Book Club

**MissyO** · 02-15-2008, 08:27 PM

Alright, time to start the Book Club. I myself have already bought "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" (Leo Tolstoy), so I'm voting for that one.

Last call, lets do this!

**Plastic Flute** · 02-15-2008, 08:44 PM

Ok so this is the book to get? Any pictures ?

**MissyO** · 02-15-2008, 09:30 PM

Well its not decided yet. Moshe suggested it, and Jo was keen too, so maybe.

I'll hook you up with some links when my computer isn't playing up.

And glad to hear we'll have you with us young Flute!

Moshe.. · 02-15-2008, 11:10 PM

Good we're doing bookclub. I don't mind what we do, i've got all the books already. OK I nominate collector just because it's so so easy to read and very disturbing. I don't know if I'm going to be around next month because I've got a such huge dissertation to write. The death of ivan is really interesting though.

**Ophelia** · 02-15-2008, 11:53 PM

I think I'm more in the mood for The Collector, but either way I'm thrilled about it so whatever the group decides is fine by me. I love reading - Happy Happy, Joy JOy

**Plastic Flute** · 02-16-2008, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MissyO

Well its not decided yet. Moshe suggested it, and Jo was keen too, so maybe.

I'll hook you up with some links when my computer isn't playing up.

And glad to hear we'll have you with us young Flute!

A guy with an old face on the cover ~Meh~ hurry

Hey How bout this? http://www.amazon.com/Josh-Hartnett-.../dp/0743242734

No for real OP this may have to be required reading. If not,Marked in the Joshary

**MissyO** · 02-16-2008, 02:32 AM

Ooooh, I didn't even see the Collector. I'm on board. I vote we all buy a copy by March 1st, Book Club start date.

All in favour?

Moshe.. · 02-16-2008, 07:14 AM

okay march 1st sounds nice. This is the english person who wrote the collector. He was very 1960s style and hippy-ish http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/books/08fowles.html

**Jocasta** · 02-16-2008, 07:41 AM

I just read the start of both suggestions and both seem good.
So The Collector it is?

**MSFixR** · 02-16-2008, 06:13 PM

Went to Borders today. They had several of Fowles books on the shelf but not The Collector.

**MissyO** · 02-16-2008, 08:52 PM

^ That bites, but I'm so glad to see you'll be joining us, Fixr!!!!

**Jocasta** · 02-17-2008, 07:36 AM

Get it online... my order's in.

**MissyO** · 02-17-2008, 08:24 AM

Sweet! This is fun.

**MSFixR** · 02-17-2008, 09:18 AM

How long will be allowed to read the novel before we get together to discuss it?

**MissyO** · 02-17-2008, 09:41 AM

I'm not sure. My thoughts were a month, maybe two. We could even do it by chapter. What are your ideas?

**MSFixR** · 02-17-2008, 10:14 AM

I would suggest a month to six weeks, longer than that and you take the chance to loose your audience.

**Plastic Flute** · 02-17-2008, 10:24 AM

SO deadline 3/20?

Moshe.. · 02-17-2008, 05:54 PM

yeah it is quite exciting. Internet boards can be exciting, maybe just because we're all reading in different countries, it's very international. Maybe we should just open a thread, and anyone can post anything they want in it as they read along, and it doesn't have to be clever! I think it's an easy book to read, the only thing is the first narrator is a proleterian english person, and he speaks in a slightly strange (and very very sinister) dialect of english, so you might not understand all the slang. Oh and we don't need a deadline, you can read at your own pace.

**Jocasta** · 02-17-2008, 06:11 PM

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the only thing is the first narrator is a proleterian english person, and he speaks in a slightly strange (and very very sinister) dialect of english, so you might not understand all the slang.

So I might be at a slight advantage?

**MSFixR** · 02-17-2008, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jocasta

So I might be at a slight advantage?

For sure!

I got my copy - I had to beat this little old lady over the head with my umbrella to get the last copy.

02-15-2008, 08:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,113 My Profile	Book Club Alright, time to start the Book Club. I myself have already bought "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" (Leo Tolstoy), so I'm voting for that one. Last call, lets do this!

02-15-2008, 08:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 12,866 My Profile	Ok so this is the book to get? Any pictures ?

02-15-2008, 09:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,113 My Profile	Well its not decided yet. Moshe suggested it, and Jo was keen too, so maybe. I'll hook you up with some links when my computer isn't playing up. And glad to hear we'll have you with us young Flute!

02-15-2008, 11:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Moshe.. il dolce far niente Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: hampstead Posts: 971 My Profile	Good we're doing bookclub. I don't mind what we do, i've got all the books already. OK I nominate collector just because it's so so easy to read and very disturbing. I don't know if I'm going to be around next month because I've got a such huge dissertation to write. The death of ivan is really interesting though.

02-15-2008, 11:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,020 My Profile	I think I'm more in the mood for The Collector, but either way I'm thrilled about it so whatever the group decides is fine by me. I love reading - Happy Happy, Joy JOy

02-16-2008, 02:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,113 My Profile	Ooooh, I didn't even see the Collector. I'm on board. I vote we all buy a copy by March 1st, Book Club start date. All in favour?

02-16-2008, 07:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
Moshe.. il dolce far niente Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: hampstead Posts: 971 My Profile	okay march 1st sounds nice. This is the english person who wrote the collector. He was very 1960s style and hippy-ish http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/books/08fowles.html

02-16-2008, 07:41 AM	#9 (permalink)
Jocasta Joshtopian Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 17,807 My Profile	I just read the start of both suggestions and both seem good. So The Collector it is?

02-16-2008, 06:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,501 My Profile	Went to Borders today. They had several of Fowles books on the shelf but not The Collector.

02-16-2008, 08:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,113 My Profile	^ That bites, but I'm so glad to see you'll be joining us, Fixr!!!!

02-17-2008, 07:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
Jocasta Joshtopian Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 17,807 My Profile	Get it online... my order's in.

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02-17-2008, 08:24 AM	#13 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,113 My Profile	Sweet! This is fun.

02-17-2008, 09:18 AM	#14 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,501 My Profile	How long will be allowed to read the novel before we get together to discuss it?

02-17-2008, 09:41 AM	#15 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,113 My Profile	I'm not sure. My thoughts were a month, maybe two. We could even do it by chapter. What are your ideas?

02-17-2008, 10:14 AM	#16 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 8,501 My Profile	I would suggest a month to six weeks, longer than that and you take the chance to loose your audience.

02-17-2008, 10:24 AM	#17 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 12,866 My Profile	SO deadline 3/20?

02-17-2008, 05:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
Moshe.. il dolce far niente Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: hampstead Posts: 971 My Profile	yeah it is quite exciting. Internet boards can be exciting, maybe just because we're all reading in different countries, it's very international. Maybe we should just open a thread, and anyone can post anything they want in it as they read along, and it doesn't have to be clever! I think it's an easy book to read, the only thing is the first narrator is a proleterian english person, and he speaks in a slightly strange (and very very sinister) dialect of english, so you might not understand all the slang. Oh and we don't need a deadline, you can read at your own pace.