TLL book Club, Book 1?...

Thumpette

Hi All,

We decided in another thread to do a Ladies Lounge book Club, maybe choosing a mook every month or so (or longer if people prefer) and then reading it together and discuss online.

Lots of great suggestions but we had decided to look originally at either

'The Book of Lost things'

or

'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'

Most popular vore by end of day Monday gets to be our book 1!

Anyone with availability information on these?

kerash

The book of lost things by John Connelly?

and The girl with the dragon tattoo are available in easons

I think my library has both and they seem easily available in stores.
Hope you dont mind me jumping in!

Thumpette

definately not! Jump away!:D

Nervous Wreck

The Book Of Lost Things seems strangely similar in plot to Pan's Labyrinth, no?

Novella

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

SeekUp

I've read The Book of Lost Things, so I'm not going to vote . . . but I just wanted to express my interest in TLL Book Club; I'll read either!

jinxycat

I'd be all up for this, I love reading John Connolly, and have read lots of his books, especially the Charlie Parker related ones

emeraldstar

I hadn't heard of 'The Book of Lost Things' before the previous thread but I know I am definitely going to read it whether it wins the poll or not - I think it sounds really good

Cookie Jar

Neck and neck!

So what happens when we read it.. do we each review it or just compare thoughts??

Ginny

Book of ost things is fab, loved it when I read it first, a bit strange but great.

Whispered

I voted for the book of lost things, sounds veeeery interesting.

sillyputty

Im going to give this a bash, im not much of a reader but i would like to start and this sounds like fun.

jinxycat

Has there been a final decision on a book yet?

Thumpette

I think we were saying we would get votes till the end of today.

Does anyone have experience of book clubs and can maybe suggest how we could structure this?

Should we maybe break it into pieces and discuss sections after we had read it? Or should we wait until everyone has finished the whole book and then discuss?

Thanks

ciagr297

i know that jodi picoult's website has a book club question list, as did the thousand splendid suns. i guess it just guides book clubbers for discussion.
i've looked at Stieg's site, but I can't find a list, although i note a few others are looking for suggestions as well

gidget

If it's not too much to ask would it be possible to give a tip off as to what section in the shop that the chosen book can likely be found in eg Fiction, Non-Fiction, New Releases, Classics that sort of thing? So when you go to buy it your not walking around like a lost cause trying to find it. Maybe if someone already has the book they can give a rough idea as to where it can be found.

Malari

I just wanted to say I am interested in this book club too, but didn't vote as I'll read either

SeekUp

gidget wrote: »

If it's not too much to ask would it be possible to give a tip off as to what section in the shop that the chosen book can likely be found in eg Fiction, Non-Fiction, New Releases, Classics that sort of thing? So when you go to buy it your not walking around like a lost cause trying to find it. Maybe if someone already has the book they can give a rough idea as to where it can be found.

I think both would be under Fiction, although The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo might still be a new release/on the tables marked New Fiction.

sillyputty

I know itunes have The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on audiobook - but don't worry im not going to cheat - i will actually read the book, i promise....

jinxycat

They're both under fiction a -z. I was in Easons the other day and had to buy The Book of Lost Things as it was the last one, also buying the other tomorrow when i'm in town. THey both look interesting.

By the way that's Easons in Navan, i'm sure it'll be the same in the others.

Thumpette

It's a tight run thing but the Book of Lost things is the winner.

Any ideas now on how we do this?

Malari

Are we now gonna need another poll to find out how long it will take people to read the book?

ciagr297

i found this article online
http://bestsellers.suite101.com/article.cfm/setting_up_a_book_club
just having a read through to see if its useful

SeekUp

Well, why don't we first set a start date of sorts, so that we can all have time to go out and get the book?

Maybe in a week or so?

Malari

SeekUp wrote: »

Well, why don't we first set a start date of sorts, so that we can all have time to go out and get the book?

Maybe in a week or so?

What about an end-date? I presume we are not going to discuss before that, or it would be spoiler tags a go-go

Would most people have read it by the end of the month? Middle of September?

I've not bought it yet, but a check on Amazon tells me it's about 500 pages.

SeekUp

Malari wrote: »

I've not bought it yet, but a check on Amazon tells me it's about 500 pages.

Dont' get scared people, I think that's the paperback . . . hardcover is ~350 pages.

m'lady

Hey all Im interested and I'll read either book, sounds fun!

emeraldstar

I've never done it but on another forum I visit they do Group Reads where they discuss the book chapter by chapter. Could be an option? Then it means you can begin almost immediately if you want as you won't have to wait for people to finish, and you won't be trying to rush your way through the whole thing by a certain date if you're particularly busy at that time or whatever. Something like that? Or perhaps in groups of Chapters, say 1-5 first time, then 6-10, etc. I dunno, just a suggestion

Goolay

i think it would work well broken into chapters or sections as well

Malari

SeekUp wrote: »

Dont' get scared people, I think that's the paperback . . . hardcover is ~350 pages.

