2014 Book #4: Manly men don't start threads

[Justin]

It's good but... without spoiling... the ending?

[René]

Also, and in the same vein, I have a joke.

Two women walk into a bar. One says to the other,"Have you ever heard of the Bechdel test?"

The other woman replies, "Yeah, my boyfriend was telling me about it the other day."

[Ben]

Awesome joke

[Ben]

(And video)

[Rachel]

Hello all,
I boutht the book today and plan on reading for bookclub. I know we will pick a date later, but do you have an idea of when we'll meet end, beginning Sept, beginning Oct?

[Justin]

Beginning of Sept I reckon. Am only at the 100-page mark at the mo!

[Sanj]

http://www.theparisreview.org/intervi...

[René]

@Sanjeev I love the image of the author as a lone person stuck on a distant star and trying to communicate with earth.

[Justin]

Some great advice there from Steiny.

[René]

Too bad he was stuck on a distant planet. Maybe he was there with friends and they drunk-left without him?

[Justin]

Almost done. This is SOME book. Blown away here. Need to meet and talk about it! Although I'm guessing it won't be till September...

[Katerina]

im waiting for this moment since april or march i think :) now we are two!

[René]

We can do it before September if everyone's around. Show of hands? Who's around?

[Justin]

Hand up here! Although I go away again Thurs 28th Aug.

[Rachel]

Will finish on tues. I likeit so much more than I thought I would. But, I go away Tues and don't come back until Aug 27. I totally want to be a part of the discussion, please don't have it early.

[Viviane]

Hello, I will be available next week. The following is tougher as it Back to school. However, feel free to do without me as I will begin the book this week only (I wanted to finish another first and I was too optimistic :)) .

[Justin]

We can wait till Sept, Rachel and Viviane!

[René]

I'm actually glad we're waiting til September because I'm only a third of the way into it right now.

I love Lee's character and the way social pressures have forced him into the role of pinyin-speaking, ponytail-wearing chinese servant. It reminds me of the way Danbi pressures Justin to act pridefully British.

[Justin]

I'm a bit sick of the top hat she keeps making me wear...

[Katerina]

We need to talk sence in this hat! Though I have never seen it before :)

[Rachel]

Can't wait to discuss; really. Liked this book and not at all what I expected. When do we vote/decide the date?

[Danbi]

Oh come now, is it too much to expect an Englishman to sport a Union Jack tattoo and break into a rousing rendition of "God Save the Queen" every few hours or so?

[Justin]

I'm guessing first or second week of Sept? Should we sort a date?

And Danbi: I think you're confusing me with some skinhead from the British National Front (aka BNP)! :)

[Justin]

SO: when we meeting!!!

[René]

Next week work for everybody, or as Lee would say, evlybadie?

[René]

So apparently, Jennifer Lawrence is to play Cathy Ames in the upcoming film adaptation. No images of the film have, as yet, been leaked.

[Justin]

Oooh another film of it. Would like to see the Elia Kazan one first, even if it misses loads out.
Next week is good for me!

[Justin]

Racist, René - although not as bad as Charlie & The Great Glass Elevator (which I'm currently reading my son).

[René]

You think the glass elevator is actually a glass ceiling for orientation-challenged individuals?

[Justin]

Ah, I see, it's actually a test to see how racist my son wants to be to the Chinese? (I'm actually removing all the racist bits before he hears it; what joy!)

[René]

It's not racist if the chine[se gentle]man is secretely smart and articulate and shit.

[Justin]

True. But anti-semite Dahl doesn't go that far!

[René]

Where is everybody? HEY EVERYBODY, D'YA WANNA MEET UP NEXT WEEK OR WHAT?

[Jane]

Im hving bcp rosés tres frais at the beach in the sun (whats that?!) looking @ cap ferret! Sorry. (Cant seem to paste a photo for rené who requires proof)??? Next time then. J
René: me, who balked at (re)reading something tense&grim over the summer read Blood Meridian and Céline instead!!!!! Ha. (I am truly grimmed-out for good. )

[Katerina]

Im in for this or next week:)

[René]

@Jane: I don't know why you say that East of Eden is grim. It is, at its heart, the story of a Chinese gentleman's quest for a comfortable reading chair. The husband-shooting whores are just thrown in for historical context.

@Katerina good stuff! I'll put up a doodle.

[Justin]

Jane: Blood Meridian, now there's an amazing book! Did you like?

[Viviane]

OK for me n'est Weyl froe wed

[Viviane]

From wednesday

[René]

OK, here we go, doodle: http://doodle.com/2rcs8uyi3uzew26g

[Jane]

@justin. Yes. Excellent!

[Danbi]

Blood Meridian! Yes yes! If god wrote novels, I imagine he would write like Cormac in BM..

[René]

Thursday it is! I propose the Apparemment café if everybody's good with that.

[Justin]

Perfect. (I may be late due to parents' evening/meet the new teacher stuff.)

[Viviane]

Me too (meet the new teacher might be late...)!

[René]

That must mean that I have one too. Oh well, I'll skip it.

[Rachel]

Fine by me. What time?

[René]

20:00!

[René]

Well, I'm off. See y'all at 8!

[Justin]

I'm here! BUT it's shut, no?