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comment by iammyownrushmore
iammyownrushmore  ·  4022 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Future of Hubski Book Club(s)

I'm down.

Fiction, definitely, regardless of the genre. I think plenty of discussion from articles and "IRL" shit happens already on Hubski, and I like the discussions I have followed in previous book club posts.

I joined Hubski when ya'll were doing 2666, and it honestly seemed like a bad idea, The Savage Detectives by Bolano would have been a better choice. If everyone wants to do something short so we could polish off the book really quick, feel accomplished and have plenty to discuss, maybe Crying of Lot 49? How about Dubliners (kinda played out, I know, but still very worth reading if you haven't already) and we have like a week to finish each story and discuss? Also, White Noise by Don DeLillo, I read Underworld by him not too long ago, I love post-modern tomes, and good lord his cross-section of Americana was staggering. Lathe of Heaven?

Tenth of December sounds good, as suggested below. I've been meaning to read some Saunders. Someone suggested Michael Chabon, I live off Telegraph in Oakland, so I'm into that.

zebra2 is on point, and I think doing either a short story collection or just a couple shorter novels back-to-back would be great. Or maybe every round of the bookclub can just have a theme?