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 Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:30 pm
So! An Oh, Dickens! book club.
We want this.
We need this.
Oh baby, oh baby.
So I was responsible for a sorta book club thing once upon a time. Granted, we were middle schoolers, but the basic tenet is the same, I think!
We read a book, then we discuss it via tinychat. Simple enough.
Here's what we need to consider.
1. How frequently to meet. Most book clubs do this once a month. For longer things, we could break it up over a couple of meetings.
2. When to meet. What days and times are good?
3. What to read. We could take turns picking, maybe? Keep in mind availability, though- we shouldn't read anything too obscure because most libraries wouldn't have it. But the way we used to do this was whoever's turn it was would pick the book and be responsible for kicking off the discussion.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:48 pm
Oh. My. GOD.
I think maybe monthly meetings...? I am almost always available on Mondays for sure and week nights are pretty solid for me. Taking turns on picking sounds awesome too.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:05 pm
Weeknights work out pretty well for me, too! Much better than weekends, actually.
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:27 pm
I've never done a book club before! I actually hate discussing books! Can I read along and just get blitzed in a corner of tinychat while you guys talk?
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:29 pm
I love book clubs! 8U
I can, at this time, basically meet at any time on any day. LOL. I'm cool with once-a-month meet ups. c:
Also, for picking books, maybe we can agree on a genre and then nominate books? Like for a few months, we'll read Sci-Fi books, and nominate different books from that genre. OR AUTHORS. Pick one author and do a couple of his books, then swap to another author?
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Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:05 pm
Bombz, you can do whatever you want. You don't have to say a damn thing about the book- this ain't like that book club in lost where things got un-fun real fast.
That is a good suggestion, Donut! Maybe after a while, we can put the picking suggestions to a vote.
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:20 am
seriously you guys, i am GEEKING OUT OVER HERE.
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:30 am
AHHHH YES
I dunno if I'll be able to participate reliably every month, but I will definitely do it when I can! (and probably show up for the tinychat anyway, haha)
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:31 pm
WELP, basically, I'm for it. I just gotta find out if my new town has a library...?
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:57 pm
TOWNS HAVE TO HAVE LIBRARY! D<
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:54 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:27 pm
Can we pick something really, really bad to read?
And nothing heavy like 600 pages and with big words. Michie is dumb as a brick.
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:23 pm
I agree, we should keep these short... AND ALL HORRIBLE ROMANCE NOVELS!!
ALSO, when are we actually going to start doing this? Like August or something?
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:54 pm
Although, it should probably still be readable at least. Bad, but not so bad that it's torture to try to get though it.
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:08 pm
I vote we hold meetings on weekends around the middle of the day. I have stuff going on at night and in the mornings almost every day.
For the first book, may I suggest we read The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury~? I read it when I was younger and quite enjoyed it, though I've forgotten most of the details.
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