#Radio Silence Book Club

[februaryfridayevents]

Radio Silence Reread

Hi everyone! You may remember that a few weeks ago I posted a poll about hosting a Radio Silence fandom reread/book club. My idea was to reread the book in sections together, share our thought and get some inspiration for the February Friday events. I had such a positive response so here's an update!

The reread will start on January 15th and run until January 31st, one week before the first February Friday event. I have given us two days to read each section with the dates in the image above. (Dates without the image will be in the read below)

*All page numbers are based on the paperbook UK edition of Radio Silence*

We can share our thoughts using the Radio Silence Book Club tag.

If you have any ideas, suggestions or questions reply to this post or send an ask!

Thank you!

Prologue/Summer Term A (01-43) - 15th Jan

Summer Term B (44-99) - 17th Jan

Summer Holidays A (100-159) - 19th Jan

Summer Holidays B (160-234) - 21st Jan

Autumn Term B (235-286) - 23rd Jan

Christmas Holidays (287-318) - 25th Jan

Spring Term A (319-354) - 27th Jan

Spring Term B (355-384) - 29th Jan

Spring Term C/Summer (385-403) - 31st Jan

[laughingpunk]

Michael Holden, is this you???

[dewdroppixie]

Alice's books covers are the reason why you don't judge a book by its cover. It looks cute and tailored for a young audience, but it's anything but. The Osemanverse in my unsolicited opinion requires a level of emotional understanding and experience not usually associated with a YA audience. It's teen characters but it's something you read after you've passed that age, something that feels like "what was" not "what is". I can't really put it into words. But Alice's books are something I feel as an adult, it would not have felt like this if I read this when I was 14,16 or even 18. I have a 16 year old sister and I'm close friends with her friends and Oseman isn't something they'd appreciate as much as I have. Well, there's cultural differences and personal preferences involved so anyways. Also Alice's brilliant for writing Solitaire at such a young age. Now what to read next..... Loveless. 💜

[bazwillendinflames]

Platonic love stories 💖

[weird-middle-school-books]

I only noticed on this my fourth reread of Radio Silence that Radio wears gloves on their hands and how that might me connected to Carys' burn scars on her hands.. much to think about

[dearreader-12]

Potentially controversial Radio Silence take...

Am I the only one who thinks that Frances might also be potentially aspec? I just think a few things she's said would suggest she might be.

[spring-siblings]

The way I gasped when Frances got those anons asking about her identity. True Tumblr horror story

[greeen-bean]

Day three (Just go with it):

First annotation: "Do you talk to yourself?" Yes

I also about the talking to yourself being weird thing I wrote "It's the autism I've fact checked" because it is the autism and I have fact checked this (asked my other autistic friends)

I have been getting very emotional reading this book (what else is new) because I finally have friends that I can be like this with and it is a GAME CHANGER and I love them all so much

"Angel" I know her

I AM PLATONICALLY IN LOVE WITH YOU VHGCTYDYTIUGKHJCGHDRYE%&R^T&IUGKHJCGDTYURYITUGJKHCJGDTURITUOGLJVKHCGJDTIYRTUOLGJVMCGJDTURIYTUGJVHCGJXDUE*R^(&T*YPIHJVBVNBMCGXJDTIR&OT*PYI:HKBV

SO incredibly not ready for their divorce

"She didn't care, she didn't feel the need to care" It is very hard to care about and put constant and/or consistent effort (physical and emotional) into a system when no matter what, nothing comes out the other side or pays off. It is a lot easier to "rise above it" than to keep going

Obsessed with Frances' mum being actively happy and supportive of Francis spending less time on her school work and focusing on something she is passionate about - out here doing better than most

CAROL LAST WHEN I CATCH YOU WHEN I CATCH YOU CAROL

The immediate, not even attempted subtlety on Aled's change when his mum shows up AHHHH

The Allie nick name will never not make my brain buzz

Also love how willing Aled is to talk about how he hates his mum, there's no sugar coating it or anything, he is ready to say what he believes and I'm kinda obsessed with it

Also how he says he wants to keep his mum/family life and Frances separate - he seems to do this a lot, keeping all the different aspects of his life away from each other

