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    #92
    arctic_fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭arctic_fox


    wow that was weird same posting time. to answer you it went really well.

    10 people no less. altho it was a little too big a table to hear everyone at.

    Hence the location change.

    maybe pm you're email to theboytaylor he's in charge of emailing everyone there to keep in touch away from boards.


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    #93
    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    Cool, done and done. What is the next book?


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    #94
    lsedov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭lsedov


    It's Philip Roth's excellent The Plot Against America from 2004.


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    #95
    arctic_fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭arctic_fox


    lol. that remains to be seen. but good idea for trying to swing the train of thought before we read it.


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    #96
    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    I'll pick that up over the weekend, cool.


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    #97
    lsedov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭lsedov


    arctic_fox wrote:
    lol. that remains to be seen. but good idea for trying to swing the train of thought before we read it.

    Yeah, excactly, the propaganda war starts now! Even though I won't even be there next time -- it's for the sake of the idea! Hehe.


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    #98
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    I know most of us are on email, but thought I'd post here anyway. We're meeting next on Tuesday 10th April (not the 17th) and the book is Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami, which, to make a change, I'm already well into already...


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    #99
    morincm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭morincm


    Hi there, I was wondering if I could join your book club. I've been looking for one for a while and have just stumbled onto this site. What time/where will you be meeting?


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    #100
    Legend_DIT
    Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Legend_DIT


    We'll be meeting in Cassidy's on Westmoreland St at 8 o'clock next Tuesday. I haven't bought the book yet though!


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    #101
    morincm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭morincm


    Great! Hopefully, with the long weekend this weekend, I'll be able to get through the book before Tuesday. Looking forward to it! :)


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    #102
    arctic_fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭arctic_fox


    i think im actually going to finish this one! i know i wasnt at the last meeting. circumstances beyond my control but i hadnt the book read either. this time though. i think i might actually make it. lovin it so far see you guys next tuesday:D :D:D:D:D


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    #103
    arctic_fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭arctic_fox


    ok so the club didnt have a huge turnout this week. i know i forgot about it until i was reminded by the boy taylor that it was on.

    great book though. really enjoyed it. next time its "The reluctant fundamentalist" by moshin hamid.

    good reviews from others on this one so get reading!


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    #104
    eclectichoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭eclectichoney


    hate to be annoying but what day/time/place is the next meeting (that book looks good - iv been threatening to buy it for weeks now!)


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    #105
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    We´re meeting next on Tuesday 1st May in Cassidy´s pub on Westmoreland st.


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    #106
    lsedov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭lsedov


    Grand. Seems like the libraries don't have this in yet, though, so I'll have to buy it, I guess. In other words, it better be good! :)

    See you on May Day then. How was the new venue in terms of everyone hearig eachther and so on? What time does the meeting start?


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    #107
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    Just finished the book yesterday. Does anyone else feel that the books we choose in this book club are destined always to have 'heart of darkness' references?


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    #108
    lsedov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭lsedov


    cailinoBAC wrote:
    Just finished the book yesterday. Does anyone else feel that the books we choose in this book club are destined always to have 'heart of darkness' references?

    He, he. You're right -- we're cursed!

    Also, I saw an ad on Gumtree.ie asking about book clubs in Dublin, so I emailed the poster and informed her about our club. Hope everyone's okay with that; my two colleagues, who were at the meeting before the last one, just told me they wouldn't be able to join us after all, so we shouldn't be too overcrowded.

    What time is the May 1 meeting?


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    #109
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    That's fine with me. I think, realistically, people aren't always going to make every meeting, so it doesn't matter if we have a large number in theory, it probably means we'll have a comfortable number in practice. I think that other time was a one off and anyway, if that many people turn up again, I think it is better in Cassidy's than in the IFI.
    The meeting on May 1st is at 8, but don't think I can make it after all. Really annoying, because I was looking forward to discussing this book. Anyway, let me know what book you choose!


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    #110
    Esmereldina
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Esmereldina


    cailinoBAC wrote:
    That's fine with me. I think, realistically, people aren't always going to make every meeting, so it doesn't matter if we have a large number in theory, it probably means we'll have a comfortable number in practice. I think that other time was a one off and anyway, if that many people turn up again, I think it is better in Cassidy's than in the IFI.
    The meeting on May 1st is at 8, but don't think I can make it after all. Really annoying, because I was looking forward to discussing this book. Anyway, let me know what book you choose!
    Hey all! I won't be there tonight as I haven't read the book... let me know what you choose for next time though. :)


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    #111
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    So, what´s next?


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    #112
    lsedov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭lsedov


    Next book is God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut. Date to be announced, check your inboxes and give me some feedback.


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    #113
    cailinoBAC
    Registered Users Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭cailinoBAC


    Sounds good. But it seemed to be about the only book of his that wasn´t in Hodges Figgis. I´m sure it´ll turn up somewhere else though!


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    #114
    yangzhao
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭yangzhao


    looks like i had just missed this:(
    would love to go next meetup.


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    #115
    theboytaylor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭theboytaylor


    Yeah, yangzhao, come along.

    Would people be up for holding the next meet up on Tuesday the 29th?


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    #116
    arctic_fox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭arctic_fox


    sounds good. I can make it then hopefully. bit swarmed with exams etc at the moment. but im finished them on the 28th. should be able to squeeze the book in amidst the study


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    #117
    Esmereldina
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Esmereldina


    arctic_fox wrote:
    sounds good. I can make it then hopefully. bit swarmed with exams etc at the moment. but im finished them on the 28th. should be able to squeeze the book in amidst the study

    Yep I should actually manage to read the book for the 29th so I'll be there
    too :)


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    #118
    simonff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭simonff


    Where are the meetings held? I won't make it on May 29th, but perhaps the next time...


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    #119
    theboytaylor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭theboytaylor


    Cassidy's on Westmoreland St.


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    #120
    Legend_DIT
    Registered Users Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Legend_DIT


    I'll be able to make it for the 29th (but not the 22nd) if I can find the book!

    Any clues people??


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    #121
    lsedov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭lsedov


    After discussion amongst the current members, we've decided for Tuesday, May 29th, at 8pm, on Cassidy's pub, Westmoreland St. The book is, still, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Hope to see you all there.


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