Eh sorry, I wasn't looking to scare people at all! Just an idea of the size.

I tried 3 bookshops in Cork yesterday and couldn't get the book. Must be popular.

Ginny

Is the book of Lost things broken up into sections too? i'll have to check when I go home.

ciagr297

righto, so we have the first book selected

proposed first meeting middle sept....any more feedback on this?

where should we meet? was this already discussed? maybe a big Insomnia (like the one on camden st) or starbucks (top of harcourt st)..and i reckon we'd need to know how many to expect as well

could be an idea to have two people lead up the first meeting, then we can rotate the organisation of each meetup....what'dya reckon?

Malari

ciagr297 wrote: »

righto, so we have the first book selected

proposed first meeting middle sept....any more feedback on this?

where should we meet? was this already discussed? maybe a big Insomnia (like the one on camden st) or starbucks (top of harcourt st)..and i reckon we'd need to know how many to expect as well

could be an idea to have two people lead up the first meeting, then we can rotate the organisation of each meetup....what'dya reckon?

It was discussion online I thought?

ciagr297

Malari wrote: »

It was discussion online I thought?

hmm, i had the impression it was a meeting up thingy.... ???

Malari

ciagr297 wrote: »

hmm, i had the impression it was a meeting up thingy.... ???

Oh, Thumpette, where are you???

Could you clarify? :D

SeekUp

ciagr297 wrote: »

proposed first meeting middle sept....any more feedback on this?

where should we meet? was this already discussed? maybe a big Insomnia (like the one on camden st) or starbucks (top of harcourt st)..and i reckon we'd need to know how many to expect as well

If we're going to do it in sections (which I think is a great idea), I'd propose that we start the first week in September -- that'll give everyone time to get/order/borrow(/steal?!) the book, and get through the first few chapters (without us losing any momentum).

I was under the impression that it was a virtual book club; that we'd discuss online so that everyone can participate, regardless of location. Am I wrong?

Well I would prefer a thread, because I can't make a regular meet.

jinxycat

Moonbaby wrote: »

Well I would prefer a thread, because I can't make a regular meet.

Same here, I thought it was an online club. I couldn't gaurentee i'd be able to make regular meet ups.

ciagr297

ok, my bad. in the first couple of posts i picked up that it was a meetup....anywhoodles
should we have a sticky thread for this?
and having it in sections is good for me too

Thumpette

Sorry- mad day not been online! Yeah i think the plan was we do the discussions online here, save it from turning into another Dublin focused thing anyway- if thats ok with everyone....

So are we saying mid Sept to have it finished?

SeekUp

emeraldstar wrote: »

I've never done it but on another forum I visit they do Group Reads where they discuss the book chapter by chapter. Could be an option? Then it means you can begin almost immediately if you want as you won't have to wait for people to finish, and you won't be trying to rush your way through the whole thing by a certain date if you're particularly busy at that time or whatever. Something like that? Or perhaps in groups of Chapters, say 1-5 first time, then 6-10, etc. I dunno, just a suggestion

Dublin579 wrote: »

i think it would work well broken into chapters or sections as well

Sounds like we have some support for breaking it up a bit, although I think chapter by chapter might be a bit too slow . . . so what if we just did half of the book by say, the last of August, and then the rest a couple of weeks after that?

Blush_01

Sorry, been out of commission for the past week so I'm only seeing this now.

Either book would've been great.

I don't know, but I think it might be a better idea to read the whole book before the first discussion. Some people have already read the book, others will read at different paces. I, for one, hate people ruining books for me, and I don't fancy a thread full of spoiler tags as that ruins the flow somewhat. Just my 2¢.

jinxycat

Has there been an official date set for this yet?

Maybe we should see if everyone has gotten the book first before we set one if it hasn't been set yet!

Malari

I've got mine this morning!

Thumpette

I think blush probably has a point about spoilers, different paces etc. How about we set a date of October 1st to begin discussing the whole book?

jinxycat

That's cool with me!!

ciagr297

Thumpette wrote: »

I think blush probably has a point about spoilers, different paces etc. How about we set a date of October 1st to begin discussing the whole book?

sounds good to me, i'm going to get my book today

Lilym

Ah brill this book club is great idea

giddybootz

Cool...that gives me time to track it down!!

Thumpette

Hi Ladies,

Just a reminder on the book club in case anyone has forgotten/ not seen this....

I picked up my book last week and read it in 2 days- real page turner. Get reading

Malari

Thumpette wrote: »

I picked up my book last week and read it in 2 days- real page turner. Get reading

That's what I thought, which is why it's been on my bookshelf for the last two weeks! I want to leave it till the last minute to read it so it's fresh in my mind