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blondcockerel

Do you guys want one? I've got a few ideas for one, and a lot of time on my hands for another two weeks until Uni starts.

I was thinking that we should open the thread with suggestions. Keep in mind that this is BYOB and not the book barn - we're not reading poo poo for the sake of analyzing its themes or extrapolating from it the state of the human condition. This is just for fun. poo poo, you can suggest a kid's book, if you want; or go as long as that Ice and Fire Songs saga that everyone's talking about. Once we decide on a book, we all take a little while to read the first chapter and then talk about it. What we liked, what we didn't like, what characters are cool and which ones deserve to drown in their own half-comatose vomit - et cetera. Then we just go on from there. If it's a short book, or a short story, we just make a solid go of it and discuss afterwards.

Edit: "With there" - gj me

blondcockerel fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Aug 17, 2016

# ? Aug 17, 2016 06:28

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joke_explainer

Sure sure let's do it.

# ? Aug 17, 2016 07:54

HighwireAct: Pozzo's Hat

Absolutely down for this

# ? Aug 17, 2016 08:51

FreshCutFries

i'd do this

# ? Aug 17, 2016 08:56

FreshCutFries

it might be outside the scope of this, but i've been wanting an excuse to actually read dune.

# ? Aug 17, 2016 09:03

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In.

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# ? Aug 17, 2016 13:17

super mario batali: Dice-a the Mushroom

Also in.

# ? Aug 17, 2016 13:28

Piso Mojado

let's start a bad book club and pick the worst self-published book on amazon we can find

# ? Aug 17, 2016 13:49

super mario batali: Dice-a the Mushroom

blondcockerel, I am going to change the thread tag to "books"

# ? Aug 17, 2016 13:53

City of Glompton

I would like to participate

thank you PSP for the beautiful spring sig

# ? Aug 17, 2016 14:47

the unabonger

Im in

# ? Aug 17, 2016 22:41

deep dish peat moss

No time.. looks like I'm all booked up

# ? Aug 17, 2016 22:43

mags: I am a congenital optimist.

I'm already reading a book

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# ? Aug 17, 2016 22:51

mags: I am a congenital optimist.

Go on, ask me what book it is

paul_soccer12 posted:

everyone in the idf must die

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# ? Aug 17, 2016 22:52

mags: I am a congenital optimist.

prepre to be impressed

paul_soccer12 posted:

everyone in the idf must die

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# ? Aug 17, 2016 22:53

the unabonger

mister magpie posted:

Go on, ask me what book it is

What book is it

# ? Aug 17, 2016 22:52

mags: I am a congenital optimist.

"How To Delete BYOB" by Arnold of Soissons

# ? Aug 17, 2016 22:57

deep dish peat moss

Arnold of Soy Sauce

# ? Aug 17, 2016 23:03

the unabonger

Risky choice topic wise, but an arnild of sessions joke really comin in clutch . Execution wasnt bad, what with the book reference. 7/10

# ? Aug 17, 2016 23:03

blondcockerel

super mario batali posted:

blondcockerel, I am going to change the thread tag to "books"

Thanks man, because I misclicked - was deciding between 'Fox in Socks' or 'Books' before somehow ended up on the one the thread started with.

So we've got one vote for Dune, and a positively fantastic vote for memes - personally, I'd be down for Dune; I've heard that it's a classic of the genre, and even if we don't get more than a few chapters in on the thread itself, it might be the catalyst for reading the whole book on our own.

Everyone else who's interested, what're your thoughts? Anything's good, so long as it's not too esoteric for people to find copies of, online or off.

# ? Aug 17, 2016 23:47

super mario batali: Dice-a the Mushroom

I have never read dune, so I'm down

# ? Aug 17, 2016 23:51

deep dish peat moss

Everyone should read Kafka on the Shore then dig up the 2008 BYOB Bookclub thread about it and compare notes

# ? Aug 18, 2016 00:16

deep dish peat moss

8 Years is plenty of time to grow up, even if you're a Murakami reader

# ? Aug 18, 2016 00:16

HighwireAct: Pozzo's Hat

Shakill OReal posted:

8 Years is plenty of time to grow up, even if you're a Murakami reader

drat

# ? Aug 18, 2016 00:28

FreshCutFries

i also vote for dune. make sure to add one more for dune.

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:19

misty mountaintop: by Hand Knit

I'm not going to read dune, but I will give my opinions about it anyway.

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:28

misty mountaintop: by Hand Knit

I'm reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction last year. It's OK.

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:29

FreshCutFries

misty mountaintop posted:

I'm not going to read dune, but I will give my opinions about it anyway.

that counts as a vote for dune

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:34

FreshCutFries

misty mountaintop posted:

I'm reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction last year. It's OK.

so does this

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:34

misty mountaintop: by Hand Knit

Here's my first opinion. I think the dune will probably turn out to be pretty big.

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:34

deep dish peat moss

Things I know about dune:

I WILL KILL HIM

PAAAUUUUL?

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:38

deep dish peat moss

I'm trying to get my mom to read Infinite Jest but she can't get past the 9 pages of Steve Erdedy buying weed at the beginning.

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:40

HighwireAct: Pozzo's Hat

misty mountaintop posted:

I'm reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction last year. It's OK.

I've heard good things about that one

I'm working on �Between the World and Me� by Ta-Nehisi Coates and man, it's a (necessarily) uncomfortable and powerful read

# ? Aug 18, 2016 01:46