Reading Club

Richard Roma

We're reading 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Love' by Raymond Carver for the next meeting - Wednesday 15th December at 8pm.

As it's the last meeting before Christmas we'll be having our annual meal/p!ss up. We might even get to talk about the book at some stage, not guaranteed though.

As usual, all newcomers are very welcome. We're meeting in The Exchequer Gastropub at 8pm. Please PM me if you're attending as I need to book a table.

Hope to see you there

I'mOnlyDancing

Hello there, I just found this thread, looking for bookclub to join in Dublin. Just wondering if the group is all twenty-somethings as per an early post on this thread? I am a forty-something, not being ageist but I would feel braver about joining if there was a mix!

cailinoBAC

Hey, I haven't been to the book club since March because I've left the country, but there was a mix of age groups, depending on the week that was in it. 20s to 40s I would say, but definitely no limit! New members are always welcome. You should go along to the Christmas event. I've been to all of the other ones and they've always been good. Also there usually tend to be one or two new people at the Christmas do as well, so it wouldn't be strange.

Travel is good

I'mOnlyDancing wrote: »

Hello there, I just found this thread, looking for bookclub to join in Dublin. Just wondering if the group is all twenty-somethings as per an early post on this thread? I am a forty-something, not being ageist but I would feel braver about joining if there was a mix!

Hi there,

I went to a few meetings and I would definitely be in the older age group, so please do feel free to join! That idea of a meal at Christmas time sounds good.

I'mOnlyDancing

Thanks for the replies, I'd love to join the group. Don't know yet if I can make the Wed 15th Dec, my work hours are irregular, but I'll keep an eye on this thread for what you're reading and come to the next date I am free. Thanks again, looking forward to meeting other booklovers!

Richard Roma

Hi All,
We've had to change the booking to The Chatham Brasserie at short notice. It's still on Wednesday at 8 o'clock.
Everybody is welcome. I'll ensure that the staff at the restaurant know where the book club is located. Otherwise, feel free to pm for contact details.

steve_r

Next book is "Nemises" by Philip Roth, 304 Pages

Meeting is Wednesday 19 January 2011, at 8pm in the Library Bar, which is upstairs in the Central Hotel, which is just of George's Street.


Available in most books shops, and online at:

http://www.bookshop.kennys.ie/bookdetails?isbn=9780224089531&source_country=UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nemesis-Philip-Roth/dp/0224089536/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1294080156&sr=8-4

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780224089531/Nemesis



It's been discussed on "The View" on RTE 04 Jan - http://www.rte.ie/tv/theview/index.html#this_week

Richard Roma

Next book is 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' by Junot Diaz.
We're meeting on Weds 9th Feb in The Central Hotel.
All new people welcome.
PM me for details
Available for a fiver on Book Depository:
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780571239733/The-Brief-Wondrous-Life-of-Oscar-Wao

steve_r

Guys,

Next book is Things the Grandchildren should know by Mark Oliver Everett, more commonly known as Eels.

We will be meeting at 8pm on Wednesday March 2nd in the Libary Bar in the Central hotel, which is just off George's Street.

The book is 245 pages and should be available from:

• Your local libary
• http://www.bookshop.kennys.ie/book/UK/9780349120843/Things_the_Grandchildren_Should_Know+ (This is an Irish site that has a large catelogue and offers free and quick Irish delivery. I don't work for them, I swear)
• http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780349120843/Things-the-Grandchildren-Should-Know

the west wing

Hey! I'm interested in joining the club. Are new members still welcome?

steve_r

yeah, all are welcome

Richard Roma

We're reading 'Solar' by Ian McEwan next. Meeting up Wednesday 23rd March at 8pm in The Library Bar.
As usual, new people are very welcome. PM me for contact details

Richard Roma

We're reading The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster next.
Meeting in Library Bar (Central Hotel) on Wednesday April 13th at 8pm.
All newcomers welcome.
PM me for contact details

the west wing

Hey! I've just realised I won't be around for the next meeting. Going down to Limerick to see the Dalai Lama so I'll miss it. I think it's Declan who said he would bring in 'The Finkler Question' for me at the meeting. If you would be willing to hold onto it for another month I'd gladly take it then but I completely understand if it is taking up space and you want to get rid of it before that. Hope you have a enjoyable night.

Richard Roma

the west wing wrote: »

Hey! I've just realised I won't be around for the next meeting. Going down to Limerick to see the Dalai Lama so I'll miss it. I think it's Declan who said he would bring in 'The Finkler Question' for me at the meeting. If you would be willing to hold onto it for another month I'd gladly take it then but I completely understand if it is taking up space and you want to get rid of it before that. Hope you have a enjoyable night.

No problem. Will bring it next month

Richard Roma

We’re reading Gilead by Marilyn Robinson for the next bookclub.

Fiver on Book Depository http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Gilead-Marilynne-Robinson/9781844081486

We’re meeting in three weeks time at 8pm on Wednesday 4th May.

As usual, all newcomers are welcome.

