Mal ,'Serenity'
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.
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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 e.g., if there was a historical reference with which the reader was unfamiliar.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.
By the way, I edited Lilty's first post in this thread to announce the book and deadline.
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.
That seems cool.
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.
He he. We could do, like a mini one where we do an obscenely short book over a week or so, reading a little bit each night or something.
By the way, I edited Lilty's first post in this thread to announce the book and deadline.
Sweet.
where we do an obscenely short book over a week or so, reading a little bit each night or something.
Well, there are short short stories. And we could probably find some older ones online via Project Gutenberg.
This thread is going to be all kinds of fun.
rubs hands gleefully