BOOK CLUBS in which I'm participating
(avid reader, listener, highlighter ;)

Spring 2027

When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy by Beronda L. Montgomery [SciFri, Mar-Apr]

Winter 2027

How to Love a Forest by Ethan Tapper [Forest Walks & Talks, Jan-Mar]
-OR- The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods by Greg King [Forest Walks & Talks, Jan-Mar]

On the Equality of All Things: Lessons on Physics and Philosophy by Carlo Rovelli [SciFri, Jan-Feb]

Fall 2026

Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World by Deepak Bhargava [350 Seattle, Sep-Dec] [K]
Resources: Podcasts | Discussion Guide | Author event @ CUNY

What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World's Ocean by Helen Scales [SciFri, Sep-Oct]

Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard [Forest Walks & Talks, Oct-Dec] [K]

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl [SciFri, Nov-Dec]

Summer 2026

The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light by Craig Childs [SciFri, July-Aug]

Born of Fire and Rain by M. L. "Peg" Herring [Forest Walks & Talks, July-Sep] [H]

Spring 2026

Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World by Elizabeth Kolbert [SciFri, Mar-Apr]

How to Read a Book: A Heartfelt Novel of Redemption and Unlikely Friendships in a Small Town Bookstore a novel by Monica Wood (PSU Alumni Mar-Apr] [A]

The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests by Lynda V. Mapes [Forest Walks & Talks, Apr-June] [A]

Hole in the Sky a novel by Daniel H. Wilson [SciFri, May-June]

Polemic for Democracy by Zane Gustafson [350 Seattle, May-June] [H]
Resources: Videos (first few chapters)

Winter 2026

The Kissing Bug: True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect Of A Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernandez [SciFri, Jan-Feb] [L]

The Frozen River a novel by Ariel Lawhon [PSU Alumni Jan-Feb] [A]

The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest by William Dietrich [Forest Walks & Talks, Jan-Mar] [A]

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Fall 2025

Conservation Confidential: A Wild Path to a Less Polarizing, More Effective Activism by Mitch Friedman [Forest Walks & Talks, Oct-Dec] [A]

The Biggest Ideas In The Universe: Space, Time, And Motion by Sean Carroll [SciFri B.C., Dec] [H/A]
Supplementary resources: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe video series | Mindscape podcast | Science Friday interview w/ Dr. Carroll

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility by Rebecca Solnit [WCA's EJ B.C., Dec] [K/A]

Summer 2025

Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest by Koberstein & Applegate [Forest Walks & Talks, July-Sept] [K/A]

Birding to Change the World: A Memoire by Trish O'Kane [PSU Alumni B.C., Aug-Sep] [A]

Spring 2025

Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate by Chad Hansen [Forest Walks & Talks, Apr-June] [K/A]

Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green [SciFri B.C., May] [A]

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KEY: H = hard copy; K = Kindle; A = Audible; L = library; B = borrow; X = I don't own a copy; = great book; = love this book!