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Join the HSC leisure book club, Relax and Read

Relax and Read is sponsored by the Robert M. Bird Society Endowment

The Relax and Read book club was introduced on the Health Sciences campus in March 2016 as an opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to discuss books that are for leisure reading.

Want to suggest a book just fill out our: Book Suggestion Form

Book Club Discussion 

Join us for a book discussion each semester in person or via Zoom.

For more details email: bhslnpm@ouhsc.edu or phone: 271-2285 ext. 48725 for clarification.

Please note: For our reserved events, non-response to a calendar invitation or email about an event will be considered as a declination to attend.

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Program Details and Policies

 How to Participate:

  1. Sign up via email at: bhslnpm@ouhsc.edu 
    • As a member you will be eligible to receive one of the 60 available books we offer each semester and you will also be eligible to attend the book discussion luncheons we host each semester.
    • You will be officially added to the Relax and Read Microsoft Teams group.
    • Offical communications for book club will be sent via email however updates regarding availability of books, prizes, location changes and food selections will all be communicated via Microsoft Teams
    • To be equitable to the entire campus community we reserve the option to limit the number of books distributed to a single department.
    • You will be notified when copies of the book are ready for pickup. You must have a valid OUHSC ID to pickup your reserved copy of the book at the Bird Library 3rd Floor Service Desk from 9am- 5pm.
    •  Reserved copies of the book can also be sent through interoffice mail if requested.
    • Members who respond to survey after all books are claimed or seats at a luncheon have been reserved can be added to our waiting list upon request. Member on the waiting list will be contacted only if a book or seat at the luncheon becomes available.
    • We will only hold book reservations for two weeks from the date of the survey. Failure to claim your reserved copy in this timeframe will result in that copy being redistributed to another member on the waiting list.

Fall 2024

The Sword of Kaigen


Born into Kusanagi’s legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family’s fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen’s alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies.

Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Determined to be a good housewife and mother, she hid away her sword, along with everything from her days as a fighter in a faraway country. But with her growing son asking questions about the outside world, the threat of an impending invasion looming across the sea, and her frigid husband grating on her nerves, Misaki finds the fighter in her clawing its way back to the surface.

Summary from Goodreads