Monthly Book Club

Welcome to the Monthly Book Club on Dreamwidth! This is meant to be a community that functions just like a physical book club. Participants will all read the same book each month that has been chosen by a ‘host’ and then there will be a discussion about the book at the end of the month.

How it works:

1. Every month, the host will offer their choice of three books for the coming month.


2. The community will vote on the book of the three offered.


3. The host will post which book has been chosen on the first day of the month


4. At the end of the month, the host will make a discussion post for questions and commentary about the book for that month.


5. Everyone who read the book and wants to participate can comment to the post with their responses or pose further questions.


6. The discussion posts will stay open indefinitely – if you run across this comm later, you can still contribute to the discussion.

Guidelines:

• You can participate any month that you like; there is no penalty if you skip a month for any reason.


• No flaming the host or questioning their taste in the book chosen. You are free to express your opinion about the book, but not about the host.


• The host will include trigger warnings with the poll for the books – judge for yourself as to whether the book for a particular month will cause issues for you.


• You can ‘read’ the book of the month in any format that you choose - whatever works for you, whether it is physical book, ebook, audio book. Even Cliff Notes or something similar if that’s what works.


• If you have previously read the chosen book, you are not required to re-read, just make sure you remember it well enough to discuss it.


• The best way to make sure the comm reads a book that you like is to sign up to host a discussion!