#reading groups

[mysharona1987]

[nateconnolly]

If the Discord Reading Group did a full-length book and discussed it all at one meeting in June, I would want to read...

Frankenstein (classic novel about a young scientist & an artificial man)

Last Night I Sang to the Monster (by author of "Aristotle and Dante ...")

Station Eleven (a Shakespeare troupe after the end of the world)

The Wicker King (codependent homoerotic Narnia psychological thriller YA novel)

Dante’s Inferno (Christian epic poem set in hell)

Master of Reality (novel by lead singer of The Mountain Goats)

Close Range (rural short story collection that ends with "Brokeback Mountain")

Mister Miracle (comic about alien gods, escape artists, and the cycle of abuse)

The Road (apocalypse novel about an unnamed father protecting his little boy)

House of Leaves (experimental haunted house story with bizarre typography)

Lazarus Project (the twinned stories of two refugees who lived a century apart)

Autobiography of Red (poem-novel of a gay photographer in love with older boy)

Voting ended onMay 2, 2024

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[susanneleist]

INTO THE WOODS

Source:oxxxxxb Into the woods, I flee, Yearning to be set free. I don’t know which way to go. I turn around, to and fro. A light shines between the trees. I peek between the thick leaves. No one is along the path. I can do the simple math. It’s him against me. I’ll never be free. MEET ME IN MAINE

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[protoslacker]

Nearly 60 years after Ethel Minor pushed SNCC to think differently about Palestine and 10 years after Ferguson erupted in Black Lives Matter chants, solidarity with Palestine has become one of the most militant and popular expressions of leftist politics across the globe. Black and Palestinian organizers and racial justice advocates continue the vital tradition of fighting together across borders.

Chenjerai Kumanyika and Demetrius Noble in Hammer & Hope (Spring 2024). Lessons From Decades of Black and Palestinian Organizing

How activists are building solidarity in battleground states and beyond.

[libraryjournal]

Bebe Neuwirth and Americanah

Very cool! The city of New York is launching OneBookOneNewYork, which   will be the largest reading community in the country. Here actress Bebe Neuwirth touts Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, one of the five nominated books for the first annual group read.

[alixx-black]

hello there!

you don't know me at all, but that's not important. my name is jay, i'm 35, and i'm here because you seem to love reading, just like me! (SAME HAT!!) so i'm inviting you to a bookworm community for adults. we are NOT a book club, i promise. there are no mandatory readalongs or anything like that. we just love books!!

the link is here: https://freeliteracy.jcink.net

there is absolutely NO pressure for you to join, or for you to post this publicly. hell, you can even blatantly ignore me. that's fine. i don't mind.

i simply want to talk to more people about books, and if it takes messaging individuals, than i'll do that!

anyway, i really hope that you and yours have a good week, and if you made it this far, thank you for your time!

JAY

Hey Jay, I have this link saved and will be looking at it in more depth when I'm a little less busy (and, honestly, doing better physically and mentally), but at first glance it's a lovely concept. I love writing and reading, so this is right up my alley!

I recently even started an in depth reading journal!

Thank you for reaching out, as I know it takes courage to ask people to spend time with and invest in something you created. I hope that this website finds everyone who wants and needs it. Take care, -ab

[jimdjordan]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!