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August is already off to an AMAZING start and I have so many great updates to share with everyone trapped in the fever dream… I mean visiting the fever dream!! Visiting!!
As a reminder, the buddy reads for August are House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, IQ84 by Haruki Murakami, and The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa!! It’s not too late to join any of these!!
I create a new form each month, so if you have already submitted the books you want to do as a buddy read, you don’t have to fill this out again, but you can! If you fill it out again, it just shows me that you are still interested in it - but I keep track of all of the buddy read requests on the back end too! Link to October’s Fever Dream Buddy Read Requests Here (spoiler: the new books that will be added to this quest after I post this are already added to this spreadsheet! They are all at the top of the list labeled with NEW to help you quickly identify them)
I choose the top 3 books that have requests in from the google forms (include the previous months) and here are the top picks for September!! I have linked the title to its Pagebound page if you want to check out the descriptions!
*Note: All three have had at least one person say they are willing to coordinate, but it’s always nice to have multiple coordinators! Coordinators help kick off the buddy read, but are not responsible for facilitating discussions in the forums (unless they want to!!). You can find more information on the role of the coordinators Here
To sign up for a buddy read just comment under one of my pinned posts below with the book title! If you are willing to help coordinate let me know in the comment!
Bunny by Mona Awad Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Audit is off to a wonderful start! If you have received a Fever Dreams badge (or leveled up) but haven’t gotten your congratulations gift from Management (and want one) oooooor if you have no idea what the Audit is check out this post for details so you can help me cheat I mean pass the Audit!!
Perhaps you have spotted me flying, okay fleeing, down the infinite hallway with a swarm of large winged books behind me. Firstly, I apologize if I disturbed you. I was a liiiiiittle frightened when they first arrived without warning, but wonderful news: that was Management’s gift to us all for the Audit!! The Gargoyles say the only way to make them stop chasing me is to add them to the Quest - so add them I shall!! They did mutter me that this is “a test meant to break me” seeing as Management has sent enough books that someone could climb a whole level of the Quest with these additions alone or something. To be honest, I kinda forgot to keep listening after I realized I could share these books with the Quest if I could fashion a net big enough to catch them! (And maybe the Gargoyles are jealous of my new winged companions… but don’t tell them I said that!! I think I’m finally starting to win them over - they haven’t thrown the hats and scarves I knitted for them in the trash this time, so I think they can see how great of a friend I could be now!!) Anyway, here are the books that I’m going to try and catch right after this!!
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Thank you @Ameliapei for being the first to recommend this book!)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (Thank you @meganori for being the first to recommend this book!)
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tasha Mehta (Thank you @theliteratepanda for being the first to recommend this book!)
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Thank you @squirtle for being the first to recommend this book!)
Oh!! And before I go, don’t forget that I made a Quest Recommendation Shelf Linked Here to make it easier to see if a book has already been recommended for this Quest! If you don’t see the book on the shelf, feel free to comment it your recommendation under The Recommendation Post Linked Here!
Forever (literally) your humble servant helping make all of your fever dreams come true, AcidicChaos Head of Congratulatory Chaos Department Fever Dreams & Strange Realities, Inc.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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August is already off to an AMAZING start and I have so many great updates to share with everyone trapped in the fever dream… I mean visiting the fever dream!! Visiting!!
As a reminder, the buddy reads for August are House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, IQ84 by Haruki Murakami, and The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa!! It’s not too late to join any of these!!
I create a new form each month, so if you have already submitted the books you want to do as a buddy read, you don’t have to fill this out again, but you can! If you fill it out again, it just shows me that you are still interested in it - but I keep track of all of the buddy read requests on the back end too! Link to October’s Fever Dream Buddy Read Requests Here (spoiler: the new books that will be added to this quest after I post this are already added to this spreadsheet! They are all at the top of the list labeled with NEW to help you quickly identify them)
I choose the top 3 books that have requests in from the google forms (include the previous months) and here are the top picks for September!! I have linked the title to its Pagebound page if you want to check out the descriptions!
