We can keep discussing while reading whatever is chosen next?
That's insane troll logic!
Xander ,'Showtime'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Fred Pete - Aug 16, 2005 6:08:47 am PDT #1177 of 3301
Ann, that's a ferret.
Wolfram - Aug 16, 2005 6:09:29 am PDT #1178 of 3301
Visilurking
Ginger, if we go with HotB, are you up for being our guide?
Wolfram - Aug 16, 2005 6:11:46 am PDT #1179 of 3301
Visilurking
We can keep discussing while reading whatever is chosen next?
I'm okay with that. I was just wondering if maybe people who didn't want to be spoiled for HBP might want to re-enter the thread to discuss the next selection. Of course those folks may be only hypothetical and not actually exist.
Ginger - Aug 16, 2005 6:27:56 am PDT #1180 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Ginger, if we go with HotB, are you up for being our guide?
Sure.
Connie Neil - Aug 16, 2005 6:33:20 am PDT #1181 of 3301
brillig
I do have the new annotated Holmes
How is this different from the Baring-Gould annotated Holmes?
beekaytee - Aug 16, 2005 6:44:59 am PDT #1182 of 3301
Compassionately intolerant
Oooh. Fun!
I've had a copy of the Complete Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes (with all 356 original illustrations by Sidney Paget) for nearly 30 years.
It's basically scanned pages of the Strand from July 1891 to December 1892. Complete with dodgy type. Very cool.
Haven't read it in at least 15 years. Go HotB. Choose HotB!
Amy - Aug 16, 2005 12:45:12 pm PDT #1183 of 3301
Because books.
Anyone else want to throw in some more suggestions? And what's the plan for voting on the next read?
libkitty - Aug 16, 2005 3:53:33 pm PDT #1184 of 3301
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I'm good with Hound of the Baskervilles, although I love the idea of trying out Baen. I had forgotten about their free library. Perhaps we could try that next time.
Do we want to do an actual vote for the first book? I'm not sure how to set that up. Wolfram? Someone else? Or should we just assume that HotB is ok unless someone speaks out within the next day or so?
Ginger, could you post a link to a discussion guide or some questions to consider or guidelines or something? I'm happy with whatever you want to do. I just think that experience has shown we need hands on guiding.
If anyone thinks I'm getting too pushy or picky, please let me know. I sometimes get that way, but will back off quickly with a gentle reminder, preferably to my profile addy. Thanks!
Amy - Aug 16, 2005 4:25:18 pm PDT #1185 of 3301
Because books.
If anyone thinks I'm getting too pushy or picky, please let me know.
Not at all! I'm just pleased you're willing to do this, because I am very very bad at leading things.
And I'm, obviously, fine with Hound of the Baskervilles, but maybe we should let everyone know we're putting it to a quick vote?
Deena - Aug 16, 2005 4:27:05 pm PDT #1186 of 3301
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
As soon as you all know what you want to read next, let me know and I'll throw it up with chapter breaks or something similar, for online comment/reading purposes. If you have any idea what sort of marks/breaks you'd like beyond chapter breaks (page numbers?, section breaks? anything else I can't think of?) let me know.
eta: Since HotB seemed to be the leader, and I needed the practice, I put it up here: [link]
It looks good in IE, a little funky in Firefox. Let me know if it works for you all.
That doesn't mean HotB has to be the next book. I wanted the practice, whether you choose it or not. I can do it for each future book that's online somewhere for free, but I can only put up one book at a time.