Moderator Thread

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

Hope you enjoy it! It is a doorstopper, with a lot of description, but the payoff brings you right into the world

[mark, personal space invader]

ok, this week! I am assigning myself two books of the Vorkosigan Saga. I can do it, go mark go!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

go, mark, go!

[Megan]

Do you want me to take The Ghost Brigades in February? I can do that!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

sure! lolol

[mark, personal space invader]

wow, I'm so out of it that I didn't realize we're reading Ghost Brigades in Feb... so, yay! I planned on reading it next month. for once I can actually join a book discussion for a book I'm currently reading that's not a part of the Vorkosigan Saga.

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

have you caught up on Vorkosigan? Do you want me to take next month?

[mark, personal space invader]

I just finished Falling Free, so I am still at least 2 behind (Memory and Mirror Dance, I think).

so yes! if you want to take it, I would love that. I get a month off, yay!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

those two are a grest story arc Mark----my favorite so far

[Megan]

Where are we for March? I can take Redshirts, if no one else wants it. (My library has almost none of the Vorkosigan books - grrrr.)

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

go ahead then-I read it before, and I already have the vorkosigan

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

Anybody have any April preferences? I plan to read both, so I can do whatever, do either of you want to have a go?

[mark, personal space invader]

one more month off, please. I will be back on track for May and Vorkosigan. I promise! had to take a break from the series for a bit so that I didn't tire of it. but I'm back in now with Mirror Dance, and the magic is definitely still there. I can see myself breezing through them pretty easily in April since I have some work trips coming up.

[Megan]

I can do the non-Vorkosigan one - same library problems as I always have. The other is Flowers for Algernon?

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

no problem-I will do the diplomatic immunity

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

Any takers for May? Mark-can you get back to Vorkosigan????? I kinda need a month off....

[mark, personal space invader]

I will get back to Vorkosigan!

[Megan]

Yeah, I can do Beggars in Spain. :)

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

cool! thanks....

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

you all have any preferences for June????? I read Grass before (it was good)

[Megan]

I would not mind a month off, if possible. :)

[mark, personal space invader]

I'll set up the final Vorkosigan thread. Maggie, would you mind doing Grass?

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

that works for me!

[Megan]

Where are we for July? I could do either book!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

well, you nominated The Demolished Man, and I nominated Downbelow Station, so I say let's do that and give mark July off.
Mark do you want to do the Dawn trilogy starting in August?

[Megan]

Perfect!

[mark, personal space invader]

Sounds good to me!

[Megan]

Who is doing The Diamond Age? mark, are you doing all of the three Octavia Butler's?

[mark, personal space invader]

I don't mind doing all of the Butler trilogy, unless someone else wants to. I just finished the first book and really enjoyed it.

[Megan]

I want to read them, but I haven't gotten to yet, so I don't know if I would want to start with the second. :)

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

I was planning to do Diamond Age.... I guess Megan gets a month off!

[Megan]

That would be very nice, actually! :)

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

Mark-did you see your poll?????

[mark, personal space invader]

I just saw it! wow, what should I do? should I just choose myself?

[Megan]

How are we doing October? mark, you've been doing all the Butlers, but the Delany's your moderator's choice, right?

[mark, personal space invader]

it is! although it would mean I am doing both threads in October, I can also continue with the Butler. I just started the second book and am enjoying it as much as the first.

but I'm happy not to do it as well. whatever you both want is fine with me.

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

lol mark---do you want to do both? or should one of us handle your Butler...becuz, we would!

[Megan]

Do you want to do both, then have a couple of months off? I haven't been following along with the Butlers so far, so I'm a little leery of picking it up with the third book. (I intend to get to them, though!)

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

I have been doing the butlers, so I could if you need to, or you could have the next 2 months off!

[mark, personal space invader]

if you've been doing the Butlers, how about you handle the 3rd one in October and I'll just stick with Nova.

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

k k--megan gets another month off!

[Megan]

Which means I have to take one of the November books! Which I am glad to do. However, my library doesn't have Dreamsnake. *sigh*

Can I take Sirens of Titan?

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

Sure! Mark want to do Dreamsnake or should I?

[mark, personal space invader]

I'm fine with either. I do have Dreamsnake and plan on reading it. But you choose!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

I will take it then--I want December off!

[mark, personal space invader]

sounds good!

[Megan]

Oh, of course. My local library has neither of the books for next month, and it is definitely still my turn to moderate, since I had a couple of months off. Can we decide now so I have time to order a copy of whichever?

I am happy to do either!

[mark, personal space invader]

I would be happy to take Sand.

[Megan]

Great. I'll take Hammered, then? And presumably that whole trilogy, unless someone wants to split it up?

[mark, personal space invader]

I'm not too interested in it, so as far as I'm concerned, please do!