THE GENDER OF ALED

February Friday is a crazy concept and makes me disgustingly emotional

The cosmic noise episode specifically CRAZY COO COO AAHH INSAME KMSGUIHOKLKHVGIUYOIJKB

I do love Raine constantly making the effort with Frances

CARYS THEY COULD NEVER MAKE ME HATE YOu

Aled getting 4 A stars at a-level is CRAZYYYY

Frances is so autistic specifically for looking at relationships through friendship bars in the sims

Daniel Jun knows extensive Bruno Mars Trivia because he is a homosexual and Bruno Mars is hot thank you

With all the issues Dan is having with Aled right now he still left to go and ask Frances to come over because Aled mentioned it would be nice gaaa - this is the first time in a significant while he is having any time to spend with Aled and STILL gets Frances, Better man than me at this rate

I am soooooooooooooooooo not ready for the creator outing =, that's where I stopped my reread last time because I felt sick with anxiety even knowing what would happen

Didn't realise before but Dan was probably born in Korea ("How about we give you a real English name, huh? we live in England now and you're an English boy")

The bonding between Daniel and Frances can eb SO PERSONAL to a person

"You've got so much more power than you think you do, [...] But you just waste it. You just do whatever anyone else says" AND SHE WAS CORRECT

Aled just wanting to be special is SO UFTYGIUHJFYUT&YOIHJK

I THINK YOUR EXXACTLY AND MY EXACTLY ARE DIFFERENT EXACTLYYS

[clinttbartton]

waaaah something something radio silence embodies self-recognition through the other and characters acting as mirrors for one another. frances describes aled as someone who nods and goes along with whatever you say and “the most basic, boring person in the universe,” after describing herself very similarly. but neither of them are actually those people are they? and they get to discover their true selves in and through each other!!

[mila-cats]

Is somebody gonna match my freak??

I love Alice's books SO MUCH. I've read radio silence over and over and over again. It's really my fave lol. These books really changed my sight on the LGBTQI+ community and let me figure out my sexuality too. Because first I got influenced by the unsupportive people around me but now I know better. THANK YOU ALICE FOR MAKING THESE WONDERFUL BOOKS!!!

[februaryfridayevents]

Radio Silence Book Club (1)

Today is the start of the Radio Silence reread, we'll be starting with Prologue and Summer Term A (pages 01-43). Our next check in will be in two days with Summer Term B (pages 44-99).

Remember to share your thoughts tagged with Radio Silence Book Club. Can't wait to see everyones thoughts as we read together!

[laughingpunk]

I've not read a book in years.

I've had guilt over books I've wanted to read, books recommended by friends, and bought as presents all sitting unread. And that feeling of guilt builds until it feels insurmountable.

I found Radio Silence Book Club really tough. I've had to work really hard to make myself read. But it's also been so exciting, reading along with other people and I feel a huge sense of achievement at having finished the book.

Thank you @februaryfridayevents for organising the book club!

[dewdroppixie]

Took me a lot of grit to finish this because it got so sad and my existence is harrowing enough thank you very much. But I loved it. I don't really relate exactly to the characters but somehow collectively Oseman makes me feel seen. In a weird way I don't fully understand, Radio Silence was something precious. I don't know exactly what it is but it touched some part of me I didn't know existed. 💔I hope someone is listening......

[bazwillendinflames]

Frances constantly thinking about how much she adores Aled… platonic bonds and love hold this book together.

[weird-middle-school-books]

I'm back on my GNC/agender Aled thing and I just think that he and Frances should watch I Saw the TV Glow together x

[dearreader-12]

Maybe its just me or its a cultural thing I don't understand, but like what do you mean Carol made Aled's curfew 8pm?

He's 17 (ALMOST 18!!!!) years old, its the summer holiday, and he is literally going to university in a few months where he is expected to regulate his own comings and goings.

That's the worst type of helicopter parenting! The way I see it, you need to give your kids a little bit more freedom as they grow up so that they can make good decisions when you're not around.

I understand maybe she was paranoid after Carys ran away or something, but like if he was going to he probably would have done so by now! And again he's going to college in like a month or so, he's an adult now he should be able to have a curfew later than 8pm.