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Join our active discord book community! (lemmy.world)
 

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.

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Have you ever visit a city or place because you read about it in a book? (lemmy.world)
 

Have you ever planned a trip based on a book?

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What's a non-fiction book that's so unbelievable it seems like fiction? (lemmy.world)
 

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

What is the most number of books you've read in a year? in c/bookclub@lemmy.world
What is the most number of books you've read in a year? in c/bookclub@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

What is the most number of books you've read in a year? in c/bookclub@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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

What We're Reading in August! in c/bookclub@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month 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!

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What is the most number of books you've read in a year? (lemmy.world)
 

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?

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What We're Reading in August! (lemmy.world)
 

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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What We're Reading in July (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by markovianparallax@lemmy.world to c/bookclub@lemmy.world
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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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What we're reading in June (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by markovianparallax@lemmy.world to c/bookclub@lemmy.world
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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.

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Community Questions: What matters most to you in a book? (lemmy.world)
 

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 (lemmy.world)
 

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

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What we're reading in April (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by markovianparallax@lemmy.world to c/bookclub@lemmy.world
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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.

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What we're reading in March! (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by markovianparallax@lemmy.world to c/bookclub@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

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

  • Fiction Book Club: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
  • FOMO: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
  • Thick Reads: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
  • Short Reads: Vampires Never Get Old by Various Authors
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: I Am a Cat Barista Vol 1 by Hiro Maijima and Invisible Kingdom Vol 1 by G Willow Wilson
  • Cozy Reads: We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews
  • Mystery Book Club: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans by Agatha Christie
  • Romance: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins
  • 80's Ladies: The Giver by Lois Lowry

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.

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What we're reading in February! (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by markovianparallax@lemmy.world to c/bookclub@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

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

  • Fiction Book Club: Penance by Eliza Clark
  • Non-Fiction Book Club: A Cat's Tale: A Journey Through Feline History by Paul Koudounaris
  • FOMO: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
  • Long Reads: Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
  • Short Reads: Out There Screaming (edited) by Jordan Peele
  • Graphic Novels Book Club: Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown and Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco
  • Cozy Reads: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
  • Mystery Book Club: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
  • Romance: My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine
  • 80's Ladies: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shanget

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.

Temporary Changes to our Sign-Up Policy in c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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

Is it possible to eat in such a way that you'll never have to fart? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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

Sound Off: How many 10+ year redditors have left the site? in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same, 8 years for me.

Lemmy.world update: Downtime today / Cloudflare in c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://opencollective.com/mastodonworld

Is this the combined bill for mastodonworld and lemmyworld?

Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think what people who are commenting here aren't getting is that they're only doing it to a percent of accounts and not ALL accounts.

Weird thing I do to keep from burning my house down. in c/adhdwomen@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

omg yes. When I'm making something and I suddenly have to pee the fear sets in that if I go pee I'll wander off and forget I was ever making something. I swear I'll start cooking, get distracted by needing to pee, while peeing remember something I need to do on my computer, while on my computer get distracted by my cat wanting food and end up back in the kitchen because I went to go grab my cat a snack and I'm like OH RIGHT.

I don't know how I ever get anything done.

Do neurotypicals really not have to do this? I'm seriously asking. in c/adhd@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Wait, what. You are blowing my mind right now.

How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Joke's on them. I set one of my communities to NSFW and then unmodded myself.

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