Hi everyone,
In case we all forgot, we were supposed to read Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead for July 20th, or 7 weeks from when we agreed to. There is a partial discussion of the book here. If anyone is interested in discussing it further, we can either use this thread or make a new one.
thenewgreen asked if I would be willing to run #hubskibookclub and if no one objects, I'd be happy to step in. I think that it's a worthwhile idea, especially as books naturally come up in our discussions and it's a good way to check out some of them as well as any others people think would be worth discussing.
While I am willing to run #hubskibookclub, I also wonder if anyone would be interested in a rotating leadership role. For example, let's say that this time around, I'm running it and so I'm responsible for choosing a book and reminding people of when we've agreed to discuss it and then encouraging discussion. Then, next time around people can suggest books to read and whoever's suggestion is chosen, will then lead the next round of discussion. Again, this way would require active participants, but I think in the end it would ultimately be the most fair and could lead us into some interesting territory.
Please let me know what you think!
Shoutouts to:
StJohn, DiamondLou86, AnSionnachRua, _refugee_, minimum_wage, flagamuffin, fuffle, b_b, hugitout, JakobVirgil, zebra2, AdSeriatim, mk, thenewgreen, SufficientGrace, ecib, kleinbl00, cliffelam, hootsbox, lil, rezzeJ, cgod, blackbootz, onehunna, AshShields, BLOB_CASTLE, insomniasexx, kuli, cowboyhaze, seatraveler, Floatbox, maynard, hiss
I know some people have read Milan Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting but I haven't and I'd love to read more Kundera. Please leave suggestions for books to read below!
* Also, these discussions might be a good way to link to and explore themes in our own work and thus gain a little exposure, something which people are discussing here.
Edit 8/1: If anyone would like to be on the shoutout list for #hubskibookclub please let me know and I'll add you.