Two things:
1. We have the #sffbookclub and some others. Is there a #nonfictionbookclub?
2. Is there a Mastodon Goodreads group (yes, yes, booo, Amazon...) or a Telegram (again, yes, booo, I get it) or Wire or other messenger group that would make talking about books easier?
@Julia That last one was to part two. A non-fiction club sounds great, but also that's a huge category and would probably be hard to organize and pick books. Maybe smaller themes? Hmm.
@zephasaurus_hex @Julia Can someone fill me in on the problem with Telegram (I know nothing about it).
But regarding nonfiction, I read a variety.
1. I think a variety would be good because I think it would prevent us from getting stuck in book slumps. (I'm getting in one lately honestly).
1/?
2. I do think we might need to discuss ideas openly for themes though. Like this might sound weird, but I don't necessarily want to read books about Autism/Asperger because the books tend to... (Neurotribes was good, but now it's outdated because of the new info about Asperger 😫 ) Not saying I wouldn't participate if it was picked though.
3. biographies yes/no?
4. If we did convos off site, I think it would be good to at least put the "minutes" on-site.
@lapis @zephasaurus_hex @Julia
2) I'd say for autism and many other issues, books should be by people who have/are whatever the thing is.
Like, I'd love to read Ito in Autism Land (by a non-verbal autistic teen) with a group and discuss, and be very interested in similar suggestions by PoC, LGBT folks, disabled folks, etc.