would anyone be up for a book-club? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

cheerios · 07-11-2003, 01:07 AM

I just saw a thread about opera's book club, and it got me thinkin', would anyone be interested in doing some group reading/discussing, or is that just too geeky for words. I take lit classes for fun in college, so I can't say for sure what kind of sanity I have. i'd want "fun" books, though. SF, fantasy, contemporary stuff. nothing not out in paperback, i"m a poor college student. a book a month, every couple weeks? Dune? Farenheight 451? Wheel of Time series (god, that'd keep us occupied awhile). speak up if you're interested!

phredgreen · 07-11-2003, 01:16 AM

it's an interesting idea, but i dunno when i'd have time... between adult swim and work and general upkeep of the apartment i don't have much time for novels... i suppose i could read during kikaider, but that's only half an hour a day.

cheerios · 07-11-2003, 01:20 AM

hell phred, I'm a college student who works 30 hrs a week. i read during my 15 min breaks, hun. i get 2 for an 8 hr shift, so we'd keep up fine

I'm not thinking a very rigerous timescale here, like a book a month, tops, more if it needed it. But, if you don't got the time, I guess ya don't.

*sniffle* (laying on the guilt a little more)

dtheriault · 07-11-2003, 01:59 AM

you know what you could do is have a comic of the month club or a website of the week.

for book of the month i'd recommend some war novels... they go fast. Dispatches, A rumor of war, The Things They Carried, etc... or books under 300 pages. I just read The Watermelon King and it was quirky and cool.

Peetster · 07-11-2003, 03:56 AM

I'd say go for it, Cheers. See how it goes. To avoid the chaos of a bunch of people recommending a book, why don't you recommend one (or a couple) and take complete ownership of the thread. Wait a week or so, bump your thread during the "prime times" when people will see it. If folks start to comment on the book, you will know it is a good idea. If they don't......

I'd also mark the thread with something obvious like "Book of the week" or something like that.

A thread like this would have lots of down time. You would have to wait for people to actually read it. If the first one proved popular you might make a case that it should be a sticky. You have nothing to lose by trying.

mtsgsd · 07-11-2003, 05:44 AM

Sounds like fun! I've already read everything you listed though! :LOL:

I'm a voracious reader with somewhere between 750-800 books. Unfortunately most of them are packed waiting for me to build a book case for them. Which is waiting for the workshop to make it in. Which is waiting etc. etc.

mtsgsd · 07-11-2003, 06:45 AM

What the heck, I'll mention the book I just started.
"Kushiel's Dart" by Jacqueline Carey. Part of a trilogy.

I've never read any of this author's work, but it was recommended to me by a co-worker.

Seems like this thread might belong more in entertainment, but that place seems to be predominantly about movies... Maybe we should lobby for a separate area for books? Or maybe I should get a life. :LOL:

asquint · 07-11-2003, 07:55 AM

Sounds like a great idea, i am a voracious reader but have no one to discuss with, mostly military SF but will try anything.

cheerios · 07-11-2003, 01:40 PM

ok boys and girls, I need book recs. I'm mainly a fantasy reader, and iknow what I like there, but branching out is never a bad thing... nothing too long, no war and peace, please, no le mis... no bible, no mahrabahata... erotica? I dunno, gimme some suggestions, and I'll bring it to a vote early next week, give ya a week to buy or otherwise obtain the book(hello library card!)/start reading, and we'll get to chatting!

redravin40 · 07-11-2003, 10:35 PM

I can suggest a very good non-fiction called The Avengers by Rich Cohen. It's about Jewish partisans during WW2.
I also would recommend Snow Crash but everyone has probably read it.
I'm up for just about anything though.

cheerios · 07-12-2003, 01:39 AM

plan right now is to put it up for a vote, but I wanna get a few more suggestions first, i think. I know what I enjoy reading, but spreading things around has never hurt.

Mongolguy · 07-12-2003, 05:52 AM

I'm in on this one. My tastes run right along with Cheerios. Mostly sci-fi and fantasy, some historical fiction. But I will read anything. It's an addiction.

mtsgsd · 07-12-2003, 06:26 AM

I like sci-fi, fantasy, horror, historical non-fiction.

