Since we announced the contest, we have received about three entries submitted under the first announcement post and several more under the tag #hbcjanuaryreview. Hence, there are seven entries in total under the tag #hbcjanuaryreview. We look forward to more submissions as the contest ends in about two weeks.
Another exciting news this week, we received a 325k CCC delegation courtesy of @pibara in which will be used to curate posts under #book, posted in hivebookclub, and also #literature that includes all forms of creative writing.
Furthermore, Hivebookclub is growing from about 60 subscribers to 96 subscribers with 47 active posters. We hope to continue to grow and support readers, content creators, and authors in Hive Book Club.
The January review is the starter to revive this community. Hopefully, there will be more exciting challenges and contest with a bigger prize pool in the coming months. With this community's revival, we hope to open an application to be a moderator and a curator. So, stay tuned!
Here are ten highlighted entries and posts from HivebookClub this week in no particular order:
| Author | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
 @ambafatima | THE 100 (2015) - Book Review | "The story is characterized by a unique atmosphere, and the creation of romantic and friendly relations between the characters can be shown convincingly and interestingly due to the in-depth writing of the thoughts and motives of each character". |
 @taliakerch | HIVE BOOK CLUB: A GUIDE-BOOK FOR HAPPY PARENTS OF HAPPY KIDS | "The book has more than 250 pages, and each of them is useful.But the main point that is absolutely brilliant is that your kid is YOUR reflection." |
 @laloretoyya | Curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon | "Don't be fooled by the title, it's not like you're going to find a case like Sherlock Holmes, although if it has investigation, this book is not centered on a police type novel that we're used to." |
 @stevenson7 | My Top five (5) books of 2020 | " I didn't read much last year, but the books I read were quite good to be honest. I really love books, they are like television inside your head." |
 @betrayo | Reading in 2020: My Book Review | "If 2020 gave us an important lesson, it surely was that more time to read isn't a bad thing. These is even better when you have so many options to choose from. So, after I got fired from a time-consuming job, I spent a lot of time reading. These are my top 6 books of last year." |
| Author | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
 @pibara | Ragnarok Conspiracy now permanently FREE (with a crypto tipping-jar) | " make the book available for FREE, permanently, and allow people who like the book to use a tipping-jar, where they can tip me a modest amount of crypto if they end up appreciating my work." |
 @riverflows | Australian Gothic, Climate Fiction & Mother Love: Kate Mildenhall's 'The Mother Fault' and James Bradley's 'Ghost Species' | "there is a sense of a dark past, a haunting sense of isolation and loneliness in their end of world at the end of the world - and an unforgiving environment that threatens the people in societies either in utter ruin, or close to it." |
 @elpatoverde | My Top 5 2020 Books | "This year, as most of you, I've had a lot of spare time since I was in quarantine, so I was able to read many books, and here are some of my favorite" |
 @livinguktaiwan | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and results of the January PUD Guessing Contest | "We have to thank Henrietta for all the medical advances achieved in the past 70 years. But have we? And who's given any thought about the HeLa cells, and Henerietta's family? Certainly not those who were in to profit from it." |
 | The man who fixed the bicycles | "This novel possesses a fresh and pleasant narrative, somewhat poetic, in which the author takes us on a journey through the summer landscape to the rhythm of the waves of the sea, but which at the same time requires absolute concentration, since he constantly travels between the past and the present of his protagonists." |
The authors posted the posts within the last week until yesterday. If you posted under 20 hours, you will have the chance to be highlighted in the next week's news. See you next week!
If you appreciate what we do, consider re-hiving this post and sharing it with your friends.
OCD Has a Hive Witness ... @OCD-Witness!
You can vote for @ocd-witness, with HiveSigner or on Hive Witnesses.
Thank you so much for the support
Its amazing to know that there is finally a book club that is buzzing, this would turn out to be my new home. Also, I'd like to know if my 2020 book review counts as an entry for the contest.
I am sorry, you'd have to make another one :) a review of a book of your preference.
Absolutely, 😅
I will do that as soon as possible.
Thank you.
thank you, guys!
I highly appreciate your attention my post and support!
I am glad I've found your community<3
you are welcome! sorry it took us very long to answer because @macchiata, the admin here is quite occupied with multiple things at once. We hope you enjoy the community and continue sharing anything book related stories even probably libraries you've visited.
thanks! yes, I like your community, reading is my passion, so I can be your member;)
Definitely ! I hope you can find new books to read that's outside your general genre preference. Happy to have you here :)
Been really enjoying these reviews! Thanks!
you're welcome!