ŷ������

Just to clarify, will the pool take the place of our usual monthly read? If everyone is reading different books, will there still be an opportunity for discussion? Or is this something extra?

Elinor wrote: "Just to clarify, will the pool take the place of our usual monthly read? If everyone is reading different books, will there still be an opportunity for discussion? Or is this something extra?"

This is something extra, but it also reflects a change in my/NZ's circumstances. I started typing a big long explanation, but the short form is NZ has Delta, so I don't want to commit to anything I may not be able to do - like fossick through charity & secondhand book shops.

Tadiana is now very busy & Hana hasn't been online since August. I'm really worried about her, but I know the fonts on ŷ������ really bothered her eyes.

I think there are some books that people will want to discuss. If people want more than a one line summary, they can open a discussion thread in this folder - or see if there are existing discussions - for example there are threads for The Far Pavilions I think the Poldark books will lead to good discussions! & I'm hoping to carry on with the Thirkells, but I have never seen a single Thirkell in a second hand or charity shop. & Tadiana is still intending to do the Xmas reads, but if she is too busy I can step in. :)

Great, thanks, Carol, that clarifies it a bit more - also takes into consideration our different circumstances as to book availability- for instance, i’ve only been able to find one Goudge book in my city library, “The Dean’s Watch��. Others have mentioned their libraries dispose of older books, or shipping is unreliable or very expensive to where they live.

Hana, if you see this, sending positive thoughts and good wishes- Tadiana, busy or not, take care of yourself! And Carol, keep being careful, I know you’re tired of it, but hang in there!

I will join the pool if it isn’t too late, but I won’t nominate any books because there’s already a treasure chest to choose from.

Hah, Elinor, you’d be welcome to “adopt�� any of mine that I had to winnow from the list��
�� E. Nesbit, The Lark
�� Margery Sharp, The Nutmeg Tree
�� Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
�� any any Elizabeth Goudge that strikes your fancy!

Abigail wrote: "Hah, Elinor, you’d be welcome to “adopt�� any of mine that I had to winnow from the list��
�� E. Nesbit, The Lark
�� Margery Sharp, The Nutmeg Tree
�� Harper Lee, [book:To ..."

So true, so many wonderful titles -and we barely touched nonfiction, children’s or YA, or mysteries (and our retro period covers the plentiful Golden Age of British mysteries!)

Elinor wrote: "I will join the pool if it isn’t too late, but I won’t nominate any books because there’s already a treasure chest to choose from."

More books the merrier Elinor but you don't have nominate any books if you don't want to. :)

I'll add your name to the list.

Hi all, apparently I somehow turned off all my notifications for this group so I'm just noticing this thread for the first time. Work has been so busy lately - my law firm merged with a worldwide firm and my workload has expanded noticably - but I'm trying to make more room in my life for GR and this group again (and for pleasure reading and writing reviews generally). So I'd like to join this venture as well! I'll think about my books.

Tadiana ✩Night Owl�� wrote: "Hi all, apparently I somehow turned off all my notifications for this group so I'm just noticing this thread for the first time. Work has been so busy lately - my law firm merged with a worldwide f..."

Hi Tadiana!

You may not have done anything with your notifications - ŷ������ is getting a lot of complaints with people not receiving them. I just run my eye down the group page every morning, to make sure I don't miss anything.

Great to see you back among us, Tadiana! I’ve been getting very few notifications for nearly a year now—very annoying. I have to go online and scan through every one of my groups—which I can only do because I’m retired.

glad to see you back, Tadiana.

I always miss things because of no notifications.

Can I join for 2022?

Kim wrote: "Can I join for 2022?"

Yay Kim! Of course you can! I'll add you to the list.

It used to be that when you commented on a thread, GR would automatically add it to your notifications. Lately I've been needing to manually click on the "Notify me when people reply" button (including for this thread! I just noticed I wasn't getting notified of the replies)

Any more participants?

It is nearly 2022!

I'd like to participate in the read, though I might not submit books for the pool--I just discovered this group and joined about five minutes ago, and though I understand that you don't want any Mary Stewart books, I'm not sure that I quite grasp what kinds of books you do want to consider. Must prowl around the group's bookshelf first, and that might bump up against the deadline.

Susan wrote: "I'd like to participate in the read, though I might not submit books for the pool--I just discovered this group and joined about five minutes ago, and though I understand that you don't want any Ma..."

Welcome Susan!

The reason for no Mary Stewart & no Georgette Heyer is that Tadiana moderates a group for Mary Stewart & I moderate a group for Georgette Heyer - & as much as we love their works, we do like reading other authors!

The bookshelf should give you a pretty good idea of what we read :) /group/books...

I've added your name here, Susan /topic/show/...

The Mary Stewart group has been pretty inactive for the last two or three years (she didn’t write all that many books and I was tired of rereading them after about 3 rounds in 5 or 6 years). I offered to let someone else moderate the group a year or two ago but didn’t get any takers. I’m sure at some point I’ll be ready to reread my Mary Stewart books again but that date isn’t here yet.

All that is to say, if someone wants to propose or read a Mary Stewart book in this group, I won’t object. 😊

Tadiana ✩Night Owl�� wrote: "It used to be that when you commented on a thread, GR would automatically add it to your notifications. Lately I've been needing to manually click on the "Notify me when people reply" button (inclu..."

That is true. And I miss a lot of updates for the same reason. You have to remember to click on "notify me." I had to cut way back on my reading this year when my job changed as well. I have missed reading with most groups I am part of it. I might be interested but don't want to commit. I will watch to see what is added.

