Ever wonder who you are when no one’s watching? Or, maybe more disturbingly—who’s watching when you think you’re alone? That’s the unsettling premise of The Voyeur’s Motel by Gay Talese, a book that turned out to be an absolute page-turner for our book club. It’s the true(ish?) story of a man who turned his roadside motel into a …
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If you love campy horror, questionable decision-making, and an obnoxious amount of smoke-machine fog, let me introduce you to a little film called INTERMEDIO. This 2005 B-horror masterpiece (read: glorious chaos) was cooked up by the fine folks at The Asylum—the same production company behind Sharknado and Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus—so you already know what you’re in for. The plot? A group of suspiciously …
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Plus, 7 bonus Memoir-specific questions. A great book club discussion thrives on insightful, engaging questions that spark conversation and invite diverse perspectives. Whether you’re diving into a thought-provoking novel, a gripping memoir, or a nonfiction deep-dive, the right questions can transform a casual chat into a meaningful exchange. This list is designed to help you …
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Prompt: Book with a culinary memoir slant 📚🔥 Men-Who-Read Book Club – December Meetup Recap! 🔥📚 This month, we dove into Heat by Bill Buford, a culinary biography packed with kitchen adventures 🍝 and chef drama 🍳. While it’s a bestseller and Buford’s writing has its moments, we found it a bit… slow-cooking. 🤷♂️ Some intriguing tidbits? Absolutely. Gripping …
Prompt: Book with a map on the cover Submitted books: Book we selected: Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall
🎃Thanks guys for getting into the spooky Fall season together. We read “Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin” by Megan Rosenbloom. 🧐At our meetup we talked about:-the ethics of binding books in human skin and what we do with them now hundreds of years later-how …
🥰Thanks men for delving unabashedly into our discussion of author Christopher Hitchens book “Mortality”. 🧐We delved into some weighted topics:-our own experiences watching loved-ones die-of our fears and hopes-of the medical institutions we live with-of our religions and how we view them-and more We all agreed that this was a book worth reading and discussion …
SeptemberPrompt Book from your To-Be-Read listSelection Mortality by Christopher Hitchens OctoberPrompt Book of a Morbid + Macabre NatureSelection Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom NovemberPrompt Book with a map on the coverSelection Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the …