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BOOK CLUB - Galway

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    #122
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Hi Everyone,

    BookClub meeting this evening @ 7:30, Bar No 8. The barlady told me on Saturday night that they have some kind of Elvis impersonator on there this eve also (unless I completely got my wires crossed???). Hmmmm. Should be fun!


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    #123
    MattKid
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭MattKid


    So are we going to discuss the book using our best Elvis impersonation so we fit in?


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    #124
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Brilliant:D


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    #125
    ciotog
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭ciotog


    PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »
    Bump!

    This is on tomorrow night in Bar No 8 on the docks... new members always welcome!
    I'll tip along this evening ... I'll get some opinions for the book off Google seeing as I haven't read it :)


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    #126
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    ciotog wrote: »
    I'll tip along this evening ... I'll get some opinions for the book off Google seeing as I haven't read it :)

    And get some Elvis lyrics while you're at it!


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    #127
    Sec
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    Hi all,

    The book that I would like to pick for Tuesday April 29th is

    The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silver-Swan-Benjamin-Black/dp/033045403X

    Happy reading ;)


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    #128
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Benjamin Black a.k.a. John Banville


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    #129
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    Hi All!

    Here's an update from the 4th Book Club meeting, which was held on Tuesday 18th March at 7:30pm in Bar No. 8.

    Attendees:
    TristanP
    Sandra
    James
    Karl
    Hugh
    Hazel
    Paul
    Ann Marie
    Caitriona
    Matt


    The book up for discussion was 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' by Mark Haddon.

    The general consensus was that the writing style was very impressive, and provided a wonderful insight into the thought processes of someone with Asperger's Syndrome. Some felt that the book promoted empathy and understanding, whereas before there might have been apathy, even fear, of sufferers.

    It was felt by some that the storyline itself was not especially riveting, though it was agreed that the focus of the book was in relating the feelings, or lack thereof, of the central character when confronted by everyday tasks and circumstances. The story arc itself, while delivering massive external change in the characters life and understanding, took a back seat when it came to examining the central characters own internal cognitive patterns.

    And TristanP got confused by the maths problems!


    So the book didn't prove especially controversial, but most thought it a worthwhile read.

    Sandra won the raffle from Matts kindly volunteered hat, and she has chosen 'The Silver Swan' by Benjamin Black.

    So for now it's onward to 'The Motel Life' by Willy Vlautin, see you in two weeks, and in the meantime happy reading!

    hh


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    #130
    tristanc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭tristanc


    I missed on account of being in Sligo. Such a waste reading a book if I can't meet about it!

    For the Motel Life - will a bookshop here order a book for me (and then I can pick it up in store?) Do they do that here?


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    #131
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Hi Tristan,
    I've done that before in bookshops but I think it takes a while. I suppose you do have just under two weeks. I'm half way through mine so if you like I can lend my copy to you as soon as I'm done.

    I just hope Sligo was worth it;)!!!


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    #132
    MattKid
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭MattKid


    was he on a promise;)


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    #133
    tristanc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭tristanc


    I may have to hit ya up for it. I'll ask a bookstore and see how long it takes them to order it.

    I actually rather liked Sligo, though I don't think I'd be up and moving there. Granted I spent half the time playing the Wii with my mates, so I don't know why I had to go up there to do that.


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    #134
    ciotog
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭ciotog


    Matt, if you don't mind I'd like to borrow you're copy when you're done with it (think you mentioned you were nearly through it at the last meetup).


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    #135
    blogga
    Closed Accounts Posts: 344 ✭✭blogga


    "If, like me, you're tired of the same old pub, club, supermacs social scene of galway"
    Hits the nail on the head. The utter boredom of that version of galway.


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    #136
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Hi Everyone,

    This is just a reminder that new members are always welcome at BookClub so here are the details again:

    Venue: Bar No. 8 (on the docks)
    Time: 7:30pm every 2nd Tuesday.
    Next Meeting: Tuesday 1st April.
    Book being Discussed: The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin.
    Book nominated for meeting, Tuesday 15th April: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (which I just got in the Westside Library:))

    Hope this is a help if anyone is interested.


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    #137
    tristanc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭tristanc


    Okay, haven't gotten book. Can I borrow?


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    #138
    MattKid
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭MattKid


    I'm struggling to read this one (I know I chose it) work is super busy right now and finding the time is proving difficult.


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    #139
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    tristanc wrote: »
    Okay, haven't gotten book. Can I borrow?


    Just finished it yesterday so I can lend it to you today Tristan. I should be in town this afternoon at some stage. Will you ba around or could I leave it in R. Square for you?


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    #140
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    MattKid wrote: »
    I'm struggling to read this one (I know I chose it) work is super busy right now and finding the time is proving difficult.

    Carry it with you everywhere and read it when you get half an hour or even twenty minutes. The chapters are short so you should be able to knock one off even if you've only 5 minutes (anyone order a double entendre?). At the least a concerted push over the weekend should finish it for you, I started it last thursday and finished monday, and that was not by over exerting myself believe me!


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    #141
    tristanc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭tristanc


    TristanPeter wrote: »
    Just finished it yesterday so I can lend it to you today Tristan. I should be in town this afternoon at some stage. Will you ba around or could I leave it in R. Square for you?

    I'm around - I'm heading to the tax office and then to spend the security deposit I just got back (yeah!) on festival tickets. I can meet ya somewhere, or red square would be grand (or actually the hotel next door eyre square might be a better bet).


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    #142
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Hi,

    I'll drop it into reception desk in hotel for you. Will be in around 7 I think


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    #143
    tristanc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭tristanc


    Awesome, thanks. I will be roaming the area with a pint in hand at a yet to be determined location.


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    #144
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    TristanC... did you get the book, I dropped it into reception on Friday night?


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    #145
    tristanc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭tristanc


    Yes, sorry, many thanks. It seems to be one of those cheerful, uplifting tales.


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    #146
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    Good good.

    A reminder to all that the Book Club is on tonight at 7:30 in Bar No. 8 on the Docks, the Honourable Pope Buckfast XVI presiding.

    New members always welcome... :pac:


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    #147
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Ill be a wee bit late Mr. Buckfast but I'll get in as quick as I can. Hopefully it will be an Elvis impersonator-free zone tonight


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    #148
    ciotog
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭ciotog


    Won't be along tonight - didn't get to pick up the book. Might be awhile before I get to another one as I'll be off to Canada for a couple of weeks, shortly.


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    #149
    PopeBuckfastXVI
    Registered Users Posts: 5,155 ✭✭✭PopeBuckfastXVI


    TristanPeter wrote: »
    Ill be a wee bit late Mr. Buckfast but I'll get in as quick as I can. Hopefully it will be an Elvis impersonator-free zone tonight
    ciotog wrote: »
    Won't be along tonight - didn't get to pick up the book. Might be awhile before I get to another one as I'll be off to Canada for a couple of weeks, shortly.

    You're both banned from the book club, you and your children and your childrens children... for 2 days...


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    #150
    MattKid
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭MattKid


    Anyone want to borrow the next meetings book as I won't be able to make it.


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    #151
    scary_tractors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭scary_tractors


    Hi guys,

    Was there any progress on the idea of having another meeting on a different night?

    Thanks
    D


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