Join the VILA Book Club
Please join us for the next meeting of the VILA Book Club sponsored by iBUG Today.
WHEN: Thursday, December 11, 2025, 6:30 to 8:00 PM Central Time
We will be discussing the following book.
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, DB42687
Cambridge lecturer describes the year she spent training a goshawk, a decision she came to after the sudden death of her father in 2007. Discusses the field of falconry, which her father avidly practiced, the grieving process, and author T.H. White's book, The Goshawk. 10 hours, 41 minutes
Facilitator: Sarah Potok
Future book readings for the next couple of months are as follows. Note: all books are available on NLS BARD.
January 8
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro (Sarah Potok), DB102764. Klara, an Artificial Friend, possesses great observational skills, and loves to watch the humans around her. When she is purchased to act as a companion for an ill girl, she studies the emotions of her new family closely and tries to learn from them. 10 hours, 18 minutes
February 12
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Pete Lane), DB103718, Ryland Grace awakens on a spaceship far from Earth with no memory and two dead crewmates. As he begins to remember the details of his impossible mission to try to save humanity from an extinction-level threat, he encounters an unexpected ally. 16 hours 13 minutes
Looking forward to seeing you at the book club.