The Kushiel's dart I recommended before is fantasy and somewhat erotic so there ya go cheerios. Very good read so far. It's fantasy, but not the magic variety. I'd call it a political intrigue story, but the main character is a woman trained as a high level courtisan. She has a genetic quirk called "Kushiel's Dart" that makes her a natural masochist as well.

Snow Crash is great so yeah, I've read it

I just picked up another book by him called "Cryptonomicon".

I'm also currently reading Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" I love his stuff.

Cheerios, you said you know what you like. What is that?

Perhaps we should decide on a genre, and then make suggestions for that?

Kadath · 07-12-2003, 10:12 AM

I'm in. I picked up Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk and Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby, so I'll suggest those.

The only thing I'll throw in is it obviously doesn't make sense to suggest a book you've already read; what would be the point?
I don't care for genre though; I read what I read on my own. A book club is for expanding your tastes, and I'm open to suggestions.

cheerios · 07-12-2003, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by Kadath
I'm in. I picked up Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk and Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby, so I'll suggest those.
The only thing I'll throw in is it obviously doesn't make sense to suggest a book you've already read; what would be the point?
I don't care for genre though; I read what I read on my own. A book club is for expanding your tastes, and I'm open to suggestions.

lots of point to reading something you've already read.

no reading, even re-reading, is ever wasted. it's like watching a movie over again, only better, because it changes in your head!

But, i see what you're sayin', that's why I figured I'd put it up for a vote when I had a few suggestions.

Mael · 07-12-2003, 01:38 PM

hey, this sounds like a good idea. i'm actually about to read "i, lucifer" by glen duncan, and "me talk pretty one day" by some guy. i guess i could recommend those.

HiThereDear · 07-12-2003, 08:22 PM

I want in, please! I love reading, and I always want to discuss so many things afterwards. I'm completely up for SF, but how 'bout this idea - for each selection, we have three randomly chosen members who get to make a case for their choice (a paragraph each in a thread), and the rest of us pick.

Slims · 07-12-2003, 09:16 PM

Yes.

Check out Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson. His writing skills have gotten much better since he wrote Snowcrash. If you are interested in computers/cryptology/WWII history, you will love this book.

cheerios · 07-12-2003, 09:33 PM

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=16285

here's the poll all!

if your book didnt make it, well, I was too lazy to look it up. nag me again next time 'round, if this works out!

Kadath · 07-12-2003, 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by cheerios
lots of point to reading something you've already read. no reading, even re-reading, is ever wasted. it's like watching a movie over again, only better, because it changes in your head! But, i see what you're sayin', that's why I figured I'd put it up for a vote when I had a few suggestions.

Smilies ahoy! I'm not bashing re-reading, as you likely spotted; just tonight my friend and I discussed how our shared reading style(frenetic) lends itself to missed details that can be gleaned and savored on rereadings. For a book group, though, it's best if everyone involved is coming fresh to the book. Levels the field, as it were. Voted!

cheerios · 07-12-2003, 10:40 PM

yeah, I'm bad w/ the grins. I have a hard time expressing tone, so I grin/frown/wink etc etc alotto get my points through.

see? thanks for the vote!

Lebell · 07-12-2003, 11:53 PM

I'm in.

tikki · 07-13-2003, 06:27 AM

I'd be interested, but i dunno if i'd read any of them. I am a picky reader.

sexymama · 07-13-2003, 07:10 AM

I am definitely in! Great idea and nice list of options -- thanks!

Kadath · 07-13-2003, 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by Lebell
I'm in.

Not that we're feuding much anymore, but I just want to assure you that I'm not planning on carrying any, er, previous issues into the group. This can be a brave new world for us!!
So long as we don't read Treason.

