Reading material
If anybody ever wants to go to any of the events at Crockatt and Powell on Lower Marsh or at The Calder Bookshop on The Cut then just say the word. C&P recently had that Zadie Smith talking about her Orange Prize winner On Beauty.
Any more votes for unread novels that might form the basis of a book group? Currently, only Amsterdam by Ian McEwan gets votes. What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt and When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant are supposed to be good and there's stuff on the 2005 Booker Prize longlist that is nagging away.
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Hey Trevor - like the sound of the book club. Last time I read a book was when I was tentatively joining another club, erm, last year. Didn't quite work out on the *social* side of things, author invited to club, everyone trying to impress him, etc etc. You guys and gals sure are a more sociable and easygoing bunch, so would like to dip my toe in bookworld again, if I may.
Haven't read any Ian McEwan, and like the sound of Amsterdam. But I am *easy* on other choices.
Kev
Will have to respectfully decline, I'm afraid - I am barred from reading for pleasure until I complete my masters in autumn 2007.
Though if anyone wants to have a book group based on such page turners as The Reconfiguration of Work and Family Life in Contemporary Societies or Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children (both of which are actually quite good, by the way), count me in.
Re the latter, here's your daily dose of scary data:
Betty Hart has found that, by the age of four, professional parents will have spoken 50m words to their children, compared to 12m spoken by parents on income support - and she argues that this has strong effects on cognitive development and future life chances. Perhaps even more significantly, by the age of 3 the child of professionals will have received 700,000 encouragements to only 80,000 discouragements, while the child of parents on welfare will have heard only 60,000 encouragements and twice as many discouragements.
All for the bookclub!
To kick things of what about a get together between interested parties to sort out the logistics (frequency, best day of the week for it, 'hosting etiquette' etc.), initial selections and a tipple or two?
Does Wednesday 20 suit?
I can't do Thur 21st, but other evenings that week fine [as is week before except Friday]. Keep me posted. K
Can't do Wed 20th or Wed 27th - university open days. All other evenings/weekends free until Kev's party, apart from Friday 22nd (Sylvie Guillem?). If Toni Martinez doesn't want to come (I can't remember), does anyone want to come with me next Tue 12th to a Basement Jaxx secret gig in London Bridge at 7:15? I won some tickets on the wwweb.
Any advance on a date for the first meeting?
um, mon 18th? xk
I could do that. B&S? x
hey anna, et al..
think suggestion of 18th was just a plenary session. no official read this book by that date set yet. enjoy the magic isle.
b&s -- can you meet up on monday to discuss? xk
I will be at a party as part of Fashion Week, don't you know!
Tuesday 19th or why not Friday 22nd?
... can do either, think Trevor busy on the Friday... shall we say Tuesday... hot with some fashion buzz?
Tue good for me. Where and at what time?
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