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p/self-quarantine-book-clubStuck inside? Join a book club on our Slack community.
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Ryan Hoover

Self-Quarantine Book Club - Stuck inside? Join a book club on our Slack community.

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A community on Slack where book lovers around the world are coming together to discuss what they’re reading.
Each book has its own Slack channel, so it’s easy to find other readers, share thoughts and questions, or just sit back and follow the conversation.

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Ryan Hoover
Hunter
Timely project while we're all WFH (or should I say, RFH 🥁). I'm currently reading The Courage to be Happy, the book following The Courage to be Disliked (one of my favorites).
David King
Maker
@rrhoover I'm currently reading Empires of Light on recommendation from @jasoncrawford. It's about Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse and their race to electrify the world.
Adam Bell
THIS IS AWESOME! Adding it to Quarantivity.com Absolutely in love with this.
David King
Maker
@adam_bell2 Thanks, Adam! We're happy to be a small part of adding more optimism to an otherwise challenging situation. Thanks for curating a great collection of positivity and including us!
Adam Bell
@deekay Excited to get reading! How soon will we get information on our bookclub match up?
David King
Maker
@adam_bell2 we will be welcome new community members in the next few hours. Thanks for your patience! (It has been a busy morning 😉)
David King
Maker
@adam_bell2 we just sent out the next round of invites, but I didn't see your name in there. Did you complete the email opt-in step?
David King
Maker
@adam_bell2 hmmm... I still don't see your registration. Just to confirm you both 1) submitted the form on the SQBC website and 2) received and clicked on the opt-in confirmation email? You can send me an email directly to "dk" (and use the domain highlighter.com) if you're still having problems and we can figure it out.
David King
Maker
As book lovers, we at Highlighter have spent years building tools and communities for readers like us. The idea for a “Self-Quarantine Book Club” actually came from @andrewchen, who tweeted about the concept recently and mentioned us as a team that might naturally build it. We thought this would be a great way to encourage people to stay at home—and to create more human connections around the books we're all reading while we’re stuck inside. :) Self-Quarantine Book Club is a gathering place for readers.  It's a new kind of open book club where you can find a community for any book you’re reading and connect with other people reading the same thing.  It's casual, fun, and global.  We'd love to have you join us!
Ada Nguyen
Great idea! Is there any plan to create public events for book discussion (Zoom calls etc.) for books that have enough readers? Or will groups in Slack self organize discussion themselves? If there will be events I'd love to add them to https://www.quarantinetogether.c..., but in the mean time I'll add this as one of the wonderful communities people should join 🤗
David King
Maker
Yes, @adanguyenx, we're open to doing Zoom calls for various books. Each book has it's own channel (e.g., #book-the-three-body-problem is where we're discussing that particular book). So we can do book-level Zoom calls if enough people are interested or we can use the general-chat area to discuss interest in a community-wide Zoom.
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