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Our December Reads. (self.bookclub)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by markovianparallax to c/bookclub
 

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. https://discord.gg/KgFF9j3GTh

The themes of the book clubs are Fiction, Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, FOMO (for classics and other well known books), Cozy Reads, Mystery Book Club, Short Reads, Hard Reads, Romance, WTF book club (for weirder reads) and Re-reads of classic series.

On December 1st we’ll be reading the following books in the following book clubs:

  • Fiction Book Club: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  • FOMO Book Club: Coraline by Neil Gaiman and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • Hard Reads Book Club: Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
  • Short Reads: Night Shift by Stephen King
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook and Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida
  • Cozy Reads: Gunpowder Plot by Carola Dunn
  • Mystery Book Club: Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost
  • Romance Book Club: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
  • WTF Book Club: The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters, Witches, and Ghosts by Jeff Belanger
  • Re-Reads Book Club: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia) by CS Lewis

You can read some, all, or none of the books. No pressure! Everything is read at your own pace. We just ask you use spoiler tags for spoilers.

We’re also doing a server wide reading goal where we pool together our numbers and try to reach a yearly goal of 10,000 books!

And if you don’t want to join discord to discuss these books please feel free to post your thoughts in the comments on this post.

[–] markovianparallax 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm a nihilist and I voted.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by markovianparallax to c/bookclub
 

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. https://discord.gg/KgFF9j3GTh

The themes of the book clubs are Fiction, Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, FOMO (for classics and other well known books), Cozy Reads, Mystery Book Club, Short Reads, Hard Reads, Romance, WTF book club (for weirder reads) and Re-reads of classic series.

On October 1st we’ll be reading the following books in the following book clubs:

  • Fiction Book Club: Salem's Lot by Stephen King
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • FOMO Book Club: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and The Green Mile by Stephen King
  • Hard Reads Book Club: Swan Song by Robert McCammon
  • Short Reads: Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison
  • Cozy Reads: Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop by Emmeline Duncan
  • Mystery Book Club: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
  • Romance Book Club: The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton
  • WTF Book Club: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

You can read some, all, or none of the books. No pressure! Everything is read at your own pace. We just ask you use spoiler tags for spoilers.

We’re also doing a server wide reading goal where we pool together our numbers and try to reach a yearly goal of 10,000 books!

And if you don’t want to join discord to discuss these books please feel free to post your thoughts in the comments on this post.

 

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. https://discord.gg/KgFF9j3GTh

The themes of the book clubs are Fiction, Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, FOMO (for classics and other well known books), Cozy Reads, Mystery Book Club, Short Reads, Long Reads, Romance, WTF book club (for weirder reads) and Re-reads of classic series.

On September 1st we’ll be reading the following books in the following book clubs:

  • Fiction Book Club: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: Hiroshima by John Hersey
  • FOMO Book Club: Animal Farm by George Orwell and And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  • Thick Reads Book Club: Swan Song by Robert McCammon
  • Short Reads: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: Mall Goth by Kate Leth and A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
  • Cozy Reads: Murder at Morrington Hall by Clara McKenna
  • Mystery Book Club: A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
  • Romance: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
  • WTF: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

You can read some, all, or none of the books. No pressure! Everything is read at your own pace. We just ask you use spoiler tags for spoilers.

We’re also doing a server wide reading goal where we pool together our numbers and try to reach a yearly goal of 10,000 books!

And if you don’t want to join discord to discuss these books please feel free to post your thoughts in the comments on this post.

 

Have you ever planned a trip based on a book?

 

What was it about? Who would you recommend it to?

[–] markovianparallax 1 points 4 months ago

I use goodreads.

[–] markovianparallax 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wow, a book a day! What's your favorite book?

[–] markovianparallax 1 points 4 months ago

I think the most I've read is 136, but I think I average closer to 80.

[–] markovianparallax 1 points 4 months ago

I'm super excited for the discussion of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, and I've been wanting to read Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary Wolf for awhile!

 

What is the highest number of books you've read in a year? What is your average? What do you do to fit in more books?

 

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. https://discord.gg/KgFF9j3GTh

The themes of the book clubs are Fiction, Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, FOMO (for classics and other well known books), Cozy Reads, Mystery Book Club, Short Reads, Long Reads, Romance, WTF book club (for weirder reads) and Re-reads of classic series.

On August 1st we'll be reading the following books in the following book clubs:

  • Fiction Book Club: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
  • FOMO Book Club: Animal Farm by George Orwell and And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  • Thick Reads Book Club: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolve
  • Short Reads: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiriy
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: Horimiya by Hero and Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
  • Cozy Reads: Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
  • Mystery Book Club: Who Censored Roger Rabbit by Gary Wolf
  • Romance: True Love and Other Impossible Odds by Christina Li

You can read some, all, or none of the books. No pressure! Everything is read at your own pace. We just ask you use spoiler tags for spoilers.

We're also doing a server wide reading goal where we pool together our numbers and try to reach a yearly goal of 10,000 books!

