Book Fellas (Open-to-all Reading Club)

[prakx]

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off next week kai thurs n fridays

[josephdc]

hehe sori dugay nahuman amo duty...

I like to join but as i have read the messages it seems an exclusive group- to those only who are friends to the author of this topic.

hehe nope bro. dili nako kaila daan si luthienne og velvette...

^ngek dili jud bro...dili ni elitist na grupo...in fact one of the goals is to encourage reading among us filipinos...see? aw apil ang non filipinos pud...noble kaayu ni nga mission ni josephdc hehehe...

open to ALL

whether booklover, booklover wannabe, interested in expanding reading interests (like try ka other genres), or you just want to get the discipline of reading at least one book every 4-6 weeks

mao ni ang tumong sa group, aside from socializing with others of course. sige apil mo sa meeting next week. post your available sked.

again, open to all!

nge hehe...

yup, this is open to all! i'm not even a wide reader myself, but i want to develop the habit of reading...

^sige we'll take note of ur sked. mag suggest ta diri unsa nga book..josephdc and luthienne will share some selection guidelines.

@Luthienne and Josephdc - my apologies! karon pa ko ka realize nga late diay akong relo ug usa ka oras! waaa mao diay to ingon mo nga late ko? i thought na late ra ko balig 15 minutes...1 hour and 15 minutes diay! as in na late ko diri sa akong trabahuan ug balig usa ka oras...i thought 1pm pa alas dos na diay! and i thought 11:30 ta nanggikan...12:30 naman diay to oi...gipanggutom na mo adto? tsk tsk tsk ....

hahaha... mao ba!? mao diay hehe... pero okay ra oi!

Ayaw lang tingay i take note basin ug di ta pareha ug interest sa libro
I am thinking that Will i read a book that i do not like just for the sake of the club?

we hope that the club will help us broaden our reading tastes... and nindut tong idea ni mam velvette ganiha na hopefully kung daghan2x na ta we can have different cells under one club; so for example one cell may want to focus more on sci fi books, another cell on classics, another on non-fiction, another on fantasy, etc., and members can "cross" to other cells as their reading preference/ appetite changes...

@Egoist, we'll be glad to have you. One of the mission/goal is 'expansion' (of the mind or of one's understanding) hehe. One way that can be achieved is to expand the genre of books that we read (that's also one of the reasons for my joining). I hope maybe we can include your taste in books for our selection. We'll try to have as many genre for our selection as possible, though of course mataud tauran pa tingali una ma taymingan nga ang atong forte or hilig ang pili-on nato for that particular month.

We may not have the same types of books but we do all have one thing in common: we like to read; for reasons that may differ -- discipline, speed-reading, etc. So let us unite! and not let our differences with regards to the types of books we read be a hindrance to this, hopefully.

yup2x![br]Posted on: December 14, 2007, 01:18:43 AM_________________________________________________G uys, one of the things we talked about ganiha is book selection. Let's come up na lang with a list of suggested titles. As a guide, we thought it interesting to consider the following:

- Books that will be made into a movie
- Best seller lists/ book reviews
- Personal suggestions

Each of us can suggest a couple (or more) titles for the list, and then during the meeting next week let's narrow it down, and finally let's vote on the book we will read for January's gathering.

Ako suggestion kay:

1. I am Legend by Richard Matheson (In the movie version it will be starred by Will Smith);
2. Atonement by Ian McEwan (Will be starred by Kierra Knightley);
3. Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis (The next installment in the Chronicles of Narnia);
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I dunno unsa ang mga best sellers karon sa National. I dunno if Powerbooks also have their list of best sellers. We can consider that, and we can also look into book reviews. Pwede pud kanang mga nakadaug og mga lit awards like the Nobel prize, or Palanca...

It would be nice if we can read the book before the movie opens in the theaters, but we can also watch them in DVD na lang hehe.

[gareb]

my gawd. join ko beh.

my book selections (at least those that were recognized by Shelfari) are in here:

http://shelfari.com/jeub

[Galadriel]

books that I have read are here www.shelfari.com/Padme

[wsraxe]

@Galadriel: Welcome aboard! [br]Posted on: December 13, 2007, 03:21:45 PM_________________________________________________
Hello. Ni adto ka ganiha? Unya wa lang ta magka ilhanay?
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wala. apil ko next time. i was working overtime i think. u know na call centers. next time apil koww!!

[Velvett]

hi people, im reading this "Reading Group Handbook" lent to me by Josephdc (thanks, bro) and it's packed with ideas on starting a reading club.

regarding the book selection process, mao ni atong i consider in coming up with a diverse selection:
1. form - novel, novella, short story, prose, poetry, essay, plays and films
2. genre - historical fiction/nonfiction, feminist fiction/nonfiction, science fiction, classics, children's book, etc.
3. author - local author, foreign author (japanese, mexican, etc)
4. others - award-winning, adapted into a movie or play, mirrors current social condition, etc.

I suggest we post here our book suggestions, then when we meet next week we'll decide on what should be included in our dynamic 10-month syllabus (wow, futuristic!). we'll also know what will be the book for the January dicusssion.

dili man ta familiar with all titles so i suggest we give a little description (form, genre, about the author, others)

@josephdc perhaps you can give more info on your suggested readings bro..with this we'll see if our syllabus is diverse enough

@gareb, galenostiel, galadriel...give suggestions for the selection please...we are aiming for a very diverse selection. books by filipino authors, know of any?

[wsraxe]

bookworm diay ko beau noh, didn't know that...

[Velvett]

bookworm diay ko beau noh, didn't know that...

oist! apil diha ha...meeting next week..set pa ta time.

OT: ya im more of a reader than a speaker or trainer nyahaha

[wsraxe]

yeah, me too. looooveeee to read

[gareb]

i have a thin book here, entitled Fast Food Fiction (edited by Noelle de Jesus). it's a collection of very short stories, sometimes called 'flash fiction' which contain 1000 words or less each. you can actually finish reading one whole story in less than 3 minutes.

it's one of my personal favorites. and it's something i want to recommend to the reading list.