BOOK CLUB

Book Club Meetings

WMC Book Club meets approximately every 4-6 weeks at The Thinking Spot in Wayzata, usually on a Sunday at 4 pm. All books have a nature-related theme. Members are welcome to attend even if they haven't read the book! Attending the discussion counts as one hour of advanced ed, and reading the book counts as two.

Sunday, March 1, at 4 pm: WMC Book Club

Our March book selection is A Place in the Woods, by Helen Hoover.

This 1969 nature memoir chronicles her and her husband's move from Chicago to the wilderness of northern Minnesota to live a simpler life. The book details their experiences building a primitive cabin, surviving harsh winters, and forming relationships with local wildlife, blending humor with the challenges and rewards of wilderness living. It's a story of starting over, filled with near-disasters and moments of beauty.

IN PERSON: held at The Thinking Spot, 3311 County Rd 101 #4, Wayzata

This is an open group, so join in as your interest and schedule allow. Contact Lee Scholder with questions. And for planning purposes, please let Lee know if you'd like to attend the upcoming gathering.

Upcoming: To be announced

Past Books:

2025

Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt (December 2025)

Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie by Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty (November 2025)

The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals by Merlin Tuttle (September 2025)

The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey (June 2025)

Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard by Douglas Tallamy (April 2025)

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny (March 2025)

Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper (Jan/Feb 2025)

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman (December 2024)

2023-2024

The Invention of Nature: Alexander Van Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Plant Intelligence by Paco Calvo

Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie

Immense World by Ed Yong

Bicycling with Butterflies by Sara Dykman

A World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Sumard

Blue Mind: The Surprising Science that Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do by Wallace Nichols

Fen, Bog, and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx

The Lichen Museum by Laurie A. Palmer

Owls of the Eastern Ice by Johathan Slaght

Beaver Land: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip

Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees by Thor Hanson

For Love of a River: The Minnesota by Darby Nelson

The Secret Life of Fungi by Aliya Whitely

Soil by Mathew Evans

Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth by David Attenborough

Page updated

Report abuse