[open] a book club 📚

[phoenixdominant]

Type: Text
Sender ID: Phoenixdominant (Joshua Rosfield)
To: Public
Subject: An ordinary book club.
Warnings: tba.

[Due to the Garuda Incident, this post is coming from a very bedridden Joshua who is recovering from some bad injuries. So, he’s bored and desperately running out of books to read.]

Good afternoon,

It seems I've found myself with a surplus of free time this month, and with that realization comes the stark truth—I've exhausted my reading list.

So, I had an idea. Why not extend an invitation to others who might be interested in joining the book club that Tifa and I have been enjoying? Every few weeks, we gather to exchange ideas and thoughts on the current book we're reading, and it's led to some wonderful discussions.

While our tastes have leaned toward adventure and romance novels thus far, I'm open to exploring books from other genres to diversify our collection. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Here are a few of the books we've read so far:

"The Swashbuckling Misadventures of Captain Bumblebeard"
"Enchanted Hearts and Dragon Flames"
"Spells and Sword Swells"
"Quest for the Heartstone: A Tale of Love and Sorcery"
"Siren's Song: A Pirate's Passionate Plunder"
"That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf"

Although, I’m still not entirely certain what “yeeted” means. I only assume it means, “to throw”?

If you might be interested in joining in on our next reading, please do. As well as I’m taking suggestions for more books that the group might enjoy.

Sincerely,
Joshua.

Comments

[yuezun]

Avoid "Ravished and Ravenous", "Lust Battle Royale", the "Strange Midnights" series, and "The Prince Who Dragged me To the Depths". The writing is largely uninteresting and many of the themes revolve around literally feeding on the blood of the protagonist enemies. This venerable one found them to be repetitive and lacking anything that would make them worth revisiting.

[Daqiang speaks in a level and largely bored tone, even as he shifts from his negative review of what he (now) understands to be 'zombie' romance, and to titles he... may have?... enjoyed? Or at least, didn't have a negative opinion of.]

"The Heart of the Sulfur Queen", "The Corsair's Revenge and a Paladin's Duty", and "My Year as a Milkmaid" - which is the fifth in the "My Year As" series - are ones this venerable one has finished in the last three weeks.

[phoenixdominant]

[Some book titles he can research and add!! This makes him smile.]

Thank you for your kind suggestions and honest reviews. I'll put them on my list to research. The ones you did enjoy, of course.

You seem to be an avid reader.

[yuezun]

[He frowned at that, not certain how to take the observation. Was it meant to be some sort of judgement? He did read a lot, of course, but it was mostly for entertainment learning purposes.

Was he expected to explain himself? Mortals seemed to expect explanations about observations made more often than not.]

There is much to learn about this world and there are many books.

[phoenixdominant]

I would agree with that wholeheartedly. It is good to see so many wishing to learn and read more.

[yuezun]

Is that... unusual? To wish to learn and read more?

[If it was worth remarking on like that, perhaps it was for mortals?]