Reading Club

reading club · 07-07-2006 10:16pm #1

Want to be in a reading club?

Am looking for people to initiate a reading club with.

To meet more than likely in Dublin city centre but open to negotiation depending on what people want, where they hail from etc.

Interested in reading a variety of stuff, having a variety of people etc.

Would like to get started with 5/6 people within the fortnight so if your interested please email: readingbunch@hotmail.com

BossArky · 08-07-2006 2:29am

I'd be into it alright - however living in London so would not be meeting up. If you get a cyber group going then count me in.

simu · 08-07-2006 2:37am

What city centre would that be now?

John · 08-07-2006 2:39am

simu wrote:

What city centre would that be now?

the same one that After Hours refers to I presume

simu · 08-07-2006 2:42am

I see...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 08-07-2006 2:48am

so where in Carlow is this taking place?

Tar.Aldarion · 08-07-2006 2:48am

I don't know if I can make it to mayo frequently, but I'll be there, just at the sign by the barn next to the shamans hut.

reading club · 08-07-2006 10:20am

That city centre would be Dublin.

Andy-Pandy · 08-07-2006 4:49pm

I might be interested. Any more details?

plenderj · 11-07-2006 2:29pm

I'd be well up for it.... send me a PM on it if you get anything going

LoLth: email address removed to stop evil spamming gits from taking it and selling it to the taliban who will then use it to send inflamatory mails around the world stirring the rise of a neo-nazi gestapo-esque underground secret police movement who eventually find roots in ireland and break into my house to kidnap my cat. Dammit plenderj! what has my cat ever done to you!!!!

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erm... ah yes... right lol
that'd be jamie at plenderj dot com
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Mrs. MacGyver · 11-07-2006 7:52pm

PM me too, id be very interested.

Andy-Pandy · 11-07-2006 11:37pm

What way should we approach it? Book clubs have been atempted before on boards, but always fail. I would be quite happy meeting up with some like minded people who dont get bored to death when i talk about books, as most of my friends seem to do.

plenderj · 11-07-2006 11:39pm

Meet up in a pub with a few people not afraid of books, decide on a genre, decide on a title, and meet the next week?

Oobie · 12-07-2006 10:24am

If anything happens pm me too.

reading club · 13-07-2006 4:51pm

Hi folks,

am getting excited about this now - have had a few replies.

so what do you think about meeting up the week after next.

what days suit people? times?

and any suggestions re location? someone suggested Starbucks but that wouldn't be my cup of tea!

as for rambling on about books, that's does sound good.

plenderj · 13-07-2006 4:59pm

Perhaps some pub in town when it's not busy or something? I give training every Monday evening and take Polish lessons on Wednesday... any other evening suits me

matrim · 14-07-2006 12:25am

I'd be up for giving this a try aswell, pm me if it's going ahead

Deer · 14-07-2006 2:26pm

I've found having my book club in a wine bar to be very successful. They are usually quiet enough to talk, some have beer, obviously wine, have little tapas and little nibbles to eat if someone is hungry and usually do coffee's and teas too if people don't want to drink. Would suggest one in Dublin but haven't been there in years but it's worth considering.

Deer · 14-07-2006 2:26pm

I've found having my book club in a wine bar to be very successful. They are usually quiet enough to talk, some have beer, obviously wine, have little tapas and little nibbles to eat if someone is hungry and usually do coffee's and teas too if people don't want to drink. Would suggest one in Dublin but haven't been there in years but it's worth considering.

reading club · 20-07-2006 9:53pm

Hi folks,

Meeting next week on Tuesday, July 25th at 7pm at the Irish Film Centre. It is quiet enough here to have a chat - people can get nibbles if they want, alcohol or coffee...I think it probably best if we meet outside as nobody will know everybody else.

Please let me know who can make it or if you can't make it and are still interested so I know to fill you in afterwards:) ...

plenderj · 24-07-2006 7:26pm

I'd love to come along. What should we bring... what'll people be wearing... who's who etc. etc.

reading club · 25-07-2006 9:03am

No need to bring anything...however, some thoughts on how you would like the club to be run, and a couple of suggestions for books might be helpful.

BossArky · 25-07-2006 9:05am

Good luck with it. I'm sorry to be missing it.

reading club · 31-10-2006 9:33pm

Hi folks

We have been up and running for awhile now.

Some of the books we have read
- Haruki Murakami, The Wind Up Bird Chronicles
- Sean O'Reilly, Watermark
- Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
- Iain Banks, Walking on Glass

Next meeting in the Irish Film Centre, Tuesday 14th November if anyone interested, you would be most welcome!!

Auburn · 02-11-2006 2:16am

I would be interested in this. How often do you meet up? And is there a book that I would need to read if I was to come along on the 14th? PM me please

ronano · 02-11-2006 12:24pm

I'd be interested too

pm a book/time for meeting please

reading club · 06-11-2006 4:22pm

We have been meeting every three weeks. The book for the next meeting (which we only decided upon today) is The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov. If anybody wants to come along next time, i will wait outside at around 7, book in hand

ronano · 06-11-2006 4:58pm

In Hodges Figgis at the shelves as you walk down the stairs to the basement/bargain area you will see 'The Master And Margarita' for 3.99. It is also scattered around in a few piles in the area.

yadayada · 06-11-2006 9:50pm

exellent...im off to buy the book so!

reading club · 07-11-2006 1:58pm

i only paid about three times as much then ... eeekkkk

Auburn · 08-11-2006 5:55pm

ronano wrote:

In Hodges Figgis at the shelves as you walk down the stairs to the basement/bargain area you will see 'The Master And Margarita' for 3.99. It is also scattered around in a few piles in the area.

Cheers for that

Will pick up a copy there so!

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