Gauging interest (DMF book club)

[Grampa]

A long long time ago..... I loved to read. Today....not so much. I kinda miss it.

Michelle loves to read, so much so, she belongs to two separate book clubs (non Oprah approved)

I thought it might be fun if we had an on-line DMF book club.

We pick one book a month the read, then after the month is up, we pick another book to read, and so on and so on.

Each month we start a single tread dedicated to discussing the previous months book.


what say you?

[redxblack]

a few of us are in grad school. I don't know about them, but I'm reading pretty much constantly. It's a great idea I wouldn't be able to participate in at this time.

[teddy037.2]

sounds interesting!

I'm all out of pahlaniuk and moore, looking for something new.   well, after I finish 1984. I had forgotten how much I liked orwell

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

i'm down, no sci fi crap though

[teddy037.2]

i'm down, no sci fi crap though

some of the old stuff is good... well, I like it, anyway.

I'm also a weirdo...

n'mind.


I'll stop talking now.

[River]

some of the old stuff is good... well, I like it, anyway.

I'm also a weirdo...

n'mind.


I'll stop talking now.

+1 weirdo!  Love sci-fi but love other stuff too.     I don't have time at the moment, but should have some time this summer and would love to participate.   

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

some of the old stuff is good... well, I like it, anyway.

I'm also a weirdo...

n'mind.


I'll stop talking now.

I'm a weirdo too dont worry

[redxblack]

I like Orwell's non-fiction a lot. Homage to Catalonia and Road to Wigan Pier are some of his best works.

[cyrus buelton]

my wife would most likely be interested.

She is already in 2 local book clubs, whats one more?


I was going to join the local one, but I only enjoy non-fiction.

[herm]

i read for fun. and i read a lot, like several books a week.
book clubs remind me too much of high school.
dissecting the work, trying to find meaning that may or may not have been intended.
not my cup of tea...

OTOH, if it was a book recommendation thread, i would be into it. i am always looking for new inspirations.

[Major Slow]

Would someone teach me to read?

[Statler]

I like discussing books but not the way most people do.   I like to discuss the author's choices versus the characters' choices.   "why do you think the protagonist did x y and z?"   I don't know...maybe because the guy who made him up in his head wrote it that way?  I like to discuss whether the writer's choices work and why.


And it's best with some close friends over drinks.   For me the DMF is too big and too public and too unfriendly to make it enjoyable to talk/type about what I'm reading at any given time.   But cool idea and I hope it works.    

[superjohn]

Might be an interesting idea. I need to read more, but I usually read stuff no one else likes.

[ducpainter]

I like Penthouse...

I get it for the articles.

[TiAvenger]

Im down.

Only if we get a politics pass though, most books I think we would read would have political undertones.