Real Life Book Club (2 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

Seriously though have you given it a go?

has anyone started their novel yet?

be that I had the time

If thumped wins the christmas FM song competition we could write a novel in the same vane.

a line each, til we have a 1000-page masterpiece

didn't some boards.ie intruder try that or something similar at one point?

 

[jonah]

I wrote about 70,000 words or so... ugh.

 

[St. Fechin]

I typed about 70,000 words or so... ugh.

Fixed that for you.

 

[St. Fechin]

be that I had the time

Just stop posting on Thumped, stop watching films, stop listening to 12 albums per week and stop making your way through TV series. Plenty of time!

 

[Lili Marlene]

Just stop posting on Thumped.... stop listening to 12 albums per week

that's all done in work. I can't afford to quit

stop watching films, and stop making your way through TV series.

already did that

Plenty of time!

no time this time

 

[St. Fechin]

that's all done in work. I can't afford to quit



already did that



no time this time

Fair enough I suppose, but you could always just jot stuff down at work in the time you'd spend posting on Thumped. And I'm sure plenty of novels have been written during lunch breaks.

I mean, you don't have to write 50000 words in a month, how about only a couple of hundred words per day instead - like all the best writers.
I find this novel-in-a-month business quite ludicrous, but I may be missing the point.


I know I quoted you in my first post above, but a lot of this is aimed at myself as much as anyone.

 

[jonah]

Fixed that for you.

Incorrect, I didn't have a computer when I started so I wrote it all down. I'll probably throw it in the bin rather than transcribe the filth.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

whats everyones count to date? im only up to 15, i suspect my total for the year will be well down.

http://www.goodreads.com/challenges/2 this page puts my total for the year at 36 but I put it at only 33. one of my goodreads friends (the only one who seems to actually read any books) has set himself the challenge of reading 110 books in 2011. the fool. I'm going for 45.

 

[jonah]

I might actually use goodreads this year, I never pay attention to how many books I've read. I'd imagine about 100 or so this year as I did little else.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I'd be lucky to get through a dozen books in any given year. If i set the task of reading 30 40 or whatever amount I'd find it painful.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

By the way is anyone interested in reviving the book club thingy?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

if its an online book club then i could be tempted.

 

[jonah]

I'd definitely be up for an online bookclub too. How would that work though? Would have loved to do a real life one. If it gets going, I'd be up for joining when I get back in July.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

By the way is anyone interested in reviving the book club thingy?

yes

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I'm not averse to it but how would we do it online? I thought the auld pick a book then go for a pint after everyone has read it and talk about it then have another pint method would be good.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

we could pick a book, read it and discuss it in here, or create a separate thread for it. that way the time limit wouldn't be quite as important, there would be no arrangement to be made and everyone could feel free to nerd out at more length than in the "what did you read last night thread". you could have a few cans while you were typing.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

good thinking shaney.surely we would need some sort of time limit on it though?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

ah yeah, i suppose so. if we were going to the pub you'd be under pressure though

 

[rettucs]

whats the story with this? Can you opt out if a book doesn't grab you? Or do you have to read everything?

I've never been in a book club but I always got the impression that they involve lowest-common-denominator type stuff (books that Richard and Judy would recommend).

forgive my ignorance.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Maybe we should all suggest a book on this thread then vote on it? Unless we just designate one book picker per round?
I suppose the books should be all ones each person can easily source so nowt too obscure?