Hi everyone,

Just a reminder and heads up that we are doing our first book club starting here in January, reading The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Here's how the book club works:

• The book club is for free and paid members only, so if you are seeing this and want to participate, either become a member here on Bindery or join our Discord.

• We have our book club discussion set up by chapter over on Discord. This will depend on each book and its structure. For this book, there is a forum to discuss organized by each Chapter and its following Interlude.

• The discussion forums are spoiler zones, so no need to censor spoilers in those sections. The assumption is if you are reading the chat and participating, you have read that chapter/section and are ready to discuss.

• I am reading as well, and will shoot to be done in the next week or so, at which point I'll post some general discussion points and questions in the "Overall Discussion" post. Again, assume this is a spoiler filled zone (and the questions may hint at or contain some spoilers), so don't enter if you don't want spoilers!

• This is completely read at your own pace! Read as fast or slow as you want, and participate when and how much you want.

• If you have previously read the book, you are welcome to participate as well, whether you are rereading or not.

• Please be respectful of everyone's opinions! Some of us may like it, some of us may not, but we should all be willing to have a fun honest discussion. I have a zero tolerance policy for any bullying behavior or inappropriate comments, so don't do it unless you want to be banished!

• For those who do not want to participate on Discord, I will be posting weekly posts here on Bindery. I will indicate which sections of the book each post will be for. Treat each post like the forum discussion - if I say a post will discuss Chapters 1-4, do not enter or read unless you have read/are ok with spoilers for that section.

• About halfway through the month, I will post a poll in here to ask if anyone is interested in doing a Zoom wrap up discussion.

As always, since this is all new, I am always open to feedback and input. Let me know what is working or not. Also, feel free to drop in or out each month. No pressure - if there is a month you don't want to read, don't feel like you have to! I will also be taking input for our book club books for April - June over on Discord in late February.

Can't wait to read and discuss this book with you all. Welcome to the Book Club, and Happy New Year!

~Bob