Getting Started
Welcome to TNNLU Overbooked!
A temporary tryout for an active book club that is hoping to continue permanently.
We are a group of students based in the Tamil Nadu National Law University (‘University’) who meet over a drink of choice to discuss a different book each month.
TNNLU Overbooked is not themed, so we are accommodative of pretty much every genre from politics to chick-lit, from serious nonfiction to sci-fi, and from contemporary fictions to classics. So, if you are looking to broaden your reading lists and your social circle, this may be the book club to join!
Information on the Books and the Club
If you are a student of the University and this book club piques your interest, here’s how it works -
The members would suggest books of their choice at the end of each discussion for a book, which must be brought down to 3-4 books by consensus based on theme, length, pace/difficulty, availability on different readers (physical/digital), deadlines for University work, and other relevant considerations.
The length of the book must typically be less than 300 pages and can go up to a maximum of 400 pages.
The preferred difficulty level of a book that is ideal for discussion would be ‘moderate’. Since University students across all batches will be looking forward to the discussions, the book club’s success is bent on being welcoming, empathetic and helpful.
Books that are reflective, medium to fast paced, and also prompt discussion, will be preferred over books that are too heavy and academic.
Academic authors who have written trade books (i.e., published for general and broad readership) for popular reading will definitely be considered.
Then we vote on those 3-4 books after some blurbs, excerpts and synopsis have been put up on Instagram stories. These books will also be put up on the Substack blog to catalog the Club’s work.
We have a month to read and until University campus opens, we will meet through online platforms (Zoom and the like). Discussions will be scheduled for the last Sunday of each month, unless otherwise agreed upon.
Community-building and encouraging new readers will also be one of the goals of TNNLU Overbooked.
Creating subject-matter specific reading lists to further member’s intellectual pursuits outside the Club will be another activity to be explored.
We will focus on fostering good discussions. If you don’t like a book selected, all you have to do is sit the month out and hang tight. Passive, unless you want to be active. Join when you’d like to be back.
Tag us in anything bookish you do, even if it is outside the Club’s activities. This also includes bookish events or places you visit.
Don’t hesitate to write in suggestions to us here or to tnnlubookclub@gmail.com
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