Meg's All-New Non-Posting No-Nonsense Book Club - sign up here

[MegBusset]

OK, if I can get enough people interested, I'm starting another book club. As books and people seem to go missing too easily, this book club features no posting at all!

Here are the rules...

1. One book per month chosen in turn by members. We all read the same book each month -- a week or two's notice will be given to get it from Amazon or the library. So your own fault if you don't take it back in time and get overdue fines!

1. One thread per month discussing that book

1. Books to be a maximum of 350 pages so no excuses for not finishing!

1. No mis-lit and no chick-lit, otherwise any book from any genre is welcome!

If enough people sign up quickly then we will start in JULY but new folks can always join along the way.

Anyone with me?

I'm up for it, Meg

Yes I would be up for it I am trying to up my reading but like the idea of less than 350 pages!

i would like to join too please x

marking my place...

Great that's 5 of us, come on people, we need a few more

anyone else? hope so, this sounds a good idea

Bumping to see if we can get a few more

Room for one more?

Hey Meg, just found you - I'm in!

When are we likely to start? Any suggestions for the first book?

Hooray, there's a few of us in! So I make it eight of us so far:

MegBusset
WendyHappySmile
Bourboncreme
Bananagirl85
ChateauRouge
SwallowedAFly
Gailfor ce1
Cynarasamba

That's enough to get started I reckon!

Shall I pick the first book then? We could start as soon as everyone is ready, say a week from now?

Brilliant timing for me,we go on holiday on 24th so would be good to have a book to take with me!

sounds good to me =]

sounds good to me too

count me in !

MegBusset - looking forward to finding out which book you have chosen! Are you telling us tomorrow?

Right everyone

Book 1 will be Black Swan Green by David Mitchell -- it's been on my to-read pile for a couple of weeks so it'll be new to me too! (Though I've read and enjoyed his other books.)

Because of the summer hols and also because it's a little longer than my 350-page limit , I will suggest that we start reading the next book on 1 Sept (to be chosen by mid-August) and then the first of the month thereafter.

So everyone can crack on with BSG as soon as they like, and whoever gets far enough into it first can start the discussion thread.

Happy reading

Thanks Meg, off to the library now to see if they have it in stock - if not Waterstones! Trouble is I never come out with just ONE book!!
Just wondering what else David Mitchell has written?

OK Meg - is there a way to make sure everyone knows what we are doing rather than just this thread?

Meg - can I join in too? Please?? I like your choices of books so far and like this idea a lot!

hi
i will get this book asap just come home with my baby born on sunday so i will try and read it before the deadline

Andi the more the merrier

Wendy do you mean by email or something? If everyone CATs me their email addy I'm happy to send out regular reminders of what's going on.

Can I join in too?