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Any takers for another book swap circle thingummy?

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 14/01/2008 08:12

I've missed out on two now. I quite like the idea, anyone else?

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lunavix · 23/01/2008 13:44

Sorry!

What do people think of fantasy btw? I love my Terry Goodkind but don't know if it will be anyone else's cup of tea

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 22/01/2008 18:27

Re short stories, I'm not usually that keen, but am happy to give them a go. Especially if someone's found some really good ones!

Am not totally averse to bestsellers and the kind that appear in the 3 for 2s, quite a few are bestsellers for a reason!, but there is a risk lots of people will have read them already. This is not necessarily a disadvantage I suppose, it takes the pressure of reading a book circle book that month!

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 22/01/2008 18:22

oh and dinny, i did get your message, thanks!

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 22/01/2008 17:42

FlossieT, sorry to hear your weekend was awful. Thanks for your CAT today. Other people are welcome to e-mail me your book title suggestions if you've decided on them .

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 22/01/2008 17:15

thanks mehdismummy, got it.

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mehdismummy · 22/01/2008 14:22

just sent it again. Did you get it?

TheMadHouse · 22/01/2008 12:02

I want to broadern my horions so I am not discounting anything.

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 22/01/2008 12:00

dinny and mehdismum, haven't had your CATS ... maybe it's slow at the moment...

Anyone seen lunavix or is in touch with lunavix?

She's the only one I've not heard from since last week, and she has to confirm soon.

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missingtheaction · 22/01/2008 11:45

i am up for anything!

FlossieT · 22/01/2008 11:05

Btw, how do people feel about short stories? This can be a bit of a love-it-or-hate-it area and I have a couple of possibilities I may post on.

FlossieT · 22/01/2008 11:02

Argh this thread is doing that thing it does sometimes for me where it won't show me the last page. grr.

Sorry to have been so quiet, was offline for a few days over (hideous) weekend.

Just to say I'm also very keen to read stuff I might not otherwise pick up. I like just about anything apart from the already-banned chicklit, and horror.

Should I make a note to avoid posting on anything I've picked up off a table in Waterstone's/Borders/a.n.other large bookshop??

mehdismummy · 21/01/2008 22:18

just sent you my details via cat

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 21/01/2008 17:38

see my second to last post, missingtheaction!

If everyone tells me the name of their book before posting it, then i can make sure there are no duplicates. Just tell me the title, then I still get some element of surprise!

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missingtheaction · 21/01/2008 17:26

what if 2 or 3 of us choose the same book?

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 21/01/2008 17:24

whispywhisp I'm a bit stressed about being the person whose book everyone rubbishes, but I guess we just go for it.

I've also been worried I might send a book everyone's already read - but at the same time don't want to feel the need to post something weirdly obscure!

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 21/01/2008 17:20

Hi dinny, v. pleased you are def doing the Book Circle (note caps - is V. important).

Rosmerta suggested that everyone tell me what book they are sending out so I can let anyone intending to send a duplicate know. I don't mind going all with that idea.

Musr stop MNing while officiating over teatime. DD1 just fell out of her chair rather spectacularly .

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dinny · 21/01/2008 14:43

just got your CAT, will reply right this minute! how do we know we're not all going to send the same book?

whispywhisp · 21/01/2008 14:02

I agree coco...I'm just worried I'll send something someone is going to dislike, that's all!

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 21/01/2008 13:56

FlossieT is in, thank you!, so just two missing now.

whispywhisp, a list of like and dislikes, you mean, rather than a list of books being sent out?

I think we've concluded:

no chick lit
no poetry/non-fiction
no pre-1900

a couple of people like crime,
someone said they don't like sci-fi.

I'm not into "boy" books, eg westerns, fantasy. On the whole I don't read sci-fi, but having said that, I've read a couple of amazing books that I suppose are sci-fi: really enjoyed Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake", for example.

I imagine we don't want guide-lines to be too strict, or people will never get out of their comfort zone, and surely part of the point of this is to surprise each other with great books we might not otherwise have chosen or come across?

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whispywhisp · 21/01/2008 13:26

I've spent the weekend sifting through my books trying to decide which one to send! It'd be handy if we could collate what everyone likes/dislikes and do a list please! I don't mind compiling it, if that helps.

missingtheaction · 21/01/2008 12:05

yes, give them till tuesday then have another go. look forward to hearing from you!

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 20/01/2008 17:19

the missing three people don't seem to have been around much over the weekend... shall we give them till Tuesday morning and then re-open their places on the list??

mehdismum, I've accidently deleted your email. Can you send it me again? really sorry.

rosmerta, if you've got 3 books that you like equally, then maybe post the shortest? That's what I'm probably going to do, but I've still not entirely decided what to go for.

once I've got all 12 addresses, I'll post who's posting to who, and circulate addresses. IYKWIM.

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rosmerta · 20/01/2008 16:00

I've got a shortlist of 3 books, can't decide which one I'm going to send! None of them are chicklit, poetry, pre-1900 or are written without vowels

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 19/01/2008 21:25

thanks mehdismum.

Once I've got everyone's details we can start sending out the books.

Will try and track down the laggards.

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mehdismummy · 19/01/2008 20:53

hi coco sorry will email you now

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