I'd love to try the Guttenberg approach.

I'd love to try the Guttenberg approach.

It does take some of the hassle out of getting the book. And it pretty much guarantees we'll be discussing a classic (or at least an old book.)

And if nothing else, the high post count will get people to poke their heads in here to see what's going on.

And possibly FedEx a six-pack of mice and some milk to the thread.

OK. Does this run both ways?

She may be arguing with you, but I haven't seen her insult you. "Someone here is terribly overwrought" is a pretty direct aspersion at kat. Her request of you is fair.

And possibly FedEx a six-pack of mice and some milk to the thread.

Chocolate chip muffins, please.

Her request of you is fair

And replied to.

OK. Does this run both ways?

Yes. Especially as I haven't actually called you anything, I'm certainly willing to continue to not do so.

Actually, there's an easier solution for me.

Also, if I were eager to close the thread, I'd bring it up in Bureau as an actual proposal.

Bookclub thread users, have any of you read the new Harry Potter (I haven't and have no immediate plans to do so, fwiw). I was just thinking, if none of you object, maybe we could toss this thread to Buffista Harry Potter readers to hold an impromptu bookclub, so they could post without white font. It's just a suggestion, and I don't care whether it happens or not, so I won't be saying any more on the subject. I just know if I'd read it, I'd enjoy talking about it without the white fonting, and there's nothing going on in here, anyhow.

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msbelle,

I'm not sure what the deal is here. The point of anything I posted yesterday was that Buffistas aren't using this thread, so I don't (didn't) see a reason to keep it open.

The people who did participate in this thread stopped, and it all but died, so they're not using it, and it seems doubtful that other Buffistas are going to use it, because even those who were being bookclubby weren't being bookclubby here. That does seem point-y to me, "point-y" in the sense that it's a point that ought to be taken into consideration when considering whether or not we ought to close the thread.

Your posts are reading to me as if you saw some sort of condemnation in my statements. There wasn't. This was never about you, or any individual Buffista, for that matter. It was about the fact that the thread has never been much of a hit in practice.

I didn't bring "nebulous groups" or "thorns" into the discussion. If this is a case of my word play from "thorns" to "point-y" failing, I'm sorry that was an issue, but I'm also failing to see the big deal.

Good luck, bookclubbers.

I've noticed with the Gutenberg downloads, that all the text is written in an unformatted plain text style. I think it might be helpful if, after we selected a text, someone were to download it and convert it to an easier reading font and we could post chapter links in the thread. I wonder how difficult that would be.

Cindy -- that's a good idea!

Cindy, I think the gist of yesterday's discussion was not to take this thread off life support yet. I don't want us tossing this thread to Harry Potter readers, unless we were to make Harry Potter 6 the next selection.