Buddy Read? Requests here!

[Darren]

Is there a G1000 book that you'd like to buddy read?
(or a book closely associated to a G1000 (e.g. one of the "Ones That Got Away"), or a book that is a surprising omission from the G1000 list)

If you're interested in reading a specific book, outside of the group reads, then here's the place to post and find a buddy!

N.B. Please check that the book you want to buddy-read is not already on our group bookshelf - if it is, then you can just add to the existing thread under Monthly Book Reads

Once a buddy read has been agreed, a separate thread can be created under this Buddy Reads folder

If the book then gets chosen later as a monthly read, the buddy read thread can be moved and serve as a good start to the full group discussion

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

Well I asked for it:
If the is enough interest this is a possible two for.
The Guardian 100 book I am hoping to buddy up on is: Zuleika Dobson: Or, An Oxford Love Story Edition TBD

Along with it I suspect this is the better or at least better known form of MB works: The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays

I have at least 1/2 of another book to finish first nor have I copies of either in hand. How soon and how fast is going to be a matter of the agreed schedule among us Beerbohn Buddies.

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

Anyone interested in a buddy read of:
La Débâcle by Zola

I have this copy La Débâcle. I think tied at 514 on the list.
How soon we start is open for discussion. Please let me know here or by msg if you are interested.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I will read it. I’m surprised I haven’t already! I adore Zola

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

Buddy read discussion is open for the interested:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Leslie]

I was wondering if anyone here would be interested in attempting The Human Comedy by Balzac... It is ~90 books so I envision this quest to be multiyear! Maybe 6 or 12 books a year will hardly put a dent in the series but would at least be a start. Here is a link to the books:
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/metabook...

So what do you say? Anyone game to try?

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Are you thinking of reading them in the same order as the website has them listed? I have At the Sign of the Cat and Racket--I'd probably be willing to at least start with you :)

[Leslie]

I have no fixed plan - just the awareness that if I don't start soon, I will never be able to read them all! But the website order seems like a good one so starting with the 'Scenes from Private Life' sounds good. Let's plan on starting in January with At the Sign of the Cat and Racket then.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Sounds good. Maybe we can get a couple others to tag along. I don't think C & R is very long.

Have you read any other Balzac before? I read Père Goriot a few years ago, and Cousin Bette--Bette was a little over the top, but I liked Goriot, even it was kind of a downer. I've also got a biography of Balzac I've been meaning to read forever: Prometheus: The Life of Balzac by André Maurois

[Leslie]

I have also read Cousin Bette - I liked the 'over the top'-ness of it! I haven't read Père Goriot yet (though I even own that one in print) but I did read Eugénie Grandet. That one was also a bit of a downer but so easy to read (at least for me it was much easier than reading Flaubert!).

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Leslie wrote: "...but so easy to read (at least for me it was much easier than reading Flaubert!). ..."

Did you read it in French?

[Leslie]

No - I took French in high school but am no where close to being able to read a book in it! I did, years ago when it was fresh in my mind, read The Hobbit in French. I recall laughing immoderately at the French version of Bilbo's address (Bag's End became something like "Cul de sac de Sac")...

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

Hi Leslie--did you have any sort of schedule you thought of following for this, or a start date? I'm very flexible at the moment--if you'd rather not read on a schedule, that's fine too, though I think conversations are a little better when everyone's at the same place in the book. Either/or is entirely okay with me.

[Leslie]

Bryan wrote: "Hi Leslie--did you have any sort of schedule you thought of following for this, or a start date? I'm very flexible at the moment--if you'd rather not read on a schedule, that's fine too, though I t..."

I agree that a schedule of some sorts would be good but haven't come up with one as yet. I guess I will set up a Balzac thread and we can hash out that sort of detail there.

[Leslie]

Here is the thread for the Balzac buddy read:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

For those of you with LRBAR , Long Range book Acquisition Radars, I have my sights set on Miklos Banffy: They Were Counted: The Transylvanian Trilogy, Volume I and in fact the entire trilogy..

There are at least two books in front of my start date and I have no real idea if all 1500 pages will be worth the effort. I see it has been reviewed but never discussed in this group.

Anyone else up for a challenge buddy read? I doubt my desk will be clear for this one much before February.

[Darren]

I've read They Were Counted and thought it was superb
so much so that I have They Were Found Wanting scheduled for this year
I am happy to wait for you to catch up...

[Fay]

I’m in for they were counted - I’m halfway through A Suitable Boy atm so I may need a couple of weeks to recover before diving into another huge saga though

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

Now the trick is going to be to remember to back here towards the end of January to make this happen.

Thanks for the encouragement about the books.

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

If I get off my butt and finish La Débâcle by then, I will probably join in. I'll be able to read a lot faster, since I'll be reading in translation

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

Transylvanian Trilogy update.
I am now well within 1 book for starting and I have Vol 1 in hand


I am still thinking of a February start date. Feb 1 is 3 weeks out. How does that look?
If I get some back up I will figure out a page for us and maybe get some back ground?
What say Ye?

[Bryan--The Bee’s Knees]

I'll work it in. Feb 1 sounds good

[Fay]

February 1st is good for me. Have you worked out how you want to “buddy read” it?

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

At your request, mylady Fay
( I was not sure I could open a topic in here)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Open for whatever folks care to contribute, meantime Feb 1 shall be day one of discussion.

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

If you are joining me with the Transylvanian Trilogy, I have updated
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

All further comments will be there, leaving this thread free for other folks looking to Buddy up.