Reading Club

cailinoBAC · 18-01-2007 9:28pm

Sorry to be awkward but how about 7.45 or 8? I´m just finished on o´connell st at 7.30 and don´t want to miss out on too much!

Esmereldina · 19-01-2007 12:08am

cailinoBAC wrote:

Sorry to be awkward but how about 7.45 or 8? I´m just finished on o´connell st at 7.30 and don´t want to miss out on too much!

Whatever time should be fine for me... I'll try to remember the random book too!

Legend_DIT · 19-01-2007 3:23am

Yeah 8 would be grand for me too...

theboytaylor · 19-01-2007 6:01pm

8 on Tuesday is grand with me too, see y'all then so

In the IFI bar, right?

cailinoBAC · 23-01-2007 1:00am

Ok, see you guys tomorrow at 8. If you see somebody in a green coat standing at the entrance and looking confused, it´s probably me...

John · 23-01-2007 1:18am

I don't think I'll be able to make it but hopefully I'll get in on time (stupid trains!)

Esmereldina · 23-01-2007 2:09pm

Well see y'all tonight then... I'll be the little person all in black cept' for my silver shoes

At the entrance to the IFI rather than in the bar, right? Or well if I'm late I suppose you can all wander in. I'll just walk around the bar then holding my token book and hope that someone spots me!

John · 24-01-2007 1:21am

I wasn't able to get in. Did you lot decide on a book?

Legend_DIT · 24-01-2007 2:13am

John wrote:

I wasn't able to get in. Did you lot decide on a book?

Yeah, there was 6 of us there - we chose "The Weight of Numbers" by Simon Ings.

We'll be meeting next on Tuesday Feb 13th at 8 in the IFI bar again.

Alime · 01-02-2007 1:53pm

Hi,

I was looking for a reading club and I found this one. So you have the next meeting on 13th of February, right?

cailinoBAC · 01-02-2007 11:27pm

Yeah - that´s the plan!

Esmereldina · 08-02-2007 11:17am

cailinoBAC wrote:

Yeah - that´s the plan!

:eek: I still haven't bought the book yet... I've looked for it in local bookshops but never found it, and haven't had time to get into town in ages. I'll have to get reading really fast, whenever I get to a Waterstones or Higgis Figgis and actually buy it

Looking forward to it though...

theboytaylor · 09-02-2007 3:32pm

Loads of time! Only need to read like 100 and odd pages a day:eek:

Esmereldina · 12-02-2007 7:10pm

theboytaylor wrote:

Loads of time! Only need to read like 100 and odd pages a day:eek:

Well I've got about 100 pages left, but I think I might just manage it

If I'm a bit late tomorrow, you'll know it's because I'm finishing the last 10 pages! Is it 8pm tomorrow in the IFI again so? Think that was the deal last time...

theboytaylor · 13-02-2007 3:28pm

Yep, it's 8 in the IFI tonight, if I remember correctly.

See ye all then

lsedov · 13-02-2007 11:24pm

It's a pity that I didn't find this thread (or, well, this forum) before today!

We're a couple of people who've been doing a reading club since early summer 2006. "A couple of people" being me and two more. It's pretty low-key, we meet once a month in a cafe in Rathmines, discuss the book we've read and decide what to read for next time.

So far, we've been reading both Irish, American and other, translated, literature; John McGahern, Salinger, Michael Chabon, Pamuk and Bulgakov, to name a few authors.

You seem to have a good group going. If possible, it'd be great if one of the members of your reading group could PM me, to discuss a merger! My club is meeting again on Thursday (we've read Roddy Doyle's A Star Called Henry, if you care to join us then, feel free to PM me, too!), and I'll bring up the idea of joining you (or you joining us, or whatever) then. I'm sure they'll be keen to. We're a good group!

arctic_fox · 14-02-2007 8:29pm

I believe that group expansion can only be a good thing???

What think ye chaps?

Mind you these Rathmines guys seem like a pretty professional outfit.

I still feel a little bit "small fish, big pond" but I reckon the more the merrier.

theboytaylor · 14-02-2007 9:31pm

Yep, I reckon the merger could be good, the more the merrier indeed.

I pm'ed lsedov about our meeting times and so on...let the snowballing commence!

John · 14-02-2007 11:13pm

theboytaylor wrote:

let the snowballing commence!

Erm, perhaps not :eek:

I forgot all about this (and forgot to get the book). Has another book been decided yet?

lsedov · 15-02-2007 10:12am

Hehe, we're not professional at all, just happy amateurs. I've PM'ed theboytaylor back, so, hopefully, I'll see you at the next IFI meeting!

Legend_DIT · 15-02-2007 3:16pm

Yes, we're reading Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

Next meeting is 6th March in IFI bar at 8 P.M so plenty of time to read it and then re-read it the night before so that you can recall it at the meeting!

