Inqspot at UTRGV

Inqspot at UTRGV

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Welcome to Inqspot! We're all about creating a campus culture of reading. good coffee! great convo with fellow book lovers!) and book swaps at least once a year.

We co-host book clubs with the UTRGV Student Union twice per semester (free digital copies! We also host academic reading strategy workshops at the beginning of the Spring and Fall semesters. Basically, we're down for anything that promotes literacy and reading on campus ;) We hope you'll join us! Message us with any questions you might have, and don't forget to follow us so you'll never miss a book lovin' event!

02/27/2024

UTRGV book lovers, I've got your Spring Break read right here!!!

Register today for your free copy of 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson. We'll have what is sure to be a GREAT discussion after the break on Wednesday, March 20th. (Registration links in the comments!)

02/27/2024

Grab your free digital copy before Spring Break!

We'll meet on Wednesday, March 20th to discuss 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson. It's intense, but I think it will make for a great Spring Break read and a fantastic book discussion!! Register to get your free digital copy now in time to read over the break! (Vlinks in the comments!)

02/27/2024

This Friday!

We are offering a FREE online reading strategies workshop called "Read Like a Pro: Reading Strategies for YOUR Major!" We'll have a 20-minute guest speaker talk to us about the importance of not only general academic reading strategies but also discipline-specific reading strategies. Then we'll have six breakout sessions for you to choose from: Communications, Physics, Philosophy, Engineering, Mathematics, and Psychology. These breakout sessions will be lead by faculty from those fields – they'll show you the strategies they use as expert readers, and they'll invite you to practice right along with them! The workshop will take place via Zoom and a Blackboard course shell that you'll have access to after you register. The last time we ran this workshop it was a great success and students evaluated it very positively, so be sure to register today!

02/27/2024

Happening this week!!! Free online workshop! Learn from the experts how to read in your major! Registration link in comments 🤩

01/30/2024

It's almost February, and that means it's time to pick up your copy of our next great read!

We'll be reading a non-fiction book this time, Dopesick by Beth Macy. It's critically acclaimed, and it's so good they made it into a limited series on Hulu! (Maybe we can organize a watchparty if you're interested!) It's about the opioid epidemic, and it's framed around individual stories of impacted families. I know that some of you (like me) are addicted to fiction, but it's good to read other genres too, and this is a timely and important topic. I can already tell our conversation is going to be good! And remember, you don't need to finish the book to attend the discussion, especially with a non-fiction read like this one.

Register for your free digital copy today!! (Links in the comments.)

11/06/2023

It's time for the November book club -- and we've chosen a book that's perfect for a month about family, 'The House of Broken Angels' by Luis Alberto Urrea.

Here's a brief summary + snippet:

In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend.

"All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death."

Sounds pretty good, eh? Register today so you can download your copy while supplies last! (Vlinks in comments.) See you soon!

09/26/2023

It's almost October, and that means all things spooky. We found a book that is supposed to be wonderfully weird and funny and horror-ific: 'Bunny,' by Mona Awad. It's a Goodreads Choice Award nominee and has received critical acclaim: It was named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library. I really can't wait to see what you think of it!

We'll be meeting on Wednesday, October 18th from 12:30 - 1:30pm at ESTUN Sage in Edinburg and BSTUN La Sala in Brownsville. As always, you can expect coffee, snacks, and great conversation!

Click the VLink to register for Edinburg or Brownsville and get your free Kindle edition today! (Links in the comments.)

09/22/2023

Ever get to the bottom of a page and not remember what you read? We've got a strategy to help with that!

Ever have a reading with so many unfamiliar vocabulary words that you don't even know where to start? We've got a strategy to deal with that!

Ever read the article but not feel confident you have something to say in the class discussion the next day? We've got strategies to help with that too!

Register on V-Link to attend all sessions of the three-part series in Edinburg OR the two-part series in Brownsville. Complete the series on your campus and you'll receive a certificate of completion!

Photos from Inqspot at UTRGV's post 03/23/2023

It's the last few hours of the book swap! Bring your books! Bring your friends!

02/01/2023

February Book Club Update!!! If you registered for the original date (tomorrow, Feb. 2), you should have already received an email explaining the issue with the first download link. You should also have received a new download link.

And if you didn't register the first time around, now's your chance! This is a wonderful book that is a classic for a reason. If this is your first or your 5th time reading the novel (and even if you don't finish the book!), please come join us for great conversation and some darn good coffee on our new date, Thursday, February 23.

What better way to enjoy this cold weather than cuddled up with a great book?!

01/27/2023

If you haven't registered yet, there's still time!

However, it does appear that we may be experiencing an issue with the Amazon link for you to download your Kindle copy.

If you are having any issues at all with accessing the link, please email [email protected] right away -- that way we can work on solving the problem and get you your copy of the book!

10/27/2022

Wow, yesterday's convo was great! Thank you all so much for your attendance, enthusiastic participation, and thoughtful insights.

We hope you can all make it out to our next discussion in February! Bring your friends!

Photos from UTRGV Student Union's post 10/02/2022

It was so good to see you last week! Stay tuned for our next book discussion announcement coming out this week!!

09/23/2022
09/03/2022

Haven't come to book club in a while? (or ever?) Stop by our info table in the Edinburg Student Union to see what we're reading first this semester, add to the suggestion box, sign up for our listserv, and just hang out! See you soon!!

Photos from Inqspot at UTRGV's post 04/13/2022

Got some great books to start Day 2 of the Book Swap! If you couldn't make it yesterday, stop by today. We're here til 5pm :)

04/12/2022

Book Swap is live! Three carts of books waiting for you! We'll be here and in Brownsville until 5pm today and again from 8-5 tomorrow!

10/12/2021

Have you registered yet for your free copy? Hurry before supplies run out -- this is going to be a good one!!

10/12/2021

It's October, so it's time for some spooooooooky reading material! 👻🎃 How about 'Practical Magic' by Alice Hoffman?!

Book club 10/26 @3:00pm via Zoom! Be one of the first 25 to register to get your free copy: https://utrgv.campuslabs.com/engage/event/7422169

09/14/2021

Hello, fellow book lovers!

I hope you are all well and have transitioned smoothly into this fall semester. To help you get your groove back, we've got a book club meeting coming up this month on the 26th!

We'll be discussing A Beautiful Work in Progress by Mirna Valerio. It's a great story of someone who is not what we might think of when we think of a traditional marathon runner (read: white and thin) and how she overcomes the challenges of her life as well as the mental and physical challenges of ultra distance running. It's been a great read so far, and I hope you'll pick up your copy today!

Remember, you can register for our club meeting by going to V-link: https://utrgv.campuslabs.com/engage/event/7174244 The first 25 registrants receive free digital copies of the book!

We'll be meeting on Zoom at 3pm on the 28th (register on V-link for the meeting link). We'll have a great conversation and hopefully bring some meaningful personal insights. And as if that wasn't enough, meeting attendees get a chance to win some cool UTRGV swag!

Can't wait to see you there 🙂

04/07/2021

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