We're Officially Launching The Classically Abby BOOK CLUB!
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Summary
Jane Austen's Persuasion by Jane Austen is the first book that we will be reading on the Classically Abbie Book Club. We will do a live stream at the end of each month where we discuss the book and answer some discussion questions.
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Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's video where we're going to be talking about my new book club.
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I am so excited to announce that I've decided to start a book club here with my premium Substack subscribers.
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So, if you are already signed up, congratulations, you've just got an added bonus.
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And if you decided to sign up for the book club, hooray, I'm so glad to have you here.
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So, what we're going to be doing is reading one book every month, and at the end of that month, we will do a live stream discussion
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where only premium Substack subscribers can participate, and we will have discussion questions, and we will go over the book.
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The books that I'm going to be choosing for this book club are going to make us more classic, and that is always the goal.
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So, we're going to be reading a mixture of fiction as well as non-fiction.
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I think there's a lot that we can learn from classic literature, and I think that there's a lot we can learn from non-fiction books.
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So, I'm looking forward to kind of doing a good mix.
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So, every month, I will send out a private live stream link to my YouTube that's only available for premium Substack subscribers,
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so we can make sure that we have a great conversation focused on the books that we're reading.
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And every month, I will also send out a kind of survey to make sure that everyone is available to actually participate in real time,
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because it's not going to be as valuable to you to watch this video after the fact, although I'm sure you would enjoy it.
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But if you want to participate in the discussion more, because I will be participating with you in the comments,
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then I want to make sure that you are able to watch and participate.
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Then, I will send out a list of discussion questions a week before the live stream so that you can keep them in mind,
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and then we will do a live stream at the end of each month.
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And the first book that we will be doing on the Classically Abbey Book Club is Persuasion by Jane Austen.
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I've read Pride and Prejudice, and I've read Sense and Sensibility,
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but I haven't yet read Persuasion, and it's something that I've been looking forward to reading for a long time and haven't done yet.
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So, it isn't too thick, and I like Jane Austen's books because I think that they are a little bit easier to break into.
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I think that there are some books that it can take a little while.
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I think Charles Dickens is a good example. It might be a little bit more difficult to kind of get into.
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I found Jane Austen was pretty easy to just kind of jump into.
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So, I'm hoping that Persuasion fits the bill with that, and I'm really looking forward to reading it,
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So, let me know in the comments if you have any other book suggestions.
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I already have a list of books that I'm excited for you guys to read,
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but if you have any great suggestions, I'm always open-minded and glad to listen to your thoughts,
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and I'm excited for us to start a book club together.
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This is something I've wanted to do for so long that this is just really exciting.
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So, if you are new to my sub-stack, hi, welcome.
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I'm so glad you're here and now part of the book club,
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and if you are already part of my sub-stack, I'm so glad that you're here,
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and now we can participate in this book club together.
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So, let me know in the comments what you're most excited about for this book club.
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Thank you so much for watching today's video, and I'll see you guys in my next one.