Evening Book Group: Monk and Robot

Please note the date of this meeting, which has been moved up for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The SBPL Evening Book Group meets in the Community Room (generally) on the 4th Tuesday of every month. Enjoy a stimulating conversation about books and exchange perspectives about characters and plot while getting to know your neighbors. In November we are reading the Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers. This series consists of two (very short) volumes: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, bound together in one volume. 

It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.

One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered.

But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.
They're going to need to ask it a lot.

Becky Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter? (via Goodreads)

Print, ebooks and downloadable audiobook copies will be available to borrow from the Library or Libby. Email sbplprograms@southburlingtonvt.gov or call 802-846-4140 if you have questions, would like the Zoom link, or want to be added to the email list for this group.