Reading Club

cailinoBAC · 29-08-2007 10:16am

Ok guys, the next book is 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess. September 18th, usual place/time etc. I promise I'll have this one finished when we meet!

bookworm192398 · 07-09-2007 8:30pm

Hi, I'm quite interested in joining the book club and would love to meet up on the 18th. It'd be great to be able to discuss some good books with people.

gramur · 13-09-2007 12:49pm

Hello, I'm going to try to make it on Tuesday, It's certainly a compelling read.

household_goods · 16-09-2007 7:05pm

Yeah, I'll be there anyway. Should be good. The book is less than 150 pages so no excuses for not reading it!

theboytaylor · 17-09-2007 11:40pm

Just finished, didn't think I was gonna make it.

See ye all tomorrow at 8 so.

cailinoBAC · 19-09-2007 8:59pm

Next meeting 10th October (a Wednesday!!). The book is 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco. According to Amazon it's 512 pages long so I'd better get hold of a copy and start reading!!

Also noticed the play of 'Heart of Darkness' in The Winding Stair got 5 stars in the Irish Times. Sorry I missed it now, maybe it'll be put on again...

gramur · 21-09-2007 8:27pm

Hey sorry I didn't make it on tuesday, college stuff got in the way. Hope yous had an interesting discussion.

Sparkie.x. · 24-09-2007 2:50pm

Hi I'm just seeing this thread now, I'd like to join a book group....ok if I come along 10th Oct?? Wheres it being held?
I'm on hols tomorrow so I'll try get my hand on the next book and give that a read while I'm away!!

theboytaylor · 24-09-2007 8:00pm

Yeah, of course it's ok.

It's on in Cassidy's on Westmoreland St. at 8

cailinoBAC · 27-09-2007 11:57am

Of course you're welcome to join us! I haven't started the book yet, I'm still reading 'For whom the bell tolls' which I'm enjoying but not exactly racing through. Still, I have a mini holiday coming up too, so hopefully pleny of chance to catch up!

Sparkie.x. · 05-10-2007 12:31pm

Great thanks! Actually didn't get the book for hols but I'll still come along and listen to opinions of it!!
Should I look out for someone wearing a red carnation....or anyway of telling the group apart from others?!?

arctic_fox · 08-10-2007 8:23pm

Aaarrgghhh! You finally did umberto eco and i missed it! You cold have told me boy taylor *shoots daggers from eyes*

512 pages is a lot to have read 22 minutes ago. ah well now i can get the book from you. let me know whats next and i'll rejoin the crew. I've become somewhat lazy in my reading since i stopped with the club. I think Harry Potter 7 wounded my reading spirit beyond repair.

arctic_fox · 08-10-2007 8:25pm

I take it all back I just realised i've two days to read it. could be a push to get done but i'll give it a go. i'll have to try get it online and start right away!

gramur · 09-10-2007 12:25pm

oh thank god I just realised you're meeting tomorrow not today. I might make it through the book after all but don't hate me if I don't quite manage it.

cailinoBAC · 09-10-2007 8:25pm

I didn't think I'd make it but I started yesterday and have about 100 pages left, so think I will just about (finally finished For Whom the Bell Tolls too...).

And I'm to blame for the wednesday instead of Tuesday...hope that's ok with everyone.

theboytaylor · 10-10-2007 10:00pm

Apologies for my absence tonight (damn, there goes my medal for perfect attendance)

What's the book for next time?

cailinoBAC · 10-10-2007 10:48pm

Hey, we're reading The Periodic Table by Primo Levi but we haven't actually decided what day we're next meeting up. Can you guys whose emails I don't have please pm them to me, then we'll sort out when is best.

cailinoBAC · 16-10-2007 5:31pm

So we've decided to meet next on Wednesday 7th November for anybody who's interested in coming along.

cailinoBAC · 12-11-2007 1:39pm

Next meeting 28th November. Usual time/place and the book is The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien

Mrs. MacGyver · 12-11-2007 9:52pm

Yay, I can go and i've actually read the book already. A very strange read indeed. My mother recommended it. Thank goodness tis a short read!.

Jules · 21-11-2007 3:32am

I was only thinking about this today. Big fan of reading. Where do you guys meet and would anyone mind if i tag along.

/me runs to find said book!

cailinoBAC · 21-11-2007 12:39pm

Hey, We meet in Cassidy's on Westmoreland St. PM me your email and I can include you on the list and tell you who to look out for etc. Still plenty of time to read the book....at least I hope so, cos I haven't started it yet!

arctic_fox · 27-11-2007 1:27am

so screwed have only read about forty pages.. hmm it is short tho better get reading right now...somebody in college told me the whole story while i just stood there in a kind of daze not really listening to him but now i know the whole thing. what a pain!:D staying happy. see you guys on wednesday!

arctic_fox · 28-11-2007 11:13pm

mrs.macgyver? jules80?

where were yez?

cailinoBAC · 28-11-2007 11:58pm

Right guys, next meeting December 19th. We're reading Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre. For a change we're going to get something to eat, hopefully in Yamamori's. If you want to come along, send me a private message with your email address and I'll send details. If you'd like to join the book group but you don't like the sound of a meal with absolute strangers, we're most likely going to meet in a pub beforehand, we'll decide on that a bit closer to the time.

Mrs. MacGyver · 04-12-2007 9:58pm

arctic_fox wrote: »

mrs.macgyver? jules80? where were yez?

