I love being surrounded by books, so I would say go big!

There are lots of harmful diet books I would like to see burned.

I live in a rural area, with a wood stove. Paper's good fire starter.

Harry potter and the philosopher's stone

If Books Could Kill is one of my favorites. I haven’t read any of the books they talk about but its still very interesting. I was in elementary school when the internet was becoming more common. Teachers were so big on “can’t believe whats on the internet, use books instead.” Misinformation is everywhere; something existing in print doesn’t mean it’s true.

If ever you think your TBR list is too long, think of the random Sith on reddit who has 127 waiting as we speak with three more pre-ordered for the next few months.

Political pundit or politician non-fiction if they are written by the politician or pundit while they're seeking office.

Should be replaced with accurate quotes and voting records, unspun.

Not trying to be misogynistic here or anything, but are there any men?

I would be happy to join any book club that reads books I'd like, but my fear is I'd be the only guy crashing ladies night and make it awkward.

No. I think he intentionally left it for someone else to read.

It kind of depends. The dynamics of book clubs vary a lot.

Hopefully there's going to be a facilitator of some kind. They usually prepare some questions to help get everyone talking. My experience with library groups is usually someone from the library handles this.
If it's a fiction book things are usually a lot looser. You talk more about impressions, feelings, themes, likes and dislikes, things people appreciated about the characters, etc.

Non-fiction will usually be more about what people learned, how it compares with other things people have read on the topic or differences from preconceptions.

Usually there's a few people who are more likely to talk. With a library group I'm guessing there's a couple older people who go frequently and already know each other. They'll probably be more talkative.

But it's about as low stakes a social thing as you can get. You've got a topic, a mutual interest, and someone will almost certainly show up not having read the book, so you'll be more prepared than they are.

Depending on how social your group is or other connections you can go off on a lot of tangents.

Usually starts with a blood sacrifice followed by a light snack

Yes it's called an exception. Eg I'm very much against causing blunt force trauma, but I support self defense even if it causes blunt force trauma.

From later context it's clear that they had sex and she was an active participant.

I started in a book club last April (small group, like 10pax including me I think but we started off like 6pax) and some books have discussion questions so we use that

But if not, we just talk abt what issues/perspectives were discussed, the characters we loved/hated/identified with, etc. I didn't go for the previous session but apparently someone brought food, which is a plus. Haha.

It's not an "official" library one, just among friends, so we just do lunch then book club (casual, 2h tops) and yes sometimes as applicable I will just be like "hello I didn't finish the book but I read till page x and I will discuss/insert my opinions as relevant up to that stage"

HAHAHA. & (it will differ) but because it was meant to encourage reading and it was an initiative among personal friends, we set an agreement that books shld not exceed 350 pages. Which thrills me bc it automatically excludes Stephen King 😆😂 I refuse to read Stephen King 😆😂 too long, too creepy!

We're gna meet alternate monthly instead of monthly from April, which idk if it will lead some people to suggest longer books. Having said that I'm still not exceeding 500 pages if I had my way .. which still excludes Stephen King 😂😆

Me too! It’s by far my favourite book and I now have 3 copies of it, I hope you enjoy it! I’m currently reading her book The Goldfinch and it’s great, but nothing compares to TSH

Personal conduct

Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation.

Q: is Mein Kampf available in your local elementary school?

I don’t hate Sanderson, in fact I own most of his books.

There are other people I found, very much like you, who mistake critique of art with hatred and disrespect. It’s very strange, truly. Not once did I insult him, his religious views (which I don’t agree with), his family, or his personal appearance.

I strictly mentioned MY feelings on his work — an art — that I pay for an have every right to critique or not.

My feelings about the way his rabid fans treat others have nothing to do with him and are more of an interesting point brought up on how people treat others when the dislike something they love — as you did assuming I disrespected him.

You are entitled to your opinion. And I am entitled to mine. But you will not tell me how my opinion is wrong or how I’m being disrespectful for having it.

The entire Twilight series because it's just so fucking stupid.

Anything from Wattpad or Quotev that somehow migrated from the Internet to Books-A-Million.

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>I made the mistake of reading The Emperor’s Soul shortly after reading Frankenstein.
In some ways, they are surprisingly similar tales: both involve the
artificial creation of what is effectively a new conscious being. Yet
while Frankenstein unflinchingly explores the dubious morality of such an undertaking, The Emperor’s Soul largely ignores the issue.

This is probably the key. By reading your post, it seems like you have been looking so hard for parallels to Frankenstein that the search itself has colored your experience. A lot of your comments make me wonder if we even read the same book.

I would almost try reading the book again in a year or so and see if your perception changed.

So it's like our current educational system.

The only books I would ever burn are the filthy ones that promote hatred and bigoted violence. They include the bible, the quoran, and all other so-called "holy" texts of all kinds.

Those two dirty fucks Jordan Tiny Peter son and Fucker Carlson, I'd not only burn their goddamn books, I'd burn them as well, savoring every moment of pouring kerosene on their ugly heads and lighting the match and watching their inhuman hides peel off and their bug eyes pop.

To hell with niceness anymore. I'm glad that leftists are radically arming themselves and all too happy to see the right wingers flailing, falling, and dying.

To a new world of gods and monsters, and let's become the monsters that those asswipes really fear the most.

U can only admire those who raise warriors for Christ, we got us a world to conquer!

They make the new person take off all their clothes, stand in the middle of the circle and accurately quote parts of the book from memory. If you get the quote wrong, they throw angry ducks at you.

Or is that just my book club?? ;)

/s

You sit around and talk about the book. It's pretty chill. Sometimes certain people will monopolize the conversation, and sometimes there are heated debates, but usually it's just a bunch of people chatting. Even if you don't say much, it's fine. It's a pretty relaxed vibe.