Our Rebel Book Club Hall of Fame puts the spotlight on our global community of curious minds, to showcase their unique personalities, wild breadth of talents and passions, whilst digging into their connection with non-fiction. The little-known, but true story about a failed assassination attempt. Introducing Ben Keene, Co-Founder of Rebel Book Clubīen K is the Co-Founder of Rebel Book Club. Book Jacket The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer, John Mensch. He started Rebel Book Club with his wingman, Ben Saul-Garner, whilst in Bali back in 2015. An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth – Chris Hadfield.They both realised they were under the curse of ‘Tsundoku’, the Japanese term for the growing pile of unread books on your bedside table or Kindle.īen now credits rhythm, community + accountability with jumping from 4 books a year to between 35-50 since starting RBC. dangers of the hood while at the same time celebrating with a sense of pride the people and community who call it home. I pitched the book up as part of an independent reading option. In the monkey forests of Bali (the other) Ben and I realised we were suffering the curse of ‘Tsundoku’, the Japanese word for the growing pile of unread books on your bedside table (or in our case on our kindles). These Long Way Down Discussion questions are inspired by social justice, the BLM movement of 2020, toxic masculinity and emotional vulnerability. Turned out we shared a similar stack of unread books mostly non-fiction reads about the world, business, technology, inspiring people and the future. We decided to commit to reading one non-fiction book start to end and meetup at the end of the month to share what we learnt and enjoy a book-themed cocktail. The first book was Zero to One by Peter Thiel and we drank a chilli-mojito. The title & cover if it triggers my curiosity. Before RBC, I was reading around 4 books a year and that usually included a summer holiday novel and a sports biography. Now, thanks to the accountability, rhythm & community at RBC I read a 35-50 books a year. That’s about 30 mins a day during the week and a couple of longer stints at the weekend. As soon as I finish a book I’m excited about the next one. If you could be a part of the book, which character would you like to be 7. Which characters have the best, worst, and funniest names in the book 6. If you could date a character from the book, who would you pick 5. Kind of like the Netflix countdown to the next episode. Does the book feature any specific tropes that you particularly like 4. Tell us something you’ve done as a result of reading non-fiction. Turning the Tide on Plastics (Lucy Siegle) led to my being much more conscious about my consumerism.Lots of other things that I’ve read have reinforced, sharped or shifted my perspective….
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