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I went to the library this morning, and here is my position:
Tom Brokaw's Boom has been ordered, and I am first on the wait list--but it will take 2 months!
A Thousand Splendid Suns is out, but should return soon, and I am first on the list for that.
I just finished Water For Elephants, so that's cool.
Yes, lots of juggling with these books. When the list developed, it never occurred to me that we'd have difficult because our choices were new, expensive, or not available in our local libraries.
Well, live, learn and read!
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Originally Posted by cil
I went to the library this morning, and here is my position:
Tom Brokaw's Boom has been ordered, and I am first on the wait list--but it will take 2 months!
A Thousand Splendid Suns is out, but should return soon, and I am first on the list for that.
I just finished Water For Elephants, so that's cool.
We may not be able to join in all of the discussions this way, but we do have a good size group so there should be plenty of back and forth exchange of ideas nonetheless.
I hope everyone has access to one of the three by month's end. We should have a great time sharing with each other.
Ontheroad, I don't think your intents with doing all three books at once was misunderstood. It is just we who are over-achiever Type A folks really want to be able to read all three and participate in the discussions!!
Life is full of adjustments and we can make them. This will work out fine in the long run. Thanks for your thoughtful planning.
Last edited by gemkeeper; 01-05-2008 at 04:52 PM..
Reason: reworded awkward sentence!!
We may not be able to join in all of the discussions this way, but we do have a good size group so there should be plenty of back and forth exchange of ideas nonetheless.
Yes!
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Life is full of adjustments and we can make them. This will work out fine in the long run. Thanks for your thoughtful planning.
Indeed, thank you, OTR.
And Gem, that is a nice summary of the Book Club's "mission statement."
Neck-and-neck as I check-in. . . Thousand Splendid Suns and Brokaw's Voices of the 60s. Man, but could two popular books be at more ends of the spectrum?
I had a wonderful visit to my new library today. It is packed with new releases and appears to also have a good selection of tried and trues...but no: A Thousand Splendid Suns yet. I'm on the wait list just like many of us here.
I am rather a fast reader and not at all concerned, and took out two mysteries, both on the new side, to gear myself up.
I got all three books today..I have started Thousand Suns..
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