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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Matthew_S on March 18, 2010, 04:03:28 PM
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Anyone interested in a FOT 'virtual' bookclub, with discussions taking place here on the board ? Has this idea already been discussed here?
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I would really be interested in this. What kind of books? Fiction? Non-fiction?
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Sounds like a good idea. What are the chances that the first book will be Rona Jaffe's "Mazes & Monsters". I mean, I'm sure we have all seen the Tom Hanks film based on it.
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Which was actually called Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WM91X0SWL._SS500_.jpg)
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I was about to applaud your Photoshop skills until I realized that this movie actually exists.
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And I have seen it.
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You guys should call your group the Friends Of Tome.
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Look, are we all gonna read Mazes and Monsters or not?
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i consider the Faves Books/Books You're Currently Reading thread a bookclub thread already.
i saw we kick it up to a bookcrossing concept and send each other books. no keepers!
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I think it should be the Friends of Tome Book Report. Someone has to call the show and try to give a 30 second book report. My library doesn't have that Rona Jaffe title.
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We could all read the book and then call the show on the same night with our commentary.
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Here's a book suggestion for the club.
"Homer and Langley" by Doctorow. It's a fictionalized story based on the lives of New York's notorious compulsive hoarders the Coylier brothers, who lived in a time predating psychological diagnosis and treatment for the disorder. Perfect FOT fodder, a fun, captivating read, with a touch of tragic.
Currently, there is a reality show that goes into the homes of compulsive hoarders and bull-dozers the clutter out, as part of their treatment. I couldn't even watch half an episode, it was too gross.
Anyone in?
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Currently, there is a reality show that goes into the homes of compulsive hoarders and bull-dozers the clutter out, as part of their treatment.
You're kidding!
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i still like my idea better.
Currently, there is a reality show that goes into the homes of compulsive hoarders and bull-dozers the clutter out, as part of their treatment.
You're kidding!
ha.
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I like the book club idea. Considering I have a small pile of clutter that I need to get motivated to get rid of, I think the Homer and Langley book would be a good one for me to begin with...lol
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I like the bookcrossing idea as well.
Let's try this.
If you are actually interested in this idea and will likely participate, message me here. If 5 (too small?) people do so, then I will try to organize something. The idea to call in to the show is interesting (wasn't there supposed to be a magazine book club years back?) but that is up to Tom, so no go on that one (yet?).
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Somebody needs to explain what bookcrossing is to me.
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http://www.bookcrossing.com/
They define it as:
n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
It is sorta like a bookclub crossed with http://www.wheresgeorge.com/
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I would do a bookclub or bookcrossing.
I just give all my books to the Newark Salvation Army now...I feel like my dumb hip books aren't appreciated.