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Wanted: Reading Buddies
Lynai wrote: "K.D. Naiinggit lang po ako. I haven't done much group reading really. Different schedule and different type of books. Having a reading buddy is indeed a good alternative. :)ROLLIE: Pakiremind mo ..."
Sure. Hehehe
@Angus: Sure, April 15 sounds like a good day kasi the week after that is my spring break. I'll be able to read a lot then. :)@Monique: That's fine! Just tell me nalang po if ever you're ready. :)
Bea, I will join you and Angus for "Brave New World" by Huxley. Although I am not sure if I will be in the position to explain because I have not read any of his book. Please agree with Angus when is the time you are ready. I can join you anytime. I still have some broadband. I can have 3 reading-buddies books as long as they are not real serious works.I've read 1984 already. I am not up to another Murakami for the moment. I would like to read with you "A Farewell to Arms" but I am not yet a fan of Ernest Hemingway. (I read his Old Man and The Sea and it did not rub me the right way I guess). I have a copy of "The Devil in the White City" but no motivation to read it yet (so it is in the bottom of my tbr pile).
@K.D.: I have started the book before (and stopped by the time I finished the third chapter; I blame my new Kindle) and from what I've read, it doesn't take a lot of deep thought, unlike Murakami's works which can get pretty confusing. Huxley seems to be pretty straightforward. However I wouldn't really be in a place to say so, because I've only read an inkling of the book.I had the same problems with Hemingway as well. I have a couple of friends who are extreme fans of his, but I've tried to read A Farewell to Arms thrice and I couldn't get past the first chapter. That's probably why I need to have reading buddies so I can be motivated to finish it.
Really looking forward to being reading buddies with you! I hope you don't mind my slow pace because I'm currently juggling my lit class with my recreational reading.
@ Bea, I have read "Brave New World". I'm tackling about three different books around the time your reading it, so I won't join for the reading, but I'll definitely be joining discussions on this book. I still have all of my analysis notes for this book :) I've also read "A Farewell to Arms", I'm willing to be your reading buddy, just as long as it takes place sometime in May.
So, the schedule seems to be:APRIL 15: BRAVE NEW WORLD (Bea, K.D. and Angus)
MAY TBD: A FAREWELL TO ARMS (Bea, Regine and K.D.)
BEA: I don't mind slow reading. I can have more than 5 currently-reading books. I always believe that there are books that you can read even while in a crowded noisy place while there are books that you have to be in complete silence and full concentration for you to understand them.
MONIQUE: Books 7 and 9 na lang kulang ko sa Mitford Series. And yes, very lively ang discussion sa review ni K.D. of Room. I'm still up to reading it, though. I am getting very much curious, especially with all those reactions differing from K.D.'s. :)
I always thought that Brave New World is made of strong stuff. Anyway, I'm all set. I will check my copy to see how we can segment it. :)I will also try to join A Farewell to Arms if I can get my copy. 80% of my books are in Baguio City. I should consider towing them here, haha.
@Regine: I'm really looking forward to discussing the books with you! :)@K.D.: I will probably be able to read a bit fast because I have that week off; however, I am not sure if I will be able to access the web for the April 16-18 since my family and I are going somewhere, I think. But I will bring my laptop just in case the place we will be staying in has access to the web.
@Angus: I think it really is. That's why I can never read it all by myself. I'd be itching to talk about it after every chapter, and if I read it by myself I wouldn't have anyone to talk to ahaha. And cool, I hope you can join us! I love reading with a lot of people.
BEA: That's what this is all about. The buddies read at the same time so they can talk to each other.
Lynai wrote: "MONIQUE: Books 7 and 9 na lang kulang ko sa Mitford Series. And yes, very lively ang discussion sa review ni K.D. of Room. I'm still up to reading it, though. I am getting very much curious, especi..."I think I know what to give you on April 10! Excited to meet you and everyone, too! ;)
Monique wrote: "I think I know what to give you on April 10! Excited to meet you and everyone, too! ;) "Ehh...na pressure tuloy ako. But thanks. Excited na din ako! :)
I might be reading
next week. Kwesi do you want to read it with me? Kasi di naman ako makakapunta sa discussion
Sure Kriz, ako din I can't come to the discussion kasi I'll be leaving Manila on 12. When are we going to start reading the book?
Kwesi 章英狮 wrote: "Sure Kriz, ako din I can't come to the discussion kasi I'll be leaving Manila on 12. When are we going to start reading the book?"after sana i read "Atonement". Give me a week..haha
KWESI: Pinagpalit si Saramago kay MacDougal!ANGUS: Are you still up for Saramago? I counted the chapters yesterday and they are 24.
