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The Bookish Evil Selfish Hags are popping our Book Klub cherries with The Tiger's Wife...details soon to be sorted.

Gorgeous fred, laura! Thanks for starting it. Lovely floor to ceiling shelving. And how creative of you to use gin bottles as book ends, and Malteser packets as book marks!

Gorgeous new place, Beshelle. Ooh, look, an elephant <hastily stashes gin bottle in handbag and runs for the door>.

Splendid... just pulling up my comfy chair and popping my slanket on.

Right... I am ready to go... but I need a gin!

Here you are, m'dear.

I wish I could start reading it now. Damn the fact that it's 7pm on a bank holiday and the shops are all closed.

<pokes head round door> hello? I luffs a book club I does. Can't promise I will have much time to read but will try and keep up <hides unfinished Caitlin Moran from RL book club back in December>

I will try to be in! Great idea to bring the ESH together through reading.

So, shall we give ourselves the next week to buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy of The Tiger's Wife, then go from there? Really, how does one 'do' Book Klubs, anyway? Perhaps more importantly, how do les BESHinas want to do it? Read-it-all then discuss or maybe have a few mid-way-thru meet up(s)? Or maybe should we just go ahead and open a new bottle of gin...

<jealously eyes up Dotty's slanket>

I don't really know either. I quite like the idea of popping in to pass brilliant comments drink gin as we go, but then wouldn't spoilers be a problem?

Maybe we should do weekly chapters so we can spend more time drinking gin so everyone will have time to keep up while having a bit of the chit and the chat without ruining the ending?

Of course, I'm a total book slut and don't know if I would be able to stop myself from going to far. Sometimes it's hard to say no...

*too

Marking my place...

I am not very good at doing a chapter at a time. I am more a parched-eyes-at-3am-racing-sleep-to-the-end sort of girl.

How about setting a deadline after which we can discuss everything, and before which we can discuss without giving anything away?

I'm in!

I bought it on kindle and started last night. Not sure I could hold back either, so like the idea of reading it all, then discussing.

Oh good - I don't think I'd be able to hold back once I start, either. I tend to only take a few days to get through a book (sometimes less if its really yummy; if it sucks could take me weeks ), but I'm taking Curly's lead and cracking the spine today.

Hi MBoo!

<pounces and smothers with juicy kisses>

I like the deadline idea, before that you can discuss and hint but try not give anything away. I don't really mind spoilers anyway as long as we're not reading a who dunnit. I'll try and get this for the kindle today.

Oooh I'd like to join in too if that's ok. I have this book lurking on my shelves. Have always wanted to join a bookclub but there don't seem to be any in my area so this will do nicely.

I'm in! Trying to find an e-version for the iPad but am a technological twat so may have to go and buy a real one tomorrow...

Bitey, there's a Kindle app if that's any use.

Thanks friendlyGhost I haz done it! The baybee is asleep so am going to turn to page 1 now

Love the deadline plans. What would be realistic? End of January?

Why don't we pick an arbitrary deadline, something like the 25th of each month which gives us a few days to discuss it before moving onto the next one?