These book clubs will be subscriber-only, so if you want to get onboard, you know what to do… Public affirmation in the comments this week is clear: we need a book club. And since I aim to please, we’re having one. This is the first post in the Book Club section of this website. This section will house posts where I will intro a new book and then have weekly thoughts/observations/questions based on a given reading schedule, depending on the length of chapters in any given book. In the comments sections of those posts readers can discuss anything about the book they wish to, provided they do not discuss any plot details from the book that occur later in the text. Spoilers will be ruthlessly deleted. In each weekly post I’ll give where you need to read up to by the next week in order to be caught up. I’ll try to err on the side of “assigning” less rather than more. I may throw some choices for future books out there to you and let you vote on them, but… I’m pretty controlling about this here site so we’ll see.
How do your books clubs work? Do you have virtual meetings on Zoom or is it all written? Thanks. I recommend your writing liberally, licentiously . . . SWG
“It should go without saying there won’t be any trigger warnings here.” 😂. I liked atonement a lot. Disliked Saturday, Nutshell and On Chesil Beach. Looking forward to a book club!
"There will be no emails associated with the book clubs; you’ll have to access the site to see the posts, so bookmark that section or set up your RSS feeds." I can't find an RSS feed for just the book section - I don't want to use an RSS feed for your whole substack site because that will just mirror all the email I already receive. How do I follow the book club stuff without repetitively just visiting the web site which I won't remember to do? I did just get a copy of Cement Garden so I'd like to follow along...
What wankerish things has McEwan done? I liked atonement and I seem to be the only one who thinks that everyone missed the point of machines like me. Anyone got a link for some more background?
oh hell yeah. i love the cement garden a lot. a very vulgar and taboo-breaking but strangely heartfelt(? in my opinion at least) book about a young family who tried their best in living the anti-oedipal dream and, tho with much trouble and setback, from both outside authoritarian forces and their own naive folly, were definitely not wrong for trying their best. u can already tell i have a lot of hot opinions about this book, and i cant wait to lay em out for a peer group that may or may not like it, but at least will respectfully listen. c: <3
First Book Club: The Cement Garden
This is awesome, thank you!
The book is only $1.99 on Kindle right now.
Sweet! I'm excited too. Book isn't arriving until Monday, but I'll catch up afterwards. Genuinely can't wait!
How do your books clubs work? Do you have virtual meetings on Zoom or is it all written? Thanks. I recommend your writing liberally, licentiously . . . SWG
“It should go without saying there won’t be any trigger warnings here.” 😂. I liked atonement a lot. Disliked Saturday, Nutshell and On Chesil Beach. Looking forward to a book club!
"There will be no emails associated with the book clubs; you’ll have to access the site to see the posts, so bookmark that section or set up your RSS feeds." I can't find an RSS feed for just the book section - I don't want to use an RSS feed for your whole substack site because that will just mirror all the email I already receive. How do I follow the book club stuff without repetitively just visiting the web site which I won't remember to do? I did just get a copy of Cement Garden so I'd like to follow along...
Sadly the ebook is not available in the Kobo store...
What wankerish things has McEwan done? I liked atonement and I seem to be the only one who thinks that everyone missed the point of machines like me. Anyone got a link for some more background?
oh hell yeah. i love the cement garden a lot. a very vulgar and taboo-breaking but strangely heartfelt(? in my opinion at least) book about a young family who tried their best in living the anti-oedipal dream and, tho with much trouble and setback, from both outside authoritarian forces and their own naive folly, were definitely not wrong for trying their best. u can already tell i have a lot of hot opinions about this book, and i cant wait to lay em out for a peer group that may or may not like it, but at least will respectfully listen. c: <3
Never heard of it. Excited to learn! :)