We’ve officially closed out our fall season.
So, with just two months left in the year, I thought I’d share what’s in the works for each of them. And then, beyond.
November - Station Eleven
November’s novel is much more recent than anything covered lately. It deals with a complete societal collapse due to a global pandemic.
This coming week will get more into why it’s worth reading.
For now, suffice it to say that 30 pages in, I had to check the publication date, to see if this written before or after 2020.
It’s year of publish: 2014.
Learning that only made the beginning feel more eerie.
December - A Christmas Carol
I can’t think of any better way to finish the year than by spending “A December with Dickens.” In fact, I may even establish this as a December tradition—reading something by Dickens every December.
For this year, the selected text is none other than his classic novella, A Christmas Carol.
I tried reading this aloud to my kids last year, by the light of Netflix’s fireplace alone. After the first chapter, they refused to listen to anymore—they were terrified!
So much fun, haha.
Hopefully, by the light of day, this year goes better.
Theme for 2023 - The Sea
Painting: The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa by Hokusai
For 2023, we’re organizing the entire year around books that deal thematically with the Sea.
They won’t all be technical sea stories, or nautical in nature. But every book will contribute to the ongoing conversation around the meaning and nature of the Sea.
Honestly, I’m not sure where this will lead, or what takeaways it might yield.
That’s partly the reason for choosing the Sea—why not theme our intellectual journey into the unknown around something that surrounds us every single day, and yet still remains vastly uncharted (90% of the ocean still remains unexplored).
So far, I’ve sketched a list of books, and broken them into different sets. As for revealing the first set—that news, gladly, will be coming soon.
Until next time, enjoy your reading!
-Trevor