Jaye’s Comments (group member since Jul 10, 2020)

Jaye’s comments from the LiteraTea (Join our Discord!) group.

Do you have buddy reads, book of the month, challenges, etc.?

On LiteraTea, everyone is free to start a buddy or group read. We don't have a book of the month per se due to everyone having different preferences in genre, but you can always find a group to read something together at a specific time. Any user is also allowed to organise a group discussion if they want to, even in voice chat!

LiteraTea also has monthly recommendation themes and either reading prompts or reading challenges. While we don't do it every single month so we don't run out of steam, we try to adjust it to demand, and keep it varied (so it isn't just a random same-y prompt list each month). All users are also free to suggest their own prompts and challenges!

What is Discord?

Discord is a free platform to chat, hang out, and meet people. On Discord, you can join servers that have multiple text chats split by topic. You know how in your group chat you wanna talk about this new book you read, but someone is having a heated discussion over the right way to eat spaghetti? No problem in Discord, just go to the channel named "books" and talk about the book there! There are also voice channels, where you can talk via mic - but don't worry, no one is ever obligated to use them if they're not comfortable with it. On the other hand, if you're feeling really bold, Discord also has video chat, and you can even stream your screen. And you can make costum emojis too!

Not sure yet? Just join the server - you can use a guest account without entering any kind of information, not even an email address. And if you like it here, you can always claim the account and make it a "proper" one. Discord is available as an app for pretty much any OS or phone, but you can also just use it in the web to give it a shot. What I'm trying to say is - come say hi! We don't bite, and neither does Discord ;)

What is LiteraTea?

LiteraTea is a reading community living primarily on Discord. We love books of all kinds, and would be happy if you joined us! Anyone is welcome, no matter what age, gender, nationality or what kind of genre of book you read. We share quotes and recommendations, and find other bookworms for buddy reads. We're waiting for you!

Group read:

Schooled in Magic
by Christopher G. Nuttall

Emily gets transported into a world that is fantastical and full of magic, but lacks modern ideas and technologies. At a school for the magically gifted, she deploys her our-world knowledge to introduce new concepts to her new home.

Group consensus:
After a hurdle of an introduction, Schooled in Magic explores an interesting and fascinating world and magic system in the magical lessons, which proved by far the most interesting and entertaining. However, it overall fails to build compelling characters and story, finally turning out an enjoyable yet somewhat dissatisfying experience.

There are currently no plans for a group read of the sequel(s).

This thread provides a summary of group reads done on the Discord server, including buddy reads and "stuff everyone just happened to read around vaguely the same time". It's not a thread for discussion, and will be managed by me. If you want to discuss books in this thread, you can join our Discord server (if you haven't already) or make a thread for the specific title!

Wanna discuss books swiftly in a chatroom or drink tea together in a voice call? Come on in to the LiteraTea Discord server!

https://discord.gg/NeJhZgR

Don't have Discord? No problem! Use it in your browser, or download it for free! We're waiting for you, and we have some tea ready (;