bookclub - kbin.social

This is the reading challenge organised on the Discord in the community sidebar here. Here’s the link to the Storygraph challenge: app.thestorygraph.com/…/12c988c6-8fd4-4343-81d6-d…

What we'll be reading in September

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. discord.gg/lighthouselibrary...

What We'll be Reading in August

We have a discord server with ten book clubs. discord.gg/lighthouselibrary...

They Checked Out Pride Books in Protest. It Backfired. - New York Times (archive.ph)

Lighthouse Library Reading Challenge (app.thestorygraph.com)

This year for the first time the crew over on the Discord are doing a reading challenge. If you’ve done a reading challenge before you’ll know the gist - a bunch of prompts for which you choose books that fulfil the criteria and try and read them over the course of the year....

What's a book you wish you'd known about sooner?

Is there a book you’ve read you wish you could go back and give to your younger self and say, “read this!” or a book you read and you’re mad you’ve gone through however long being oblivious to how good it is?

What are your top five books of this year so far?

Out of all the books you’ve read in 2023, which are your favorites so far?

What is the funniest book you’ve ever read?

Or a few of the funniest if you just can’t choose.

Just read H.G. Wells' The Time Machine

First of H.G. Wells work that I’ve read and I really enjoyed it. Reminded me a lot of Jules Verne though a bit lighter on the technical aspects and heavier on the social commentary....

What are your tips for reading more?

What have you found helps you read more?

What is your favorite book of all time?

If you can’t choose just one feel free to share more.

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Who is your favorite terrible author?

By this, I mean either an author you love despite their shortcomings (ie “guilty pleasure”), or an author who you know is a terrible person which causes you to not be able to look away in fascination (ie “hate-read”), or an author who you know is terrible but despite this you’re like, damn, their writing is still...