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caring carer
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Location : Gillingham Dorset
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 | | Subject: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:16 am | |
| Are we going to do any group reading? I have done this in other groups and I have also done a couple of buddy reads too. I like buddy reads a lot as I get to read with a like minded person! Just wondered!  | |
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March Hare
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| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:36 am | |
| None is organized, as far as I know, but I guess you could try organizing it yourself. You have my support  . And no, thank God, my mom does not know what I read.  | |
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Laura
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Number of posts : 2387
Age : 38
Location : Germany
Dictionary Definition : Laura: Also known as "Solveig", her internet pseudonym, this female specimen of Homo Sapiens founded the Literary Cabinet world. One can spot "Laura," by the fun she has grading papers and drinking coffee, with triple coffee consumption ever since she quit smoking. Like another species, Homo Sapiens Zarasahanous, she enjoys picking at the extreme Twilight fans. This specimen is particularly fond of procrastinating, as most of the other species of the Literary Cabinet Universe are.
Registration date : 2008-12-02
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:30 pm | |
| Go ahead I'd like to do some buddy reading - f.i. with that non-fiction text by Patricia Cornwell about Jack the Ripper that I am currently (and with some effort) reading. Sometimes my stomach is just too weak to read any further. Simply open up a thread, name the work, and collect buddies, and I'll for my part make sure to join | |
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caring carer
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| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:39 pm | |
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Laura
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Number of posts : 2387
Age : 38
Location : Germany
Dictionary Definition : Laura: Also known as "Solveig", her internet pseudonym, this female specimen of Homo Sapiens founded the Literary Cabinet world. One can spot "Laura," by the fun she has grading papers and drinking coffee, with triple coffee consumption ever since she quit smoking. Like another species, Homo Sapiens Zarasahanous, she enjoys picking at the extreme Twilight fans. This specimen is particularly fond of procrastinating, as most of the other species of the Literary Cabinet Universe are.
Registration date : 2008-12-02
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:01 pm | |
| Yes, it is! w00t! Now that's great, I'll have someone to talk to about all this gruesome stuff!  | |
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caring carer
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Location : Gillingham Dorset
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Epiphany
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Number of posts : 60
Age : 31
Location : Utah, USA
Registration date : 2008-12-03
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:46 pm | |
| I think a group read sounds like a great idea. That way we can open up more discussions and all be on the same page since we'll be reading the same things. I'm willing to give anything and everything a try. | |
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Tourterelle
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Number of posts : 7942
Age : 31
Location : Wisconsin, USA
Dictionary Definition : Tourterelle--a unique specimen of the female gender of Homo Sapiens that exhibits behaviors such as excessive procrastination, chocolate creation (in direct contradiction to the Law of Conservation of Matter), and overall insanity. Common names include Nicholle, CQ (Chocolate Queen), Crackhead, and Miss Martini Maniac. Lately, this individual has reportedly been seen dancing in a banana costume and drinking an excessive amount of martinis.
Registration date : 2008-12-03
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:05 pm | |
| I would love to participate in a group read!  | |
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GuardianSaiyoko
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Number of posts : 145
Age : 36
Location : Mountains.
Registration date : 2008-12-02
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:43 pm | |
| I'd like to do a group read too, although it might be a bit difficult for me to find a book I and someone else have. I can't afford Barnes and Noble anymore and the only used bookstore I can find near has been closed down longer than I've lived here. Asking if anyone knew where I could find another only got me recommendations to watch Murder She Wrote, for some unfathomable reason.
I do have a few books, though, such as Brave New World and Black Like Me and I don't know what else off the top of my head- Peter Pan, the coolest teacher I ever had had us study that and it rocked- so if anyone has any of these or can suggest another I'd be happy to join in. | |
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BeautyBlitz
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Number of posts : 1882
Age : 41
Location : Canada
Dictionary Definition : Rodent - Homo Rodentiensis is a typical LC creature. Always ready to laugh about stupidity, this being has long occupied a special moderator status on the LC. As one of the very few LC creatures who actually can get and keep a partner, she is the object of constant envy. Though madness is not part of the average Rodents characteristics, this particular feature can at times be subject to change, especially when striken by severe sleep deprivation.
