Guest guest Posted May 6, 2001 Report Share Posted May 6, 2001 > > Sounds like a good idea, although I don't know when I'd have time to > read the books. I used to devour books in a single sitting, now I think > I've read three since Christmas :-( > > Presumably a separate yahoogroup would be the best way of setting it up? > > Cath OK - Vicki, Helen, Jan, Emma, & MacL - for starters - how about if we start reading a book and aim to discuss it in six weeksish time - I will set up a yahoogroup meantime - I can float a list of books and we could pick - Ruthie's book maybe we need more time to get hold of? so could do as a second book? - I have to say at this stage that I can't cope with various types of books that contain a lot of violence/occult/ type stuff...so would just bow out if we had chosen one of that type for that session. How about Margaret Forster's The Memory Box (Penguin) [blurb on back: A mother leaves her baby daughter a mysterious, sealed box before she dies. Years later, when opens her mother's box - the 'Memory Box' - she finds it full of strange, unexplained objects, carefully wrapped and numbered, like clues to a puzzle. never knew her mother, but her idealized image, as the 'perfect', beautiful and talented woman that the rest of her family remembers, has cast a long shadow over her life. As she tries to solve the mystery of the box of secrets, she is pulled into the past and to her mother's story, which reveals a woman far more complex, surprising and dangerous than the family legend has allowed. And in turn , fiercely independent and self-absorbed, discovers unexpected truths about herself'] or Salley Vickers' Miss Garnet's Angel (Harper ) [blurb on back: When a friend dies, Garnet goes to stay in Venice, where a lifetime of caution is challenged. She encounters the paintings in the local church which tell the story of Tobias and the Angel. The ancient tale of Tobias, who travels to Media unaware he is accompanied by the Archangel Raphael, unfolds alongside Garnet's contemporary journey. As she unravels the story's history, 's own life is thrown into question - for, like the shifting sea-light of Venice, nothing here is quite as it seems. Salley Vickers writes with a poise and a wit which belies the novel's deeper themes: love, death and thegrowth of the human spirit. This many-layered novel truly defies the usual categories.] which I am reading anyway for my London bookgroup ?? for starters... DH wonders how the dynamics of the group will work if we haven't read the book, whereas the real life bookgroup just chats anyway, but we chat anyway, so what the.....! And at least we won't be having to clear a path through the toys and detritus for the online one! I suppose we ought to debate whether to do an ongoing chat about the book for a period of time or whether even to try a chat room for a shorter period. Should we take it in turn to suggest books in turn, and to what extent do we have vetos? Caro Heyworth Can post a longer list tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 I guess when the list is set up we could say what we prefer to read, or strongly dislike reading. Then, if people want to go with a book that one person doesn't like that person could sit the round out, or try it to see if they've changed their mind I guess if we give a veto we might never agree on a book - but I don't know, I've never belonged to a reading group before! I've read the Memory Box, but would be happy to re-read if that's the one we want to go with Vicki Re: On line NCT Bookgroup > > > > Sounds like a good idea, although I don't know when I'd have time to > > read the books. I used to devour books in a single sitting, now I > think > > I've read three since Christmas :-( > > > > Presumably a separate yahoogroup would be the best way of setting it > up? > > > > Cath > OK - Vicki, Helen, Jan, Emma, & MacL - for starters - > how about if we start reading a book and aim to discuss it in six > weeksish time - I will set up a yahoogroup meantime - I can float a > list of books and we could pick - Ruthie's book maybe we need more > time to get hold of? so could do as a second book? - I have to say at > this stage that I can't cope with various types of books that contain > a lot of violence/occult/ type stuff...so would just bow out if we had > chosen one of that type for that session. > > How about Margaret Forster's The Memory Box (Penguin) [blurb on back: > A mother leaves her baby daughter a mysterious, sealed box before she > dies. Years later, when opens her mother's box - the > 'Memory Box' - she finds it full of strange, unexplained objects, > carefully wrapped and numbered, like clues to a puzzle. > never knew her mother, but her idealized image, as the 'perfect', > beautiful and talented woman that the rest of her family remembers, > has cast a long shadow over her life. As she tries to solve the > mystery of the box of secrets, she is pulled into the past and to her > mother's story, which reveals a woman far more complex, surprising and > dangerous than the family legend has allowed. And in turn , > fiercely independent and self-absorbed, discovers unexpected truths > about herself'] > > or Salley Vickers' Miss Garnet's Angel (Harper ) [blurb on > back: When a friend dies, Garnet goes to stay in Venice, where a > lifetime of caution is challenged. She encounters the paintings in > the local church which tell the story of Tobias