It’s time for the first book in our book club to be announced! Continue reading
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Hey there folks, I just want to throw out a few possible rules/guidelines/decisions for the upcoming book club. Feel free to disagree, and/or add more of your own.
1. Book Club discussion will be posted every third Sunday of the month at 7pm EST. While it will be nice to have a lot of us at that particular time, feel free to add to the discussion at your leisure.
2. If it’s your turn to host book club please choose a book that is widely available and preferably also available in paperback. I guess Kindle availability would be a plus for those folks, but I don’t that it’s absolutely necessary, right?
3. Try not to pick the same genre or author as the previous Book Club selection, let’s mix things up.
4. Whether or not you are hosting, as you read the book think of some questions to ask your fellow readers so we can keep the discussion going.
5. If you are hosting, pick the next host before your Sunday so they have enough time to chose a book.
6. New book selections should be posted in a separate post the third Monday of each month.
7. If you have any suggestions for future picks, or problems with that book, post your comments in that post ^
8. You don’t have to stick to traditional book club books though you’re welcome to. Add in the classics, graphic novels, sci-fi (if you must), anything that floats your boat. Expand our horizons.
9. If you don’t have an intense debate commenting account get one now!
10. If you are hosting, you’ll need to have a Crasstalk account.
11. Even if you think you are going to hate this book/genre why not give it a try. You can tell us exactly what you dislike in the discussion. And if I’m going to give sci-fi a try, I expect you all to give everything a go.
So if you have any book suggestions, questions, or general comments this is the place to let me know about it. I’ll post my selection a bit early just in case we need to work out any kinks. So the book will be announced next week, and the first discussion will take place on February 20th.
Edit – Now that I think about it, is posting the book on the third Monday okay? Will that give you all enough time to go get the book and read it? Or should we post it earlier? So many decisions!!!
A few of us have expressed interest in forming a cross/crasstalk book club. While the logistics still need ironing out, the basic idea would be we all read the same title, and then have the option of discussing it online, or possibly with meet-ups in different cities.
Please let me know if you’re interested, or have any ideas.
EDIT – Also. Can you let me know what type of literature you’re into? And if a month to finish a book is a good amount of time.
Made you look, didn’t I? 
I think we’re all suckers for spoilers, whether we’ll admit it or not. Deep down, we all love to learn new gossip, see sneak peeks and when video of a highly anticipated movie gets leaked, some of us immediately perk up (What? Where?!?!) and clickity-clack-clack (That’s the sound my keyboard makes, what about yours?) our way through the interwebs in search of the said juicy information.
I will shamelessly admit that I love spoilers. Love them. Can’t get enough. I also live in a country that does not prohibit downloading, though it is frowned upon.
Entire length of the Wolverine movie, sans some special effects, leaked? Watched it.
First 13 chapters of the 4’th Twilight book, Breaking Dawn, appears online? Read it.
So when the first 36 minutes of the Part 1 of the culmination of a series that has defined my generation gets posted, I do not hesitate to go in search of this video. Being a member of an exclusive and highly reliable site that provides these very things makes such quests easier to accomplish. The internet has allowed us to blur the line between right and wrong and get away with it, under the guise of anonymity.
Why? I have always been of the thought that if I was going to download and watch a leaked video, or read a leaked book, then I would then pay for the real thing when it became available. I went to see Wolverine a few weeks later with my friends, and I was at the midnight release of the Stephenie Meyer book to pick up my pre-ordered copy (I know, for shame!)… Just as I will go next week with my best friend, and pay to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in theatres. The first half hour was poor quality, but did little to quell my excitement- in fact, it made that much more excited. It started out with Harry and Voldemort… well, if you really want to know, I guess you’ll have to do some clickity-clack-clacking of your own or wait to see it in theaters- I wouldn’t want to ruin it for you.
(Besides, any true HP fan would have already re-read the book in anticipation of the movie, and would have a general idea of how it begins.)
What is your stance on all things leaked?