"Our Reading Club" Book club

One of the things that bother me the most about my beloved county Tunisia is that we do not have enough readers, English readers in praticular. So, I was very thrilled when my friend, who also happens to be writing for the magazine, Amal Bedhyefi, created a group that unites readers. It’s called Our Reading Club. Most of us are tunisians, but we have some members from marocco.

In ORC, we share book reviews, book recommendations, questions about books… Everything that is book-related.

A while back, we organized a reading marathon. Its purpose is to read as much books as possible during a week to accomplish challenges like re reading a the book, reading a classic… there were seven challenges and who completes then wins the readathon. The thing is, during this readathon, you challenge yourself and if you win, you don’t win anything, just the books you’ve read. It’s about trying to push yourself to do better : read more, read faster, and prove to yourself that you can do it.

Although none of us actually won the readathon, because we couldn’t make it through the seven challenges, we did have fun. At least, I know I did.

The readathon is over now, in case you’re wondering. There will be another one, though.

However, we are organizing another event. We are choosing a book every month and we read it together, then discuss it at the end of the month on google hangout. We chose Divergent by Veronica Roth for September. I read it before so I know it rocks. I am really excited for the rest of the group to read it.

Do you want to be a part of our little book addicts comunity ? Clic HERE and join us.

What are you guys reading this month ? Let us know in the comments bellow.

Sarah Laajimi