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[recluserose]

Username/Display Name: steinbeck
Server Channel: #book-club-wip
Time: October 17th, Afternoon/evening

Greetings,

This is Amelia Steinbeck, a guest at the Hotel Caelum, and resident of Room 700.

It appears that books are a universal constant and so I am bestowing an open invitation to other guests who are interested in discussing fiction and nonfiction so that we can bridge cultural gaps and gain further understanding of other cultures and customs through the medium of literature.

Here is a sample of what we'll be reading to discuss as a group. I am open to other suggestions and the structure will be loose; you need not read these if you have a book you'd like to read silently during and after discussions.

Book Title	Author	Genre
Pride and Predjudice	Jane Austen	Romance
Emma	Jane Austen	Romance, Comedy, Historical
Andersen Fairy Tales (Various)	Hans Christian Andersen	Fairy Tales

A time and date will be settled on and pinned so please keep an eye out for notifications. More details to follow. Thank you.

Comments

[recluserose]

I checked to see if the titles were available and they were, surprisingly enough. Or perhaps not. This hotel is so vast in all aspects of its accommodations and types of rooms that I probably shouldn't be surprised it had a library that had my world's most popular literature.

And what kind of reading material do you usually partake in if you don't mind me asking?

[ohthehumanities]

Interesting. I'll have to track it down and take a look to see if there's anything I recognize.

[Technically he probably would recognize A Legend of Sword like Kokomi suggested but--]

Mostly academic papers relevant to my field or those related to it, to be honest with you. Architecture, engineering, technology, that sort of thing. I do enjoy a good novel or poetry collection, but it's a headache to discuss them with Alhaitham, and he'd never keep his opinions to himself if he was familiar with the book in question.

[But Alhaitham isn't here so HE IS FREE!!!]

[recluserose]

Thank you for the explanation.

I do peruse texts about architecture and design but my main focus has mostly been on fiction since that's what I teach back in my world. This book club will include the sharing of opinions but I trust everyone can remain civil and respectful towards one another.

We all come from different worlds so I hope it comes with the understanding that some of our viewpoints may diverge in some aspects when we engage with the works.

[ohthehumanities]

The civility of a scholarly debate devolves more often than not, in my experience, but I imagine tensions are generally lower in a leisure group? [Then again, thinking about how he himself can get about the arts, maybe not...

No, no, it's fine. He'll behave.] In any case--I do look forward to hearing everyone's points of view. I've only ever known one person capable of otherworldly travel, and I wouldn't say we're particularly close, so this is the sort of opportunity I'd never get back in Sumeru.

[recluserose]

I shouldn't be surprised that there are several otherworldly travelers out there.

[She had always suspected that the Witch King was a voyager of some nature but never looked into it. Looking into his business was like asking him to invite you along and that came with consequences.]

Thank you for your additional vote of confidence for this book club. I look forward to seeing you there.

[ohthehumanities]

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