturally cynical and I’ve heard “be positive!” more than enough to be annoyed at the culture of relentless positivity. And I was glad to find a kindred soul in Ehrenreich.…
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Skepchick Book Club: Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church by Lauren Drain, whose father is currently the head of the church. The book covers her childhood, before her family became church members (and they were really the only ones who became new members), her life in the church, and what…
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Skepchick Book Club: What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Note: Information about next month’s book pick are at the bottom of this post. Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe. I’m, of course, a fan of xkcd, but I haven’t really kept up with Munroe’s “What If” blog, so all of the content of this book…
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Skepchick Book Club: Lost At Sea
Note: information about next month’s book are at the bottom of this post. ******* Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson. The book is basically a collection of articles that he has written for The Guardian, but since I don’t really read that too much, it was mostly…
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Skepchick Book Club: Life Ascending
Note: Information about next month’s book is at the bottom of this post. Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month we read Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution, a very comprehensive tome about evolutionary science and what exactly scientists know about life. Reviews for this book are very positive, and I agree with the reviews that the author…
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Skepchick Book Club: Jesus Land
Note: Information about next month’s book is at the bottom of this post. Content Warning: The author of this book describes her extreme physical and sexual abuse as a child, at the hands of people who used Jesus to justify their actions. Welcome back to the Skepchick Book Club! This month, we read Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres. This book is…
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