*Note: All three have had at least one person say they are willing to coordinate, but it’s always nice to have multiple coordinators! Coordinators help kick off the buddy read, but are not responsible for facilitating discussions in the forums (unless they want to!!). You can find more information on the role of the coordinators Here
To sign up for a buddy read just comment under one of my pinned posts below with the book title! If you are willing to help coordinate let me know in the comment!
Bunny by Mona Awad Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Audit is off to a wonderful start! If you have received a Fever Dreams badge (or leveled up) but haven’t gotten your congratulations gift from Management (and want one) oooooor if you have no idea what the Audit is check out this post for details so you can help me cheat I mean pass the Audit!!
Perhaps you have spotted me flying, okay fleeing, down the infinite hallway with a swarm of large winged books behind me. Firstly, I apologize if I disturbed you. I was a liiiiiittle frightened when they first arrived without warning, but wonderful news: that was Management’s gift to us all for the Audit!! The Gargoyles say the only way to make them stop chasing me is to add them to the Quest - so add them I shall!! They did mutter me that this is “a test meant to break me” seeing as Management has sent enough books that someone could climb a whole level of the Quest with these additions alone or something. To be honest, I kinda forgot to keep listening after I realized I could share these books with the Quest if I could fashion a net big enough to catch them! (And maybe the Gargoyles are jealous of my new winged companions… but don’t tell them I said that!! I think I’m finally starting to win them over - they haven’t thrown the hats and scarves I knitted for them in the trash this time, so I think they can see how great of a friend I could be now!!) Anyway, here are the books that I’m going to try and catch right after this!!
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Thank you @Ameliapei for being the first to recommend this book!)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (Thank you @meganori for being the first to recommend this book!)
Mad Sisters of Esi by Tasha Mehta (Thank you @theliteratepanda for being the first to recommend this book!)
The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Thank you @squirtle for being the first to recommend this book!)
Oh!! And before I go, don’t forget that I made a Quest Recommendation Shelf Linked Here to make it easier to see if a book has already been recommended for this Quest! If you don’t see the book on the shelf, feel free to comment it your recommendation under The Recommendation Post Linked Here!
Forever (literally) your humble servant helping make all of your fever dreams come true, AcidicChaos Head of Congratulatory Chaos Department Fever Dreams & Strange Realities, Inc.
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Hello folks!! Just sharing that we are going to do an unofficial buddy read of The Metamorphosis for the Fever Dreams and Strange Realities Quest - see the quest forum post about this and the other September buddy read picks 🔗 here. This book is also on the Classics Starter Pack Vol I Quest, in case anyone is working on that badge too!
Generally planning to start around September 1st, but you can also feel free to jump in whenever you can! Leave a comment below if you want to join us and get a little reminder from me around the start of September.
Looking forward to reading together 🖤
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absurd. surreal. philosophically fascinating - life is absurd, life is meaningless, what if anything do we owe to each other, why do we do anything at all. i need to think about this book for probably the rest of my life knowing i’ll never come to any real conclusions about it. final note but mannnn this guy never met a sunny day he didn’t hate or a woman he cared even a little about
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I read this during a month when I was feeling especially hater and angsty, so I vibed well with the MC's personality. It's not ok though. Or is it?? Extreme unhingeness or just a plain mean person? Peak stoicism? This really gets you thinking, debating even. With yourself. With others. With your memories. Is that why it's considered a classic?
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Anarchy fuel
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Read this if you want to feel stressed and afraid, but also heart warmed by the power of friendship.
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If a painting by Salvador Dalí were a book, this would be it.
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Scifi masterpiece. Funny, interesting plot, lovable characters, immersive atmosphere, filled with emotions. This will live in my heart forever. Easily climbed into my top favorite books of all time.
Thank you, Andy Weir, your hands are a brush; the pages that you use, a canvas; your novel, a work of art.
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this is very funny bc i actually hate coffee so much 😭😭