January 2021 HRA Book Group

Welcome Readers! HRA is going to host another book group meeting sometime in the next few months and we hope you will participate.

Please tell us how interested you are in reading the books listed below (and if you would consider moderating). Please submit your vote by Friday November 20th so we can announce the highest ranked book and we can all get started reading!

We’ll ask one or two of you to moderate and then send out a date for our virtual book group meeting. We had informative, lively, and fun discussions for the first several books and we are sure this one will be no different.

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* 1. Your info:

First and Last Name

Organization

Here’s our list of books that you can choose from (note interest below):

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Ghyasi
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/books/review/transcendent-kingdom-yaa-gyasi.html

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/yaa-gyasi/transcendent-kingdom/

Intuition – Allegra Goodman
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/mar/29/fiction

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/allegra-goodman/intuition/

Solar – Ian McEwan
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/books/review/Kirn-t.html

https://www.npr.org/2010/04/01/125434400/solar-mcewans-coldhearted-scientist-melts-down

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage – Sydney Padua (graphic novel)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/16/thrilling-adventures-lovelace-babbage-nicholas-lezard

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sydney-padua/the-thrilling-adventures-of-lovelace-and-babbage/

The Age of Wonder - How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/books/review/Benfey-t.html

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* 2. How interested are you in reading each book?

	Very	Somewhat	Not Very
Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Ghyasi	Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Ghyasi Very	Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Ghyasi Somewhat	Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Ghyasi Not Very
Intuition – Allegra Goodman	Intuition – Allegra Goodman Very	Intuition – Allegra Goodman Somewhat	Intuition – Allegra Goodman Not Very
Solar – Ian McEwan	Solar – Ian McEwan Very	Solar – Ian McEwan Somewhat	Solar – Ian McEwan Not Very
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage – Sydney Padua (graphic novel)	The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage – Sydney Padua (graphic novel) Very	The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage – Sydney Padua (graphic novel) Somewhat	The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage – Sydney Padua (graphic novel) Not Very
The Age of Wonder - How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science - Richard Holmes	The Age of Wonder - How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science - Richard Holmes Very	The Age of Wonder - How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science - Richard Holmes Somewhat	The Age of Wonder - How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science - Richard Holmes Not Very

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* 3. Would you be willing to co-moderate a book club discussion?

Yes. I would be willing to co-moderate a discussion.

No. I would like to participate in the discussion but do not want to help moderate.

Maybe. It depends on the book we choose.