Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion
1001 Monthly Group Read
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BOOK CLUB - PLANNING /SCHEDULE

"Empire of the Sun"
We definitely need to consider the discussability of our choices and E of S would be a good one esp. because China is so much in the news
Quest of Christa appeals to me too. I'm definitely up for a short read. Though I think Both Comrade and Empire are very "discussible"


It's easy to set up, and we can just post a link to the survey page and people vote on the book of their choice. We can close the survey after a week or two, and the votes would already be counted for us. :) I'd be happy to set it up.


Empire of the Sun
At least I can join in on May's book! :O)
Everyone who still wants to vote please post by the 1st - Looks like it's probably Empire but if enough people prefer something else they need to vote up. We can officially announce the May read on April first (and get started on talking about Julie - or at least the first few hundred pages, heh)




I haven't started reading E of S either, Smarti. I'm actually wondering if we want to start talking about having the discussions officially start on the 15th or the second week of the month. What seems to happen - to myself included - is that we need a few weeks just to read the book - then people trickle in as they get the book read. I'd rather have a shorter period of discussion with more activity and participation - What do you all think?


Should we start voting for the next book as well, or is it too early to talk about June?

I went ahead and put up Empire, but I'm going to go ahead and start putting them up on the 15th (starting June) unless anyone objects. I'm looking forward to the disussion but won't be ready until mid May for Enpire myself
Ok by way of thr trusty Random Number Generator votes for JUNE 15th are....
#48 - Choke - by Chuck Palahniuk
#262 - Worstward Ho - by Samuel Beckett
#876 - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
#945 - Camilla - Fanny Burney
Ok - let's vote! How about we try to choose by next Sunday. Just say what you want here
Ok by way of thr trusty Random Number Generator votes for JUNE 15th are....
#48 - Choke - by Chuck Palahniuk
#262 - Worstward Ho - by Samuel Beckett
#876 - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
#945 - Camilla - Fanny Burney
Ok - let's vote! How about we try to choose by next Sunday. Just say what you want here


I vote for Great Expectations.
Yay!! I am so excited!!
Stacy
Looks like Great Expectations and Choke are in the lead! Great choices. My own vote is for Choke - so that makes it an even tie, 5 to 5, so far.
Let’s make this easy and go ahead and decide what we will read through summer. Post a vote for one book per month here by the end of Sunday/early Monday. I will post the books we will read for June through August in the events section on Monday.
July –
Rosshalde – Herman Hesse
The Siege of Krishnapur – James Gordon Farrell
Hebdomeros – Giorgio de Chirico
Glamorama – Bret Easton Ellis
August -
Bleak House – Charles Dickens
Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino
Cocaine Nights – J.G. Ballard
Homo Faber – Max Frisch
Let’s make this easy and go ahead and decide what we will read through summer. Post a vote for one book per month here by the end of Sunday/early Monday. I will post the books we will read for June through August in the events section on Monday.
July –
Rosshalde – Herman Hesse
The Siege of Krishnapur – James Gordon Farrell
Hebdomeros – Giorgio de Chirico
Glamorama – Bret Easton Ellis
August -
Bleak House – Charles Dickens
Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino
Cocaine Nights – J.G. Ballard
Homo Faber – Max Frisch

Anyway, for the June book, since I have read Expectations sooo many times, and I am trying to go outside my comfort zone with this list, I vote Choke. Although I actually have Worstward Ho in my tbr pile and it would be a quick read, Choke is probably a great book for discussion purposes.
Empire of the Sun (Ballard)
The Case of Comrade Tulayev (Serge)
Radetzky March (Joseph Roth)
The Quest for Christa T.