A literary salon, not a CRM
The book clubthat actuallymeets.
Book Bash keeps the roster, nudges everyone before the meetup, announces the month’s book, knows who’s on which page, runs the vote for what’s next — and hosts the argument afterwards. You just pick the snacks.
- Free for clubs of up to 12
- Sign in with a magic link — no passwords
- Spoiler Guard on every comment
The Tuesday Night Salon
November
Middlemarch
George Eliot
This month
Middlemarch
George Eliot
Thu, Nov 26 · 7:00 PM
Ana’s place · Book I–IV
The Shelf
2 finished · no judgment
Mark checked in at p. 412
“Book IV broke me.”
3 laughing reactions
Contents
A season, in six chapters.
Set the rhythm once. Book Bash keeps time, so the evening can be about the book.
The roster, and the nudges
Add everyone once — by hand, from your contacts, or a pasted list. Each person picks email, text or push, and Book Bash sends the right reminder at the right local time: RSVP nudges, “see you Thursday,” the address three hours before.
Curtain up
On the first of the month the new book takes the stage: cover, page count, the meetup date, and where to get it — Bookshop.org, Amazon, or your local library.
Reading together, even apart
A weekly “where are you in the book?” Answer by page, percent or chapter — even by text. Your bookmark joins the club’s Shelf only once you’ve said that’s fine. Until then, your check-ins are yours.
Spoiler Guard
Every comment remembers how far its author had read. If you’re not there yet, it stays veiled until you choose to look — and the filtering happens on our side, so nothing slips through.
The vote
Open a suggestion round, gather nominations, then choose from twelve ways to vote — approval, ranked choice, STAR, a full bracket. Reveal the winner at the meetup like the envelope it is.
The argument
A thread for every book, meetup and nomination. Comments, quote cards and reactions land live on every screen — the dinner-party table, between dinner parties.
Spoiler Guard
Talk about the book as you read it.
Every comment remembers where its author was. If you’re behind, it waits for you behind a veil — and you lift it only when you want to. Page 40 counts. So does the audiobook.
Check-ins stay private until you say they can join the club’s Shelf. Nobody is keeping score.
Middlemarch · the thread
- Priyap. 64
Fifty pages in and I’m already taking sides. Whose side are we on? Asking for a friend.
4 reactions
- Markp. 212
Spoiler for p. 212+
- Anap. 790
Spoiler for p. 790+
A demonstration. Drag the page — nothing here is sent anywhere.
What shall we read next?
Twelve ways to vote. One envelope.
Everyone nominates. The host picks how the club decides and how much anyone sees before the end. Then — if you like — the winner is revealed on every screen at once.
Approval
Tick every book you’d happily read.
Ranked choice
Rank them; rounds eliminate the least loved.
STAR
Stars, then an automatic runoff.
Score
Zero to five stars, highest average wins.
Borda count
Points by rank — consensus over controversy.
Schulze
The purist’s pairwise method.
Plurality
One vote each. Quick and clean.
Dot voting
Five dots. Stack them all if you must.
Bracket
Head-to-head, round by round.
Shortlist & veto
Strike the one you can’t face.
Host’s pick
The club votes; the host decides.
Lottery
Fate, with a published seed.
The Tuesday Night Salon · December
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
Voting has closed. The results are sealed until the host says so.
Try it yourself
An invitation worth answering.
This is what lands on your members’ phones before every meetup. One tap from a text or an email. Go on.
The Tuesday Night Salon
Middlemarch, Books I–IV
Thursday, November 26 · 7:00 PM
Ana’s place · bring a favorite line
Will you join us?
Nothing was sent anywhere — this one’s just for you. A real invitation looks exactly like this.
House rules
Good manners, built in.
A club runs on trust. Here is exactly what we do with the things you trust us with.
Numbers go in once
A phone number or email is used to deliver nudges, and that’s all. Members never see each other’s contact details — not in the roster, not in a reply-all.
Your pace is yours
Check-ins stay private until you agree to share them with the club. Change your mind any time.
No passwords to forget
Everyone signs in with a magic link sent to their email or phone. One tap, and you’re at the table.
Nudges with manners
Quiet hours, digests instead of pings, and every kind of reminder can be switched off. Texts only after you say yes; reply STOP and they stop.
The AI knows its place
It suggests discussion questions and helps find books. It never sees anyone’s contact details, never reads past your bookmark, and never counts a vote.
Subscriptions
Less than a paperback a year.
Start free with everything a club needs. Upgrade one club at a time, if and when you want the extras. Members never pay a thing.
Free
$0forever
For the club that meets around a kitchen table.
- Up to 12 members
- Nudges by email and push
- All twelve voting strategies
- Check-ins, the Shelf and Spoiler Guard
- Live discussion threads
Pro
$25a year, per club
For the club that has outgrown the kitchen table.
- Up to 50 members
- Text message nudges and check-ins
- Presenter mode for the big reveal
- AI Discussion Guide for every meetup
- Your season recap
- A custom theme for your club
- An open join link for new members
Pro is bought on the web by the host and covers the whole club for a year. Cancel any time.
Texts from Book Bash
The nudges, by text.
Meetup reminders, the month’s new book, and a gentle “where are you in the book?” — from Book Bash, by Zincan. Never a group thread.
Chapter the last
Pull up a chair.
Name your club, add your people, choose the first book — or let them vote on it. The nudges take it from there.
Start a clubFree for up to 12 members. Sign in with a magic link — no password.