Hoopla Book Club
Each quarter, Hoopla will release a new spotlight selection title, discussion guide, author content and more! Hoopla will also curate additional recommended titles for diverse audiences.
Hoopla titles are always available- no holds, or waiting! Learning to Speak Southern by Lindsay Rogers Cook. Available July 1-September 30, 2021.
Join the conversation- follow Hoopla on Twitter @HooplaDigital, #hooplabookclub and #discoverreadshare.
Hoopla titles are always available- no holds, or waiting! Learning to Speak Southern by Lindsay Rogers Cook. Available July 1-September 30, 2021.
Join the conversation- follow Hoopla on Twitter @HooplaDigital, #hooplabookclub and #discoverreadshare.
Learning to Speak Southern
Author: Lindsey Rogers Cook Read by: Tiffany Morgan Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Sourcebooks Release Year: 2021 Length: 288 pages / 7h 25m A searing Southern story about confronting the difference between the family you're born into and the family you choose, from the acclaimed author of How to Bury Your Brother Lex fled Memphis years ago, making ends meet with odd jobs teaching English around the world. She only returns when she has no choice, when her godmother presents her with a bargain she can't refuse. Lex has never understood her mother, who died tragically right before Lex's college graduation, but now she's got a chance to read her journals, to try and figure out what sent her mother spiraling all those years ago.
The Memphis that Lex inhabits is more bourbon and bbq joint than sweet tea on front porches, and as she pieces together the Memphis her mother knew, seeing the lure of the world through her mother's lush writing, she must confront more of her own past and the people she left behind. Once all is laid bare, Lex must decide for herself: What is the true meaning of family?
Author: Lindsey Rogers Cook Read by: Tiffany Morgan Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Sourcebooks Release Year: 2021 Length: 288 pages / 7h 25m A searing Southern story about confronting the difference between the family you're born into and the family you choose, from the acclaimed author of How to Bury Your Brother Lex fled Memphis years ago, making ends meet with odd jobs teaching English around the world. She only returns when she has no choice, when her godmother presents her with a bargain she can't refuse. Lex has never understood her mother, who died tragically right before Lex's college graduation, but now she's got a chance to read her journals, to try and figure out what sent her mother spiraling all those years ago.
The Memphis that Lex inhabits is more bourbon and bbq joint than sweet tea on front porches, and as she pieces together the Memphis her mother knew, seeing the lure of the world through her mother's lush writing, she must confront more of her own past and the people she left behind. Once all is laid bare, Lex must decide for herself: What is the true meaning of family?
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"Women's fiction lovers won't be able to put down this story of transformation, coming-of-age and the true meaning of family. Lindsey Rogers Cook has hit her stride!"
— Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today bestselling author |
"Imaginative, immersive and beautifully intense, this is your new favorite read!"
— Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author |
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Graphic Novel: Hoopla Book Club
Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson is our Summer Spotlight title, and will be promoted from August 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021 at The Club.HooplaDigital.com/GraphicNovel.
Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City- until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them as well. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to handle? Kamala has no idea either. But she's comin' for you, New York!
Check out the discussion guide and learn why we love Ms. Marvel!
Follow @hoopladigital.com and let us know what you are thinking using #hooplaGNBC.
Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City- until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them as well. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to handle? Kamala has no idea either. But she's comin' for you, New York!
Check out the discussion guide and learn why we love Ms. Marvel!
Follow @hoopladigital.com and let us know what you are thinking using #hooplaGNBC.
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Past Hoopla Book Club Titles and Resources
The Fixed Stars Author: Molly Wizenberg Read by: Erin Mallon Genre: Memoir Publisher: Abrams Release Year: 2020 Length: 256 pages / 6h 22m
From a bestselling memoirist, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships.
At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it, but something inside her had changed irredeemably. Instead, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we'd like to believe.
Like many of us, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we're "born this way." Suddenly she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she, she wondered, if something at her very core could change so radically? The Fixed Stars is a taut, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire, identity, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce, coming out to family and friends, learning to co-parent a young child, and realizing a new vision of love. The result is a frank and moving story about letting go of rigid definitions and ideals that no longer fit, and learning instead who we really are.
From a bestselling memoirist, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships.
At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it, but something inside her had changed irredeemably. Instead, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we'd like to believe.
Like many of us, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we're "born this way." Suddenly she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she, she wondered, if something at her very core could change so radically? The Fixed Stars is a taut, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire, identity, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce, coming out to family and friends, learning to co-parent a young child, and realizing a new vision of love. The result is a frank and moving story about letting go of rigid definitions and ideals that no longer fit, and learning instead who we really are.
The Bear
Author: Andrew Krivak Read by: Eric Jason Martin Genre: Fiction, Dystopian & Literary Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Release Year: 2020 Length: 224 pages / 4 hours
In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen.
A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature's dominion.
Author: Andrew Krivak Read by: Eric Jason Martin Genre: Fiction, Dystopian & Literary Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Release Year: 2020 Length: 224 pages / 4 hours
In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen.
A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature's dominion.
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"[A] tender apocalyptic fable . . . endowed with such fullness of meaning that you have to assign this short, touching book its own category: the post-apocalypse utopia."
— Wall Street Journal |
"Refreshing. . . . A simple story written with an unflinching but compassionate voice, Krivak’s tale should be thoughtfully savored while it slowly winds its way into your moral conscience."
— Kyle Evans | Springfield-Greene County Library |
Libraries Transform Book Pick
ALA, American Library Association Libraries Transform Book Pick is a digital reading program that connects readers nationwide by offering free access to the same ebook through public libraries.Through the OverDrive or Libby online service, patrons will have access to the the chosen book with no hold or wait times. This title is also always available on Hoopla. Follow the Libraries Transform Book Pick on Facebook and Twitter and join in the discussion on social media using the hashtag #LTBookPick.
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