#book clubs

[ijustkindalikebooks]

“For most people, what is so painful about reading is that you read something and you don’t have anybody to share it with. In part what the book club opens up is that people can read a book and then have someone else to talk about it with. Then they see that a book can lead to the pleasure of conversation, that the solitary act of reading can actually be a part of the path to communion and community” ― Bell Hooks.

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[nateconnolly]

Brokeback Mountain Discord Book Club

@nopeferatu and I are reading the 26-page short story on April 14th at 8:00 PM EDT. Come discuss isolation, longing, violence, and age!

We recommend seeing the film, but the discussion will be about the short story. DM me or Nickie if you're having trouble finding a copy.

#book clubs #reading recommendations #original post

[ophelias-rue]

Need to start a book club for people who like Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Kafka, Rilke, Nietzsche. Also just to hang out on a discord server or something and be friends. I would like a close little group of friends, God knows it’s a lonely world, but I don’t think it has to be.

I’ve been reading The Idiot and I’m desperate to share my outpouring of feelings with someone. :^)

#classic literature #russian lit #dostoevsky #the idiot #crime and punishment #the brothers karamazov #rainer maria rilke #friedrich nietzsche #soren kierkegaard #existentialism #philosophy #book clubs #errrrr be my friend please #be my kindred spirit #no use being subtle about it #I think my kindred spirits must go on tumblr #I want the existentialists the melancholics the Christian mystics the free spirited artists #the armchair philosophers the fucked up pretentious intellectuals

[getbreaded]

Guys, I'm trying to start a book club and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips/wants to share their experience?

Any help would be much appreciated 💛

#I've put up flyers #and i made a forms questionnaire to sort of establish a profile of the members #and the preferred structure #but I've never been part of one #so i don't know how to structure the meetings #and honestly i love reading but i don't tend to analyse the books in a very formal manner #any tips would be lovely :) #books #reading #literature #bookblr #book club #book clubs

[femmefatalegoth]

I don't know if I'll do it but: would anyone be interested in The Man Who Was Thursday Thursday? It's such an underrated classic. It's a spy story, it's a comedy, it's cosmic horror, it's fantasy. I love it.

The chapters are quite short, so I'd post about half a chapter every Thursday. Please reblog and let me know if you're interested.

#dracula daily #substack #book clubs

[clinchcoverenthusiast]

StoryGraph book clubs were formally announced today!

#storygraph #storygraph book clubs #book clubs #books #reading

[ebookporn]

The Continuing Studies Program of Stanford University was stunned when 961 people attended its book club's free talk about "A Room of One's Own," Virginia Woolf's 1929 classic, in April 2023, in person or via Zoom. But then, it's not just any book club. German filmmaker Werner Herzog has been a speaker. Philip Roth agreed to an interview. The club always features panelists who are scholars or writers, who discuss a book before opening to audience questions. Ostensibly for the Stanford community, the club is in reality for anyone who wants to listen, since its talks are posted on the Another Look Book Club website and on YouTube.

#book clubs #authors #writers #book lovers

[winter-tospring]

I want to be in a book club 🥺 problem : I cannot find one. Looked for recent posts on here and only found one seemingly private book club.

*sigh* personally I'm usually most interested in:

- female authors writing Sci-fi (want to expand after discovering my adoration for Ursula K Le Guin)

- non fiction, self help/studies kind, not really memoirs

BUT I haven't been reading a lot and the point of a group is to change that and expand where my reading goes towards 🥺 And something I particularly want for this year is to read in French because I am losing vocabulary and it's panicking meeee. So I've been looking at classics but I'm open to more, especially if other people are excited about a specific book, It would be cool to read along.

ALSO highly interested in reading from more countries (as a side companion to educating myself a bit on cities of the world at random.)

Easier to say what I'm not interested in? YA, memoirs, historical fiction, horror (though Gothic is good with me), thriller, high fantasy.

I think what I want to read next is Piglet, by Lottie Hazell, so if anyone was interested in that, I could start there for a group read along. Genuinely let me know if you're interested, I'd be delighted.

