Also, if there is a book on the "block" for that month that you just don't have any interest in or don't have time for finish is it okay to just not participate?
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TDK Book Club?
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Submit one book to ILMC and she will put it on the list.
As others have said there are times that there just isn't enough time to get everything done so you can sit out. One of the things that WWM and I have both experienced is that not everyone may like the selection but it is interesting to read something that you wouldn't other wise choose.
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I think right now submit one book so it will give each person a chance for the book they submitted to get read. Then as we find books we would like to read..submit them and we could add to the list. Does that sound ok?
I think we will all understand if someone can not particpate in the discussion or the reading of the book. I personally would like to try and read all the books for the simple fact that it will help me in being more open minded and reading something that I normally might not. Of course that would be each one's own personal choice. I agree with not doing Oprah book club books. Also we might want to consider when submitting if the book would be very controversial about religion or politics but that is just my thoughts on that.Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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Lol..SM..we are thinking alike!
Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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About the controversy part, I can only say that a few years back my group read The Da Vinci Code, which some churches consider to be controversial and it was the best discussion that we ever had!
One thing that we do in our group here is keep a list of books that have been suggested but that we might not have selected for that year. Then the next year, we already have a start on our list.
And not everyone in my group reads the book each month. Sometimes they still come to the meeting but I think it's for the food :-) There will be months when some of us might not have the time to read the book, or will be gone, etc.
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Petpntr, (I hate to keep saying what we do in my group, but it's the only experience that I have) when we get together, we first go around the room and everyone gives a thumbs up, down or neutral about whether they liked the book. But we don't say why. Then we start again and everyone gets to say why they liked or did not like the book and we just listen. Then, we open it up for discussion. That's when you want to make sure that you have read a book that generates discussion.
We read one this last month that we did both of those things, there was absolutely nothing to discuss because it was "fluff" so we moved on to discussing Octomom!
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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WWM..I am open to any type of book! I don't have a problem with that. You know how things can get sorta heated on certain subjects. I just don't want a discussion to end up being a diaster and someone getting their feeling hurt. Know what I mean?
Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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And BTW...I bought the DaVinci Code and never read it!!!!! It is still in the closet!!!! See...I think a book club would be good for me!!!!
Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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ILMC, that honestly is such a good book. You just can't put it down. But, my opinion is really that Angels and Demons was better.
I am hoping that since it is a book club, and discussion will be about the book, that there won't be any "blow ups" with people getting hurt. That's never happened in my group here but we don't attack each other. We might attack the book, though!
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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SM...I can't hardly wait!!!! This will give me a good excuse to turn the television off!!!!
Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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Our disadvantage will be that we aren't talking to each other face-to-face and so (as we have seen here before) non-verbal gestures and voice inflection is left out, which can change the way that people perceive what we are saying. I've never belonged to an on-line book group so it should be interesting!
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Count me in, too! I've gotten out of the habit of reading as often as I used to. My only problem is that I can't start a book if it's a school night---I will stay up all night and read it if it's good. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever stopped and then gone back to finish a good book before.
Posted 2 years ago by FondaHonda #
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Absolutely.
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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I think it will be very interesting!! Barnes and Nobles website have online book clubs but I have not really researched them. I just thought it would be nice to have a club that we knew each other even if we had never all met. Another way for us to share a common bond...like kitties and reading!!
Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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ILMC, both B&N and Amazon have book group sites and you can find great discussion questions for book groups there. Why reinvent the wheel, I say?
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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I guess if the discussion seems like it is getting out of hand the moderator can step in and just ask to direct the conversation elsewhere.
I didn't even think to ask but I guess Kittenmaster won't mind us doing this?Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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I am starting to see how this works. I bought the DaVinci Code too. I was really looking forward to it but I'll be darned if I could get into it. I found it dragged and I finally got fedup and watched the movie instead. For me it was a letdown but I can see why WWM says that to have varying opinions is what makes for good discussion.
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Alicia...go ahead and submit your book. We will start our new book on March 1 if everyone that wants to participate has gotten it.
Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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Oh, the movie wasn't as good as the book by a long shot!
I can't imagine that KM would object. We do recipes and all. Let's ask KW - she will know! *runs over to the cafe*
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Petpntr...I haven't checked my email since yesterday morning...but I will look.
Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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I have sent you one this morning, too, ILMC.
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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Ok...I better check my emails!!
Posted 2 years ago by ILoveMyCats #
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My S-in-L who also belongs to a book group, just read this book and loved it.
DEWEY, The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
It has been on the best seller list for quite a while.
Posted 2 years ago by WillowandWindismom #
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