Silent Book Club - Manila, Reading Session
Today, I joined SBC-Manila’s silent reading session at Podium’s The Book Nook . First time for me to attend, though I’d long been lurking on the Discord server and, like a shy teenager, have always wanted to join one of the silent reading events. I tried signing up to one of them before, but apparently, slots go quickly, and I never made it to before sign-ups closed. Was lucky enough to get a slot for this one, though! This particular session was hosted by kutingtin , who I don’t think I’ve ever met personally, but know through IG and Discord. (We’ve met now.) Have to say, Tin was a consummate host, well-prepared with constant and complete updates before the event, and a clear program during. There was an intro, then we dove right in to the 1hr silent reading portion. And yes, everyone silently read for one hour. I think there were 30 or so people who participated! After 1 hr of silent reading, we broke up into groups for half an hour of talking about...