#I have many ideas already aahh #Would probably do it on discord for ease of group chatting (I'm new at discord but that only makes it more exciting for me lmaooo) #Book club #Book clubs #Bookblr #Books #Reading #read along #reading #Piglet

[strawberriesandstethascopes]

🍵✨ Calling all book lovers! 📚✨ Step into the enchanting world of Matcha Readers Society - a upcoming book club in an online chatroom.🌿💖

Whether you're longing for epic quests, swoon-worthy love stories, or Bridgerton-like escapades, our club has something for every book lover!

Grab your favorite book, brew a cup of matcha, and join us on this literary journey of bookish delight. 📖✨

✧༺♥༻∞

link to join: https://bookclubs.com/clubs/6029828/join/7492fe/

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[emeraldlabyrinth]

#books #books and literature #book blog #booklr #book community #Fiction vs non-fiction #Book polls #book clubs

[mysharona1987]

By Tom Gauld

#Book clubs #books #reading #tom gauld #wine

[mzannthropy]

Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray should be the next book club on Tumblr. What with how some peeps here are about aging...

#oscar wilde #the picture of dorian gray #books #english lit #book clubs #literature #ageism #mypost

[wellesleybooks]

Equal time, equally funny.

#harry bliss #mark parisi #book clubs #book comics #dog book clubs #cat book clubs #wellesley books #book funnies #cats vs dogs #dogs vs cats

[crowclubkaz]

I’m so excited to announce that the Queer Horror Cult will be having its first official book club in August, and we’ll be reading The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass 👻

Are you a fan of queer horror books? You’ve come to the right place! The Queer Horror Cult is a Goodreads group and book club that anyone can join, from anywhere in the world! Every month, we’ll group read a queer horror book, and you can discuss your fav queer horror reads and authors in discussion threads! Join the Queer Horror Cult on Goodreads here!

Please note that The Taking Of Jake Livingston has the following trigger warnings: references to abuse (domestic, child, and sexual), sexual assault, school shootings and gun violence, homophobia, racism, references to suicide, and death, injury, and gore. If any of these topics may be triggering for you, please feel free to skip this month’s read, and join us for the September book club!

#horror books #queer horror #book club #book clubs #books #book recs #the taking of jake livingston #Ryan douglass

[sharppointysticks]

We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?" Well, the poll results are in and for September we will be reading Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. It was nominated on Goodreads for both best historical fiction and best debut novel in 2022 so I'm looking forward to diving in. There's still some time left in August, but we will kick off September first with our new book. Don't forget, if you would like an August Participation Award for the book Sea of Tranquility I am accepting pre-orders until Aug 30th!

Join us on Fable:

#read #books #reading rainbow #literature #book club #book clubs #books and reading #shelf indulgence #shelf indulgences book club #fable #black cake #Charmaine wilkerson #book it #personal pan pizza #read books eat pizza #Butterfly in the sky

[annalarnerbooks]

Violet Unwin is convinced she is invisible. Overlooked by her adoptive family, her only solace is her uncle’s costume shop. By day she’s an assistant no one remembers, but after hours, in the wonder of her imagination, she becomes explorer, warrior, queen. Devastated by news of the shop’s imminent closure, Violet finds comfort in an unlikely companion, the ghostly figure of her namesake, the suffragette Vi Unwin.

Medical school dropout, Phoebe Frink’s life is in disarray. She has no idea who she is anymore, what to do about it, or how to tell her parents. Taken under the wing of the infamous drag king, Mr. Duke, owner of the struggling Banana Bar, fate steps in when Phoebe seeks Violet’s help with costumes for the bar’s fundraising Christmas Ball.

Phoebe is captivated by beautiful, shy Violet, and for the first time in her life, Violet experiences what it is to be truly seen. But for love to be possible, Violet and Phoebe must take a risk on a future they’ve never dared to imagine.

#queer books #queer characters #sapphic books #sapphic #Lesbian #wlw books #lesbian characters #new adult fiction #new adult reads #Book clubs #book reviewers #Lgbtq books #Netgalley #Lgbtq #Anna Larner #Bold Strokes Books #LGBTQ Reads #Queer Reads #lesfic #Invisible