And cheerios, I know how you feel on the grins. Text sucks for conveying tone. In fact, sometimes grins don't even help...sigh...

marcus · 07-13-2003, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cheerios
I just saw a thread about opera's book club, and it got me thinkin', would anyone be interested in doing some group reading/discussing, or is that just too geeky for words. I take lit classes for fun in college, so I can't say for sure what kind of sanity I have. i'd want "fun" books, though. SF, fantasy, contemporary stuff. nothing not out in paperback, i"m a poor college student. a book a month, every couple weeks? Dune? Farenheight 451? Wheel of Time series (god, that'd keep us occupied awhile). speak up if you're interested!

Count me in. Please PM me the info on book and authors name we will be starting with.

cheerios · 07-13-2003, 11:51 PM

marcus: watch in Knowledge. I'll sticky the threads, and try to make em obvious. go vote for a book or 3!

Azharen · 07-15-2003, 04:51 PM

Hey! Kikaider rocks! :P I'm willing to give the book club thing a try Cheer. I primarily like fantasy book, medical/science journals and some some sci-fi.

Quote:

Originally posted by phredgreen
it's an interesting idea, but i dunno when i'd have time... between adult swim and work and general upkeep of the apartment i don't have much time for novels... i suppose i could read during kikaider, but that's only half an hour a day.

shadrock · 07-15-2003, 05:25 PM

Cool idea. I'd like to suggest that the book club focus on different types of books for each iteration. For example, one month choose a Fantasy book, the next mystery, the next non-fiction, etc. I would like to expand my horizons by having books I normally would not think of picking up suggested.

My suggestion for a book: On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Everyone should read it at some point in their life.

asquint · 07-16-2003, 04:58 AM

Thats a good idea. I stick to what I know mostly but am ready (with suggestions) to broaden my reading habit.

Mango · 07-16-2003, 03:20 PM

Piers Anthony's "Incarnations of Immortality" series is a pretty easy but good fantasy read. It is seven books though but each one can stand on it's own.

ols · 07-21-2003, 12:55 PM

phredgreen, you say it perfectly. isnt a lot of time anymore. and i must watch my hours of cartoons

icy_ca · 07-22-2003, 08:39 AM

I'm in. I need to do something productive in the wee hours of the morning that doesn't make noise and gets me away from the computer...

sub zero · 07-25-2003, 07:24 PM

Good idea and seemingly hard to incorporate.

I'd be in if it weren't for college studies and the 'lady friend'.

Wait, maybe i could be in partially.

gobman · 07-28-2003, 06:25 AM

ooh! is it too late for me to join, i mean i do like stuff, especially reading

asquint · 07-29-2003, 12:58 AM

It's never too late. The book we are starting with is "I, Lucifer" by Glen Duncan and discussion will be here -----> http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread....threadid=17806

07-11-2003, 01:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	would anyone be up for a book-club? I just saw a thread about opera's book club, and it got me thinkin', would anyone be interested in doing some group reading/discussing, or is that just too geeky for words. I take lit classes for fun in college, so I can't say for sure what kind of sanity I have. i'd want "fun" books, though. SF, fantasy, contemporary stuff. nothing not out in paperback, i"m a poor college student. a book a month, every couple weeks? Dune? Farenheight 451? Wheel of Time series (god, that'd keep us occupied awhile). speak up if you're interested!

07-11-2003, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
phredgreen who? Location: the phoenix metro	it's an interesting idea, but i dunno when i'd have time... between adult swim and work and general upkeep of the apartment i don't have much time for novels... i suppose i could read during kikaider, but that's only half an hour a day. __________________ My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. - Thomas Paine

07-11-2003, 01:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
dtheriault Psycho Location: maybe utah	you know what you could do is have a comic of the month club or a website of the week. for book of the month i'd recommend some war novels... they go fast. Dispatches, A rumor of war, The Things They Carried, etc... or books under 300 pages. I just read The Watermelon King and it was quirky and cool. __________________ "Remember, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen." -Homer Unless you are the freakin Highlander, what is the point in learning how to fight with a sword?

