LFGSS Book Club

Whatever - You'll ony go and spend it on whisky...
Shit - I'm so excited theres a chance I may buy and read this book tonight! argh!
FAIL

True, but I'll get you one as well when I'm at the bar.

wow, i am psyched we're going with that book. the sub topic to the discussion can be "25 reasons kattt wishes she could marry ernest hemingway," this is the book that does it for me. psyched to be reading it again.. yayyy :) jacqui let me know if i can bring anything!

I think it should be a good night. I will let you know closer to the day if anything at all is needed. i would suggest that you bring your own beverages should you wish anything particular with your meal other than water..
I start reading tonight!
I think everyone should pick two /three books titles and brief descriptions and we should then make up the list of which we will read over the next few months. That way everyone is going to be influencing eachother with at least one book ;)

Well if it's Hemmingway then really we should drink Mojitos.

Ya know, for historical accuracy.

And stuff....

I agree - ensuring that everyone suggests at least one book will give us a broader scope and hopefuly get us out of any reading ruts we may be in.

chris, I havent read enough hemmingway to know if you're being funny or serious ;S

prov - I think we should each suggest 2 that way if by some chance two people have simillar tastes we still end up with a starting list of 6 ;)

chris, I havent read enough hemmingway to know if you're being funny or serious ;S

Hemmingway spent a lot of time in Cuba and was fond of the odd Mojito as the cause of and a cure for his hangovers.

And I like Mojitos.

a farewell to arms is all about italian red wine, cognac and brandy. alcohol is a recurring theme in all his books. i think i'll start reading tonight, looking forward to it. the list is a great idea. :)

oooh if we're doing hemmingway, i'm in. but i'm not keen on a scifi/pulp crime novel/american psycho bookclub.

To express my love for my favorite book, I've got a Nineteen Eighty-Four mug. You don't love a book until you've got the mug.

a sad day for the book club, john updike died :(

Jamie's book shelf disapointed me last night... but ebay didn't. I got "fairwell" and "movable feast" for £5.
I would also like to put my choices forward for other books to consider - some of you may have read them already but they are from my list of "should, but haven't read yet"

1. Lolita
   
2. The Great Gastby
   
3. Catch 22
   

yes ma'am used to be a KP ( kitchen porter, main duties taking abuse from head chef and washing dishes ) during university holidays as a kid
i'll bring my own fairy liquid !!

ooh, i really liked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Love -- great book

book suggestion .... the hungry catepillar only 6 or so pages
nice simple one to ease us into the club

oops sorry i should be taking this more seriously

ooh, i really liked geek love -- great book

Do you have that? It sounds FANTASTIC.

Do you have that? It sounds FANTASTIC.

yeah it's a lovely book. really great.

book suggestion .... the hungry catepillar only 6 or so pages
nice simple one to ease us into the club

hungry caterpillar didn't enter my knowledge until someone from Oz gave me a T-shirt of it... love the shirt, still haven't seen the book. I gave him "Little miss Happy"

this is going to fuel my ebay habit i can tell... lol

Books! Glorious books..

ok now I have 4 books to read.. I can't wait for the hemmingways to arrive. I hope "fairwell" is first, otherwise I might get stuck in another first..

My two recommendations (are we doing these already?) are:

The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
The Trial - Franz Kafka

Both awesome books

well, origninally I said we should do that at the first meeting, which I think we should - I just got a bit excited...