Classics

[close] This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring mind and a desire to gain or share “underground knowledge”. This is also a place for readers to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series (non-fiction books) by James Morcan & Lance Morcan as well as the Underground Knowledge podcast show.

[close] Greetings all! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature. This year's challenges are: 1. Ange’s challenge: Read a book by one of the hosts’ favourite Victorian authors (Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell or Thomas Hardy). 2. Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book with a proper noun (i.e., a place name or person’s name) in the title . 3. Katie’s challenge: Read a book from the first ten years of the Victorian period and/or a book from the last ten years of the Victorian period (i.e., 1837-1847 or 1891-1901). 4. Lucy’s challenge: Read a Victorian book written by a woman anonymously or under a pseudonym. 5. General challenge: Read a Victorian book and watch a screen adaptation of it. We'll also be doing a group readalong, of Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell. Wives and Daughters has 60 chapters, so we'll be taking it slow, reading two chapters a day over the course of the whole month. We thought we'd create a Goodreads group this time to give everyone a chance to chat to other people taking part, share their TBRs, videos, current reads, etc. For the purposes of this readathon, the definition of Victorian literature is: any book/work of literature written or published by a British or Irish writer, or a writer residing in Britain or Ireland, in the years 1837-1901. Your hosts are: Ange, Beyond the Pages: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcg5MWOuNasHIzyErjRD5A Katie, Books and Things: https://www.youtube.com/booksandthingswithkatie Kate Howe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w Lucythereader: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCshc1VYtf4bI3Q7Ibi5J-Cg

[close] This is a book club where we will share our current reads in ebooks, regular books, audiobooks, graphic novels and more. This is where we can all share our books that we are currently reading for pleasure. We'll do 1 group read a month and more. Please join up with us Proud bookworms as we read for pleasure as This Book Club Rocks! Note: This group is for ages 18 and over, thanks!

[close] The We the People Book Club is a year-long program -- September 2018 - August 2019 -- designed with the intention of giving you an opportunity to strengthen your vision of democracy and your connections with others. We will be contemplating America's past and possibilities as presented by classic and contemporary literary voices. This book club is being offered by The Practicing Democracy Project, a collaboration between The Center for Spirituality & Practice and the Fetzer Institute. Discussions are online. You can see book selections and sign up here: http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/ecourses/course/view/10227/we-the-people-book-club We also offer free reading guide downloads for the monthly book selections.