07-11-2003, 07:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
asquint Crazy Location: Orlando	Sounds like a great idea, i am a voracious reader but have no one to discuss with, mostly military SF but will try anything. __________________ Hi-Tech Redneck

07-12-2003, 10:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	I'm in. I picked up Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk and Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby, so I'll suggest those. The only thing I'll throw in is it obviously doesn't make sense to suggest a book you've already read; what would be the point? I don't care for genre though; I read what I read on my own. A book club is for expanding your tastes, and I'm open to suggestions. __________________ it's quiet in here

07-11-2003, 01:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	hell phred, I'm a college student who works 30 hrs a week. i read during my 15 min breaks, hun. i get 2 for an 8 hr shift, so we'd keep up fine I'm not thinking a very rigerous timescale here, like a book a month, tops, more if it needed it. But, if you don't got the time, I guess ya don't. sniffle (laying on the guilt a little more)

07-11-2003, 03:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
Peetster Right Now Location: Home	I'd say go for it, Cheers. See how it goes. To avoid the chaos of a bunch of people recommending a book, why don't you recommend one (or a couple) and take complete ownership of the thread. Wait a week or so, bump your thread during the "prime times" when people will see it. If folks start to comment on the book, you will know it is a good idea. If they don't...... I'd also mark the thread with something obvious like "Book of the week" or something like that. A thread like this would have lots of down time. You would have to wait for people to actually read it. If the first one proved popular you might make a case that it should be a sticky. You have nothing to lose by trying.

07-11-2003, 05:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
mtsgsd Addict Location: Wisconsin, USA	Sounds like fun! I've already read everything you listed though! :LOL: I'm a voracious reader with somewhere between 750-800 books. Unfortunately most of them are packed waiting for me to build a book case for them. Which is waiting for the workshop to make it in. Which is waiting etc. etc.

07-11-2003, 06:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
mtsgsd Addict Location: Wisconsin, USA	What the heck, I'll mention the book I just started. "Kushiel's Dart" by Jacqueline Carey. Part of a trilogy. I've never read any of this author's work, but it was recommended to me by a co-worker. Seems like this thread might belong more in entertainment, but that place seems to be predominantly about movies... Maybe we should lobby for a separate area for books? Or maybe I should get a life. :LOL:

07-11-2003, 01:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	ok boys and girls, I need book recs. I'm mainly a fantasy reader, and iknow what I like there, but branching out is never a bad thing... nothing too long, no war and peace, please, no le mis... no bible, no mahrabahata... erotica? I dunno, gimme some suggestions, and I'll bring it to a vote early next week, give ya a week to buy or otherwise obtain the book(hello library card!)/start reading, and we'll get to chatting!

07-11-2003, 10:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
redravin40 Loser Location: With Jadzia	I can suggest a very good non-fiction called The Avengers by Rich Cohen. It's about Jewish partisans during WW2. I also would recommend Snow Crash but everyone has probably read it. I'm up for just about anything though.

07-12-2003, 01:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	plan right now is to put it up for a vote, but I wanna get a few more suggestions first, i think. I know what I enjoy reading, but spreading things around has never hurt.

07-12-2003, 05:52 AM	#12 (permalink)
Mongolguy Crazy Location: My own little world. 'Cause they know me there.	I'm in on this one. My tastes run right along with Cheerios. Mostly sci-fi and fantasy, some historical fiction. But I will read anything. It's an addiction.

07-12-2003, 06:26 AM	#13 (permalink)
mtsgsd Addict Location: Wisconsin, USA	I like sci-fi, fantasy, horror, historical non-fiction. The Kushiel's dart I recommended before is fantasy and somewhat erotic so there ya go cheerios. Very good read so far. It's fantasy, but not the magic variety. I'd call it a political intrigue story, but the main character is a woman trained as a high level courtisan. She has a genetic quirk called "Kushiel's Dart" that makes her a natural masochist as well. Snow Crash is great so yeah, I've read it I just picked up another book by him called "Cryptonomicon". I'm also currently reading Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" I love his stuff. Cheerios, you said you know what you like. What is that? Perhaps we should decide on a genre, and then make suggestions for that?

