Book Club for Nobodies

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Comment by adagio on October 31, 2009 at 6:35pm

Paula, I can give a try to leading the discussion for Bo's Cafe, Unless (Hopefully!) there is someone lurking here eager to do so! I will begin by posting this in the Discussion Forum so that it is official!

Comment by Paula on October 31, 2009 at 6:01pm

adagio, would you feel comfortable starting and leading the discussion since you've been in many book clubs? I started one for a suggested reading list. I'll let you add your suggestion to the list. I agree - a polling option would be nice.

Comment by adagio on October 31, 2009 at 4:51pm

I am about to order Bo's Cafe and have just ordered True Faced. I suggest we give people until November 14th before we begin discussion, and then discuss the book for one month, giving latecomers a chance to jump in, etc. Then we could do a book a month perhaps?

I have been a member of several book clubs, where we choose books in advance.... pretty much lining up the reading list for the year. Here we may only want to line up the books for a few months at a time at least at first. It is too bad this group doesn't have a polling option, so that we could take votes for the book selections! One book I would really like to read is Thomas Kelley's Testament of Devotion.

Comment by Steve Fouse on October 31, 2009 at 4:50pm

Bo's Cafe is great! It really impacted me. I look forward to seeing what everybody thinks about it.

Comment by Paula on October 31, 2009 at 4:17pm

Works for me. How long should we give people to get it? I just went to Amazon and ordered:
Bo's Café: A Novel
TrueFaced
Authentic Relationships: Discover the Lost Art of "One Anothering" - Wayne Jacobsen
We don't have to do all these books. I just got 3 so I could get the supersaver shipping which takes 5-9 days.

I'll blast everyone in the group and let them know we're doing Bo's Cafe and ask them to let us know if they're going to read it with us. Then as we get the books we can post it here and when everyone has the book we can start. i've never actually been in a book club before. Any suggestions on how best to discuss the book?

Comment by adagio on October 31, 2009 at 3:58pm

I like this idea, Dan. I'm in the mood for fiction right now. What do others think?

Comment by Dan Wallace on October 31, 2009 at 8:12am

Here's another thought: Anyone read the latest book by the authors of Truefaced? It's called Bo's Cafe. It's fiction, an easy read and powerful. I think it's available at Walmart. I vote we move on to that one. I think we could interest more people in that book. Here's a podcast where Wayne Jacobsen talked with the authors.

Comment by francesca butler on October 30, 2009 at 10:32pm

Going away for 2 weeks so wont be able to read or join in with current book. Would like to do in future

Comment by Dan Wallace on October 30, 2009 at 2:35pm

Pala, Adagio, I received an email in my personal email when you left these comments, so I'm guessing Steven received them as well.
I've read most of Truefaced and would participate in discussions as time allows.

Comment by adagio on October 30, 2009 at 8:57am

Thanks, Paula! I may need 10 days to get the book before I am on board. Others may be in the same boat, so that an e-mail giving advanced noticed as to when discussion might begin would be great. :)

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