Hello everyone!

The results of our book selection poll are in! All the suggested books are on the schedule, just in the order that people wanted to read them the most (ties are listed in random order).

How it Works

Each month we will read the listed book. Ideally you’ll want to have the book finished before we start any discussions, but if you’re a bit behind you can still participate. This first month will be something of a trial to see if what I had envisioned works the way I think I will. That is, I am hoping to post discussion topics once or twice a week starting on the 15th of each month with the idea that people should be aiming to be at the 50% mark by the 15th. I’ll make sure the topics aren’t spoilers for the point in the book we’re hopefully at and leave the big topics for the end.

Discussions will carry on as long as there is input in them, even if we’re already reading the next book. Overlap is entirely expected. Knowing the book selections in advance allows people to read ahead if they want/need to, or secure the book if they need to waitlist at a library etc. This is meant to be as inclusive as we can make it.

I’ll be more or less running the book club, but if anyone is interested in helping out, please let me know. I’m expecting that any volunteers are avid readers, interested in and/or participated in book clubs before and able to complete tasks with deadlines.

I’m open to suggestions and will try to make sure thing work for the majority of the group. If something isn’t working, we’ll adjust as needed.

Book Schedule

Our theme for this block of book is Mixed Bag: Science Fiction & Fantasy.

Sep: Ready, Player One by Ernest Cline
Oct: Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve
Nov: The Lost hero by Rick Riordan
Dec: Thirst No.1 by Christopher Reeve
Jan: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephan King
Feb: Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera Series) by Jim Butcher
Mar: Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman
Apr: The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Gilman
May: *The Invasion (Animorphs Series) by K.A. Applegate

If you have any questions, please let me know. If you want to participate, reply to this thread and let me know you’re in!

~Linds