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#1
03-21-2008, 08:00 PM
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Well keep us posted when you all get started. I like the idea of real-time chat...
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03-25-2008, 05:25 AM
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That might mean that we won't have our first book till May unless we want to choose something fairly simple for April as a sort of trial run and possibly do it without the chat. |
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03-22-2008, 12:19 PM
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My interests are two books. King, Kaiser, Tsar... and the one about King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Are they also accessible in German language?
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03-23-2008, 02:34 AM
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Here you go:
Amazon.de: König, Kaiser, Zar. Drei königliche Cousins, die die Welt in den Krieg trieben: Catrine Clay,Michael Müller: Bücher The other one isn't available at Amazon.de, so I doubt it's been translated. |
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03-23-2008, 11:58 AM
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03-25-2008, 02:13 AM
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Excellent suggestions, Empress.
This book-club is sure to prove a winner with so much available to us all and so many interesting suggestions. I'm not conversant with some of your recommendations but I'm most willing to learn and absorb. |
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#8
03-25-2008, 05:14 AM
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yes! i'll have to repeat it again too: that book club is GREAT!!!
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#9
03-26-2008, 12:41 PM
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May is very doable! i'm looking forward to it!
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#10
04-02-2008, 02:27 AM
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Well, you don't have to join every group. This isn't a closed club that requires the members to read every book on the list. Some of the books will be older ones that can be bought second-hand or paperback, and you might find you aren't interested in all the books and won't want to take part in every discussion. Course, it'd be nice if people did join in as many of the discussions as possible, and I'm sure the group environment will make it pleasanter to read some books you might not otherwise have thought of reading. But there's no pressure one way or the other - it's entirely up to individual members whether they want to participate in any of the groups.
Also, the plan at the moment is to leave the threads open for further discussion after the book reading is over, so if you read the book later you're welcome to come along and post your opinions, and it might get the conversation started again. Last edited by Elspeth; 04-02-2008 at 01:43 PM. |
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04-03-2008, 06:37 PM
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So did we decide on which book we were going to read for April? I have a Border's 30% off coupon burning a hole in my in-box!
(I was on vacation all last week so I think I missed something!) |
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#12
04-04-2008, 05:19 AM
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i would love to know too, because i surely will need to order it...
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04-04-2008, 04:35 PM
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You ladies need to read the newsletter....
We're starting in May to give everyone a chance to get things up and running, and the May book will be King, Kaiser, Tsar. I think the June book will be the Princess Margaret biography, but that isn't set in rock yet. |
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#14
04-04-2008, 05:30 PM
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It would be rather helpful if we could get the list of books quite early. Sometimes shipping and handling takes forever. Actually most books that I order (Amazon market place, can't afford to break the bank with all those new editions) take an average of 4-6 weeks to arrive at my doorstep. (an occasional customs interest not counted in which case it virtually takes forever...) And then I have to read it... So six weeks in advance is not that much if you come to think of it.
And I soooooo very much love the idea to participate in a book club, I am looking very much forward to it.... |
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#15
04-04-2008, 05:51 PM
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Glad you're looking forward! This is something of an experiment, so don't be surprised if you see a few changes while we're trying to get things sorted.
Good point about book availability. We're trying to arrange the books for each period so the harder-to-find books are later in the list. The book for May is available either new or second-hand from Amazon, but the other books tentatively in the list for May through August might be a bit harder to find, which is why we put the easy one up first. We're tentatively scheduling the Princess Margaret book for June (Empress will have a full list in a short while); that book apparently can take several weeks to order from Amazon.com but is available for immediate shipment from Amazon.co.uk, and of course Amazon, half.com, and eBay, as well as sellers like abebooks and alibris, are good sources for second-hand books. We'll try to add suggestions for where to find the books if there look to be any problems. As far as reading it - we hope you'll read it during the month it's scheduled for reading. Of course, it's fine if you want to read it beforehand and then reread it along with the group, but reading ahead of time isn't necessary. Last edited by Elspeth; 04-04-2008 at 05:53 PM. |
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04-08-2008, 05:55 AM
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thanks for the link Elspeth! i didn't know it was in the newsletters...
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#18
04-08-2008, 03:38 PM
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Just ordered my book from Amazon and I should get it by Thursday. Looking forward to the read and discussions.
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04-08-2008, 04:39 PM
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I have also just ordered King Kaiser Tzar and it will arrive Monday or Tuesday of next week. If the book about Princess Margaret by Tim Heald is next on the list please give us a lot of notice - it takes about a month and a half for that one to arrive.
Thanks, Cat |
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