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| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:28 pm | |
| I sadly don't get a lot of reading done anymore since my son came along. Usually just a few pages before I pass out. But if anyone is interested in doing an Anne of Green Gables or a Dean Koontz group read count me IN. I know those books so well that I can basically skim to remind myself of the finer details, or is that cheating?  | |
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denizenofevil
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| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:39 am | |
| Would someone mind explaining to me what group reads/buddy reads are exactly? | |
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caring carer
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Number of posts : 45
Age : 64
Location : Gillingham Dorset
Registration date : 2008-12-04
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:19 am | |
| - denizenofevil wrote:
- Would someone mind explaining to me what group reads/buddy reads are exactly?
A bubby read is where you pick a book and you and a friend - buddy read it and discuss it. Group reads are a group of people reading the same book and discussing it. Its a great way to read a book that you find a struggle or reading a completely different author you haven't read before. | |
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denizenofevil
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Registration date : 2008-12-03
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:08 pm | |
| That sounds like fun! I think I'll join you guys with that book about Jack the Ripper as soon as I find a copy. | |
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caring carer
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Number of posts : 45
Age : 64
Location : Gillingham Dorset
Registration date : 2008-12-04
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:13 pm | |
| - denizenofevil wrote:
- That sounds like fun! I think I'll join you guys with that book about Jack the Ripper as soon as I find a copy.
Thats great! I am only on chapter 4 or 5 near the begining so you will soon catch up! Solveig, how are you doing with the book? | |
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Laura
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Number of posts : 2387
Age : 38
Location : Germany
Dictionary Definition : Laura: Also known as "Solveig", her internet pseudonym, this female specimen of Homo Sapiens founded the Literary Cabinet world. One can spot "Laura," by the fun she has grading papers and drinking coffee, with triple coffee consumption ever since she quit smoking. Like another species, Homo Sapiens Zarasahanous, she enjoys picking at the extreme Twilight fans. This specimen is particularly fond of procrastinating, as most of the other species of the Literary Cabinet Universe are.
Registration date : 2008-12-02
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:22 pm | |
| Still fighting the slight nausea left after chapter 14, the story of Annie Chapman's murder, but apart from that, I'm doing fine Also, I have begun looking up a few of the painting mentioned in the book, but there are few available, sadly. | |
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caring carer
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Number of posts : 45
Age : 64
Location : Gillingham Dorset
Registration date : 2008-12-04
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:20 pm | |
| - Solveig wrote:
- Still fighting the slight nausea left after chapter 14, the story of Annie Chapman's murder, but apart from that, I'm doing fine Also, I have begun looking up a few of the painting mentioned in the book, but there are few available, sadly.
He is quite a horrible man! Its quite hard to read loads of pages at one go. I have never read a book like it before and I have read loads of true crime stuff over the years, even the Jack the Ripper stuff, but this is totally different. | |
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Tourterelle
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Number of posts : 7942
Age : 31
Location : Wisconsin, USA
Dictionary Definition : Tourterelle--a unique specimen of the female gender of Homo Sapiens that exhibits behaviors such as excessive procrastination, chocolate creation (in direct contradiction to the Law of Conservation of Matter), and overall insanity. Common names include Nicholle, CQ (Chocolate Queen), Crackhead, and Miss Martini Maniac. Lately, this individual has reportedly been seen dancing in a banana costume and drinking an excessive amount of martinis.
Registration date : 2008-12-03
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:36 pm | |
| I think I'll join the next group read, after this book.  | |
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Goldfish
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Number of posts : 226
Location : From Mars. Only here to observe the human species.
Registration date : 2008-12-03
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:43 pm | |
| I'll do a group/buddy read as well. With classics, maybe? I don't know. Has anyone read Kurt Vonnegut's works? I have Timequake and Mother Night sitting on my shelf. I, unfortunately, am not getting my steady diet of books the way I used to, so this might help me with that.
* Or someone who's interested in reading Battle Royale. Has anyone read that book before? Would anyone like to? | |
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BeautyBlitz
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Number of posts : 1882
Age : 41
Location : Canada
Dictionary Definition : Rodent - Homo Rodentiensis is a typical LC creature. Always ready to laugh about stupidity, this being has long occupied a special moderator status on the LC. As one of the very few LC creatures who actually can get and keep a partner, she is the object of constant envy. Though madness is not part of the average Rodents characteristics, this particular feature can at times be subject to change, especially when striken by severe sleep deprivation.
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Registration date : 2008-12-02
| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:26 pm | |
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Goldfish
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Location : From Mars. Only here to observe the human species.
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| | Subject: Re: Group Reads/Buddy Reads Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:14 pm | |
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Looking forward to this. I like to discuss my reading matter but don't get the opportunity at home. No one else reads much at home except my son's fiance but they have gone off to see her parents in Spain for a few months. 
