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BOOK CLUB - Galway

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    #1472
    germanSandra
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭germanSandra


    carol123 wrote: »
    Hi Sandra

    Cloud Cake is a type of chocolate cake. It has a very rich dark chocolate base and a thick creamy topping. It's flavoured with orange liqueur and is delicious! :pac:

    Thanks. And from me also: Yum!


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    #1473
    carol123
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭carol123


    hyperbaby wrote: »
    Can i nominate before i go? Pretty please...

    Hi hyperbaby!

    Do you have a nomination in mind yet? :)


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    #1474
    hyperbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭hyperbaby


    Hi!
    I was going to reply to this thread a few minutes ago, but I changed my mind.
    Oh spooky...
    Anywho, I have two completely different nominations in mind but I haven't fully decided yet. By Saturday I will have decided if that is okay.


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    #1475
    hyperbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭hyperbaby


    I wanted to nominate a short story collection for a while and I had several in mind but each one I picked proved to be difficult to get so I asked the girl in Charlie Byrne's and she gave me a few recommendations.
    Hopefully it will be good.
    Three books in August, oooohhh August is a busy month for the book club :D

    19/07:     "Homer and Langley" by E.L. Doctorow, carol123's nom
    02/08: "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" by John le Carré, tompneary's nom
    16/08: "Room" by Emma Donoghue, Martty81's nom
    30/08: "Getting Through" by John McGahern, hyperbaby's nom


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    #1476
    higamos hogamos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭higamos hogamos


    To whom it concerns-

    Meeting tonight 8-8 30ish.

    The book that will be discussed, amongst other things(hopefully), will be "Homer and Langley" by E. L. Doctorow.


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    #1477
    carol123
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭carol123


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/09/insane-clown-posse-christians-god


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    #1478
    germanSandra
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭germanSandra


    This novel is very sad. Two brothers (Homer and Langley) had rich parents and lived in a great mansion next by the Central Park. First disaster: Homer lost his sight. Next one: Langley had to go off to war. Next: Their partens died.
    Langley came back (souvenir: lung disease)
    Either way the lost all the staff in their house. Langley turned into a clutterer and the house was in the end a deathtrap with all its trash.
    Homer enjoyed to play his piano, but then after years he also lost his hearing.
    The neighbours went into enemies. Reporters besieged their house, …
    And the very last passage is the saddest I ever read.
    My conclusion: it’s worth to read but not the right novel for rainy days.


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    #1479
    tompneary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭tompneary


    i second that, keep away from sharp objects the last few pages. We found it hard to agree as to who's fault it was that they ended up dying of hunger in a cluttered house that was probably worth millions. although the story was sort of analogous to the isolationist theories practiced by some countries in the 20th century.

    I have to say i liked the book, but thought that he was rather scant on detail in certain parts. it was quite a short (only 200 large print pages) for a book that covered a lifetime.


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    #1480
    germanSandra
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭germanSandra


    I also think that the the allusions to important events of history where too short. I mostly understood which events was spoken to, but more details would be better.


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    #1481
    hyperbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭hyperbaby


    Anyone fancy going to see The Tree of Life tonight or tomorrow night?


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    #1482
    Martty81
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Martty81


    hyperbaby wrote: »
    Anyone fancy going to see The Tree of Life tonight or tomorrow night?

    Only seeing this now. Did you go? I can go tomorrow night if that's still an option?


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    #1483
    higamos hogamos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭higamos hogamos


    hyperbaby wrote: »
    Anyone fancy going to see The Tree of Life tonight or tomorrow night?

    I could go on Wednesday if that's any good?


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    #1484
    hyperbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭hyperbaby


    I watched some wacky French movie at a friend's house instead of going tonight.
    Can you go on Wednesday night Martty?
    I can go on Monday night and i think i can go on Wednesday night.


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    #1485
    Martty81
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Martty81


    hyperbaby wrote: »
    I watched some wacky French movie at a friend's house instead of going tonight.
    Can you go on Wednesday night Martty?
    I can go on Monday night and i think i can go on Wednesday night.

    Yeah I can go on Wednesday too. We'll arrange properly tomorrow night.


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    #1486
    hyperbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭hyperbaby


    Okay awesome!

    Page 100 of the book club, oh frecking amazeballs!! :D


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    #1487
    Martty81
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Martty81


    Completely off the hook!


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    #1488
    higamos hogamos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭higamos hogamos


    I can't make it to the meeting tonight, but I will make it to the film tomorrow.

    G'luck!


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    #1489
    hyperbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭hyperbaby


    No bother!
    Don't forget my Berlin guide book!


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    #1490
    tompneary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭tompneary


    can't make it tonight unfortunately for my nomination, hope you all enjoyed it. see you all in 2 weeks


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    #1491
    Robert1782
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭Robert1782


    hey guys, cant make it to the meeting tonight either but id be interested in seeing that film tomorrow if yere still goin:)


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    #1492
    Martty81
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Martty81


    So myself and hyperbaby ended up having a cosy meeting of just two tonight. It also happened to be both of our last GBC meetings so that was nice!

    For those who are interested in going to the cinema tomorrow we are meeting at 8:45 outside the Eye Cinema. As hyperbaby said "be there or be square".

    Also, neither of us had finished reading the book so we have no review. That is all.


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    #1493
    higamos hogamos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭higamos hogamos


    8 45 it is.


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    #1494
    hyperbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 511 ✭✭✭hyperbaby


    To kindle or not to kindle, that is the question?


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    #1495
    higamos hogamos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭higamos hogamos


    Bump

    Meting tonight at 8 30 or thereabouts down in The Cottage. This weeks book is Room by Emma O' Donoghue.

    I probably won't be able to make it myself tonight, things may change but there's a 90% chance I won't be there.

    Next time for sure.


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    #1496
    tompneary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭tompneary


    only two of us made the meeting last nite in a decidedly quieter cottage bar. It seems the two for one deal is a dead duck.

    neither of us had a chance to read "Room" so sorry, no review.

    seeing as we are running low on nominations so I would like to nominate "The Woman In the Dunes" by Kobo Abe.

    So that makes the next two books:
    30th August: "Getting Through" by John McGahern
    13th September: "The Woman In the Dunes" by Kobo Abe

    Enjoy and see you all in 2 weeks


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    #1497
    carol123
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭carol123


    Hi everybody!

    Just checking that we're definitely meeting this Tuesday? Are there any of us left?:p


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    #1498
    geekychick
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭geekychick


    Yup carol, there are still some left, although really few it seems... My guesstimate for the next meet's attendance is 4. But heck, not like it's never happened before, right? ;)

    Can't wait to hear about how the summer went! :)


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    #1499
    carol123
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭carol123


    geekychick wrote: »
    Yup carol, there are still some left, although really few it seems... My guesstimate for the next meet's attendance is 4. But heck, not like it's never happened before, right? ;)

    Can't wait to hear about how the summer went! :)

    Not to worry. Thanks for that Maja. Will hopefully have photos printed by then. Had such a great time. :)


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    #1500
    higamos hogamos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭higamos hogamos


    I'll be in attendance tonight.


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    #1501
    TristanPeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TristanPeter


    Sorry won't make it tonight guys...but I have a proper excuse; working evenings for the next 2 weeks at least :) I have a lot of books to buy and read now :eek:


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