Get your berets and espresso cups! This month on #BowieBookClub we read an art history class in a single book: Beyond the Brillo Box by Arthur C. Danto.
Seeking recommendations for how-to on facilitating a new workplace reading circle for my team. First Q: I'm the boss. Do I facilitate? Do we take turns?
As context we're a very flat group, no one into hierarchical power differences, my ego isn't a factor. We have several newer staff (about to go up to 9, from 3 people in Feb. 2022) and we're 100% telework, want to build/maintain sense of belonging. We brainstormed long list, voted on what to read. #BookClub#reading#books#work
Recently, I asked for suggestions for a platform to organize a #BuddyRead or #BookClub style group-read.
I've set up a club, Crossing Worlds, on BookClubs.com. We're dedicated to #Fantasy, #Horror, and #ScienceFiction - genres that take us to other worlds.
The club is open to new members. We'll be starting with A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA this weekend, before moving on to A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER this fall.
The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles. Three young men and a child, good hearts and bad parents, in a non-inclusive society. The story is told by each character in turn, in a pleasant, neat writing that I really enjoyed. The ending felt both surprising and inevitable somehow. According to my bookclub friends, not as good as A Gentleman in Moscow, but I liked it. #TheLincolnHighway#AmorTowles#bookclub@bookstodon
Berliners, we’re hosting a little book swap on Aug 11 in Kreuzberg: Bring a book that means something to you, leave with a new book to read, have good chats in between! https://www.meetup.com/unread-bookclub/events/294697250/ (please rsvp)
A reminder that I'm still interested in starting up a book club:
— Meeting times benefit Europe/UK/Africa/GMT
— WhatsApp (Text-based) group chat.
— Generally being nerds about books together.
— Open to input and feedback.
We have 4 total members and I'm not heading for a huge conglomerate, but I'd like a little more variety before we get going.
If you're interested, please let me know via dm and I'll be sure to add you. Please boost for reach.
I only managed to read 5 books in 2022. My brain was just too broken to focus on words on a page. 😩 I'm hoping to change that in 2023.
I was finally able to pick up a book earlier this month. I devoured the beginning. Then my brain started to be an asshole, so the middle took a while to get through. But I devoured the ending over the past couple of days.
After not having the mental energy to pick up a book for the past 5 months, I was finally able to do so at the end of last week. This book sucked me in from the start (even though I didn't read over the weekend). I almost couldn't put it down last night. I finished it up after work today.
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