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jennifer · 02-23-2006 09:29:40

I've got an idea. There is SO much work here that I haven't read yet, but that I'm hoping to get to them all one day. Anyone want to start a group where we pick a novel from here, read it straight through- leaving our own reviews as we go, of course- then in a week, or two, or even a month, we meet back here and discuss it? The discussion will be in-depth, no-holds-barred (as long as no one is flat-out cruel, because MEAN PEOPLE SUCK). We can discuss what we liked about it over all, what we didn't like. What worked, what didn't. Which characters just got under our skin-- stuff like you'd talk about at a REAL book club. It'll give us a chance to broaden our horizons, and look at the work different, than just a chapter by chapter critique. We could also do poetry, and discuss the different levels, and layers.

Anyone interested?

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Doinmybestatlast · 02-23-2006 09:40:24

Jen,
I have given up outside reading for now. I am reading Annie's, Elle's and your own DitD. Three novels at once. The only ourside reading is my own research. When I substantially go through those I plan on a few others. I have been reading Sonny's also, but not reviewing yet. Just too much excellent reads!

lisa · 02-23-2006 11:00:12

Your idea is very intriguing. I like it. I guess we'd need a list of the completed novels on the site first, right? Maybe Sol could help us with that.

jennifer · 02-23-2006 11:12:43

I've been asking since, um, NOVEMBER for a list of all the novels. SOL!! Can you hear me? Is my computer broke again?

Ok. I'm slightly kidding.

SolN · 02-23-2006 11:35:24

It's coming...They won't necessarily be completed but you'll get a list of all novels. Adding completed novels is another step that will take a bit longer.

jennifer · 02-23-2006 11:42:15

You are so cool. Thank you.

KnightWriter · 02-24-2006 06:11:06

I happen to think books, when used as clubs, are a bad idea. They are too soft and destroy easily. They are great for an intial WHAP upside the head, but going against a Troll, or someone (or thing) in armor, it just doesn't work.

Oh...OH!! READING! Awe geeze...ok...Yeah, that sounds cool! And Sol says it's on the way....even better! Thanks for the cool idea, Jen!

Annie · 02-24-2006 06:14:06

you know some books are really handy when you use the BO.

Selah Cooper-Holl · 02-24-2006 06:40:29

Bo, aren't all of your books currently in use under those table legs on the 'fine handcrafted' wooden tables you made?

KnightWriter · 02-25-2006 08:46:55

Selah Cooper-Holl wrote:
Bo, aren't all of your books currently in use under those table legs on the 'fine handcrafted' wooden tables you made?

Pretty much. Seems like the only thing my writing is good for, save for the above mentioned use by Annie (and probably more for the "emergency use when the roll runs out" aspect, rather than something to read while "downloading your main frame"). My writing is a lot like my carpentry: A lot of great ideas that somehow get lost in the translation from what little brains I have, to hands. Hmmm. Maybe I should just jot down all my basic writing ideas, and then give them to someone else to put into words for me? The back of Writer's Diges is just packed with ads from "Ghost Wrtiters".....

Selah Cooper-Holl · 02-25-2006 09:41:56

No no no.... not the books YOU've written. The books you own!

Selah Cooper-Holl · 02-25-2006 09:49:25

Oh and Bo? I just finished what you sent me Requiem for a Cheap Comforter..... I'll be back in a few minutes....

KnightWriter · 02-25-2006 11:22:44

Selah Cooper-Holl wrote:
Oh and Bo? I just finished what you sent me Requiem for a Cheap Comforter..... I'll be back in a few minutes....

Ooooohhh! No! Most of my books I own are treasures to me. I only use the drivel I turn out at table steadiers. Gives new meaning to the term coffee table book, doesn't it? LMAO

Selah Cooper-Holl · 02-25-2006 16:44:40

KnightWriter wrote:
Selah Cooper-Holl wrote:
Oh and Bo? I just finished what you sent me Requiem for a Cheap Comforter..... I'll be back in a few minutes....
Ooooohhh! No! Most of my books I own are treasures to me. I only use the drivel I turn out at table steadiers. Gives new meaning to the term coffee table book, doesn't it? LMAO

HEY Bo! You skipped right over my mini review of Requiem for a Cheap Comforter without so much as a how do you do??? I hate to see the water bill!

KnightWriter · 02-25-2006 20:56:58

Selah Cooper-Holl wrote:
KnightWriter wrote:
Selah Cooper-Holl wrote:
Oh and Bo? I just finished what you sent me Requiem for a Cheap Comforter..... I'll be back in a few minutes....
Ooooohhh! No! Most of my books I own are treasures to me. I only use the drivel I turn out at table steadiers. Gives new meaning to the term coffee table book, doesn't it? LMAO
HEY Bo! You skipped right over my mini review of Requiem for a Cheap Comforter without so much as a how do you do??? I hate to see the water bill!

You did? Where is it???????????????????????????????? I SWEAR I didn't (and still don't) see it! You said you would be back in a few minutes, and, well...I felt like I was back at the DMV again! PLEASE! Tell me where it is!

Selah Cooper-Holl · 02-26-2006 05:07:20

KnightWriter wrote:
Selah Cooper-Holl wrote:
KnightWriter wrote:

Ooooohhh! No! Most of my books I own are treasures to me. I only use the drivel I turn out at table steadiers. Gives new meaning to the term coffee table book, doesn't it? LMAO
HEY Bo! You skipped right over my mini review of Requiem for a Cheap Comforter without so much as a how do you do??? I hate to see the water bill!
You did? Where is it???????????????????????????????? I SWEAR I didn't (and still don't) see it! You said you would be back in a few minutes, and, well...I felt like I was back at the DMV again! PLEASE! Tell me where it is!

That was it!!! I had to go take a very lonnnnggggg shower - the water bill???? Get it???? Do I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YA????

KnightWriter · 02-26-2006 10:39:48

You just did...lol...and yes, I put that thing in MS Word and discovered a few things. They have been taken care of. Now, all I need are two things...to know how many points I need to post it, and WHERE it should be posted? Can you enlightten me, Moses?

knighthawk · 02-27-2006 19:33:04

A book club sounds good to me!

jennifer · 02-27-2006 19:55:58

Cool. Let's see if we can get a couple other people. Anyone?

knighthawk · 03-01-2006 21:39:02

Looks like we're going to be members of the world's smallest book club, Jennifer! LOL

k.jergens · 03-01-2006 21:59:57

What are we reading??

knighthawk · 03-01-2006 22:43:26

As there appears to be only three of us, I vote we read a book one of us has written.

L. P. Thomas · 03-01-2006 23:05:58

Hi guys,
Can we make a foursome? I do occasionally read.

Selah Cooper-Holl · 03-02-2006 00:58:52

KnightWriter wrote:
You just did...lol...and yes, I put that thing in MS Word and discovered a few things. They have been taken care of. Now, all I need are two things...to know how many points I need to post it, and WHERE it should be posted? Can you enlightten me, Moses?

Who you callin' Moses! I have Lady Lumps.

IveyBanks · 03-02-2006 01:20:12

Jennifer,

I *LOVE* the idea -- the challenge will probably be finding a book none of us has read.

But I guess if we have read it then we could just forego the chapter-by-chapter feedback and still participate in the discussion.

I imagine this feedback that results from the discussion will be a WONDERFUL GIFT to the lucky authors chosen.

I look forward to playing!

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