If it is not too late I will add the following five books from my TBR list:

1. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
2. Slowly Down the Ganges
3, The Rainbow
4. Fahrenheit 451
5. The Secret Garden

Hope these books fit the brief

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "I've added your name here, Susan /topic/show/..."

I think I'm missing from that list. ;)

Also, is it ok if I start my own thread here to keep track of my Book Pool reads instead of posting under the main thread (when it's unfrozen)?

CindySR wrote: "Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "I've added your name here, Susan /topic/show/..."

I think I'm missing from that list. ;)

Also, is it ..."

Sorry about that Cindy! I've added you now. :)

You are welcome to start your own thread in the Book Pool, but please post when you have completed in the Book Pool page as well. /topic/show/... otherwise it would be too difficult for me to keep track if I have to check multiple threads. :)

Wayne wrote: "If it is not too late I will add the following five books from my TBR list:

1. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
2. Slowly Down the Ganges
3, The Rainbow
4. [book:Fa..."

Hi Wayne

The time period for this challenge is 1920-1980 see /topic/show/... (scroll down a bit) so your numbers 2 & 4 are fine, but if you could choose another three books?

Thanks!

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Wayne wrote: "If it is not too late I will add the following five books from my TBR list:

1. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
2. Slowly Down the Ganges
3, [book:The Rainbow|3149..."

No problem, somehow I misread it as 1900 to 1980.

So still to choose all/some of their books
Allegra (4 books)
Tadiana (5 books)
Wayne (3 books)
Susan C (5 books)
Kim K (5 books?)

After 11.59pm (PST) people can still decide to join, but they can't add any more books. :)

Another go.

1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2. The Outsiders
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

plus the two that passed muster the first time around. Thanks

Wayne wrote: "Another go.

1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2. The Outsiders
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

plus the two that passed muster the first time ar..."

Thanks for your understanding, Wayne! I've added your books to the list.

Carol, sorry to sound thick, but how does this work, exactly? We’ve all made suggestions, you’ve collected them all in the other thread - so how do we start? Just pick your first book, read it, then post in that thread, “I’ve just read (title), and here’s a link to my review�� , or do we give a short summary right on the thread?

Susan in NC wrote: "Carol, sorry to sound thick, but how does this work, exactly? We’ve all made suggestions, you’ve collected them all in the other thread - so how do we start? Just pick your first book, read it, the..."

It is probably me not explaining things clearly.

Here is one of the Book Pools in the BLK group. I've pinpointed the moderators explanation, then if you read a few more posts you will see how it is done /topic/show/... :)

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Susan in NC wrote: "Carol, sorry to sound thick, but how does this work, exactly? We’ve all made suggestions, you’ve collected them all in the other thread - so how do we start? Just pick your firs..."

Thanks, Carol, makes sense - a lot of work for you, with all the tallying up! It helps to see it “in action��!

I'd like to join in:

1. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
2. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
3. Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
4. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
5. The Source by James A. Michener

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "but please post when you have completed in the Book Pool page as well. "

Oh that would be better and easier for us both, I didn't realize you would be keeping count as well as ourselves.

Suggestion: Bookmarking the thread might make it easier for everyone keeping track, especially if notifications stop working!

Good to see you, Katy!

Your first book has come up a bit scrambled for me, but I'm going to assume it is Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Adding you & your books now.

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Good to see you, Katy!

Your first book has come up a bit scrambled for me, but I'm going to assume it is [book:Endurance: Shackleton's I..."

Yes, that is the one. Thank you. I think you caught me while I was still editing the post. Notice my 5th choice is different than when you first read it. So sorry, thought I was fast enough to catch the error, but you are faster.

Katy wrote: Yes, that is the one. Thank you."

No worries!

Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "Katy wrote: Yes, that is the one. Thank you."

No worries!"

Can you change my 5th choice. So sorry. It is listed correctly now.

I've changed it. :)

I’ll figure out my list today!

Okay, here’s my list:

The Stranger by Albert Camus
They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Star Soldiers by Andre Norton (a double set of two shorter novels, Star Guard and Star Rangers).

Driven mostly by books I happen to have on hand and haven’t read yet. :)

Working on a list now.

Carol, am awaiting the New Year, as the idiot that is our postmaster general is making our mail system so expensive, slow, & unreliable. New board members mean he should be out soon, & I will send Thirkells then.

Kim wrote: "Carol, am awaiting the New Year, as the idiot that is our postmaster general is making our mail system so expensive, slow, & unreliable. New board members mean he should be out soon, & I will send ..."

Don't send if it is too expensive, Kim!

I will send them, am not worried about expense so much as reliability. If my getting such enjoyable books to you means we can read them as a group, I will happily do so.

Kim wrote: "I will send them, am not worried about expense so much as reliability. If my getting such enjoyable books to you means we can read them as a group, I will happily do so."

That is so sweet of you, Kim! :)

It seems incomprehensible that they are no where to be found where you are. 🤷🏻‍♀��

Kim wrote: "It seems incomprehensible that they are no where to be found where you are. 🤷🏻‍♀��"

I could buy them from an overseas seller but Thirkell doesn't appear to have been a big seller in NZ. & a lot of the charity shops don't seem to have the old books any more.

1. Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
2. Five Windows by D.E. Stevenson (new edition coming out this month from Furrowed Middlebrow imprint from Dean Street Press)
3. Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
4. Bride of Pendorric by Victoria Hilt
5. Neither Five Nor Three by Helen MacInnes

ok no more books can be added, but people are welcome to join any time during the year.

I'll close this thread now & set up an example in the other thread tomorrow.
(it's late here) 😊