[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

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin laughs to himself a bit at the question.]

Honestly? Never really considered romance in general. I've got a history of people not really wanting to give me the time of day. Romance just seemed like a waste of time when people would assume the worst about you just from looking at you.

[phoenixdominant]

I see...

Then if you'll be open to it, I would be happy to share a few? Romance novels are more than just love stories. They can tell a lot about the human soul.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Human soul?

I mean sure I'll give anything a try once. And it sounds like there's a lot of passionate feelings in these books.

[phoenixdominant]

Passionate feelings?

Oh. Do you mean...

[Oh god, does he mean sex scenes????????]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Yeah you know, talking at length about the fires of the human soul and what drives men and women to chase their dreams and those that they love!

What else could it be?

[YEAH JOSHUA. WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE?]

[phoenixdominant]

[HE'S CLEARING HIS THROAT.]

Oh. Yes, of course.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I love that sort of hot-blooded appeal, you know? It gets me psyched!