It’s time to get reading, Austin.

Just over a week ago, the Austin Page Turners announced Faith Sullivan’s “Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse” as the pick for Austin’s 2017 citywide read.

For those of you not familiar with Page Turners, they pick a book each year for people and book clubs to read ahead of a public event with the author, which will be at 7 p.m. on April 20, 2017, at Austin Public Library.

As some of my legion of faithful readers (sarcasm alert) may recall, I wrote a bit about the 2016 read, “The Life We Bury” by Allen Eskens.

A few of us at the Herald decided to read it together and attend Eskens’ talk, though I ended up being the only one attending due to unforeseen circumstances.

But I loved the experience of getting to read a book collectively with many in the community and cap the experience with hearing straight from the source — the author.

For starters, Eskens’ book was an enjoyable read based in Minnesota.

But I wasn’t sure what to expect going to Eskens’ talk. However, he gave an engaging talk telling of how he went from a mediocre students to an avid theater actor, a better student, a lawyer and eventually an acclaimed author.

He gave a fun and engaging talk, which proved to be a fitting final reward for the effort of reading the book along with the community.

I’m approaching the 2017 citywide read from a slightly different perspective as a member of the Austin Page Turners.

I was asked to join this fall, but I must admit I feel a little bit like a sham when hearing the other members talk about the work put into picking the 2017 read.

I joined in November, attended a meeting, started the book and got to help announce this year’s pick. Clearly, I’m a big deal (Yes, that’s sarcasm).

But it was fun to participate in the final selection of the book — or more so to politely witness it as the newbie at the November meeting.

One of the worst parts of joining Page Turners: I have to excuse myself from covering the events and writing about the authors. I won’t lie: I enjoy covering authors, artists and generally creative people.

But it’s great coming at this year’s read as a Page Turners member.

Sullivan’s book book follows teacher Nell Stillman and her life in the southern Minnesota town of Harvester, and she credits writer P.G. Wodehouse as her savior as she reads his works each night as she encounters life’s ups and downs.

“‘Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse’ is an homage to the struggles and moral choices of Faith Sullivan’s terrific women, and to the act of reading itself. An extraordinary book,” Page Turners member Sue Grove wrote in a piece published in the November-December 2016 Austin Living.

There’s plenty of time to read the book. Pick up a copy early to savor it, to give life time to get in the way of a swift completion, or to read it in a flash and read it again a time or two before April.

Here’s how you can snag a copy of “Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse” ahead of the read: Thirty copies of the book are available for check-out at the library, and it can also be read via e-books. Software is available for download from the library’s website, at http://austinpubliclibrary.org/.

The book, both in hardcover and paperback, is also available to buy at Sweet Reads, 407 N. Main St. in Austin.