And we're off!
Gotta go pay my library fine now. Which is not a complaint. Slacker patron, I am.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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***
JenP - Jul 15, 2004 10:40:02 am PDT #247 of 3301
DavidS - Jul 15, 2004 10:41:11 am PDT #248 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The first selection for Book Club will be: The Intuitionist, by Whitehead, Colson. Discussion begins August 15, 2004.
Excellent! I'm off to the bookstore for lunch.
Amy - Jul 15, 2004 10:48:34 am PDT #249 of 3301
Because books.
Wheee! (Used books on Amazon, here I come...)
tommyrot - Jul 15, 2004 10:51:53 am PDT #250 of 3301
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've skipped like a stone skipping over stuff that is skipped... and I've never been in a book club. So, we're supposed to be done reading it by Aug 15?
(For some reason, I had envisioned book clubs where you read a few chapters and discuss those, and then read a few more chapters and dicsuss at the next meeting.)
brenda m - Jul 15, 2004 10:52:09 am PDT #251 of 3301
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooh, now I'll finally get my act together and get a library card here. I'm pretty sure there's a library somewhere in my neighborhood.
Typo Boy - Jul 15, 2004 11:03:49 am PDT #252 of 3301
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I believe discussion lasts a month. I think you should not expect to remain unspoiled if you take part in the thread without having read the intuitionist from Aug 15th forward.
Daisy Jane - Jul 15, 2004 11:29:49 am PDT #253 of 3301
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
We could discuss chapters in whitefont before the 15th, if we wanted.
Such as
RE: Chapter 1 And then address any questions or comments. Might be helpful if someone is getting lost in a book.
Wolfram - Jul 15, 2004 11:37:04 am PDT #254 of 3301
Visilurking
We could discuss chapters in whitefont before the 15th, if we wanted.
Sounds reasonable to me.
So when are we picking book 2 and book 3? Personally, I think we should all be one book ahead so if discussion stalls, fatally, we can jump into the next one. But it may take awhile until we reach that stage.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 15, 2004 11:39:02 am PDT #255 of 3301
What is even happening?
I like Heather's idea.
Thanks for choosing, Wolfram.
Ooh, now I'll finally get my act together and get a library card here. I'm pretty sure there's a library somewhere in my neighborhood.
The kids and I just got ours, this week (Monday or Tuesday). They were very excited. I have a problem with libraries, because I want all the books. I don't want to borrow. I want to keep. The library sees things differently. *sniff*
eta...
Feh. My library does not have this book.
JenP - Jul 15, 2004 12:00:49 pm PDT #256 of 3301
the idea of picking a selecter (at random, from a pool of those who would like to be chosen, maybe?), who would then offer two or three books for the rest of us to consense on, sounded good.
I like this plan to start with.
And someone also suggested that Heather and beth b brenda (ETA: thanks, Cindy! Sorry, brenda and beth.) for being the book club idea people. Works for me if they're interested in doing that (are you?).
Those would be my two cents for how to keep things rolling for now.
Other ideas?