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***
- **Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows lie here. Read at your own risk***
I know! She's been doing it for years at the med school she works at, so a lot of what she does is get journal articles for students who need it yesterday, and deem themselves much more important than her, but she has one professor who, after going to her about a dozen times while writing an article, was so grateful he took her out to lunch when it was done. I just nodded and thought "Ahhh, he gets it."
Plus, it always meant that any book I mentioned, even in passing, inevitably showed up on the kitchen table within weeks.
So, YES, inter-library loan is an excellent resource for Buffista Book Club members. (See how I kept it on topic there? Yeah.)
Hmm. N.O. libraries are all closed on Friday, except the one with no parking lot.
Wait till Monday or order off Amazon?
N.O. libraries are all closed on Friday
What? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
I'm going to hit a couple used bookstores this weekend, and maybe get a public library card. All I need is some sort of proof of address, right? Like that bill U of M sends me every month telling me I owe them zero dollars?
that bill U of M sends me every month telling me I owe them zero dollars?
Have they sent you one saying it's past due yet?
I tried to read The Intuitionist a couple months back and couldn't get into it, but I'm psyched to give it another try.
And I think we should definitely keep the reading/discussion dates somewhat flexible, but I'm not sure of the best way to go abotu that.
Whew, the pretty library branch in the mansion on St. Charles Ave. is open tomorrow
and
has
The Intuitionist.
Xmas is saved!
We already decided people can start discussing a book in whitefont before the official date discussion is supposed to start, didn't we? Do we need to do more than that?
Honestly, I'd really rather we didn't do that. I think it will hamper the discussion once it officially starts. And I'd worry it'll make people who aren't ready to discuss before the deadline feel like they're coming in in the middle of the conversation.
Honestly, I'd really rather we didn't do that. I think it will hamper the discussion once it officially starts. And I'd worry it'll make people who aren't ready to discuss before the deadline feel like they're coming in in the middle of the conversation.
I'm kinda sorta with brenda here, actually. Having one deadline allows everyone to read at their own pace, and if people were continually having lively whitefonted conversations about parts of the book I hadn't gotten to yet, I'd feel a bit left out. It introduces unofficial deadlines-by-implication.
I'm definitely with Brenda. The only exception I would make, which I believe is the context in which early white-fonted discussion was first raised, is if someone has a specific question while reading the book that can't wait until the proper discussion begins. e.g., if there was a historical reference with which the reader was unfamiliar.
Woo! I ordered the book. I like the hard date for discussion. My only fear is finding 50 detailed structured essays on the title the morning of the 16th and having nothing left to do except nod my head a bunch as I read people's thoughts. I'll play it by ear.
Now what would be nice is a read and post. On my mark, open your books. In 90 minutes give me your comments on chapter one.