See you then,
Dec

steve_r

Pertaining to our substantive theological discourse:

steve_r

Next book is "The Screwtape Letters" by CS Lewis, 175 Pages

Meeting is Wednesday 25 May 2011, at 8pm in the Library Bar, which is upstairs in the Central Hotel, which is just of George's Street.


Available in most books shops, and online at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_i_0?rh=k%3Ascrewtape+letters%2Ci%3Astripbooks&keywords=screwtape+letters&ie=UTF8&qid=1304588635


http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Screwtape-Letters-Lewis/9780006280606

http://www.bookshop.kennys.ie/booksearch?search_addkeywords=&search_condition=All&search_pricefrom=&search_priceto=&search_format=&search_publishedfrom=&search_publishedto=&search_order=price_asc&search_filter=Go+%26gt%3B%26gt%3B&search_keywords=screwtape+letters&search_search=true

steve_r

Next book is "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" by Horace McCoy, 121 Pages

Meeting is Wednesday 15 June 2011, at 8pm in the Library Bar, which is upstairs in the Central Hotel, which is just of George's Street.


Available in most books shops, and online at:

http://www.amazon.com/They-Shoot-Horses-Midnight-Classics/dp/185242401X

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/They-Shoot-Horses-Dont-They-Horace-McCoy/9781846687396

http://www.bookshop.kennys.ie/book/UK/9781846687396/They_Shoot_Horses_Dont_They

squeakyduck

Would it be ok to have a new member join? I just stumbled across this thread now looks interesting!

Richard Roma

Hi,
We're always glad to see new members at the meetings.
Alternatively PM me if you'd like to be added to the mailing list

Earthhorse

We are reading The Sportswriter by Richard Ford for the next meeting, which will be Wednesday, 6th July at 8pm in the Library Bar of the Central Hotel.

Currently 32% off at the Book Depository: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Sportswriter-Richard-Ford/9780747585176 and also available for not much money on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sportswriter-Richard-Ford/dp/0747585172/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308254549&sr=1-1

New members are always welcome.

KATM

Earthhorse wrote: »

We are reading The Sportswriter by Richard Ford for the next meeting, which will be Wednesday, 6th July at 8pm in the Library Bar of the Central Hotel.

Currently 32% off at the Book Depository: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Sportswriter-Richard-Ford/9780747585176 and also available for not much money on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sportswriter-Richard-Ford/dp/0747585172/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308254549&sr=1-1

New members are always welcome.

Hi there,

In response to your post, which outlines that new members are welcome. Could you let me know the approx. number of people that usually turn up; what are the members like; what type of book do you usually read?

Sorry for all the questions...
K

Earthhorse

The number of people varies a bit. Last time we had seven the time before five. Four or five is probably a good average if I had to guess.

There's a good mix of people in our group. Most of us are in our 20s or 30s if that's what you're getting at? But again there's a good mix.

Here's a list of books we've read in the past excluding the most recent ones which you can find by looking back through this thread:

The Weight of Numbers - Simon Ings
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
...The Plot Against America - Philip Roth
Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Moshin Hamid
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut
A Heart so White - Javier Marias
The Sea - John Banville
Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
The Periodic Table - Primo Levi
The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre
Mikhail Lermontov - A Hero of our Time
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Arthur & George - Julian Barnes
Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
A Grief Observed by C S Lewis
The Castle - Kafka
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Sea, The Sea - Irish Murdoch
The Fall - Albert Camus
...One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
The Irish Saved Civilisation - Thomas Cahill
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language - John McWhorter
The Portrait of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin
Man's Search for Meaning - Victor Frankl
The Audacity Of Hope - Barack Obama
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
The Dead - James Joyce
But Beautiful - Geoff Dyer
The Post Office Girl - Stefan Zweig
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
Franny and Zoey - J D Salinger

Hope that helps.

KATM

Wow, thanks for going to all that effort & typing all that out!!!

Yeah, I'm in my mid-thirties myself.

Do you usually advertise the date & place on this forum?

Thanks again Earthhorse!
K

Earthhorse

Ah, I cheated a little and copied and pasted a list someone else had done up previously.

Yeah, this thread should always be updated with details of any meetings. There's an e-mail list too, which I can add you too if you Private Message your address.

Denerick

I'm quite tempted to get onboard with this. I just started a new job in Dublin and as it happens many of my old friends from Dublin are anywhere but Dublin these days. Need to do something during the week (Not the weekend as much, have plenty of things to do) and I've always wanted to join a reading club. The standard of books seems to be above average, which is encouraging. If someone could send me a PM with some details it would be great.

Giselle

It's a monthly-ish meeting? Is that typical?

I'm always threatening to join a book club, but I assumed it'd be a fortnightly rather than monthly meet up.

cailinoBAC

Think it's every 3 weeks usually, or maybe longer if it's a long book or depending on what people are up to. I haven't been in over a year because I'm living abroad, but I think every two weeks would be a bit much.

Travel is good

Don't forget that we also have the Book Crossing meet up which has a Book of the Month. Details are on the Book Crossing thread.

We usually have the BC meeting on a different night so as not to clash with this reading club. So if you want to, you could attend both!