I’ve been working on ReadWith, a novel way to run reading groups. I’ll have a launch announcement soon, but in the meantime, I have a gift for those joining the waitlist. But before, a quick intro to ReadWith.

About ReadWith

ReadWith introduces a novel way to share notes with a reading group, and gives leaders of all kinds the tools to organize a reading group.

Here’s a preview of a thread of notes in ReadWith:

There’s a way for you to try out this reading group experience, and so this is where the gift comes in.

A gift: Unread Bookshelf

I wrote a short book called Unread Bookshelf — On The Books We Meant to Read. About 20 pages, in PDF and EPUB. Fifteen essays on guilt, pleasure, Tsundoku, and getting back to the books you meant to read.

Join the ReadWith waitlist and your welcome email includes download links for the booklet. It’s free for the waitlist/newsletter subscribers.

As another bonus (also in the welcome email), along with the book there’s a special link to join a 1:1 reading group with me, the book’s author, with notes about the topics of the book from my perspective. The inside track on writing the book, essentially, and a way to get a sneak peak at how ReadWith works. I think you’ll like it.

More about the booklet

Join the waitlist

What you’re signing up for

• Waitlist — updates as ReadWith gets closer to launch; early access when we open.
• Bulletins — occasional notes from me with updates on ReadWith and related promotions.
• Welcome email — PDF and EPUB for Unread Bookshelf right after you confirm.

– Pascal

The Japanese have a word:
Tsundoku.

It refers to the practice of owning books that are not meant to be read.

Books organized in a pile, so that you can be in the presence of books.

Books filling up a wall of shelves, to overwhelm. You won’t have the capacity to read them all, and that’s the point.

Something happens, visually, when there are too many details.

The Japanese have another word for that:
Shinrin-yoku.

It means “forest bathing”, a practice offering therapeutic relaxation by being subjected to the overwhelming visual details found in nature. In that setting, the mind relaxes.

A wall full of books might offer you a similar, relaxing feeling.

Whether for relaxation, or for the pleasure, or for creating humility (how will I ever read all these books?), maybe the antidote to an unread bookshelf is a bookshelf that you won’t ever intend to read.

More essays like this, for encouragement on resetting your relationship with all those unread books, consider buying Unread Bookshelf - On Those Books We Meant To Read.

I’m getting ready to launch ReadWith to a wider audience soon. In the meantime, I’ve got a special pre-release offer.

Some of you are looking forward to the upcoming book Leading in Chaos by Nicholas Janni and Amy Elizabeth Fox, launching April 7, 2026.

Here’s the special offer:

Organize a reading group of up to 10 people for Leading in Chaos, for a one-time purchase of $20 USD. Only the organizer pays.

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About ReadWith

ReadWith gives you a way to share notes in a way that feels like a live reading group discussion. Everyone gets a chance to share their insight. Once you do, you get rewarded with other people’s notes up to that point in the book, where you shared your reaction to a passage.

Set some goals “Part 1 done by mid-May”, invite some people, organize calls. All from within ReadWith.

About Leading in Chaos: A Clarion Call To A New Future

In this “grounding new book”, authors Nicholas Janni (Business Book of the Year winner for Leader as Healer) and Amy Elizabeth Fox (CEO of Mobius Executive Leadership) bring forth the premise: leading through chaos requires more than new skills. It requires inner transformation — developing presence, consciousness, and deep human connection. It requires refined relational skills and the capacity for adaptive change.

I hope ReadWith will allow you to study the book more deeply, with your peers, friends, and coworkers.

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– Pascal