Frog Book Club
FROG is an acronym for Freethinkers Reading Opportunity Group
The Jefferson Humanists’ book club, known as the Freethinkers Reading Opportunity Group (FROG), meets every month to discuss humanist themes in books, both fiction and non-fiction. Past books have included, Half-Earth, Darwin’s First Theory, The Way of the Heathen, The Sixth Extinction, Breakfast with Seneca, The Selfish Gene, Klara & the Sun and many more. We’ve also read books on select topics, like Feminism, Living the Secular Life, Famous Humanists, Political Extremism, Robot and Overpopulation, all leading to lively discussions. Click here to see a list of all past discussion titles.
We invite you to join the FROGs. We always have great conversations and a good time! If you are interested in being added to future FROG email notices, contact book group leader, Helena Goldstein (frog@jeffersonhumanists.org).
You also can find notices of our meetings, with location & other details, on Meetup at www.meetup.com/JeffcoHumanists/.
Here is our planned schedule FOR 2021. Meetings are typically held on the afternoon of the 2nd Saturday of the month, usually at a JeffCo Library meeting room. During Covid-19 lockdown, we have been meeting virtually using Zoom. RSVP on Meetup to get the Zoom link. Schedule is subject to change. Be sure to go to our Meetup site to register to attend and to find out about any last-minute changes in location, date, time, etc.
Here is our planned schedule for 2024
Jan 13th
The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World by Oliver Milman
feb 10th
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
mar 9th
Different: Gender through the Eyes of a Primatologist by Frans de Waal
apr 13th
The Librarian Spy: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
may 11th
True Biz by Sara Novic
jun 8th
Lesson in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
july 13th
I Contain Multitutes: The Microbes within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
aug 10th
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
sept 14th
Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the Birth of American Nationalism by Joel Richard Paul
oct 12th
Seconhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter
nov 9th
Dark Money: The Hidden Stories of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
dec 14th
Topic: Best books you read in the past year