alright, there are a lot of email book clubs now, so here's ALL of them, in one convenient list
NOTE: IF YOU FIND MORE PLEASE SEND !!! put them in the notes, my ask box, dm them to me, just notify me in SOME way and i will edit this base post so they all remain in one place
without further ado:
Dracula Daily - dracula, the one that started it all || real time
may 3, 2022 - november 10, 2022
Whale Weekly - moby dick || real time
starting december 2022, continuing for 3 years
Frankenstein Weekly - frankenstein || wednesdays and sundays
begins february 1, 2023
Letters from Watson - sherlock holmes
begins january 1, 2023
What Manner of Man - a new original work by st john starling (its gay vampires click the link)
begins january 2023
Edgar Allen Poe Daily - the works of edgar allen poe || weekdays where dracula daily does not post
began may 13, 2022
The Penny Dreadful - penny dreadful
begins TBA
Ovid Daily - the works of p. ovidius naso (note: these are in latin but they contain a translation)
dates depend on the in-progress work (from what i can tell)
Werther Rewritten - the sorrows of young werther, slightly modernized || real time
may 4, 2022 - christmas 2023
The Sorrows Of Young Werther - the original of the above || you pick the dates
from what i can tell, it begins when you subscribe and you pick the frequency of emails
Carmilla Quarterly - carmilla, just click the link its lesbian vampires
begins TBA
Literary Letters - lesser known public domain works
begins november 12, 2022
Pride and Prejudice Weekly - working title, im doing pride and prejudice now || mondays and fridays
march 10, 2023 - october 6, 2023
The Woman In White Weekly - the woman in white || sundays
begins july 31, 2022
Musketeers Daily - the three musketeers
begins march 14, 2023
LOTR Newsletter - lord of the rings || real time (i think)
september 15, 2022 - march 2023
Rizal Weekly - jose rizal's works (these are in filipino, i don't see a full translation but please correct me if im wrong)
began may 26, 2022
Divine Comedy Weekly - dante's divine comedy || begins on good friday, then updates tuesdays and thursdays
april 7, 2023 - march 5, 2024
Austen Weekly - jane austen's works
find more info on the posting schedule here
The Case Files Of Sheridan Bell - new original fantasy detective novels from em rowene
begins may 29, 2022
Big Dalloway Energy - mrs. dalloway by virginia woolfe || commentary encouraged
begins june 1, 2022
Nightly Knights - excerpts from arthurian texts
posted at random
Samuel Pepys's Diary - daily entries from samuel pepys's diary
the site posts a new entry at the end of each day
Dangerous Liaisons Daily - dangerous liaisons || real time
august 3rd, 2022 - january 14, 2023
Les Chroniques de Choderlos - dangerous liaisons, but in the original french || real time
august 3rd, 2022 - january 14, 2023
Wilde Weekly - oscar wilde's works
begins june 12, 2022
Logbooks of the HE-631-CORDELIA - a new original sci-fi series about a pilot and her robot by loreley
begins july 21, 2022
Les Mis Letters - les misérables || daily
january 1, 2023 - december 31, 2023
The Worst Journey in the World - r.f. scott's diaries + supplemental readings from cherry-garrard’s the worst journey in the world and others’ diaries
intro began july 12, 2022. diary entries begin november 25, 2022, and end in march, 2024
i love that jonathan spent today's entire entry worrying about the villagers' reactions to him going to the castle, talking about how uncomfortable he was and literally saying goodbye to mina in the entry just in case he dies, and then he ends the entry with "oh ! my coach ! :D"
Hi! Sorry to bother but I was wondering, what exactly is your pride and prejudice substack schedule? :0c
hi ! no bother, this is a super valid question. it’s SUPPOSED to be every monday and friday, but i’ve had a few personal matters (read: catastrophes) come up the past few weeks
my plan is that after pride tomorrow, i’m going to schedule a bunch of weeks out in advance (what i should have done in the first place) instead of posting the chapters day-of, so things should return to the proper schedule come monday !
i’m terribly sorry for the sporadic posting schedule, hopefully it’ll be fixed after this weekend
this dracula daily book club is fun and all but what are we gonna do when it ends ? we'll be used to eagerly awaiting emails from blorbo jonathan and then we'll be left with nothing :(
Hi I just saw your email book clubs master list and wanted to let you know I'm starting a (queer) fantasy detective series this Sunday! It's at sheridanbell.substack.com!
hello!! i saw that you took the time for the tumblr book club masterpost (thank you for that!). i was considering doing a group for the (translated) divine comedy by Dante Alighieri if there is enough interest (by which i mean if there is any interest really). i have a small audience and thought maybe sending you an ask would let me see if i should follow through?? i appreciate your help
i would certainly be interested !! and if you do it i'll add it to the masterlist
EDIT: https://divinacommedia.substack.com/about
rating ringed planet saturn emojis because space is cool
this isn’t really from a scientific standpoint, more of an aesthetic one
i really like this one. the colour palette is super nice, and i like that there’s variation in the bands on the planet surface. the size and even shape vary a bit. the rings aren’t super accurate, but they’re not bad
9/10 would move to this planet
a different tilt on this one. there’s something off-putting about all the shading and gradients, and while it doesn’t look spherical, it doesn’t NOT look spherical. the lighting almost implies that there are dents in the surface or something ? it kind of hurts my eyes. the ring colours don’t match the planet colours, and the bands on the planet don’t curve and look strangely metallic
4/10 what shape is this supposed to be
microsoft’s black outline is actually kind of working here. it gives a sort of space- esque look, and i think it makes the planet pop. unfortunately, that’s the only good thing happening here. why is the planet so orange ? why do the bands look like blocky stripes ? why is there a singular, weirdly golden ring ?
2/10 i’m uncomfortable
a lot of samsung emojis look like poorly traced apple emojis, but this one is actually different. props to samsung for doing their own thing this time. the colours are pretty realistic, although the planet gradient is a little uncomfortable. i like all the rings it has.
8/10 thank you for doing your own thing this time
not the most realistic, but i still love it. the shading is a bit unsettling again, but i really like the colours. they kind of remind me of jupiter though, i don’t know why.
7/10 why are the rings blue
this is like a slightly less bad version of microsoft. it has more than one ring, which is nice, but the shapes of the bands on the planet are kind of weird. i know it’s twitter’s aesthetic, but the colours are also really flat.
3/10 i still hate the colour palette
this isn’t super realistic but i don’t care, i love it. the shading is better than most, and i would believe that it’s a sphere. the colours are really soft and i like that the bands on the planet don’t look like hard lines. there’s something slightly off about the colours on the rings, but other than that i’m very pleased with this planet
10/10 something about this sparks joy
i hate this. the colours on the planet are weird, and it’s like that blended it too much and not enough. i’m not quite sure how that happened. the rings are nice, but something is making them look backwards and they’re jaringly different from the style of the planet.
5/10 pick an art style
this looks like a cartoon drawing of a bouncy ball that got dropped on the floor and has a hair on it to show that it got dirty. the colour is weird and has no bands, the shading is weird, and that’s a sad excuse for a ring.
1/10 is this even a planet
i LOVE how many rings this has. again, it’s not that realistic, but they add a weirdly pleasant sort of character. the planet itself has weird colours and weird shading, but at least it’s sort of cohesive.
