Bookclub Voting for April, May and June Titles

[Lenny]

Yep, big book.

Though for some reason the paperback version is miniscule! I expect that the writing inside is even smaller.

I don't know about Australia, but we can borrow a book for 3 weeks, and renew twice. If it's the same, then that will give you ample time to keep hold of it, no?

[Teresa Edgerton]

An early start would probably be a good idea. It is a very long book.

[Culhwch]

Originally Posted by Lenny

Yep, big book.

Though for some reason the paperback version is miniscule! I expect that the writing inside is even smaller.

I don't know about Australia, but we can borrow a book for 3 weeks, and renew twice. If it's the same, then that will give you ample time to keep hold of it, no?

It depends on the library, but mine is three weeks, one renew. But I can always return it, linger until it comes out on the recent returns trolley, and sneakily snaggle it again. Or just read it quickly now. Either way...

[Lenny]

Six weeks... three weeks of March, three weeks of April.

Should be fine for a few reads. You could get three in, definitely. Maybe even six if you don't read anything else.

And you can always make notes.

[Culhwch]

But if I'm reading Strange and Norrell at the same time... Maybe only five rereads.

[Culhwch]

The tiebreak poll is closed, with Temeraire/His Majesty's Dragon taking the honours. So we have:

APRIL: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
MAY: Cordelia's Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold
JUNE: Temeraire/His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik

[jenna]

I am pretty broke at the moment, so I might not be able to buy the Susanna Clarke book, for the next couple of weeks anyway. So I'm going to be reading The Long Run in the mean time..

[pyan]

Originally Posted by Lenny

I don't know about Australia, but we can borrow a book for 3 weeks, and renew twice.

Originally Posted by Culhwch

It depends on the library, but mine is three weeks, one renew.

Southampton is four weeks, and they have abolished the renewal limits altogether, unless the book is reserved by someone else in the meantime.
It only needed about twenty people to request this, after which they put a questionnaire in the branches asking for feedback. As the only people that actually fill these in tend to be the rabid readers anyway, it was practically a foregone conclusion that it would change.
Perhaps a orchestrated campaign from friends and acquaintances...?

[necromancer]

Hey guys i'm entering your book club if thats ok. I'll see about reading the book for june

[Teresa Edgerton]

That's entirely OK. Anyone who wants to is welcome to join in.

However, it's beginning to look like there may not be a Book Club discussion in June, because May seems unable to get off the ground.

[Culhwch]

I'll be around for June (I did nominate the book, after all), but I couldn't get into Cordelia's Honor, and then I had to return it to the library... But I'm heading there today so I'll see if it's there and have another crack.

[Teresa Edgerton]

Somebody nominated and voted for Cordelia, and it wasn't me -- so why am I the only person who seems to be reading it?

(mumble, grump)

[pyan]

I read it - I discovered Miles late, and went through the saga like a .303 bookworm. I was a bit wary of the books without Miles himself in - "you can't really count being in a uterine replicator" I thought, wrongly, but I wasn't too keen on Falling Free, and avoided the two pre-Miles books for a while.
I think LMB has avoided the usual pitfalls in writing prequels, and has made Aral and the Captain really strong characters in their own right - the way that Cordelia short-cuircuits the expected plot-line in Barrayar had me literally whimpering with glee.
Excellent book(s). Thoroughly recommended, but I still think that it's a good idea to read one or two actual Miles books first, probably starting with The Warrior's Apprentice and The Vor Game.

[zebedeemunroe]

Hi
Am new to the fourm and wondered how you go about joiginh the bookclub? Or is it being dispanded because someone posted is tehre any point continuing the bookclub??
I would like to join or start a young adult fiction book club maybe??
Anyways hope you experts can help

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by zebedeemunroe

Hi
Am new to the fourm and wondered how you go about joiginh the bookclub? Or is it being dispanded because someone posted is tehre any point continuing the bookclub??
I would like to join or start a young adult fiction book club maybe??
Anyways hope you experts can help

While I don't think the book club has been officially disbanded, the problem with this is that people keep asking for such a club, get very excited about it, and then, by the the time all the set-up is done, and the votes are in... their interest has waned, or they find that life has taken over the time they'd intended for this, or numerous other things happen; with the upshot that almost no one actually participates. Even where some do, within 2-3 months it dies off almost completely.

My suggestion is that, rather than going with an "official" book club, you throw out some suggestions on shared reading for discussion, and see who responds. However many there may be, at least you have a good chance of getting some sort of discussion going, and others can join in along the way if they want. Just treat it as a normal thread, and see what happens....