I hesitate to bring it up, but I wish our book club here had been something like megan's.
We had a book club? Was it traumatic and I blocked it out of my memory?
IObookN, remember how I asked for Neal Stephenson recommendations to read at the beach?
All I read was comics. (Granted, it was 3 months' worth of comics, but still.)
So now I have Zodiac and Snow Crash staring accusingly at me.
IIRC, the discussion of how to run the book club was kerfuffley, and then when we actually tried it, it sort of fizzled out after two or three books. Then we repurposed the thread for Harry Potter discussion, and then we shut it down.
Yeah, the discussion was fun, I think the co-ordinating of reading was weird.
I think like anything with us, choosing one book we all agreed on was a big stumbling block. Which is why I think megan's idea rocks.
choosing one book we all agreed on was a big stumbling block
Remove the word "book" and you have the guiding light of the whole board. But I love you all. Mostly :)
Do we already know about this site Read it and Weep, if not, then it's a site of podcasts devoted to reviews of bad books and movies.
Anyone read Anthill?
My sister recommended it to me, and it sounds fantastic! Like Watership Down, but about ants!
I need recommendations for good audiobooks for the drive up to Canada. Preferably in the 8-12 hour range, and I prefer either SF or non-fiction (history is great).
Anyone got any favorites? Last year we listened to The Map That Changed The World and it was fantastic.
[eta: And ideally, something relatively PG, since there will be a 3 year-old in the car. I don't care if he's bored, but I don't want him learning any more interesting swear words than he already knows or reciting steamy sex scenes to his grandparents while we're on vacation.]