Considering that it will start on Tuesday, April 5.
Options:
2 chapters a day - finish by Friday, Apr 16
3 chapters a day - finish by Tuesday, Apr 12.
Let me know which one you prefer.
Yep, I can do 3 chapters a day. I just bought the pink one a few hours ago, haha. April 5 then. Ayos na rin yun, medyo naeexcite na ako eh, LOL.
Wanted Reading Buddies for Trials
By Anne Tolstoi Wallach
And
A Thousand Acres
by JaneSmiley
Po wrote: "Wanted Reading Buddies for Trials
By Anne Tolstoi Wallach
And
A Thousand Acres
by JaneSmiley
"PO: I am interested in joining A THOUSAND ACRES.
Dramang umaatikabo! Kelan?
Kwesi can we start reading on Friday?ü
Kwesi 章英狮 wrote: "Kriz, ok lang ba monday?"of course Red Horse! hehe
Are you amenable to 8 chapters a day? Short chapters lang naman siya :)
Kriz, Ok lang. Haha. Ikaw na ba mag open ng thread or ako?
PO & K.D. I am interested in A Thousand Acres too. But I have to finish Speak with Rollie first. We will start in April 15.
LYNAI: We have Brave New World starting on that day too! When are you going to end?
K.D. Haven't really talked with Rollie yet. I still have to see how long it will take me to finish Speak. But maybe we'll try to finish in a week or two.
That's okay, Lynai. I still have CANTERBURY TALES with Regine.
I've read A Thousand Acres years ago. I think it has one of the most shocking endings among the books that I've read.
I saw the movie and it is just dramatic. The shock is umm for me just okay. I read some novels (or other movies) with that before.
I was shocked because I didn't see it coming. Or maybe I didn't realize the clues all over.
Kwesi 章英狮 wrote: "Kriz, Ok lang. Haha. Ikaw na ba mag open ng thread or ako?"kaw na :)
@Tiniwin: You should advertise the book, or join the other reading buddy groups :)
@Lynai: I don't think it'll take you long to finish Speak because it's not really thick. :) One week is probably a maximum time. :)
Rollie: Okay then. Let's start in April 15 and will end in April 25. IS that okay? 10 days para may allowance. I'm a working girl eh. :)
Krizia, I just created the right thread for us! Haha. 
Lynai wrote: "Rollie: Okay then. Let's start in April 15 and will end in April 25. IS that okay? 10 days para may allowance. I'm a working girl eh. :)"Sure. That would be fine with me. Hehe. I'm working on something din naman e. :D
kuya doni and lynai im ok april 15 for a thousand acres
PO: I am not okay. I have Speak with Rollie on that date until April 25.
Hi, I am looking for reading buddies for any (or all, haha) of the following books:Gone With the Wind
All the King's Men
The Grapes of Wrath (Thanks, Jason!)
Maybe May? Or June? I'll keep my fingers crossed. :D
Hi! I'd like to join you for Brave New World (if the water cooler area's not too crowded yet, that is). I'm also up for The Grapes of Wrath sometime soon, Angus.
Aldrin wrote: "Hi! I'd like to join you for Brave New World (if the water cooler area's not too crowded yet, that is). I'm also up for The Grapes of Wrath sometime soon, Angus."Brave New World is on the 15th. Let's finish that one first and then we can plan The Grapes of Wrath. Thanks! :)
Angus wrote: "Aldrin wrote: "Hi! I'd like to join you for Brave New World (if the water cooler area's not too crowded yet, that is). I'm also up for The Grapes of Wrath sometime soon, Angus."Brave New World ..."
All righty. Tempted to buy the Olive edition of Brave New World. The copy I have (the one I told you about last night) is quite nondescript.
Ranee wrote: "will wait for a buddy for this book: 
"Count me in, kababayan! David Mitchell is one of my literary heroes. When do you want to start?
Aldrin wrote: "Angus wrote: "Aldrin wrote: "Hi! I'd like to join you for Brave New World (if the water cooler area's not too crowded yet, that is). I'm also up for The Grapes of Wrath sometime soon, Angus."Brav..."
Singit muna po ako hehe... I have the Olive edition of Brave New World, and it's really worth your money because it also have Brave New World Revisited in it. :)
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@Lynai: I just came across a copy of the first and eighth books in the Mitford series at Booksale, do you have those already? :) Also, let me know if you still want to read Room, ha. I read the comments thread in K.D.'s review, grabe ang reactions, haha! :)