And if you don’t want to join discord to discuss these books please feel free to post your thoughts in the comments on this post.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by markovianparallax to c/bookclub
 

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. https://discord.gg/KgFF9j3GTh

The themes of the book clubs are Fiction, Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, FOMO (for classics and other well known books), Cozy Reads, Mystery, Short Reads, Long Reads, Romance, and 80’s Ladies as well as ReReads for popular book series.

On July 1st we'll be reading the following books in the following book clubs:

  • Fiction Book Club: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell
  • FOMO Book Club: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende and The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Thick Reads Book Club: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolve
  • Short Reads: The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: Descender Vol 1 by Jeff Lemire and Kaiju No 8 Vol 1 by Naoya Matsumoto
  • Cozy Reads: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
  • Mystery Book Club: In the Woods by Tana French
  • Romance: Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn
  • Sad Girls: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
  • 80's Ladies The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

You can read some, all, or none of the books. No pressure! Everything is read at your own pace. We just ask you use spoiler tags for spoilers. There is plenty of space to talk about other topics and get to know your fellow readers!

We're also doing a server wide reading goal where we pool together our numbers and try to reach a yearly goal of 10,000 books!

We have a writing channel open to everyone where author Emmeline Duncan does "Shut Up and Write!" sessions every Thursday at 10am PST/1pm EST. If you're looking for help finding the motivation to write, check it out!

We also have Trivia night every Thursday at 6pm PST/9pm EST!

And if you don’t want to join discord to discuss these books please feel free to post your thoughts in the comments on this post.

https://discord.gg/KgFF9j3GTh

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by markovianparallax to c/bookclub
 

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. https://discord.gg/KgFF9j3GTh

The themes of the book clubs are Fiction, Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, FOMO (for classics and other well known books), Cozy Reads, Mystery, Short Reads, Long Reads, Romance, and 80’s Ladies as well as ReReads for popular book series.

On June 1st we’ll be reading the following books in the following book clubs:

  • Fiction Book Club: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
  • FOMO Book Club: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende and The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Thick Reads Book Club: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  • Short Reads: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Vol 1 by Hayao Miyazak and Solo Leveling Vol 1 by Chugong
  • Cozy Reads: Death Unfiltered by Emmeline Duncan
  • Mystery Book Club: The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman
  • Romance: On the Same Page by Haley Cass
  • Sad Girls: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
  • 80's Ladies: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

You can read some, all, or none of the books. No pressure! Everything is read at your own pace. We just ask you use spoiler tags for spoilers. There is plenty of space to talk about other topics and get to know your fellow readers!

We’re also doing a server wide reading goal where we pool together our numbers and try to reach a yearly goal! We’re already over 4,000 books and our goal for 2024 is to read 10,000 books!

We have a writing channel open to everyone where author Emmeline Duncan does “Shut Up and Write!” sessions every Thursday at 10am PST/1pm EST. If you’re looking for help finding the motivation to write, check it out!

We also have Trivia night every Thursday at 6pm PST/9pm EST!

And if you don’t want to join discord to discuss these books please feel free to post your thoughts in the comments on this post.

 

This one comes from Skyguy:

What matters the most in a book for you guys? A well built plot? Interesting world building? Interesting characters? What is the most important aspect of writing for you to like a book?

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Spring Reads (self.bookclub)
submitted 8 months ago by markovianparallax to c/bookclub
 

What are your favorite books to read with strong spring vibes?

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by markovianparallax to c/bookclub
 

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. https://discord.gg/KgFF9j3GTh

The themes of the book clubs are Fiction, Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, FOMO (for classics and other well known books), Cozy Reads, Mystery, Short Reads, Long Reads, Romance, and 80’s Ladies as well as ReReads for popular book series.

On April 1st we’ll be reading the following books in the following book clubs:

  • Fiction Book Club: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors by Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn
  • FOMO: Eragon by Christopher Paolini and Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
  • Thick Reads: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
  • Short Reads: Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and Uzumaki by Junji Ito
  • Cozy Reads: The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
  • Mystery Book Club: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
  • Romance: Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee
  • 80's Ladies: Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin

You can read some, all, or none of the books. No pressure! Everything is read at your own pace. We just ask you use spoiler tags for spoilers. There is plenty of space to talk about other topics and get to know your fellow readers!

We’re also doing a server wide reading goal where we pool together our numbers and try to reach a yearly goal! We’re already over 1,000 books and our goal for 2024 is to read 10,000 books!

We have a writing channel open to everyone where author Emmeline Duncan does “Shut Up and Write!” sessions every Thursday at 10am PST/1pm EST with additional sessions on Sunday afternoons. If you’re looking for help finding the motivation to write, check it out!

We also have Trivia night every Thursday at 6pm PST/9pm EST!

And if you don’t want to join discord to discuss these books please feel free to post your thoughts in the comments on this post.

[–] markovianparallax 7 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much for doing what it takes to control bots. Much appreciated!

[–] markovianparallax 2 points 1 year ago

That's awesome!

[–] markovianparallax 10 points 1 year ago

Stop eating anything with high fructose corn syrup. I promise it works.

[–] markovianparallax 1 points 1 year ago

Same, 8 years for me.

[–] markovianparallax 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld

Is this the combined bill for mastodonworld and lemmyworld?

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