About this Event
12/2: Rainbows and Unicorns - An LGBTQ+ Book Club at Booksweet
Join us for a fun evening of discussion and community at Booksweet for the next meeting of our LGBTQ+ Book Club on December 2nd! For our December book, we've selected by Eli Snow. Whether you've read the book more than once or are just coming to chat with like-minded readers, this event is for you!
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About the book
WARNING: MAY CAUSE REBELLION, RADICAL GARDENING, AND ROMANCE.
The Divine Gardener’s Handbook is a sapphic dystopian fantasy of botanical sabotage, a questionable god named Saul, and a woman falling for the person most likely to ruin her life.
In a Jenga-stacked megacity where glowing blue flowers hum in the dark and palace doors open into secret worlds, getting a job in the Divine Gardens is almost impossible—like being plucked from obscurity by a carnival claw machine. But Cyprin has spent her whole life trying.
Her only chance is winning the annual flower pageant, dominated for five years by Purcell: brilliant head gardener, unbearable rival, and the one person Cyprin can’t stop thinking about. When Cyprin cheats her way to victory, she’s thrust into a world of sentient plants, ancient secrets, and a God who turns out to be just some exhausted man with a very good garden.
What begins as rivalry, heated glaring, and increasingly personal acts of warfare spirals into something much more dangerous. As rebellion spreads through the city and the truth beneath the Gardens begins to unravel, Cyprin and Purcell find themselves caught between ambition, obsession, and the terrifying possibility of understanding each other completely.
Even if they burn the whole world down in the process.
The Divine Gardener’s Handbook is perfect for readers who like their fantasy weird, heartfelt, and a little unhinged.
So... what's this book club like?
We hope to invite a group of people who have read the book (or don't mind a spoiler) to discuss their thoughts. We will bring prompts but invite anyone to pose a question or share their thoughts!
After our discussion, the group votes on the next session's read. Feel free to pitch a book you've enjoyed recently or want to read with the group!
While we will have water and light refreshments (including nut-free and gluten-free options), Booksweet is located in The Courtyard Shops, filled with AMAZING dining options. Food and drinks are totally welcome at the meet-up; don't feel shy about sipping boba while we chat!
We hope to see you there!
Event venue & nearby stays
Booksweet, 1729 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, United States
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