Had to meet himself who was doing overtime in Marks and Sparks, if i didn't i'd have a sulky puss on my hands!. Will be there on the 19th though. I've never heard of that book. Have any of ye started reading it?

biZrb · 07-12-2007 1:56pm

yeah...I'm half way through it...its hilarious!

GhostInTheRuins · 09-12-2007 9:43pm

This seems like a cool little group you have going here. I've been thinking for a while about joining a book club but I didn't know of any (I don't think even my local library has one). Any room for little old me? (I don't take up much space

)

cailinoBAC · 09-12-2007 11:00pm

Hey, no problem! Send me a pm with your email address and I'll forward the details.

Outer Bongolia · 10-12-2007 12:59pm

Can I come?

cailinoBAC · 10-12-2007 5:05pm

Yeah, sure. Same goes for you. Just send me a pm...

arctic_fox · 13-12-2007 4:00pm

Mrs. MacGyver wrote: »

Had to meet himself who was doing overtime in Marks and Sparks, if i didn't i'd have a sulky puss on my hands!. Will be there on the 19th though. I've never heard of that book. Have any of ye started reading it?

Okay okay i'll allow it...but only this once.

can't beleive i finished VGL so far ahead of schedule...i've gone back to reading the dark tower.

cailinoBAC · 15-12-2007 4:24pm

God, with all the organising of it and that, I still haven't even bought the book! It wasn't in the library last week either. It better be a quick read...

Mrs. MacGyver · 17-12-2007 9:31pm

Read the book on the train to work this morning, am so glad its finished!

arctic_fox · 19-12-2007 2:30am

Mrs. MacGyver wrote: »

Read the book on the train to work this morning, am so glad its finished!

Awww don't say it like that!

See you guys tomorrow anyway!

SOOOooo hungry could eat that dinner right now.

cailinoBAC · 20-12-2007 1:41am

So our Christmas meeting went pretty well tonight. Next book is Mikhail Lermontov's 'A Hero of our Time'. We'll be meeting on the 9th of January at 8 in the Library Bar in the Central Hotel.

biZrb · 20-12-2007 3:13pm

You don't even have to buy it, it can be read for free here:

http://www.eldritchpress.org/myl/hero.htm

Mrs. MacGyver · 21-12-2007 6:49pm

I'll try to be objective about this one! Can't wait to catch up on reading over Christmas!

Billie May · 05-01-2008 12:46am

hi,
just wondering, I haven't read the whole thread..but eehh
what is the book at the moment you're all reading and how regulary do you meet and where do you meet and how many people and what age group
ok too many questions, but are you still open for new readers?
thanks

Billie May · 05-01-2008 12:48am

ahh sorry, i read this a second after my post. .. hope you are all enjoying - Mikhail Lermontov's 'A Hero of our Time'. will you decide then what the next book is? looking forward to find out a few more details! thanks

cailinoBAC · 05-01-2008 11:34pm

Hey, new members of all ages always welcome. PM me your email and I'll send you an email after the next meeting.

cailinoBAC · 09-01-2008 8:33pm

grrr.......still in work. Hope I can make it and you haven't all left!

Ok....just gone 9.15 and still not out of here. So did you meet up? What book did you choose for next time?

biZrb · 10-01-2008 1:01pm

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - Its one of the longest books ever written.

I think we said we're meeting again on the 30th

So thats 1180 pages with 21 days to read it, works out as 56 pages per day, so better get reading!

cailinoBAC · 10-01-2008 6:18pm

Good thing I'm on holiday next week....though I did want to have some time to ski!

bookworm192398 · 11-01-2008 1:56am

Hi, sorry I couldn't make it last night. Hopefully I'll be at the next one.

dramaqueen · 17-01-2008 11:28pm

Hey guys, I've been looking to join a bookclub for a while now and just stumbled across this thread. How often do you meet up and how many people are in the group? What's the age range etc? I'd love to get involved. Does everybody know everyone? (Feeling nervous now and may talk myself out of it!)
How does the whole thing work?

Thanks

theboytaylor · 18-01-2008 8:57pm

Hi Dramaqueen,

We try meet up every three weeks but not meeting until February 13 this time due to the 1000 odd pages in Atlas Shrugged.

There's usually a few of us (6 or so). We're mostly twenty-somethings (I'm guessing), not involved in some kind of book clique/cartel and general all-round good upstanding characters, so you should defo come meet us in the Library Bar on the 13th (Doesn't even matter if you haven't finished the book or that).

(If you want you can PM me and we can arrange some kind of elaborate signalling system so you'll know who to look for when you get there...or just swap numbers)

Hermy · 18-01-2008 11:33pm

Hi all,
I'm furious with myself for not checking in here more often. I'd love to have joined you for a chat about Atlas Shrugged but it took so long to read The Fountainhead that I know I won't finish reading the other one before the 13th. Not to worry - maybe next time. Any idea what book is next on the agenda?
Chin chin.

biZrb · 21-01-2008 12:36pm

Was The Fountainhead good?

Some good analysis on Altals Shrugged:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/atlasshrugged/

Hermy · 22-01-2008 3:28am

Yes The Fountainhead is good, a fantastic read in my opinion. It's a few years since I read it and I am eager to read it again someday. The characters are incredibly powerful and their single-mindedness and unflinching hunger in achieving their goals will leave you reeling. Also, Roark's job interview is one of my all-time favourite passages.;)

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