Ink The Reading Room · weekly read-along
The Wandering Inn: Book One, Part One
Gathering readers · target start August 31 On Kindle Unlimited, checked July 28, 2026
Four weeks in an abandoned inn on a hill, with the longest story anyone has ever written waiting behind it. This run reads Part One of Volume One, the half that starts warm. First timers especially welcome; nobody here has read all twelve million words and nobody is going to pretend otherwise. One honest heads up: this series is gentle and then it is not, and there is grief in it.
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0 of 8 readers gathered · 8 more to open the doors
Target start August 31 · opens early when 8 readers gather · starts September 14 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.
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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 · An Empty Building through 25% Opens week 1 once the doors open
- Week 2 · Open for Business through 50% Opens week 2 once the doors open
- Week 3 · The City Across the Water through 75% Opens week 3 once the doors open
- Week 4 · The Long Hill (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.
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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
The Wandering Inn: Book One, Part One $0 with KUWeek 1 · through 25%
An Empty Building
Safe if you have read through 25%.
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Week 2 · through 50%
Open for Business
Safe if you have read through 50%.
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Week 3 · through 75%
The City Across the Water
Safe if you have read through 75%.
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Week 4 · the whole book
The Long Hill (Full Book)
Safe if you have read the whole book.
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Week 5 · the whole book
Reflection: after the last page
Safe if you have read the whole book.
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This thread assumes you have read the whole book. That is past your bookmark, so spoilers wait behind this blur.
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