07-12-2003, 01:38 PM	#16 (permalink)
Mael Banned Location: The Hell I Created.	hey, this sounds like a good idea. i'm actually about to read "i, lucifer" by glen duncan, and "me talk pretty one day" by some guy. i guess i could recommend those.

07-12-2003, 11:53 PM	#22 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	I'm in. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

07-12-2003, 08:22 PM	#17 (permalink)
HiThereDear Insane	I want in, please! I love reading, and I always want to discuss so many things afterwards. I'm completely up for SF, but how 'bout this idea - for each selection, we have three randomly chosen members who get to make a case for their choice (a paragraph each in a thread), and the rest of us pick.

07-12-2003, 09:16 PM	#18 (permalink)
Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	Yes. Check out Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson. His writing skills have gotten much better since he wrote Snowcrash. If you are interested in computers/cryptology/WWII history, you will love this book. __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence

07-12-2003, 09:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=16285 here's the poll all! if your book didnt make it, well, I was too lazy to look it up. nag me again next time 'round, if this works out!

07-12-2003, 10:40 PM	#21 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	yeah, I'm bad w/ the grins. I have a hard time expressing tone, so I grin/frown/wink etc etc alotto get my points through. see? thanks for the vote!

07-13-2003, 06:27 AM	#23 (permalink)
tikki Justified Location: West Lafayette, IN	I'd be interested, but i dunno if i'd read any of them. I am a picky reader. __________________ Take notice. Take interest. Take me with you.

07-13-2003, 07:10 AM	#24 (permalink)
sexymama My own person -- his by choice Location: Lebell's arms	I am definitely in! Great idea and nice list of options -- thanks! __________________ If you can go deeply into lovemaking, the ego disappears. That is the beauty of lovemaking, that it is another source of a glimpse of god It's not about being perfect; it's about developing some skill at managing imperfection.

07-13-2003, 11:51 PM	#27 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	marcus: watch in Knowledge. I'll sticky the threads, and try to make em obvious. go vote for a book or 3!

07-15-2003, 05:25 PM	#29 (permalink)
shadrock Crazy	Cool idea. I'd like to suggest that the book club focus on different types of books for each iteration. For example, one month choose a Fantasy book, the next mystery, the next non-fiction, etc. I would like to expand my horizons by having books I normally would not think of picking up suggested. My suggestion for a book: On the Road by Jack Kerouac Everyone should read it at some point in their life.

07-16-2003, 04:58 AM	#30 (permalink)
asquint Crazy Location: Orlando	Thats a good idea. I stick to what I know mostly but am ready (with suggestions) to broaden my reading habit. __________________ Hi-Tech Redneck

07-16-2003, 03:20 PM	#31 (permalink)
Mango Banned	Piers Anthony's "Incarnations of Immortality" series is a pretty easy but good fantasy read. It is seven books though but each one can stand on it's own.

07-21-2003, 12:55 PM	#32 (permalink)
ols Insane	phredgreen, you say it perfectly. isnt a lot of time anymore. and i must watch my hours of cartoons

07-22-2003, 08:39 AM	#33 (permalink)
icy_ca Insane Location: Steel Town, Ontario	I'm in. I need to do something productive in the wee hours of the morning that doesn't make noise and gets me away from the computer... __________________ After all is said and done, more is said than done.

07-25-2003, 07:24 PM	#34 (permalink)
sub zero Addict Location: The one state that doesn't have black outs: TEXAS BABY!!!	Good idea and seemingly hard to incorporate. I'd be in if it weren't for college studies and the 'lady friend'. Wait, maybe i could be in partially. __________________ Did you Google it yet? Join the TFP Typing team!!

07-28-2003, 06:25 AM	#35 (permalink)
gobman Upright Location: Canberra, if you knew where this was, you'd take pity on me	ooh! is it too late for me to join, i mean i do like stuff, especially reading __________________ Please, talk to me, I have serious father issues.

07-29-2003, 12:58 AM	#36 (permalink)
asquint Crazy Location: Orlando	It's never too late. The book we are starting with is "I, Lucifer" by Glen Duncan and discussion will be here -----> http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread....threadid=17806 __________________ Hi-Tech Redneck