and the Angel. The > ancient tale of Tobias, who travels to Media unaware he is accompanied > by the Archangel Raphael, unfolds alongside Garnet's > contemporary journey. As she unravels the story's history, 's > own life is thrown into question - for, like the shifting sea-light of > Venice, nothing here is quite as it seems. Salley Vickers writes with > a poise and a wit which belies the novel's deeper themes: love, death > and thegrowth of the human spirit. This many-layered novel truly > defies the usual categories.] which I am reading anyway for my London > bookgroup > ?? > for starters... > > > DH wonders how the dynamics of the group will work if we haven't read > the book, whereas the real life bookgroup just chats anyway, but we > chat anyway, so what the.....! And at least we won't be having to > clear a path through the toys and detritus for the online one! I > suppose we ought to debate whether to do an ongoing chat about the > book for a period of time or whether even to try a chat room for a > shorter period. > Should we take it in turn to suggest books in turn, and to what extent > do we have vetos? > > Caro Heyworth > Can post a longer list tonight... > > > > *** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > > Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > > Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 Im up for this too, being a bit of a bookworm. I will read anything! Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 Not yet - see earlier e mail which will arrive with this one - I thought we could announce the book each month on this nct-coffee site and wasn't thinking of advertising it further - a bit along the lines that I think it's widely agreed that an ideal number for a real bookgroup is about six people - the impetus to read the book in the form of an evening in the diary is stronger than an online deadline so we will need more. But was thinking of it just being amongst us who are already friends through the nct coffee group. I don't know whether everyone else agrees? Caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 > Not yet - see earlier e mail which will arrive with this one - I > thought we could announce the book each month on this nct-coffee site > and wasn't thinking of advertising it further - a bit along the lines > that I think it's widely agreed that an ideal number for a real > bookgroup is about six people - the impetus to read the book in the > form of an evening in the diary is stronger than an online deadline so > we will need more. But was thinking of it just being amongst us who > are already friends through the nct coffee group. > I don't know whether everyone else agrees? > Caro Please explain why i am to be excluded from something i was looking forward to! Just because i am not with the in crowd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 no3@y...> > > Caro > Please explain why i am to be excluded from something i was looking > forward to! Just because i am not with the in crowd! > > Of course you are - I think Caro meant online nct-coffee friends - not ones met in real life. Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 no3@y...> > > > Caro > > Please explain why i am to be excluded from something i was > looking > > forward to! Just because i am not with the in crowd! > > > > > Of course you are - I think Caro meant online nct-coffee friends - > not ones met in real life. > Caroline I am sorry i take offense easily must be still sufferin from a little PND! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 >> we will need more. But was thinking of it just being amongst us who >> are already friends through the nct coffee group. >> I don't know whether everyone else agrees? >> Caro >Please explain why i am to be excluded from something i was looking >forward to! Just because i am not with the in crowd! > > , calm down! I don't think anyone is excluding you! you misunderstood. Caro was meaning (I presume) that the book group should be an off-shoot of this list and not advertised outside. (its possible to have groups unlisted in the Yahoo directory so that only those who know they are there can find them)... why would you think her statement did not include you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 Picked it up from the library today. I must say it's not what I would > normally go for but I'm willing to give it a try. > > Can I start now?....... > > > Fire away! Has anybody else got it yet? I've read to page four, and looked at the map with a slight sinking feeling. I was encouraged by someone saying it was the best novel they'd read in 2000 - Martyn Goff, administrator Booker prize - does anyone have any idea what he usually likes? Then Bayley (Iris Murdoch's widower) said it was very kind and very funny ... Penelope Fitzgerald says 'Miss Garnet is a respectable, middle-aged English woman who is overwhelmed by her first visit to Venice' - does this ring 'Room with a View' bells with anyone? These quotes are from the inside front cover. Caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2001 Report Share Posted May 12, 2001 > I am going to the library today will sort it out, how long is this > book BTW? The paperback is 342 pages long but it's quite spaced out and not a small font. (rather refreshing these days!) Don't worry.... Caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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