Unfortunately the New Leaf Book Club has wrapped up. You are welcome to explore what we read and enjoyed together (and a few books we didn't enjoy) and all of the original links are still working but hidden.
Take care! - Dazrin
12/6/2020: While there may still be a few comments that come in, I thought I'd post some of our final numbers to celebrate how much fun we had.
- 34: Number of books read.
- 3,031: Total number of comments (just in book discussions)
- 3,323: Total comments in the MRBC which ran from November 2008 - January 2018
- 3,223: Total comments in the Literary Club as of today, which started in June 2011
- 34: Unique authors
- 41%: Percent of women authors read
- 5: Unique countries:
- United Kingdom: 16
- United States: 11
- Canada: 4
- France:2
- Japan: 1
- 1844: Publication year of the oldest book read (The Three Musketeers)
- 2017: Publication year of the newest book read (The Great Halifax Explosion)
- 309: Average length of selected books
As always, there are more that can be found here:
New Leaf Book Club statistics. This sheet is no longer being updated but I will leave it available for anyone to see or use.
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New Leaf Book Club information thread. This thread has the boring stuff that we need to make sure the club runs smoothly or that needs to be updated often. Here you can find all of the books we have discussed (and links to those discussions), check out the frequently asked questions, and review and discuss the club rules.
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New Leaf Book Club Purpose
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Originally Posted by issybird
The purpose of the New Leaf Book Club is to discover, read and discuss new books across a wide spectrum of genres to expand our reading palettes. Our objective is to engage in thoughtful conversation with people of diverse perspectives who share our love of reading within a friendly and inviting community.
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