Bookchat
The place to discuss all things bookish
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The Bookaxe Bounty Hunt is on... GO!
Posted 8 months agoGeneral 117The first ever Bookaxe Bounty Hunt is now live! Hooray! Solve a series of increasingly devilish book-related challenges to collect coins and ...
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Do we still need the Women's Prize?
Posted 6 months agoGeneral 4This month, Scott read the six books on the shortlist for the Women's Prize. Some he enjoyed and some he loathed, but it got us thinking about wh...
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On the issue of reviews, or, How important are they to you?
Posted 7 months agoGeneral 9Here's something I've been wondering about. How much do reviews influence your reading choices? In the age of Amazon, where all things are assigned a ...
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Book club
Posted 8 months agoBuddyReads 17I really would like to join or start a book club so.... why not?
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Two things
Posted 6 months agoGeneral 2Just mentioning; PBS has started a series, The Great American Read which features 100 of readers favorite books based on their survey. The host, Mered...
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Buddy Read: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Posted 6 months agoBuddyReads 7Todd The Librarian over on Booktube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfJjPZtGt8lakAtrXEYFrEA) and me are starting a buddy read of Sing, Unburied, Sin...
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Do the lives of authors affect how we approach their books?
Posted 7 months agoGeneral 3If you find out or know in advance that the life or views of an author contain aspects that you disagree with, morally or ethically, does this put you...
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Buddy Read: The Bear and the Nightingale
Posted 7 months agoBuddyReads 31Hi everyone! I am going to be reading The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden this month, if anyone would like to join me? I plan to start ne...
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Books similar to Becky Chambers
Posted 7 months agoBookRecs 2Hey all, Lately I'm in love with the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, particularly The Long Way to A Small Angry Planet. I like how it takes the "...
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Do you love or loathe the classics?
Posted 7 months agoGeneral 8So we posted a video on our YouTube channel a couple of weeks ago about what we think makes a classic book, and the comments below are so interes...
