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.
Brooding Books
For complex, emotional books.
Leaders: Lisa Witte en Hilana Ghattas
Currently reading: The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo
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 Odyssey, Homer
De nieuwe leeslijst (The new reading list)
Dutch books that would've been nice for your reading list in secondary school.
Leader: Femke de Heer
Currently reading: Rouwdouwers, Falun Ellie Koos (June 16th)
Dialectophilus
Reads books and texts in different dialects.
Leader: Angela Boersma
Currently reading: Nothing for now...
Dronken Boot (Drunk Boat)
Dives into the renowned history of poetry and discusses influential poems.
Leader: Femke de Heer
Currently reading: Pending...
Egel en Haas (Hedgehog and Hare)
This group reads children's books, switching between Dutch-language and international texts.
Leader: Merel Jacobs
Currently reading: Krekel, Annet Schaap (June 24th)
Electric Sheep
Reads science fiction ranging from the first works published to modern classics.
Leader: Eden Heijnekamp
Currently reading: The Time Machine + The World Set Free, H.G. Wells
Fellowship of Flanor
Reads J.R.R. Tolkien's books and watches the movie adaptations.
Leader: Frank van Niejenhuis
Currently watching: Nothing for now...
Flanor Redemption
Reads thriller and mystery books, everything with suspense and murder.
Leader: Maartje de Vries en Meijke Meursing
Currently reading: Eileen, Otessa Moshfegh (July 1st)
House of Leaves
Reads the book House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
Leader: Zaza de Vries
LEES!/READ!
Flanor’s READing group without a topic. Every month, a democratically elected book is read.
Leaders: Julia Cambier & Målin Schucher
Currently reading: Pending...
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: Caste, Isabel Wilkerson (July 9th)
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: Merel Jacobs
Currently reading: Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges (June 19th)
Midnight Dreary
Reads gothic novels and other spooky stuff.
Leader: Zaza de Vries
Currently reading: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
Oui Oui Baguette
Reads books in French.
Leader: Cynthia van Tongeren
Currently reading: Nothing for now...
Romance Junkies
Despite their name, the Romance Junkies generally read civilized romance novels.
Leader: Hannah Baalbergen
Currently reading: Pending...
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: Pending...
Sarah J. Maas
Reads books by the author Sarah J. Maas.
Leader: Meijke Meursing
Currently reading: Heir of Fire, Sarah J. Maas (June 17th)
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: Antigone, Sophocles; The Bacchae, Euripides
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: Nothing for now...
Slay-vic Squad
The reading group that explores Slavic literature.
Leaders: Gabriela Biskupska & Leonie Slump
Currently reading: The Nose, Nikolai Gogol; The Overcoat, Nikolai Gogol; Ward no 6, Anton Chekhov (June 14th discussion)
SpeechBubble
Here we share our interest for the graphic medium in literary works.
Leaders: Melanie Vegter & Zaza de Vries
Currently reading: Oshi No Ko, Aka Akasaka vol. 1-3
Terra Ignota
Reads the Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer.
Leader: Eden Heijnekamp
Currently reading: Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer
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: Sabriel, Garth Nix
YA
Reads books for young adults.
Leader: Denise Cramer van den Bogaart
Currently reading: Otherwordly, F.T. Lukens (June 30th)
