He is also the founder of Quarantini, a 30-day book club from March/April 2020 that is a bit more like a class than a book club, featuring daily assignments and YouTube discussions about LGBTQ+ history in the United States. Eric Cervini is the author of The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. Her website has a printable list of all 86 books she has curated. Her picks have covered everything from Anna Karenina to Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. Oprah is the grande dame of celebrity book clubs, and there was a 0% chance I wouldn’t include her in my list. The club isn’t affiliated with Goodreads, but it is well-curated and there are some great conversations being had in the discussion boards. The GR Choice Awards Book Club is dedicated to reading through the previous year’s winners, along with nominees, “awesome series,” and new bestsellers. There are approximately a zillion book clubs on Goodreads, and it can be hard to sort through them to choose one (or five) that might speak to you. In warmer climes, some groups (like my local Oakland chapter) are considering meeting at a park to read. During the pandemic, people are meeting via video chat and keeping up in Facebook groups. Then people are welcome to converse about what they’re reading. There is no assigned/suggested reading members simply congregate and read quietly, with no phones or chitchat, for an hour. In the Before Times, I attended sessions fairly regularly in San Francisco and enjoyed it thoroughly. Silent Book Clubįor something a little different, try the Silent Book Club. She’s recently launched a free book club app, so to join her book club all you need to do is download and register. Plus, she has good taste in reading, if I do say so myself. Instead, she has focused on raising up the authorial voices of women and authors of color, diversifying subject matter, supporting local book stores, and expanding access to books. When the frankly adorable Reese Witherspoon started her book club, I admit I thought it would be a lot of fluff, similar to my favorite movies of hers.
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