What are you reading?

Also, the book club will be starting again with the first vote next Sunday, do any of you have any themes or topics you'd want the book club to cover?

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Still reading a chapter a week of Women, Race, and Class By Angela Davis for my book club, but instead of picking up Bullshit Jobs for fun, as I planned, I'm about halfway through Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. And it's freaking amazing.:stalin-heart:

      • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Yes! Thank you for that megathread! It made me put it on my ToRead list and my brother-in-law just happened to bring it home from the library and I vaguely recognized the title. I was blown away by like page 20 when I realized what the author was going for. That conversation Lauren has with her father about teaching rather than scaring is something I'm constantly trying to remind myself in this doomer hellhole. It's also reignited thoughts of my own little Earthseed type story I had started writing for myself years ago. :stalin-heart: Now we've just gotta get everyone else to read it. ;)

        • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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          2 years ago

          I gave that book and parable of the talents to my brother in law for christmas and he is also enjoying it.

          The book really changed the way I see things but it takes conscious effort every day.

          I would recommend Octavia’s Parables podcast because they go chapter by chapter and ask interesting questions based on the chapter.

          • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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            2 years ago

            Nice. I've finished Sower, but I'm gonna hopefully get some sort of group together where I'll reread it again and follow along with the podcast. It's definitely one of my new favorites. I'll be checking the local used bookstore for copies to give out. It's a bit morbidly hilarious that I'm a middle aged, cishet white guy and Lauren is one of the characters I've most identified with in years. I'm one of the only mask wearers I know in Florida and for almost a decade I've been trying to convince my friends and family to relocate up north before Climate Change destroys any chance of getting money for their property. Now with covid, roe, and desantis going off the rails, they're finally starting to entertain the ideas.🤞

          • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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            2 years ago

            I finished Talents yesterday. I really enjoyed it as she's a very smooth and easy read but

            spoiler

            I was really hoping for something more revolutionary for Earthseed. I get it, given that Sower was probably written in response to Reagan and Talents just as Clinton was beginning his rise, but dang. Sower had me thinking we were heading for communes and co-ops and instead it went for 'let's get rich people to do good things."

            I've convinced a lib friend to check out Sower tho.👍