Book Nerd University · The book club for book nerds

Welcome, book nerd.

Octavius and Olive, the Book Nerd University octopuses, reading a book together

Octopuses are the bookworms of the ocean, you know.

Twice-monthly meetingsOver Zoom (and sometimes in person)A monthly pick worth talking about

Here’s the deal

How the club works

Vote on the book

Each month we vote on the next read together over on Instagram and Facebook. Always a book worth diving into, not just the bestseller everyone forgets.

Hang out

A casual mid-month hangout: bring your thoughts, your snacks, and your hot takes. No homework required.

Discuss it deep

The end-of-month discussion, where we break the story down like true lit lovers: themes, structure, craft.

Mid-month

The Hangout

Low-key and laid-back hangout for book nerds to talk about a different bookish topic each month. Best fictional couples. Books we hated. Books we want to reread. You never know what we will dive into next!

End of month

The Discussion

The main event: a guided deep-dive into the month’s pick, capped by the live draw for the monthly book giveaway.

Every month, one member wins.

One lucky member wins a copy of next month’s book, drawn and announced live at the end-of-month discussion. Being a member is all it takes to be entered.

This month we’re reading

Bromantasy

by Maire Roche · July 2026

Juniper O'Reilly is good at only two things: demolishing a pint of mead and finding the perfect skincare routine. Everything else—taking care of the farm, bartering for goods, any sort of manual labor—falls to Juniper’s best friend, the absurdly capable, endlessly patient Mo Elmthorn. But when Juniper accidentally volunteers them both for a quest to kill a fearsome monster, he knows he’s finally gotten in over his head. Juniper hates camping, he hates the dark, and there’s no way all these foraged mushrooms are going to sit well in his stomach. One thing he doesn’t hate? How good Mo’s thighs look in his questing pants—he doesn’t have time to think about that, though, with a monster to hunt and their futures on the line. But monsters come in all shapes and sizes. When Juniper and Mo realize that the terrifying beast they’ve sworn to kill is just a scared little girl torn from her family, they’re off to find not only the true villain of the story, but maybe even a happy ending.

Members get the reading schedule, both meeting invites, and the Zoom links, all in one place. Read along, then join both monthly meetings to talk it through.

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