welcome to bookbug!

Bookbug is a digital book club that is centered around discussions and reviews. Each month members will read a book and publish their thoughts to their personal sites. We chose to set up our club this way in order to give members more freedom and to encourage self expression.

Announcements

Don't forget to vote on next month's read! Friendly reminder to only vote if you are a member or plan to join in time for June's book.

NEW: Do you have a book suggestion for the club? Bookbug will now take in your proposals via email only! Please keep in mind that: submitting a book title does not imply that it will be definitely added to future polls; and the club's preference of more 'classical' choices. If you have any in mind, send them over to neobookbug@gmail.com.

about the club

This is a book club housed on Neocities. Members read a monthly book & record their thoughts or reviews on their own personal sites. We (Maple and Vashti) hope this can foster a sense of community and discussion amongst readers. Most of all, we want this to be a place where people can make friends and have fun! If this is something you'd be interested in, we encourage you to join. We are always taking new members!

Every month on the 15th a new poll will be added to our homepage, so that members can vote on our next read! And then on the last day of the month, the poll will be closed and the winner announced.

about the founders

This site was founded by Maple & Vashti! As of May 2024, Vashti is no longer running it, but will be forever in bookbug's hearts ♡

a message from Maple

Hi there, I'm Maple! I have always dreamed of participating in a book club, but had never found one that read the same type of books I like, and have never found someone that shared a similar taste, to create one myself - well, until now!

I've always been a big reader, which made me choose to study English Language & Literature at university (which I graduated in 2019!). Even though I always read a lot, I never really write about the books and that is something I want to change. I tend to like more classic and gothic books in general, but also enjoy contemporary books and plays!

Favourite books: The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides), The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov), Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde), and some other stuff hehe.

A message from Vashti

Just reading books; trying to read like a child again.

Favourite books: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk), Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto), Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke), & many more!

how to join

Each month we'll read a new book. Book club members will create a /bookbug page on their site that houses their thoughts about our monthly reads. Your thoughts or reviews can be in any format that you'd like. As long as you read the book & write about it, it's okay with us!

Once you create a /bookbug page, contact us & we'll add you to our members list. When contacting us, please include your site button and link to your /bookbug page so we do not have to search for them. You can email us at neobookbug@gmail.com or leave a comment on our Neocities profile.

member requirements

As long as you have an active site with a /bookbug page that we can add to our members tab, you're good to go!

We do prefer if you could participate in every monthly reading, but it's okay if you don't make it from time to time (:

Also, please make sure to include the club's linkback button on your page (mandatory), and if you'd like, you can also include all other member's link back buttons (optional)!