The Dusty Shelf Book Club
Good morning, Readers! Hello and welcome to the first ever book club update. There’s a fair bit to talk about with this, so this one will be a long one. The rest shouldn’t be this long.
First up, another one? Well, not quite. I’m shelving (hah!) Nights at the Round Table for now. It was tough finding panellists, and I don’t really have the time to devote to trying to organise each episode. What’s different about The Dusty Shelf, then? Well, for starters, books won’t be randomly selected. We’re reading what books I choose to read. Like Nights at the Round Table, we’ll be reading one book a month. You are not required to keep up, or even finish the book. Did Not Finish (DNF) is as valid a reaction to a book as any other review. Life is short, and there are many excellent books. You don’t have to read what you don’t want to.
I may or may not be posting a video review on my personal YouTube channel, but there will be no formal meeting for the bookclub; at least in person. There will be a complete by date, when we move onto the next book. Online discussions of the book will be allowed to contain spoilers after that date.
If you want to join in, there is the online book club, which you can join here. We’ll be hosting a general discussion of the book there. I’m also on Storygraph, which I like so much better than Goodreads. I’m hosting a read along - basically, we read the book together and chat about each section/chapter as we finish it. It is open to the public, so hopefully a fair few people will be sharing their love/hatred of the book. For now, I’m expecting it to just be me.
Our/my first book is Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham.
I received this book for Christmas, and was told that this was the gifter’s weirdest, most favourite read of 2023. That sounds like it’s right up my alley.
If you’re interested in joining our public read-along on Storygraph, you can join in here. Granted, because of my posting schedule, you will be a week behind at this point, and we should be well into Part Two right about now. Sorry! But if you’re a quick reader, there should be no problem catching up!
I’ll see you there, if you like!
Ciao!
First up, another one? Well, not quite. I’m shelving (hah!) Nights at the Round Table for now. It was tough finding panellists, and I don’t really have the time to devote to trying to organise each episode. What’s different about The Dusty Shelf, then? Well, for starters, books won’t be randomly selected. We’re reading what books I choose to read. Like Nights at the Round Table, we’ll be reading one book a month. You are not required to keep up, or even finish the book. Did Not Finish (DNF) is as valid a reaction to a book as any other review. Life is short, and there are many excellent books. You don’t have to read what you don’t want to.
I may or may not be posting a video review on my personal YouTube channel, but there will be no formal meeting for the bookclub; at least in person. There will be a complete by date, when we move onto the next book. Online discussions of the book will be allowed to contain spoilers after that date.
If you want to join in, there is the online book club, which you can join here. We’ll be hosting a general discussion of the book there. I’m also on Storygraph, which I like so much better than Goodreads. I’m hosting a read along - basically, we read the book together and chat about each section/chapter as we finish it. It is open to the public, so hopefully a fair few people will be sharing their love/hatred of the book. For now, I’m expecting it to just be me.
Our/my first book is Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham.
I received this book for Christmas, and was told that this was the gifter’s weirdest, most favourite read of 2023. That sounds like it’s right up my alley.If you’re interested in joining our public read-along on Storygraph, you can join in here. Granted, because of my posting schedule, you will be a week behind at this point, and we should be well into Part Two right about now. Sorry! But if you’re a quick reader, there should be no problem catching up!
I’ll see you there, if you like!
Ciao!
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