Sally Keely
             Mathematician • STEM e-Educator • Climate Science Activist • Forest Advocate


BOOK CLUBS (B.C.) in which I'm Participating

Winter 2027

The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods by Greg King [Forest Walks & Talks, Jan-Mar]


Fall 2026

Born of Fire and Rain [Forest Walks & Talks, Oct-Dec] [H]

Summer 2026

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard [Forest Walks & Talks, July-Sep] [B]

Spring 2026

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben [Forest Walks & Talks, Apr-June] [K]

Winter 2026

The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest by William Dietrich [Forest Walks & Talks, Jan-Mar] [A]


Fall 2025

Conservation Confidential: A Wild Path to a Less Polarizing, More Effective Activism by Mitch Friedman [Forest Walks & Talks, Oct-Dec] [A]

A Pair of Wings: A Novel by Carole Hopson [PSU Alumni B.C., Oct-Dec] [X]

Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by Dr. Joy Buolamwini [SciFri B.C., Sept] [X]

Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, And Tastes Of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean [SciFri B.C., Oct] [X]

Why We Die: The New Science of Aging And The Quest For Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan [SciFri B.C., Nov] [X]

The Biggest Ideas In The Universe: Space, Time, And Motion by Sean Carroll [SciFri B.C., Dec] [H/A]

Summer 2025

Red heart. Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest by Koberstein & Applegate [Forest Walks & Talks, July-Sept] [K/A]

Look Closer by David Ellis [PSU Alumni B.C., June-July]

Birding to Change the World: A Memoire by Trish O'Kane [PSU Alumni B.C., Aug-Sep] [A]

Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley [SciFri B.C., July] [X]

Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle [SciFri B.C., August] [X]

Spring 2025

Gold star.Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate by Chad Hansen [Forest Walks & Talks, Apr-June] [K/A]

Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green [SciFri B.C., May] [A]

Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel [SciFri B.C., June] [X]


KEY: H = hard copy; K = Kindle; A = Audible; L = library; B = borrow; X = I don't own a copy; Gold star.= great book; Red heart. = love this book!

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