{"id":24876,"date":"2026-05-24T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=24876"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:31:25","slug":"sylum-book-club-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-book-club-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-book-club-2\/sylumbookclub1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?fit=500%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,208\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"sylumbookclub1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?fit=500%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24436 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?resize=500%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?resize=400%2C166&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?resize=150%2C62&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?resize=490%2C204&amp;ssl=1 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What are you reading this month?<\/p>\n<p>My favorite book for this month was Dick Van Dyke&#8217;s 100 Rules for Living to 100.<\/p>\n<p>This is a fun book, and just makes you want to wrap Dick Van Dyke in bubble wrap.\u00a0 The stories are great, you&#8217;ll laugh and cry.\u00a0 I highly recommended this especially if you&#8217;re a fan of his.\u00a0 Even if you&#8217;re not \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are you reading this month? My favorite book for this month was Dick Van Dyke&#8217;s 100 Rules for Living to 100. This is a fun book, and just makes you want to wrap Dick Van Dyke in bubble wrap.\u00a0 The stories are great, you&#8217;ll laugh and cry.\u00a0 I highly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1145],"tags":[1146],"class_list":["post-24876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sylum-book-club","tag-sylum-book-club"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Da1M-6te","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25112,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-book-club-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":24876,"position":0},"title":"Sylum Book Club","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"August 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Any new readings? This is a bit early in the month for the book club - but today is also Book Lovers Day!\u00a0 Felt it was fitting. The latest book I read was Terry Crews autobiography: Tough - My Journey to True Power.\u00a0 \u00a0It was eye opening, inspiring, and my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sylum Book Club&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sylum Book Club","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/sylum-book-club\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24780,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-book-club-april-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":24876,"position":1},"title":"Sylum Book Club: April 2026","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"April 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 What is everyone reading this month? I recently worked my way through the Hunger Games Series.\u00a0 I had read it a while back, but picked it up for really cheap on audible.\u00a0 \u00a0I finished the series by reading Sunrise on the Reaping one of the side novels.\u00a0 \u00a0It was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sylum Book Club&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sylum Book Club","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/sylum-book-club\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25268,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-book-club-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":24876,"position":2},"title":"Sylum Book Club","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"September 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 I've had some interesting ones in the past month.\u00a0 I read Sarah Maas The Court of Thorns and Roses.\u00a0 \u00a0It wasn't bad, not the best thing I've read - might continue with the series as like a pallet cleanser, but good. Read Lincoln's Lady Spy Master by Gerri Willis\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sylum Book Club&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sylum Book Club","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/sylum-book-club\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24672,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-book-club-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":24876,"position":3},"title":"Sylum Book Club","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"March 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 So what's everyone reading or read this month? I've read a few! My top favorite was Grant & Sherman: How Their Friendship Won the Civil War by Charles Flood - this is a great book (a bit dry) but a very interesting look at their friendship and how it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sylum Book Club&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sylum Book Club","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/sylum-book-club\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24956,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-book-club-june-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":24876,"position":4},"title":"Sylum Book Club: June 2026","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"June 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 What have we been reading for the month of June. The latest one in my very long TBL (to be listened - as I do a lot of commuting) list. There were two that was interesting: Dangerous to Know (Chronicles of Breed Book 1) by KT Davies.\u00a0 This was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sylum Book Club&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sylum Book Club","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/sylum-book-club\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25063,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-book-club-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":24876,"position":5},"title":"Sylum Book Club","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"July 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 So last month was a bit less of books I've listened to - I had a long one. Here are my top two: Leap of Faith - Life of a Frog by Kermit the Frog.\u00a0 If you get this - please do audible they do the full muppet voices\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sylum Book Club&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sylum Book Club","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/sylum-book-club\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylumbookclub2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}