Interrobang?! Co-ed Book Club

Welcome to Interrobang?! Book Club’s 'The Movie vs The Book' Summer Series!
We will be viewing three movies that have been adapted from books in a variety of genres. While these are well-known films from different periods of time, many folks have not had the chance to read (or even know about) the books they are based on. Each meeting, we'll be watching them as a group and then talking about both film and book afterwards. Come for either part!

Location specifics:

• The viewing will be on the second floor meeting room of the Cupertino Library
• The discussion portion at the Coffee Society cafe, at the corner of the library closest to Torre Ave.

Schedule:
June 15, 2025 - In the Heat of the Night (1967) and 'In the Heat of the Night by John Ball

July 6, 2025 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) and 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit?' by Gary K. Wolk

August 24, 2025 - Annihilation (2018) and 'Annihilation' by Jeff VanderMeer

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate an adultery scandal involving Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner), the sultry wife of Maroon's biggest star, Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer). But when Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye), Jessica's alleged paramour and the owner of Toontown, is found murdered, the villainous Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) vows to catch and destroy Roger.

General overview of a meeting:
The first part of the meeting will be where we watch the movie, so everyone can see it, even if they haven't before. Once we are finished watching, we will move downstairs to the cafe in the library for the second part, for the discussion portion.
Typically we'll start with an icebreaker question and a chance for each person to introduce themselves. We then move to rating the film and the book with a thumbs up/down/sideways. We spend most of the meeting discussing the both versions, including strong opinions, questioning why whatever changes were made happened, personal reactions to the story and characters, and wondering how it could have been improved. You don't need to finish reading the whole book to come to the meeting! However, if you haven't finished it, please be OK with hearing spoilers.

Jul 27, 2025 - Assassins Anonymous, by Rob Hart
Topics: Action/Adventure, Mystery/Thriller, Humor, Satire

General overview of a meeting
Our meetings start with an icebreaker question and a chance for each person to introduce themselves. We then move to rating the book with a thumbs up/down/sideways. We spend most of the meeting discussing the book, including strong opinions, questioning why the author made the choices they did, personal reactions to the story and characters, and wondering how it could have been improved. We end each meeting by giving everyone the opportunity to propose a book for the next meeting, and voting on the choices.

You don't need to finish reading the whole book to come to the meeting! However, if you haven't finished the book, please be OK with hearing spoilers.

To find us, look for the group with the book of the month displayed on the table.

Description of the Book
In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life only to find himself under siege by mysterious assailants. It’s a kill-or-be-killed situation, but the first option is off the table. What’s a reformed hit man to do?

Mark was the most dangerous killer-for-hire in the world. But after learning the hard way that his life’s work made him more monster than man, he left all of that behind, and joined a twelve-step group for reformed killers.

When Mark is viciously attacked by an unknown assailant, he is forced on the run. From New York to Singapore to London, he chases after clues while dodging attacks and trying to solve the puzzle of who’s after him. All without killing anyone. Or getting killed himself. For an assassin, Mark learns, nonviolence is a real hassle.
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Join our Discord for updates in between meet ups. https://discord.gg/EakbRtyn7y

Welcome to Interrobang?! Book Club’s 'The Movie vs The Book' Summer Series!
We will be viewing three movies that have been adapted from books in a variety of genres. While these are well-known films from different periods of time, many folks have not had the chance to read (or even know about) the books they are based on. Each meeting, we'll be watching them as a group and then talking about both film and book afterwards. Come for either part!

Location specifics:

• The viewing will be on the second floor meeting room of the Cupertino Library
• The discussion portion at the Coffee Society cafe, at the corner of the library closest to Torre Ave.

Schedule:
June 15, 2025 - In the Heat of the Night (1967) and 'In the Heat of the Night by John Ball

July 6, 2025 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) and 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit?' by Gary K. Wolk

August 24, 2025 - Annihilation (2018) and 'Annihilation' by Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation (2018)
Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X -- a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. Once inside, the expedition discovers a world of mutated landscapes and creatures, as dangerous as it is beautiful, that threatens both their lives and their sanity.

General overview of a meeting:
The first part of the meeting will be where we watch the movie, so everyone can see it, even if they haven't before. Once we are finished watching, we will move downstairs to the cafe in the library for the second part, for the discussion portion.
Typically we'll start with an icebreaker question and a chance for each person to introduce themselves. We then move to rating the film and the book with a thumbs up/down/sideways. We spend most of the meeting discussing the both versions, including strong opinions, questioning why whatever changes were made happened, personal reactions to the story and characters, and wondering how it could have been improved. You don't need to finish reading the whole book to come to the meeting! However, if you haven't finished it, please be OK with hearing spoilers.

Aug 31, 2025 - The Fifth Season, by N. K. Jemisin
Topics: Science fiction, Fantasy, Speculative fiction, Black authors, Dystopian fiction

General overview of a meeting
Our meetings start with an icebreaker question and a chance for each person to introduce themselves. We then move to rating the book with a thumbs up/down/sideways. We spend most of the meeting discussing the book, including strong opinions, questioning why the author made the choices they did, personal reactions to the story and characters, and wondering how it could have been improved. We end each meeting by giving everyone the opportunity to propose a book for the next meeting, and voting on the choices.

You don't need to finish reading the whole book to come to the meeting! However, if you haven't finished the book, please be OK with hearing spoilers.

To find us, look for the group with the book of the month displayed on the table.

Description of the Book
This is the way the world ends. Again.

Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze -- the world-spanning empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years -- collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries.

Now Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly, dying land. Without sunlight, clean water, or arable land, and with limited stockpiles of supplies, there will be war all across the Stillness: a battle royale of nations not for power or territory, but simply for the basic resources necessary to get through the long dark night. Essun does not care if the world falls apart around her. She'll break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter.

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Join our Discord for updates in between meet ups. https://discord.gg/EakbRtyn7y