LibGuides: Get Lit Book Club: Welcome!

Next Meeting:

Wednesday, November 16th @ 12pm

Room 511

Email reference@garrettcollege.edu to join!

What Are We Currently Reading?

Blue by Kai Kupferschmidt
ISBN: 1615197524
Publication Date: 2021-07-20
Search human history and you'll quickly conclude that we've been enamored of blue at least since the pharaohs. So, it's startling to turn to the realms of nature and discover that "true" blue is truly rare. From the rain forest's morpho butterfly to the blue jay flitting past your window, few living things are blue--and most that appear so are performing sleight of hand with physics or chemistry. Cornflowers use the pigment found in red roses to achieve their blue hue. Even the blue sky above us is a trick of the light.

Science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt has been fascinated by blue since childhood. In Blue, his quest to understand the science and nature of his favorite color takes him from a biotech laboratory in Japan and a volcanic lake in Oregon to Brandenburg, Germany--home of the last surviving blue-feathered Spix's macaws. Whether it's deep underground where blue crystals grow or miles overhead where astronauts gaze down at our "blue marble" planet, wherever we do find Earth's rarest color, it always has a story to tell.

COVID-19 Changes

Book club meetings will be held in-person in 511.
Walk-ins are accepted but we prefer an RSVP to reference@garrettcollege.edu.

Want To Join?

Book Club meetings are open to everyone! This means anyone can join or just pop in whenever they are able to make it. This club is available to all Garrett College students, staff, and faculty.