Is anyone interested in a book discussion group?

(......ears begin to heat up with all this spinning...)

Heeeheeee. Just wanted to see what you'd do. I'm off now to find a copy of FURY!

I KNEW you were teasing......I hates youse all ..... gnashing bunny teeth...

Is this the book discussion group or the procrastinator's club? c.i.

You'll have to check with Deb on Procrastinator's Club, c.i. If it's not in paperback or trade, it probably won't be accepted though.

Hearty, har, har.... c.i.

be careful c.i. or you could see furry fury! :wink:

Nah - that is a big LOL - you are too clever, CI and Roger!

.....these ears seem to be working as a threat though....fascinating.....

Waaaaaaah I is wanna discuss Misstress Masham's Repose!!!!

It's sooo gonna be the next book I read!

<runs of to do a jig>

LOL! 'Tis not a book to be SPEED-read, though! Remember the repose in the title....

Mind you - a kiddy-lit reading group.....hmmm....how would we justify it to ourselves? Nurturing our inner child....nah, puke.....hmmmmm...

But I can't taste it if I don't eat it fast!

Waaaah!

Fine I'm starting my own book group and I'm not letting anyone join. And I'll read about wittle people!

He he, I'll join ya guys when I get out of boot, my before boot book is gonna have to be about lil' peeps.

A wittle people book group, eh? Lemme see, who are the candidates for that - well, the first book of "Gulliver's Travels" of course - the Munchkin sections of "The Wizard of Oz" - May Gibbs' "Snugglepot and Cuddlepie" books - (they are "Gumnut Babies" - http://www.q-net.net.au/~lolita/snugglep.htm) - there is the weeny city in the bottle in Superman's Fortress of Solitude, I have forgotten the name - there is E. Nesbitt's wonderful book about the tiny magical city - there is the lovely "Indian in the Cupboard" series and, of course, above all and quintessentially magical, Mary Norton's "The Borrowers" and its sequels!!!

But I am sure there are more....

That should keep us busy! Do we have to eat fairy bread at "Wittle People" book group meetings?

OK, I'm here now......late......late.........late................late. Can I join, huh?
Fury, I would've picked Fury, or Pi. I will read Pi anyway sometime.

As an aside, I just finished Love in the Time of Cholera (GGMarquez) Liked it. It probably has been well discussed for many years. I read a lot, 5 to 8 books a month, not to mention magazines and newspapers, but my reading gives me a bath of sounds, colors, words, images, ideas; analysis is not my strong point. Like Tartarin, I tend to read several things at once. More correctly, I do not finish one book before starting another, but I tend to eventually finish books or give them new homes.

I would also be interested at some point in a short story thread/club. Love Trevor and Munro and like the anthology books. Plus there are a batch of new short story writers out there.

Thank you Deb for all the quick-footed ear twirling.

"Quick-footed ear twirling" - I like that - think I'll add it to my CV.......

Pat pat pat pat pat pat pat, and so on.

Osso - We ARE Reading Fury... everybody is supposed to have it read by February 4th and then Sozobe is leading a discussion.

I am? Right, I am. [Shuffles around papers in an attempt to look busy and enterprising...]

Can someone puh-leeze give me some pointers on this leading thing? I have lots of ideas, but haven't really gotten the pulse of this group well enough to decide which route to take. I have started bookgroups before, and am a member of one of 25 years' standing [yes, I started at age 7 -- my mother's], and generally it's very freeflowing. Someone starts talking, then a conversation ensues. With the book group I started, I was the leader in a rather unobtrusive way -- if the conversation lagged, I'd jump in with a question and get things moving again.

So, I can do that... or have an actual list of discussion topics... or have a list of discussion topics up my sleeve that I only unveil if things slow down... or...

I can also just take the reins and do as I see fit and if it doesn't work, we'll have learned something for next month.

Soze - for what it is worth, my idea was that you might, if you wish, give some quotes or whatever about the book - or start the discussion with a question, observation or whatever.

if you have lots of things you wanna say, why not say 'em? 'Twould be a good jumping off place.

Also, if things get way off topic you might bring them back.

Whatever YOU want, though!