What we’re about
It's time to feel wonder again.
Have you found yourself in a reading slump? Do you keep picking up books that leave you depressed and uninspired?
Maybe you need more magic in your life.
This fantasy-only book club will meet each month to discuss a new fantasy read. We'll follow the same schedule as the More Magic Book Club I host on Substack to make things easy.
Here's the schedule for the rest of 2025:
June: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
July: The Web of Time by Flavia Brunetti
August: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
September: Water Moon by Samantha Sotti Yambao
October: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
November: Once Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
December: The Everlasting by Alix Harrow
If any of the titles interest you, grab a copy, give it a read, and join us to share your thoughts! I'll bring discussion topics to get the conversation going.
Be kind and considerate in your discussion. The book might be someone's favorite, and it's no fun to have someone rip apart something you love.
If you are unable to attend in person but still want to participate, you can comment on the Book Club post on Substack at: https://demiutley.substack.com/. The post will go up at the end of the scheduled month. Each book will also have a Storygraph Buddy Read that will be linked to in the month's event description.
I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the books!
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Book Club: The Web of Time by Flavia BrunettiHoney latte cafe , Portland, OR
This month we'll discuss The Web of Time by Flavia Brunetti. Here's a description of the book:
Far beneath the ground, a web quietly spins.The threads are keeping time, marking history. What's done is done. Until now.
Protected by the gods and powering the three Great Portals of Kindness, Art, and Language, The Web of Time re-arranges itself as humans change their minds, fall in love, or cause empires to rise and fall. When the Great Portals close from the world, time begins erasing itself, histories start to disappear, Earth falls into chaos, and the gods don't know how to stop it-until Jack meets Anna.
Anna is a passionate and solitary writer who is protected by her companion, Nafusa of Libya, the cat god. When Jack, a young painter harboring a traumatic past, falls through the Great Portal of Art in Tunis, he stumbles into Anna, and his fate.
Helped and hindered by a rotating cast of deities, the two embark on a journey that connects three ancient cities in different times: Rome, Tunis, and Tripoli. They realize that it is Anna's gift for healing words and Jack's natural talent for drawing places as they were that can reinstate the Great Portals and restore the world's balance, but some of the darker gods who thrive on chaos will stop at nothing to derail their quest. As time tears faster than they can heal it, Anna and Jack must come together in time to save history, and the possibility of a future.
I'll bring discussion questions to get the conversation going.
As you read, feel free to participate in the Storygraph Buddy Read.
A discussion post will also go up on the More Magic Substack page at the end of June if you'd like to discuss there.
We'll start the discussion shortly after 10am to give everyone to arrive and get settled.
I can't wait to hear what you think of the book!
- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma TörzsHoney latte cafe , Portland, OR
For our next book club meet up, let's discuss Emma Törzs's debut novel, Ink Blood Sister Scribe.
I'll bring discussion topics to get the conversation going. Please be kind and respectful during discussions. The book might be someone's favorite read, and no one wants to have someone rip apart something they loved.
As you read, feel free to participate in the Storygraph Buddy Read.
A discussion post will also go up on the More Magic Substack page at the end of August if you'd like to discuss there.
We'll start the discussion shortly after 10am to give everyone to arrive and get settled.
I can't wait to hear what you think of the book!