John · 16-02-2007 1:30am

Hmmm, I hated that book when I read it before but I'll give it a go. Some bilious rage towards it might fuel some good conversation!

lsedov · 16-02-2007 9:17am

Our small Rathmines reading club discussed it yesterday, and we agree indeed with "the more, the merrier" idea. So, see yous in March!

I also found that it's widely available on the Internet. I can't stand reading an entire novel on the screen myself, but anyways, if anyone's interested;

In HTML:
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/ConDark.html

In PDF:
http://www.riapress.com/riapress/product.lasso?productid=85

Audio-book (MP3):
http://literalsystems.org/abooks/index.php/Audio-Book/HeartOfDarkness

Esmereldina · 18-02-2007 5:27pm

John wrote:

Hmmm, I hated that book when I read it before but I'll give it a go. Some bilious rage towards it might fuel some good conversation!

Yup, bilious rage would certainly give the next meeting an interesting start... and you can direct it all at me, since Heart of Darkness was my suggestion

I look forward to meeting all you dudes from the other bookclub too... tis always good to meet new book nerds!!

scop · 18-02-2007 7:45pm

This is pretty cool. I am always amazed how there are so few book clubs around since we are a nation of readers from what I can gather. I really ought to go but I'm so busy at the moment it would be insane. However I would love to go along to the next one. Great to see it.

John · 19-02-2007 12:30am

I picked up a copy of Conrad today. I wonder what I'll think this time.

arctic_fox · 21-02-2007 3:21pm

bilious rage? certainly not. Quite a handsome choice of book I think!

Time to start re-reading for me. And using some of those boytaylor sticky post-it notes on interesting pages.
maybe thats going a little far.:p

wonder what the IFI staff will make of our expanding group?

I'll have to remind myself to bring money for lots of tea this time.

theboytaylor · 21-02-2007 4:33pm

I agree with the fox.

Very enjoyable so far, alas only a few pages left.

Yep, my copy (or rather UCD's) is gradually becoming more post-it than book

Esmereldina · 21-02-2007 5:43pm

theboytaylor wrote:

I agree with the fox.

Very enjoyable so far, alas only a few pages left.

Yep, my copy (or rather UCD's) is gradually becoming more post-it than book

I seem to be the last person to start reading this as I still have to find some time to go to a bookshop and buy it

I never thought of trying the UCD library though :rolleyes: I wonder if there are any more copies there or if you swiped the last one boytaylor

lsedov · 22-02-2007 10:32am

You're not. I haven't started either.

Mrs. MacGyver · 25-02-2007 5:46pm

I'd like to go as well .Haven't it started yet either! Never been to a book club, silly question but do i just read the book or is there any background reading needed?

cailinoBAC · 25-02-2007 8:57pm

Don't know how it works with other book clubs but we're just reading the books. Or not reading...haven't started this yet, but I promise I'll have it read by Tuesday week (maybe just read in the trinity library...)

arctic_fox · 25-02-2007 11:05pm

well i hadnt been to a bookclub til 5 weeks ago and i knwo theboytaylor is the same. we're just reading the books and then discussing them. the main thing is to read good books that you may or may not have read otherwise!

Thats my read on it anyway.
(sorry bout that last line. thats just poor)

see you all on the 6th

Esmereldina · 26-02-2007 11:18am

I see our membership is expanding...:D

I found this in the UCD library last Friday, and so far have read 2 pages

...
Must speed up reading! So this is next Tuesday then (not Wed)? I was a teeny bit confused about the dates, and thought it was this week (which makes my lack of book reading even more shameful), but I think I'll manage to finish it by next week anyway!

theboytaylor · 04-03-2007 2:41pm

So it's 8pm this Tuesday evening in the IFI cafe/bar, is that cool with one and all, yeah?

cailinoBAC · 05-03-2007 12:04am

Fine with me...lucky the book is short though. I´ve only read about 10 pages so far...

Esmereldina · 05-03-2007 8:09pm

cailinoBAC wrote:

Fine with me...lucky the book is short though. I´ve only read about 10 pages so far...

Yep, tomorrow is fine with me. I also must speed up my reading though

have read about 30 pages so far. If I turn up tomorrow without the book finished, you should all feel free to mock/throw things at me, since it was my suggestion...

John · 06-03-2007 12:05am

I've been looking forward to this, so yes, I'll be there

John · 07-03-2007 12:41am

Thanks to an experiment taking longer than I thought it would I was too late to make the trip into Dublin. How did it go?

arctic_fox · 07-03-2007 12:41am

where were you john? where were you?

don't worry always next time.

and this time theres a location change!(tbd)

arctic_fox · 07-03-2007 12:42am

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.

John · 07-03-2007 1:13am

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

lsedov · 07-03-2007 8:33am

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

arctic_fox · 07-03-2007 6:19pm

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

John · 07-03-2007 10:02pm

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

lsedov · 08-03-2007 10:59am

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.

cailinoBAC · 29-03-2007 10:37am

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...

morincm · 03-04-2007 2:40pm

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?

Legend_DIT · 03-04-2007 3:23pm

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

morincm · 03-04-2007 8:04pm

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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