Are you guys participating in any book clubs? I'm in 2 different ones, one online and one IRL. The online one is infuriating because it's ran by a bunch of autistic completionist boardgame geeks. Like a clock we pick a new book once a month but these retards are always like 4 books behind schedule because they refuse to skip a book and simultaneously hate all picks that are not Dungeon Crawler Carl. There are many attempts to schedule discussion but they always fail. Me and another participant meet up once a month to discuss the chosen book, in secret.
>>25630974Sounds incredibly retarded.
>>25630974So you're forced to run your own already... I think that's a hint
>>25630978Yeah. However the alternative, to only discuss books with people on /lit/, is even more retarded.>>25631019Back in like 2015 I did run a book club in the /sffg/ thread. Never again.
>>25630974I can tell you have poor taste in literature. I wish you nothing but suffering that leads to a miserable death.
I'm going to start one to force everyone to read what I want them to. I will be hosting it at my public library.
>>25630974>Me and another participant meet up once a month to discuss the chosen book, in secret.lol That reminds me of a bit in an old video game called Discworld Noir, where you infiltrate a cult, and then you have to infiltrate another cult that's secretly set up inside the first cult.>>25631061>the alternative, to only discuss books with people on /lit/, is even more retarded./lit/ is the best book club in the world. Some would say this doesn’t reflect well on the world.
>>25631076>the happy friendly local book club :)>we start with Hegels Philosophical Dissertation on the Orbits of the Planets
>>25631098kek you're not too far off.
You should check the book stores and libraries in your neighborhood, they have a variety of book clubsFor example, think of a mediocre and boring town like Omaha, Nebraska Their Club Of Fantasy And Romance meets every 3rd Friday evening of the month at pic related
>>25631129This month they are doing this book hot off the presses (published October 27, 2026)>the Deathless (or Eternal) is stirring sending a creeping shadow and threat across Fae and human territories. Continental nations like Vallahan, Rask, and Montesere are lining up to reclaim human lands, while the leaders and protectors are dealing with fresh betrayals, hidden truths, and emotional rifts that threaten their ability to stand together. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable. But to defeat the Deathless' creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.
>>25631129gashfest
>>25631129I did actually go to the local library and look for book clubs. There's one for seniors and one open for everyone that is currently reading some intricate werewolf romance.
>>25631142What town are you in?
Talking to people about a book sounds appealing. But I don't know where to find a group that picks interesting books.
>>25631161Nice try bin Laden.
>>25631176I didn't say give me anything crazy, just the name of the town you're in. I want to see how many good book clubs you have, probably a lot
>>25630974I'm in south Florida, so there should be a good number of options, but this area is known as a hyper-normie center. I haven't actually looked, but I'm afraid all the book clubs will be centered on vapid garbage (smut, romantesy, left-wing propaganda)
>>25631192I don't know if I have a Japanese book club in my area but that would be cool. I'll have to focus on a search for Asian book clubs in my areaFor South Florida, Boca Raton has the Morikami Book Club at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens>a serene 188-acres>Tranquil Setting: Offers peaceful walking paths around a 7-acre lake, shaded by bamboo groves, waterfalls, and pine trees>Reflective Vibe: Designed for quiet contemplation, nature appreciation, and an immersive escape from traditional Florida bustlehttps://morikami.org/event/morikami-book-club/
>>25631192WHY WOULDNT YOU START YOUR OWN
>>25631208this is an npc farming thread relax
>>25631209Do you not understand what starting your own book club means?
>>25631211Sir, you are posting in a bot thread.
>>25631214Yes we all bots. When is the last time you challenged your mind? Never right? You're stuck in a very narrow minded peanut brain. You're a bot...an NPC. Lot of you guys here pissed off people actually read books
>>25631220We are the robotsdoo, doo doo, doo.(Kraftwerk song)lol
>>25631192I'm reading an article about a kid that started a book club in South Florida This summer, Mogul called Books & Books in Coral Gables, her favorite hometown bookstore, which agreed to let her use their space to host meetings for discussing literature. At the first meeting, advertised on Instagram, Eventbrite, and the bookstore’s newsletter, around 10 people showed up. Some were teenagers, others were somewhat older; one was an English teacher and one was an audio producer. Before the meeting, Mogul was worried that they wouldn’t take her seriously because of her age, but “they were impressed,” she said. “And grateful.”The meeting started with a discussion about why some books, such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Handmaid’s Tale, were banned around the state, then transitioned into an excited conversation about the books people were reading. “We already started to create a pretty intimate personal community,” Mogul said.
