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Garfield Park Library Hot Topics Book Club

with local author, Susie Bright

Join our book club every second Tuesday to explore great reads and share engaging conversations with fellow book lovers.

A book club organized around discussing the “hot topic” titles in the news,  and book buzz— the controversies, the new classics or perhaps overexposed. 

The Hot Topics Book Discussion group meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 1 to 2pm.  All adults are welcome.

Conversation led by Susie Bright

Free. Registration required.
Include your email for more info: we’ll send you excerpts of the book, and
copies of its most talked-about reviews.

Garfield Park Branch Library, SCPL

705 Woodrow Avenue

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

The views and opinions expressed by presenters in Santa Cruz Public Libraries programs are their own and do not constitute an endorsement by Santa Cruz Public Libraries or its member jurisdictions. 

Los puntos de vista y opiniones expresadas por los presentadores de programas en las Bibliotecas Públicas de Santa Cruz son propias y no constituyen en un respaldo o reflejo de la postura de las Bibliotecas Públicas de Santa Cruz ni de sus jurisdicciones miembro.

The below information will be updated monthly to reflect the most current selection:

September 8, at 1:00 - 2:00PM

We’ll be discussing “Regime Change” by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Below is a curated list of excerpts from the title, as well as author interviews, similar books in history, and opinion pieces.

REGIME CHANGE EXCERPTS

Short Excerpt, NYTtimes

Free Sample, on Kindle

THE MARKETING GOSSIP

“Should Journos Ever Save Breaking News for a Book?” — Katie Couric’s report.

AUTHOR BIO / WIKI

Wikipedia on Title history

Who is Maggie?
Who is Jonathan?

MAJOR REVIEWS

Regime Change is considered the “plum review” for the top critics to add to their portfolio. The critics you’ll see here are all in that select circle.

The WSJ Review: “The Not-So-Imperial Presidency”
“Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold” at The New Yorker, by David Remick
Laura Miller writes, “A White House Being Held Together by Superglue,” at Slate.
The NYRB review by Mark Danner: “A vast appetite for power who backs down when the costs of his actions become too high.”
“Covering Crime with Scandal: The Oldest, Deadliest Trick in the Book” - Sarah Kendzior believes Haberman et alhave written a book that may shock and titillate, but covers up too much.

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS

“Authors detail how they pried loose White House secrets: ‘We nearly killed ourselves’” - The Guardian

Podcast with Ezra Klein

Calendar:

July 14: Strangers, by Belle Burden

August 11: Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke

September 8: Regime Change, by Maggie Haberman

October 13: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

November 1: The Third Reich of Dreams, by Charlotte Beradt, editor

December 8: “Le Cookbook Special” - Your Favorites This Year

For More Info, email: patrickr@santacruzpl.org

All of the above listed titles can be found in the library catalog; inquire at any circulation desk or your SCPL online request account.

*** Reminder: request “any medium” of the Title (audio, ebook, print) 
Also,  if you're signed up for other California libraries, check their catalog - for example, San Francisco PL or Watsonville PL.

The views and opinions expressed by presenters in Santa Cruz Public Libraries programs are their own and do not constitute an endorsement by Santa Cruz Public Libraries or its member jurisdictions. 

Los puntos de vista y opiniones expresadas por los presentadores de programas en las Bibliotecas Públicas de Santa Cruz son propias y no constituyen en un respaldo o reflejo de la postura de las Bibliotecas Públicas de Santa Cruz ni de sus jurisdicciones miembro.