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Valancy Stirling is twenty nine, unmarried, and has had a cowed, fearful, dreary existence. Would an unexpected doctor's diagnosis change her life irrevocably? [more inside]
posted by Nieshka on Sep 26, 2020 - 10 comments

I just went through the book posts for the last three months. There's lots of books I'm considering reading, and one book I read a while ago but don't remember well enough to do deep insightful commentary. In order to get more synchronicity on this, does anyone want to start a book club? Or even a couple in different genres? I would love a romance, science fiction, fantasy and/or nonfiction book club.
posted by rednikki on Jun 9, 2020 - 3 comments

The Morning News announced back in December the list for their 16th annual Tournament of Books. The theme is “The Future Is Getting Here Awfully Fast.” Last year tofu_crouton got this more timely post which resulted in a book club to organize everything. Previously here.
posted by zenon on Jan 6, 2020 - 2 comments

I thought I would share the books I’m planning on reading and posting about this year (so far) in case anyone wants to read along. Of course, anyone is welcome to post about these books and I’m sure some have been posted about before. [more inside]
posted by CMcG on Jan 11, 2019 - 2 comments

I'm wondering if there's any interest in a FanFare bookclub that focuses on reading Indigenous writers. [more inside]
posted by jacquilynne on Jan 7, 2019 - 19 comments

A wizard, a warrior, a badger, a flower, and a make-up artist try to understand the Earth book 'Pride and Prejudice'. [more inside]
posted by FallowKing on Dec 9, 2018 - 0 comments

The Tournament of Books is a March-madness style match up of contemporary fiction. The actual competition starts in March, but the longlist is already posted and the shortlist will be announced in January. Would there be interest in a 2019 Tournament of Books book club? [more inside]
posted by tofu_crouton on Dec 6, 2018 - 18 comments

A wizard, a witch, a badger, a flower, a Chicagoan and a humunculous made of bodily fluids all try to understand the Earth book 'The Great Gatsby.' [more inside]
posted by FallowKing on Aug 28, 2017 - 3 comments

The date for the Handmaid's Tale post is set - but what should we read next? [more inside]
posted by chainsofreedom on Feb 8, 2017 - 8 comments

You will be unhappily wed. You will be widowed. You will be queen. "When Marie-Josephe-Rose Tascher was a girl in Martinique, a voodoo priestess predicted that she would be unhappily married, would then be widowed, and would become queen. With the profits from her father's sugar plantation spent largely on his gambling and drinking, the final prediction seems unlikely. An arranged marriage takes Rose to France, where she finds herself woefully uneducated and unprepared for high society. But in 1779 no one is prepared for the bloody upheaval that will convulse France for years. Rose endures her husband's infidelity and abandonment before his execution leaves her a widow. Combining charm, intelligence, empathy, and luck, she copes with poverty and prison, surviving the revolution with her children. " -- Library Journal [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Aug 2, 2016 - 3 comments

"Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England—that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary—and extraordinary—men and women, Amber experiences it all." (amazon) [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Jul 1, 2016 - 14 comments

Hello historical fiction book clubbies! We have just two books left ... do we want to keep going? If so, what do you want to read? [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Jun 16, 2016 - 4 comments

Welcome to the High Strangeness Bookclub! For our first book, we're discussing John Keel's classic The Mothman Prophecies. [more inside]
posted by robocop is bleeding on Apr 13, 2016 - 7 comments

Anyone interested in reading books about cryptids, UFOs, hyper-dimensional science, psychic powers, and other weird fringe topics? [more inside]
posted by robocop is bleeding on Mar 17, 2016 - 4 comments

Is anyone interested in reading and discussing philosophy or philosophical fiction? [more inside]
posted by Fritz Langwedge on Mar 17, 2016 - 3 comments

Welcome to Historical Fiction book club! I've chosen nine months of books, touching on a variety of historical periods, tending towards the more literary end of the historical fiction spectrum but trying to include a variety of styles. We will discuss each book over the course of a month; on the first day of the month spoilers are permitted, be forewarned. The major selection criterion for the initial set of books is that I've read them in the last calendar year and so remember enough about them to discuss them, and I think they'll appeal to MeFites. (If I left out your recent favorite, I probably just haven't read it yet, and I'm happy to do so!) Within, find out our upcoming books! [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Oct 21, 2015 - 7 comments

The worms have returned to Night Vale. Plus a new Book Club in town, spring Little League baseball tryouts, and an update on the search for two fugitives. [more inside]
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Apr 15, 2015 - 10 comments

Eliza attempts to teach Henry "facebookery", while trying to turn a booty call into a dating relationship. [more inside]
posted by Margalo Epps on Oct 8, 2014 - 5 comments