MB Book Club
 

Instructions: Join club. Recommend book. Club reads book. Club talks about book. Repeated as desired.

Who's in?

Currently Reading:
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (recommended by Frownland) | Discussion thread here

Upcoming reads:
100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell (recommended by ando here)
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (recommended by Marie Monday)

I'm a stubborn **** who dislikes not having complete freedom to decide what to read, so I'm a bit hesitant about joining, but it sounds fun. And your choice of book intrigues me so that's tempting. I think if there's enough interest I'm in.

I've been meaning to read that book, Frown, so I'm in. I'm almost done with my current read too.

yay!

Spoiler alert: if I have to pick a book it won't be Middlemarch lol. I'm not gonna make you commit to a book as long as that

Who's up for reading the novelization of Batman Forever?

I guess I'd grudgingly assent if it means you join

Same. Although I am just now finishing a book and have no particular idea about what I want to read next so it's a good moment. Plus, Invisible cities has been on my to read list for almost 10 years now so it might be the right time to dive in (even though I didn't like If on a winter's night...).

Sure. Though I'd be hesitant to recommend anything here I'm down with reading anything.

Awesome. Ideally everyone would put in an option so that we can have a diverse poll to vote on for the first round, but it doesn't have to be a requirement. I can throw in a few extra ones if needed.

So far we have:
Exo
ando here
ya boi

Maybes:
Marie Monday
The Batlord
adidasss

No:
Tristan who can't read

100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell is my rec. Give me an excuse to read it. Got a long queue.

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Count me in. My vote for the first round goes to invisible cities, since I and a few others want to read it, but my pick for later rounds would be Fathers and Sons by Turgenev (if y'all haven't read it yet)

^^Yeah I've read that one and didn't like it, but I forget why.

Edit: Recorded my thoughts on it on MB actually, just seemed old fashioned I guess.

Omg fookin fight me, it's magnificent

:laughing:

Btw, I thought the idea was more to motivate us to read things we haven't yet. You've read it recently or you would read it again because you like it so much?

I read it quite a long time ago so I'd like to read it again at some point, but the main reason I picked it was that I think of it now and then when I'm on MB, what with all the nihilism and all. So I'm curious about MB members' thoughts on it.

I'd like to read Invisible Cities so I'm not going to even rec a book. I thought it was a perfect first book.

why does a book club mean they tell you what book to read?

you go to a strip club there's a variety of strippers

you go to a gay club there's a variety of gays

you go to a book club and they tell you what book to read and then judge the way you interpret it

Except no one here REALLY gives a f***.

Bring on the books!

???

Yeah, ignoring is the best option with jwb.

Anyway, we agree on Invisible cities as the first choice, I guess we just have to agree on the timeline? I should be able to finish my current book by this weekend, and it seems like a relatively short book so maybe in 3 weeks? I think that's how these things work...

How bout a poll? Just put all the titles mentioned on it and let's do a vote.

Jwb's just warming up for his airline food jokes.

I'm adding a poll to the thread with everyone's options toward the end of the week. No required timeline for reading, take it at your own rate. Just know that if you take too long you might miss the organic discussion window.

:o:

Great, my timeline will be similar. I'll be finished with my current book in a day or two and a copy of Invisible Cities is currently making its way to me through the maze that is the UK's Royal Mail, but hopefully I can start reading this weekend.

My copy of Invisible Cities has arrived early! I'm 2 chapters in and enjoying it massively, I look forward to discussing it

Since Marie's already started and most people seem on board with Invisible Cities, I think it will be better to use a rotation schedule instead of a voting system. We'll start with Invisible Cities, then after a few weeks or month, we'll move on to the next book in the list.

I'll make a new thread for discussion and add the rotation list to the OP. If you'd like to change or remove your recommendation, let me know.

EDIT: Discussion thread here

I nominate “Automate the Boring Stuff with Python” as the bext book club choice

Ayn Rand and Ron Paul. Yeesh, Mindy.

F*cking forgot all about this. I'm sorry guys.

I'm in as long as I don't have to write long winded reviews and stuff.
Plus all my book picks will be fiction.

Who do I send the check to?

Let's do Fountainhead!

Nah.

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How about 'The Road'? I am 10 minutes into the movie, so it's a good time.