Hello book luvers of /r/bangtan! (giphy)

Wow, what a month! And it’s not over yet! Between all of the comeback promo and our mods’ asleep event, it’s been so busy! With March 20th fast approaching we wanted to fit our monthly book club discussion before we all dive headfirst into Arirang. We hope you had a chance to read this months book in honor of Jin and Super Tuna! (giphy)

Whether it’s humor, Whether it’s self help, Whether it’s fantasy…please read our books!

Below is a discussion guide. Some book-specific questions and some sharing suggestions!

You can scroll down this thread to see the question and reply to them in the comments!

Book Specific Questions

  • What did you think of the book? Is it something you would recommend to someone else?
  • Do you like first person narration in books? Would you have changed how this book was told?
  • What did you think of the main characters (June and Athena)?
  • How would you have reacted if you were in June’s position?
  • What do you think of the changes June made in Athena’s book?
  • Do you think June and Athena were ever really friends?
  • What are your thoughts on the social media aspect of the book? Does it feel realistic?
  • What did you think of the ending of this book?
  • This book is labeled as satire. How did it use humor? Did you find it funny? What do you think was the funniest part?

B-Side Questions/Discussion Suggestions

  • Fan Chant: Hype/overall reviews
  • Ments: favorite quotes
  • ARMY Time: playlist/recommendations of songs you associate with the book/chapters/characters
  • Do The Wave: sentiments, feels, realizations based on the book
  • Encore/Post Club-read Depression Prevention: something the book club can do afterwards (on one’s own leisure time) to help recover from the book hangover.

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Authors Juniper Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena is a literary darling and June is a nobody. When June witnesses Athena’s death, she acts on impulse, stealing Athena’s just-finished masterpiece. Yellowface is a satirical and darkly humorous novel.

Arirang is almost HERE!!!!

As always, if you have questions or suggestions on how we can make discussions even better please let us know. And please tell us if there are any books you’d like to add to our TBR list. You can post them here and tag any of the BWL Volunteers and mods like so u/EveryCliche. If you feel more comfortable reaching out to us directly, please don’t hesitate to do so
with luv, (giphy)

…and the r/bangtan Mod Team