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A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving (F) Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini (F) Boom - Voices of the 60s - Tom Brokaw (NF) The War at Home - Nora Epstein (semi-biographical) Kaffir Boy - Mark Mathabane (autobiography) Box Children - Sharon Wyse (F)
Would anyone be interested in starting a monthly book club here in the Book Forum?
We'd select a few books, read them together (in cyber-space) and then discuss them in a thread.
Any takers?
Are you kidding me? I am in with both eyes and my bookmark!
I have been longing for a fellow group of enthusiastic readers to share some thoughts with on any good read.
I would love to read and discuss any form of poetry, historical novels, philosophical tomes, political brouhaha, children's books, foreign authors, contemporary literature - anything! (Please exclude any calculus textbooks. Never could make head nor tail out of them.)
I have just started to read this thread, so I will continue to see how others feel about the idea. Considering that I see 5 pages of posts I imagine there is quite a bit of interest in a reading forum.
I'll will be back as soon as I finish this thread. Thank you! Thank you, ontheroad and blue62! (Thank you, hiknapster.)
Check out the Book Recommendations thread (with a sticky) and make any book suggestions you'd like--sounds like you might have some in categories not yet discussed.
And happy holidays.
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Originally Posted by gemthornton
Are you kidding me? I am in with both eyes and my bookmark!
I have been longing for a fellow group of enthusiastic readers to share some thoughts with on any good read.
I would love to read and discuss any form of poetry, historical novels, philosophical tomes, political brouhaha, children's books, foreign authors, contemporary literature - anything! (Please exclude any calculus textbooks. Never could make head nor tail out of them.)
I have just started to read this thread, so I will continue to see how others feel about the idea. Considering that I see 5 pages of posts I imagine there is quite a bit of interest in a reading forum.
I'll will be back as soon as I finish this thread. Thank you! Thank you, ontheroad and blue62! (Thank you, hiknapster.)
I checked R&P and didn't see the thread on sharing a book reading.
However, we may want to keep the discussion to those who have signed up to be part of the group rather than have an open-ended, anyone jump in approach. In R&P you all have a long-standing relationship, while here in Books, we are just starting to get to know each other.
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Originally Posted by blue62
We had a book read/discussion in r&p several months ago and it turned out very well..There were very few interruptions and most were others who had read the books and made a comment..We pretty much read at our own pace and made a comment on which chapters we had read and some would discuss, then go on to the next chapters..
Thanks, blue62, I'll be reading through the thread to get a feel for how it all went especially as you, Alpha8207 and June 7th all seem to have signed up for that one (and this one, too).
Hope your Christmas was grand. My kids just floated out of here 1/2hr ago on good food, and fine wine until we re-group tomorrow.
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OTR This is the thread I was referring to..I agree that we should hope that the discussion should be for the wsigned up members only
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving (F) Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini (F) Boom - Voices of the 60s - Tom Brokaw (NF) The War at Home - Nora Epstein (semi-biographical) Kaffir Boy - Mark Mathabane (autobiography) Box Children - Sharon Wyse (F)
My mistake. Yes that book is by Nora Eisenberg. She is a neighbour, and a rather interesting person. I thought I'd add it because it had good reviews, is supposed to be funny, and very readable.
I am a new member but I love to read and would be interested in a reading club. Like some of the other posts I read, I am concerned about being able to keep up, but I'd really be interested in giving it a go. Thanks.
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This is a wonderful idea.
