The Syndicate

I will not be able to start until we return from our trip to england 9/17 so I'll have to either read fast or skip this book. I almost bought it the other week I wish I had now.

I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks - has anything happened with the book selection?

Ok my order is:

Midnight Children
Station 11
Wittgenstein's Mistress

I almost don't care which of the nominated books we read they all look so good.

fingersplints wrote:

juliets wrote:fingersplints, about when do you anticipate the book discussion? I'm going to be out of town in early September so I'm thinking I might have to miss the first discussion. I'm just asking for your estimate as to timing of the discussion.

Well, I'd like to discuss this with everyone still. I started the Book Club, but it's everyone's club so I want to do what works best for everyone. I was thinking about a month a book? Everyone reads at different speeds, so I want to make sure the timeline works for all.

So you might still be fine to participate in the first book, and then can take book 2 on vacation with you.

A month per book sounds fine with me. If we can get this first book decided quickly then we may have the first discussion before i leave. And now, off to decide who to vote for.

fingersplints, about when do you anticipate the book discussion? I'm going to be out of town in early September so I'm thinking I might have to miss the first discussion. I'm just asking for your estimate as to timing of the discussion.

Yippee!!

Let Canuck send in more than one. I won't send in one this time and just vote on whatever list comes out of this.

In my little head I guess I had something more modern in mind. And though the political commentary books are very modern I'm afraid we'd end up in a discussion about politics instead of the book. I've talked a lot on this subject though so I think people are aware how I'm thinking. I want to hear what some others who want to be in the book club think. If several people agree they want to read one of those books they could be one sub-group and we'd just have to determine the others if thats the way we want to go.

Canuck does any book come to mind that might meet your criteria? I think your pov is very interesting and something we should consider as we choose books. (It seems like there are a lot of things to consider as we look for books to read! ).

I have been meaning to read Interpreter of Maladies which is an award winning book from a few years back that is on the list. I'd also like to read Moneyball which I bought and still haven't read. It's also on the list.

SVS I looked at that Time list and liked the one you posted better, of course thats just me. Also, we need everyone's voice including yours to find the right way to do this. Maybe we should continue throwing out one book each and then vote on what we have. Or we could go with A Persons idea and do a random off the list or an expanded list (we could expand the list by putting things on there that's not already there). I'm real easy how we do it.

S~V~S what do you mean by "contemporary drama"? Do you have any examples?

I like the idea of having a choice because I also don't reread books, nor do i read violent books or romances. I wish SVS would rejoin and throw her opinion out there.

A Person I like your idea.

hahhahaha longest books.

Oh, I thought that earlier reply was a joke - you don't like words. In that case I guess you're right it doesn't matter to you what we do. I'm still curious how you would pick the books. It might be something we haven't thought of.

fingersplints wrote:

Epignosis wrote: "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz
I'm not even going to pretend I've ever heard of this one.

I read something Epi hasn't even heard of. ^_^
idk why its on this list lol It wasn't that great. I don't remember much about it. there was a mongoose in it

My idea for book club was that anyone who wanted to join could pick the books, that way we could get a variety. I like all kinds of books. I just tried two poetry books, and I struggled to finish but did, so I will read everything. I like to read different kinds of books, because for me it's like watching different TV shows. I want a little romance. I want a little mystery. Sometimes I like a really complicated book, and sometimes I want some easy light reading that I can knit or something while reading.

Yes, I read that one too. Too bad Epi's never heard of it - it won a Pulitzer and the National Critics Book Award. Epi since you don't like the list of 100 what would you suggest we use?

I'll say this again, I really like the list of 100 books whether it's the one SVS looked at or the Time one. I would be happy reading any of those books, many of them i have read and they were very good. The list presents books that are interesting and it crosses genres. If there are enough people that want to go that route I think we should try it. Maybe a second group could read the classics if that's where their interests are or some other mix of books.

SVS the only problem I have with picking genres is two fold: one, I'm not sure what genre many of these books are in. Bel Canto for example (great book) would it be considered drama? Gone Girl mystery? So I'd need some help with that but more importantly after we chose a genre then what would we do to generate a list of books in that genre? If we would go back to the list of 100 that would make sense. At least the list would limit us so we didn't spend forever trying to agree on a book.

Those are just some top of mind thoughts. Pay no attention to those who are trying to ridicule your reading selections. I'm reading the same kinds of things and I'm sure others here are too.

S~V~S, I think your list is fine.