Reading in a small group
One book, a small group, and conversations that actually land
Notes arrive by reading position, not by time. What somebody writes about chapter twelve reaches you once you have got there yourself.
Wir Buchverliebten is just starting out, built in Vienna. If you are here early, you help shape how reading works here.
How it works
One book and one agreement
A small group agrees on a book and on how far to read by when. The section is agreed by chapter, never by page.
Read, and note as you go
If you want to say something about a passage, you write it right there. Your note stays where it was written.
Arrive, and read what is waiting
Once you reach the same place, the notes of the others appear. Not before, however fast anyone else reads.
Two ways to begin
With others
Some book clubs meet in a café, others only write. Both work, and the difference is the rhythm: a meeting sets a deadline, an online book club or a buddy read needs an explicit agreement instead.
A book club is closed. You start one and invite the people you want to read with.
On your own
You do not need anyone to begin. Add the book you are reading, say which chapter you have finished, and write a public note about what struck you there. Only people who have got that far will see it.
If you do not know where to start
Der Vorleser. Roman
Bernhard Schlink
We suggest this book so that you are not standing alone at a place. Whoever reads the same book finds thoughts from others there, as soon as they get that far themselves.
What a note looks like
12at chapter 12
The last three paragraphs floored me. I had to read them twice before I understood who is actually speaking.
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