Ink The Reading Room · weekly read-along
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Gathering readers · target start August 3 On Kindle Unlimited, checked July 16, 2026
The inaugural Ink and Fables crawl. Four weeks, one doomed Earth, one boxer-clad ex-Marine, and the best cat in modern fiction. Finish the book with the group, then walk straight into the Book 2 run together. New crawlers welcome; the lobby is spoiler-free and the wine is bring-your-own.
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0 of 12 readers gathered · 12 more to open the doors
Target start August 3 · opens early when 12 readers gather · starts August 17 as long as at least one other reader has joined; an empty club waits another two weeks
The lobby is open now; the reading map below shows the whole road.
✦ You are on the roster.
We will open the lobby doors the moment the club starts.
The road ahead
Every stop on this club's road, from the lobby to the last page. Each scene unveils the week its thread opens.
- The Lobby Introductions and pace talk · spoiler-free Always open
- Week 1 · Entering the Dungeon through 25% Opens week 1 once the doors open
- Week 2 · Deeper In through 50% Opens week 2 once the doors open
- Week 3 · The Descent Continues through 75% Opens week 3 once the doors open
- Week 4 · The Floor Boss (Full Book) the whole book Opens week 4 once the doors open
- Week 5 · Reflection: after the last page the whole book Opens week 5 once the doors open
The Lobby · spoiler-free
Introductions and pace talk
Always open, always spoiler-free. Say hello, claim a chair, and tell us how you like to read.
No account here. Pick a pen name and a secret word; the secret word is what lets you keep your pen name, and we cannot recover it, so choose one you will remember. Be kind, mind the house guidelines, and no links yet. Mentioning a book as {Book Title} turns it into a card.
This thread assumes you have read nothing yet. That is past your bookmark, so spoilers wait behind this blur.
Book 1 · weeks 1 to 5
Dungeon Crawler Carl $0 with KUWeek 1 · through 25%
Entering the Dungeon
Safe if you have read through 25%.
No account here. Pick a pen name and a secret word; the secret word is what lets you keep your pen name, and we cannot recover it, so choose one you will remember. Be kind, mind the house guidelines, and no links yet. Mentioning a book as {Book Title} turns it into a card.
This thread assumes you have read through 25%. That is past your bookmark, so spoilers wait behind this blur.
Week 2 · through 50%
Deeper In
Safe if you have read through 50%.
No account here. Pick a pen name and a secret word; the secret word is what lets you keep your pen name, and we cannot recover it, so choose one you will remember. Be kind, mind the house guidelines, and no links yet. Mentioning a book as {Book Title} turns it into a card.
This thread assumes you have read through 50%. That is past your bookmark, so spoilers wait behind this blur.
Week 3 · through 75%
The Descent Continues
Safe if you have read through 75%.
No account here. Pick a pen name and a secret word; the secret word is what lets you keep your pen name, and we cannot recover it, so choose one you will remember. Be kind, mind the house guidelines, and no links yet. Mentioning a book as {Book Title} turns it into a card.
This thread assumes you have read through 75%. That is past your bookmark, so spoilers wait behind this blur.
Week 4 · the whole book
The Floor Boss (Full Book)
Safe if you have read the whole book.
No account here. Pick a pen name and a secret word; the secret word is what lets you keep your pen name, and we cannot recover it, so choose one you will remember. Be kind, mind the house guidelines, and no links yet. Mentioning a book as {Book Title} turns it into a card.
This thread assumes you have read the whole book. That is past your bookmark, so spoilers wait behind this blur.
Week 5 · the whole book
Reflection: after the last page
Safe if you have read the whole book.
No account here. Pick a pen name and a secret word; the secret word is what lets you keep your pen name, and we cannot recover it, so choose one you will remember. Be kind, mind the house guidelines, and no links yet. Mentioning a book as {Book Title} turns it into a card.
This thread assumes you have read the whole book. That is past your bookmark, so spoilers wait behind this blur.
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