{ "name": "Book Group Discussion | Thursday, September 26, 2026", "description": "-------- Bag Lunch Book Group ------------------------------------------------\n\nAll members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a \nbook discussion of \"The Dream Hotel\" by Laila Lalami.\n\n*Copies of the book are available to borrow at the Circulation Desk.*\n\n*Date:* Thursday, September 24, 2026\u00a0\n*Time: *1:00 - 2:00 p.m.\u00a0\n*Location: *Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.\n\n*Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting.*\n\n.... Description:\n\n\"Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when \nagents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her \nthat she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA\u2019s \nalgorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person \nshe loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under \nobservation for twenty-one days.\n\nEerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed, \/The Dream Hotel\/ artfully \nexplores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even \nas it makes our lives easier. Lalami asks how much of ourselves must remain \nprivate if we are to remain free, and whether even the most invasive forms of \nsurveillance can ever capture who we really are\" (Goodreads.com [1]).\n\n\n[1] https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/218695937-the-dream-hotel?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rej4Y1CDJR&rank=1\n", "startDate": "2026-09-24", "startTime": "13:00", "endDate": "2026-09-24", "endTime": "14:00", "label": "Add to Calendar", "options": [ "Apple", "Google", "iCal", "Microsoft365", "MicrosoftTeams", "Outlook.com", "Yahoo" ], "timeZone": "America\/New_York", "trigger": "click", "listStyle": "modal", "iCalFileName": "anselm-event-28977", "location": "Geisel Library" }