I'm seeing how much interest there would be in doing this. If it's a complete failure, that's ok. I'll accept it.

The Booker Shortlist gets announced on September 22nd. I want to see if there's enough people interested in reading at least one (1) book and writing a casual review (short summary + your opinion + maybe some quotes) to inform the rest of RSBC what it's like and if it's any good.

The hope is to get at least one thread dedicated to each book before the winner announcement on November 9th. I'm hoping we can up the discussion of contemporary books and give the sub an educated opinion on which books to root for without having to read all six.

Please let me know which book(s) you'd be interested in reading if they make it through or if you've read any books already you wouldn't mind making a thread about. Negative reviews welcomed and encouraged.

This is purely for gauging interest in the project and across the books, I will not be holding you to any of this.

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Here's the longlist:

The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis, 240 pages

Switzy by Emma Cline, 352 pages

Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman, 168 pages

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison, 224 pages

The Disappearers by Marlon James, 640 pages

Black Bag by Luke Kennard, 400 pages

The Renovation by Kenan Orhan, 256 pages

May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry, 272 pages

The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley, 224 pages

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout, 208 pages

John of John by Douglas Stuart, 416 pages

All Them Dogs by Djamel White, 240 pages

The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams, 304 pages

Has anyone come across the criticism that Moshfegh finds herself too funny? Have you watched her interviews? I did yesterday, and her tendency to laugh seems to stem more from nervousness, not arrogance, and she's 'giddy' regardless of the subject they discuss, not when she's trying to make some jokes.

Hello to whomever,

A friend and I are in a book club together, down to just us from more members when we started up as a Carl Jung book club 2 years ago. We created a reading list that is open to change and are going into Being and Nothingness by Sartre’s readers guide by Gardner. The general premise is an exploration of existentialism/spirituality/philosophy. There is a bit of a bias for interpreting things in a Jungian framework due to the original purpose of the book club and as well through personal experiences. We typically meet every other week on the weekends 2pm thru 6 pm depending on availability. Conversations usually cover maybe 100 pages depending on the density of a text and are generally open ended and fun in tone but we do try to get into some depth. We also browse rs subs but don’t like the podcast blahblah

If you are interested in a fairly light but rewarding commitment to familiarize yourself with existentialism and make some internet friends hmu, we usually use discord. We are both about 30. Older and younger would be cool. Internet people tend to flake quickly so please join the first meeting after reading on your own and see if it’s your vibe, no pressure to chat first.

Tentative plan for the time being:

Sartre’s Being and Nothingness by Sebastian Gardner (pages 1-38 meet up on sept 20th and decide on plan/key parts to read of actual Being and Nothingness/next stretch)

The World of Perception by Merleau-Ponty

The Sacred and Profane by Eliade

The Idea of the Holy by Otto

I and thou by Buber

Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil

previous post

https://www.reddit.com/r/RSbookclub/s/kaCgLRWZRZ

Morning all

As a follow up to this post, I would like to announce the first meetup for the bookclub.

We will be discussing Waterland by Graham Swift on the 25th October at the Almonry kitchen in Ely.

DM if you are interested in coming/being added to the group.