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Big Book Club's "What the Whale!"


Our Mission: To read really big books, talk about them online, and cheer each other on when necessary.

Each week librarians Jennie, Megan, Pete and Alex ask and answer questions that come up during our online Sunday night discussion, drop pop-culture references, talk to guest experts, and more.

Previous books: War and Peace (summer 2018); Middlemarch (winter 2019)

The Big Book Club is a production of the Arlington Public Library, Arlington Virginia

Aug 9, 2018

This week's episode, guest engineered by Pete, covers: plotty-plots, humans humaning, and the contrast between the philosophical aspects of the novel and the character growth. 

References this episode:

What is snuff? According to Encyclopedia Britannica, it's a form of powdered preparation of tobacco used by inhalation or by dipping that became widespread in the 18th century.

Winter is coming - The tagline from the television show Game of Thrones, based on A Song of Fire and Ice.

The Butterfly Effect - A concept where a small change in one place can create a big change elsewhere. Also a 2004 movie (Not, as Pete states, a documentary.)

Palate cleansers -

Megan - The film Back to the Future

Jennie - James (the rock band)

Pete - The film The Dark Knight