>>25631182I've spend 20 years not doxxing myself on 4chan so this is difficult for me. I'm in Jönköping, Sweden. Please don't hack me.
>>25631248>JönköpingLooks lame as fuck ngl
>>25631248Your Rosenlund Manor & Rose Gardens has nice spots to read Walden by Thoreau and his reflection on simple, living and how quiet communion with nature is essential to the human spirit
>>25631211you'll finally have a topic for your autofiction?
>>25631250It's certainly not Detroit.>>25631263Sure thing, if I was some Sturm und Drang protagonist. Just kidding it's a nice place.
If you really want to discuss literature, join an MA program? Or some other adult literature course.
>>25631263This was taken at your Vätterstranden ("The Shore of Lake Vättern")Might be a good place to read the celebrated Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013)>Reading Braiding Sweetgrass by the side of a lake creates a powerful, immersive experience because the book’s central themes directly mirror a lakeside environment. Multiple chapters and stories are centered around lakes. Reading by a lake provides a perfect sensory backdrop >As both a Citizen Potawatomi Nation member and a professor of botany, Kimmerer merges analytical scientific precision with lyrical storytelling. >Critical Acclaim: Named the "Mejor Colección de Ensayos de la Década" (Best Essay Collection of the Decade) by Literary Hub and a multi-year New York Times bestseller (spent over 200 consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list), the book is widely recognized as a work for it's genre >Critics and reviewers often place Kimmerer's work alongside classic nature-writing and reflective essayists like Annie Dillard, Aldo Leopold, and Henry David Thoreau"In many Indigenous communities, the hems of our ceremonial robes have been unraveled by time and history, but the fabric remains strong. In the dominant society, though, ceremony seems to have withered away. I suppose there are many reasons for that: the frenetic pace of life, dissolution of community, the sense that ceremony is an artifact of organized religion forced upon participants rather than a celebration joyfully chosen.""The participatory role of people in the well-being of the land has been lost""Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily"“We are showered every day with gifts, but they are not meant for us to keep. Their life is in their movement, the inhale and the exhale of our shared breath. Our work and our joy is to pass along the gift"
>>25631318>>25631318>an MA programA book club is probably less time consuming.
>>25631334And, chances are, by far less rewarding.
>>25631346In a vacuum, sure.
>>25631334For MFAs (people who got their Masters in Fine Arts), look up your local poetry clubs. Pretty much everyone there is an MFA and network with them and the book clubs they tell you that they frequent or suggest a book and invite those who want to discuss it over. Or meet them out in public if your place is too shameful for guests
>>25631129If I didn't have the life odious daily burdens that prevent me from doing anything social at all I would run one called B Team Book Club where we read the second most famous books by literary authors and that's it. I'm pretty sure it would just be smellies, church retards and olds for the month and a half it lasts, or else some picayune asshole like me would try to take it over so he could make people read those Mazalan books and other genre horse shit, and I would get tried of it immediately after that. I am never the less somewhat ecoraged by the cooze supply in your picture. Do they only show up for meme girl stuff? Are they convertable?
>>25631248Your little city park, Stadsparken, has lots of nice spotsSee these royal Baroque-style milestones carved by stonecutter Sven Jonsson between 1672 and 1676?That's when John Milton wrote his masterpiece Paradise Lost, and the setting is good for reading its sweeping meditations on mortality, fallen majesty, the fall of humanity, the unavoidable end of mortal life, fate, despair, the passage of eternal time, monumental loss ("Dark'n'd so, yet shon / Above them all th' Arch-Angel ruind")>Reading John Milton’s Paradise Lost in front of an old, weathered Baroque-style milestone pairs perfectly with the poem's aesthetic>The Baroque Aesthetic of Grandeur: Milton’s poetic style is fundamentally Baroque. He employs a vast, ornate, and complex architectural structure in his blank verse, mirroring the dramatic scale, heavy ornamentation, and intense emotional theatricality found in 17th-century Baroque art and architecture.>A milestone marks progress, distance, and the passage of time on a physical path. Paradise Lost is entirely structured around epic journeys: (They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, )>A Marker of Free Will: In a theological sense, a milestone represents a point of decision-making on a road. This mirrors Milton's core exploration of free will, choice, and the consequences of the paths we choose to follow or abandon.
>>25631263>>25631322>>25631460I can see it before me.>be anon, trying to start a book club>a book club, an activity almost exclusively joined by women>Sup whores! >We meet up at this heavily forested area away from trafficked roads to read Milton's Paradise Lost>Obviously at dusk, for the atmosphere>What do you mean rapist?
