UPDATE: Vote on favorites below
We’re starting a book club in which we will read the same book and discuss it, starting with Mike Tidwell’s BAYOU FAREWELL. It’s already getting rave reviews from BooTribbers who have started reading it. The books we choose will be ones that illuminate the news that interests us and the issues that concern us. Those of us who are buying our copies are getting them from Powell’s, USING THE LINKS ON THIS SITE, as a way to raise a little income to support the Trib.
Okay. . .
- DATE: How does the 4th Saturday of each month sound to you? Weekends are low traffic times here, so this might be another way of contributing, by increasing visits and page hits.
- Thanks for participating in the planning, Froggies. And by the way, anybody from any site is welcome to join us. Please do invite your friends from DKos, My Left Wing, Liberal Street Fighter, Village Blue, etc.
How about The LiBoory !
Cute! Even if it doesn’t get picked as the official name, we could use it for refering to our growing shelf of books. And I suppose that if it served drinks, it might be the LiBrewry?
Cheers!
Reader Ribbit ?
Just a suggestion…
Too late for the vote, but I suspect we’ll be using it anyway! “I give this book four reader ribbits. . .”
Thanks, CM1.
4th Saturday is just fine. If I recall, this whole idea was born in Boo’s thread about site traffic and stirring things up on Saturdays. Sounds good, Kansas. 🙂
That’s where it was born. Now let’s see if the little critter grows.
Perhaps in honor of the DeLay indictment, we could name the club “Book ’em.”
(Actually, I like BooBooks.)
And fourth Saturday sounds fine.
I like BooBooks too… even though I came up with one of the othernames. 😉
Time sounds good — BooBooks and Between the Covers are my two top runners for names — when will it start, next month — will we do a whole book in one session or will they be broken up?(Sorry if these questions have been addressed elsewhere…)
I’ll have to find a copy of Bayou Farewell (no $$ in the budget for book purchases these days — I can go without food, but the kidlets can’t!)
😉
I’d vote for BooBooks but I’d like it better if it was slightly modified to BooBookies (I like being mildly disreputable).
4th Saturday in the month sounds fine.
Oops. I saw this just after I update with the poll and polls can’t be changed, dammit. Tell you what, if BooBooks wins, we’ll just call ourselves BooBookies. Howzat? I am always in favor of being disreputable.
Not your fault — I was slow getting around to this. Some days work will just not get of the way.
How do we sign up? Or is it just show up on designated day? Love the Powell thing as way to help. And low traffic time to meet.
Just show up! Hope you can be there, BJoe. Now I must go read your BLP diary. I have missed them!!
Book’em, Danno
Gotta go wi’ dat…:{)
Peace
I confess I loved that show.
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BooKwak
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Yep… I think the group is BooBooks… the members are BooBookies… and the texts accumulated are the LiBoory…
it works for me.
(dear god, yet ANOTHER book I need to read…. I’m adding them 2 and 3 a day right now since the launch of street prophets…)
You’ve summed it up nicely. We at BooBooks are BooBookies and by the end of the year we may have quite a nice LiBoory.
I had to go with Book ’em-because hubbo had a buddy named Dan– and that was his nick.
Someone said I should go to the Froggy Bottom Cafe and introduce myself. I thought this post might be it. I guess it’s not, but I’m glad I wandered in because the book club sounds great to me.
And supporting Powell’s and this site at the same time (I live in the Portland area) – what could be better?
Ordering my copy of BAYOU FAREWELL right now!
I’m so glad you’re here and doubly glad the book club interests you! And, yeah, the cafe is elsewhere. Here, in fact: LINK: If you miss it tonight, you can be sure there will be another one tomorrow.
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Someone said I should go to the Froggy Bottom Cafe and introduce myself. I thought this post might be it. I guess it’s not, but I’m glad I wandered in because the book club sounds great to me.
And supporting Powell’s and this site at the same time (I live in the Portland area) – what could be better?
Ordering my copy of BAYOU FAREWELL right now!
WOW … what an opening at BooMan’s Place. You could have qualified as a founding member. Enjoy your stay – WELCOME!
A special place in my heart for … Rachel Corrie
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