I can do it! I can do it!

Hehe, just let me know whatever you guys need.

Book List, to date (the recs are too long, I'm not including them).

NOTES (please read these):

1) Some entries are marked with a * or a ** or a + or a ++, etc. See bottom of post, for explanation.

2) Sometimes, I couldn't tell if someone was seriously recommending a book/requesting that it be added to the list, so I made judgment calls. I didn't take "my friend loves" as a rec. I don't think people have to only rec books they've already read. I just couldn't decide if you were making a rec or no. If you meant to rec something, and it's not there, please speak up, so it can be added.

3) I have used bold font, for titles and/or authors who seemed to garner either interest or support from at least one person, in addition to the person who floated the suggestion. If an author was mentioned more than once, his/her name was only put in bold in his/her first entry on the list. If I missed your support for a book or author floated by someone else, please speak up, so I can correct it.

4) This is a request inspired because I am lazy (and definitely not a make or break sorta thing).

When recommending a book, if you remember to put it in following format: title, by author, it makes life easier for the list makers (because we can copy and paste, and that's the format of the list).

Also? If you like a book well enough to recommend it, please include the author's name. I made about 5 searches on Amazon this morning, to either confirm spelling, or because I had no clue at all, on the author's name.

Suggested Books

Into the Forest, by Jean Heglund
The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore
If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi
The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
My Name is Asher Lev, by Chiam Potok
Mariette in Ecstasy, by Ron Hansen
Mary Reilly, by Valerie Martin*
Louisiana Power and Light, by John Dufresne
Dirt Music, by Tim Winton
The Education of Henry Adams, by Henry Adams**
Like Life, by Lorrie Moore**
Birds of America, by Lorrie Moore**
Sandman, by Neil Gaiman+
The Enchanted Castle, by Edith Nesbit++
Stranger Things Happen, by Kelly Link**
Mating, by Norman Rush
The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell
Forever Amber, by Kathleen Winsor
Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann
The Warden, by Anthony Trollope
Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets, by erika by David Simon
Jaran, by Kate Elliott
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford

Suggested Pairs

(See Also, Mary Reilly/Dr. J & Mr. H)

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley; 1984, by George Orwell

Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein; The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman

Paradise Lost, by John Milton; Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

The Alienist, by Caleb Carr; The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. _________________________________________

*Later, some posters suggested reading this as half of a pair with Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

**Short Story Collections

+ TPB (Trade Paper Back)

++ Children's Literature

Cindy, I'm going to compile a list of recommendations at 2pm board time [cutting off recomendations at 2, that is, and posting the list at 3](unless people think this afternoon is too soon). You don't need to do all that work.

It's a very pretty list, though.

I figured I'd give you a head start, -t. I had half in my post from yesterday. The recs are long, though. I think putting them in a post is going to amount to putting them in several posts.

If you find it's going to make too long of a list, you can take a short cut of sorts. You can link the post that contains the rec, by right clicking on the post number. The select t Copy Shortcut . Then paste it into your post. You'll get a hyperlink like this: -t "The Buffista Book Club: [insert quotey thing here]" Jul 14, 2004 6:39:02 am PDT

(Forgive me if you already know this. I'm getting offline now, because dh is working from home, so figured it was better to put it in one post.)

Cindy, organizing all that is far from lazy. What's lazy is me, who loves lists and categories and order but usually waits for kind souls like you to do it for me.

And I think KristinT's bouncing is contagious, because I'm so excited about this, and I want to know which book to start reading! (Patience, also not one of my virtues.)

If you find it's going to make too long of a list, you can take a short cut of sorts. You can link the post that contains the rec, by right clicking on the post number. The select . Then paste it into your post.

Hey, thanks. That's one of those things I should be able to figure out but never in a million years would. Very cool.

Sneaking in while it's a little quiet to see about getting the post colon quote and the description set (I think the slug has been consensed). Here are the frontrunners from a quick scan, maybe we can hava mini deathmatch (I'm tired of looking at the "quotey thing" placeholder):

: Depends on the Book

: Isn't the Point of Computers to Replace Books?

: I-I Must Consult My Books

: It Should Be Smelly

Description (without the part about nattering):

This thread is a focussed discussion group. Please refer to [link] for the current topic, and upcoming book discussions.

Heglund

Hegland.

Isn't the Point of Computers to Replace Books?

Votey.

Oh, and

Isn't the Point of Computers to Replace Books?

I like, "Isn't the Point of Computers to Replace Books?"