About the Suburban Jungle Book Club:
The Suburban Jungle Book Club meets in person approximately every two months to discuss books that explore the connections between people and the natural world. Our selections often blend personal storytelling with ecological insight, highlighting themes of interdependence and environmental stewardship.
Community Partnership:
The Suburban Jungle Book Club operates in conjunction with House Finch, a supply, book, and gift shop for suburban birders, wildlife habitat hobbyists, and anyone curious about nature and wildlife right outside their door.
Suburban Jungle coordinates with House Finch on our Book Club selections, and copies of the book are available in-store at House Finch in Collingswood, or you can order online through House Finch’s online bookshop site: https://bookshop.org/lists/suburban-jungle-book-club. Kara even donates a copy of the book to our local library.
This partnership is a great example of community and supporting each other locally.
Current Book Club Selection: The Overstory
Reading friends, we have something special coming up next. To celebrate the fact that our book club has been meeting and discussing books for five years (!!!), we’re going to go back and reread one of our first books: The Overstory, by Richard Powers. The Overstory is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about trees and the people who defend them, the interconnectedness of all life, the role of art and storytelling in nature conservation, the phenomenon of group thought, and innovations, both technological and natural, that bring worlds into existence.
One note: The book is long, ~500 pages, so consider giving yourself the whole 7 weeks to read!
Hope you’ll join us for a discussion on Thursday, May 14, whether you’re picking up for the book for the first time or rereading it.
Copies of the book are already available in-store at House Finch in Collingswood, or you can order online through House Finch’s online bookshop site: https://bookshop.org/lists/suburban-jungle-book-club
Previous Book Club Selections:
Below are just a few of the books that the Suburban Jungle Book Club has read over the past few years. For a comprehensive list of all of our selections, visit House Finch’s page for our Book Club on Bookshop.org by clicking on the link. You will find descriptions and reviews of the books and can purchase online.