One of the things I look forward to every month is the Columbus, Ohio chapter of Silent Book Club meeting. Everyone brings their own book and reads together quietly for an hour, then we all nerd out about books afterward. If you're in the area, you should come hang out with us!

And, for the foreseeable future, you can hang out with us even if you’re not in the area since we’re meeting virtually! We meet on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm via Zoom.

Here's what folks are reading this month:

• Utz by Bruce Chatwin

• Leviathan Wakes by James S A Corey

• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

• Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow

• Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel L. Everett

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

• The Machinic Unconscious: Essays in Schizoanalysis by Félix Guattari

• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

• The Adventure Zone by Clint McElroy

• Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness

• USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal by Daniel Lake

• Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

• Deacon King Kong by James McBride

• Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

• Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson

• Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang

• Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

There are Silent Book Club chapters throughout and US and several around the world, so if you're not in Columbus, OH, check the events on the SBC website to find one near you. And regardless of where you are, we’d love for you to join us virtually. Event info will be posted in the Silent Book Club - Columbus Facebook group.

In the meantime, I hope you’ll connect meaningfully with book nerd communities online, including the Silent Book Club Facebook group. (Note: the general Silent Book Club Facebook group and the Silent Book Club - Columbus Facebook group are two different groups.)