Juke Books 2 - Celebrating Two Years of Boot Camp: Reminder To Join Us This Tuesday.
Another chance to introduce other readers to your favourite books. And a special offer for subscribers.
This week marks two years since the founding of Boot Camp. To celebrate, this normally paid-for post is available for anyone. After this week, I am putting up my subscription charges to reflect inflation - they are currently £5 weekly subscription and £50 yearly subscription, and will rise to £7 and £60. But if you take out a paid subscription before the next Juke Books on April 11, your subscription will remain at £5 and £50 in perpetuity. Thank you!
There was a lot of interest in the first Juke Books Zoomcast on 19th March. Everyone who turned up seemed to thorougly enjoy it, so I am going to continue doing a regular Zoomcast. After next week, this will take place on the first Tuesday of every month, so long as engagement remains at the current level. Juke Books 2 will take place next Tuesday April 9 at 18.30 BST, and is open to all subscribers.
The format of Juke Books is simple. Anyone who turns up to the Zoom meeting has the chance to read out loud - for three minutes maximum - from a book they love. It can be from a novel, a memoir, a short story or a poem.
( I am quite strict on the three minutes otherwise not everybody gets a chance to read).
Before doing so, they will take less than a minute to explain why they love this book and why they have chosen it.
Afterward the reading, other participants will have a chance to feed back. What they liked, or didn’t like about the extract.
And then we move on to the next reader. And so on, until an hour is up.
Readers are chosen at random, but usually everyone gets a chance to read, if they wish to do so.
It’s a great way of learning about new authors and great books, and it is also very sociable and fun.
So: If you are interested in participating - either as a reader or a non-reading participant - please add your name to the comments list below.
Hopefully see you all on Zoom soon. Here’s the sign in link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7060328604?pwd=ZldJb0Zka293WndnRE8xMWlyOGtmUT09 Juke Books 2
Meeting ID: 706 032 8604
Passcode: 6vhuFp
Thank you - and see you next Tuesday.
I will be there! Looking forward to it.
I hope to be there, Donna Tartt in hand.