Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In July we read Genevieve Valentine's novel Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti. Jump into comments to get started talking about it!

For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here's how it works: You read the book. We create a special book club post on io9 when the meeting is in session. That would be the post you're reading right now. Then everybody talks about the book in comments for a few days, starting right now.

Genevieve Valentine will drop by and speak to us about the novel later this week. I'll post a call for questions for her on Thursday — keep an eye out for it!

So, what did you think of the book?

Want to get a headstart on next month's book? We'll be meeting August 23 to discuss Ian McDonald's The Dervish House.