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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.

Not on the Health Sciences campus?

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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 we begin distributing books. Failure to claim your reserved copy in this timeframe will result in that copy being redistributed to another member on the waiting list.

Spring 2025

We Used to Live Here

Marcus Kliewer

We used to live here book cover-blue and white house.


 A young couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in.

As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family’s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can’t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family—or is Eve just imagining things?

Summary from Goodreads