Hello to all the lovely bookclubbers of r/bangtan. First things first, Happy JK Day (All links lead to Giphy)!! 🐰🎂💜 To all the Army celebrating with him, have the BEST time!

September rolling around also means that you have spoken, and the vote goes to…

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Harvard art history student, Will Chen, is recruited by a Chinese corporation to steal five priceless Chinese sculptures from Western museums and return them to China. He assembles a crew of fellow Chinese American students, each bringing different skills and their own complicated relationship with their cultural identity. With $10 million each at stake, the inexperienced team must pull off a series of daring heists while confronting questions of art, ownership, identity and who gets to claim history.

Wish I Knew How To Find This Book

See below for options on how to get the book

Right back to dates, on rainy days like

Schedule for the month

Below is a discussion guide. We will also be preparing some questions for you!

• Book specific questions: TBD
• 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.

Will be seeing y’all at the discussion!

Drop a line below to let us know if you’ll be joining! Share what you’re looking forward to about this book. Did the book you voted for get picked? Or were you hoping for another book? We’d love to hear it all. See you at the discussion meeting.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the book or the thread, feel free to tag me or any of the mods or BWL Volunteers.

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…and the r/bangtan Mod Team

Happy happy birthday to our baby star candy, big strong muscle man Jung Kook (link to tenor)!!

This year, in addition to our usual birthday appreciation posts, we're also hosting small member birthday projects. Each will generally include a little prompt to help us celebrate our seven favorite humans.

Jung Kook Birthday Project: Beautiful Moments

The golden maknae is not only good at everything, but also has the energy, curiosity, and determination to deeply explore his interests outside of his main job, which has been inspiring to all of us!

For his birthday, we wanted to do a little exploring of our own, inspired by his latest adventures in photography and music.

For the project:

• Post a photo that reminds you of exploration, JK-style: a landscape, glowing street light, cityscape, or anything else that captures exploration, growth, adventure, or finding beauty in everyday life.
• Recommend a song to go with your photo: What song would you pair with that moment, and why?

Share your beautiful moments here! 💜

Giveaway:

• Anyone who participates here is eligible to enter a raffle for a package of Jung Kook fan made merch (buttons and stickers) and a copy of Golden. The winner will be chosen at random and notified via DM! Must be willing to share name and address with mod team. Personal info will be deleted after prize is sent. To enter the giveaway, please fill out this form.

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