Reading Groups
Welcome to Flanor's reading groups. Here you will find a short explanation for all of the groups and what they are currently reading. Click on the title of a reading group for more information.
Around the World in 196 Books
Leader: Noah Ritmeester
Currently reading: Nothing for now...
Brooding Books
For complex, emotional books.
Leader: Hilana Ghattas
Currently reading: Nothing for now...
Cult of Dionysus 2.0
Flanor's only officially condoned cult, they read books from, about, and based on world mythology.
Leader: Wiegert Kaal
Currently reading: The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood
De nieuwe leeslijst (The new reading list)
Dutch books that would've been nice for your reading list in secondary school.
Leader: Lidewei Broer
Currently reading: Het Tegenovergestelde van een Mens, L. Marsman (May 1st)
Discworld Travellers
Leader: Yrsa Reuver
Currently reading: Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
Dronken Boot (Drunk Boat)
Dives into the renowned history of poetry and discusses influential poems.
Leader: Femke de Heer
Currently reading: Het Netwerk Moet Gebouwd Worden, Garcia Diaz
Egel en Haas (Hedgehog and Hare)
This group reads children's books, switching between Dutch-language and international texts.
Leader: Emily de Roo
Currently reading: Meester van de Zwarte Molen, Otfried Preußler (April 28th)
Electric Sheep
Reads science fiction ranging from the first works published to modern classics.
Leader: Eden Heijnekamp
Currently reading: Slow Gods, Claire North (April 20th)
Fellowship of Flanor
Reads J.R.R. Tolkien's books and watches the movie adaptations.
Leader: Frank van Niejenhuis
Currently watching: The Return of the King (extended edition)
Fladab
Leader: Luca van der Veldt
Currently reading: You Exist Too Much, Zaina Arafat
Flanor Redemption
Reads thriller and mystery books, everything with suspense and murder.
Leader: Leonie Slump
Currently reading: Fifty-Fifty, Steve Cavanagh (May 6th)
House of Leaves
Reads the book House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
Leader: Merel Jacobs
I Flan Therefore I Am
For anyone interested in philosophy.
Leaders: Bauke van der Kooij and Carolien de Vaan
Currently reading: Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
LEES!/READ!
Flanor’s READing group without a topic. Every month, a democratically elected book is read.
Leader: Julia Cambier
Currently reading: Nothing for now...
Let's Get Educated
Aims to learn more about the Black Lives Matter movement, racism, white supremacy and related topics through books.
Leader: Suzanne Frenk
Currently reading: The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister, Olesya Khromeychuk (March 27th)
Magisch Afvoerputje (Magic Drain)
Catches the tiny magic particles that don't quite fit elsewhere, especially in the genre of magical realism. As long as they amaze.
Leader: Angela Boersma
Currently reading: Monstrilio, Sámano Córdova (April 10th)
Midnight Dreary
Reads gothic novels and other spooky stuff.
Leaders: Noah Ritmeester and Luca van der Veldt
Currently reading: The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
M is for Memoir
Leader: Angela Boersma
Currently reading: Raising Hare, Chloe Dalton (April 19th)
Romance Junkies
Despite their name, the Romance Junkies generally read civilized romance novels.
Leader: Bauke van der Kooij
Currently reading: Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez
Sappho and Achilles
Read queer romance, covering the whole LGBTQIA+ community, to embrace the diversity of love.
Leader: Denise Cramer van den Bogaart
Currently reading: The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden
Shakespeare & Co.
As long as it has a script, we'll read it together. Especially Shakespeare's plays.
Leader: Marlinde van der Vaart
Currently reading: The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (May 7th)
Shivering Spines
The bone chilling reading group for horror literature of all kinds, from ooky-spooky to genuinely frightening.
Leader: Zaza de Vries
Currently reading: Frankestein in Bagdad, Ahmed Saadawi
Slay-vic Squad
The reading group that explores Slavic literature.
Leaders: Gabriela Biskupska and Bartosz Bazyli Fibakiewicz
Currently reading: Flights, Olga Tokarczuk
SpeechBubble
Here we share our interest for the graphic medium in literary works.
Leaders: Melanie Vegter and Zaza de Vries
Currently reading: Nothing for now...
Terra Ignota
Reads the Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer.
Leader: Eden Heijnekamp
Currently reading: Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer
The Entire World, I Guess
Reads non-fiction on geography, culture, history, and politics.
Leader: Loes Hendriks and Bauke van der Kooij
Currently reading: My Invented Country, Isabel Allende
These Adjective Nouns
Reads fantasy, but focuses on the best stand alones, or at least books that can be read as such.
Leader: Suzanne Frenk
Currently reading: Tress of the Emerald Sea, Brandon Sanderson
The Wyrdreaders
Reads romantasy books that are part of series.
Leaders: Hannah Baalbergen and Lidewei Broer.
Currently reading: Empires of Storms, Sarah J. Maas (April 21st)
YA
Reads books for young adults.
Leader: Denise Cramer van den Bogaart
Currently reading: This Fatal Kiss, Alicia Jasinska (April 18th)
