Lindz L

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againstthetide says

You are so welcome! Happy shopping!!

posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )

againstthetide says

Ok, the e-gift card was sent! Please let me know that you received it okay.

posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )

againstthetide says

Lindz - - So sorry! I appreciate you sending me your email. I will get this out to you today. - Anita

posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )

againstthetide says

Hi Lindz,

You won the Subdue the Shelf, but I haven't heard from you regarding your prize. I need your email address in order to deliver it to you!

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Tenia F says

hey lindz why are we not friends?

posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )

spiffyshona says

honestly, i can't remember what i picked for you to read.....can you help me out there?

posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )

spiffyshona says

ps: i LOVEDLOVEDLOVED the shining, and even though i'd seen both movie adaptations, it was like i was reading it for the first time! such good writing!

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spiffyshona says

hey, how was your book?

posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )

againstthetide says

Sure thing - - your starting tag is chick lit.

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LibraryCin says

Hi Lindz. Sorry for the really late note, but I'm from the Author Author group and wanted to welcome you to our group. June’s featured author is C.S. Lewis, and we have two alternate authors, Nancy Mitford and Diana Gabaldon. If you're interested, you can choose a book written by any (or all!) of these three authors, and after you've read it, please come post a review and star rating so the rest of us in the group know what you read and whether you liked it or not. Happy Reading!

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Deb says

Hi Lindz, I am just checking on the status of the bookmark swap for Bookworms. Have you received your bookmarks and have you mailed yours to your swap partners?
I have started a thread in Bookworms where people have been posting that they have received theres, etc. Please stop by and let us know and send me a note. Thanks.

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Tenia F says

Hi there I'm Tenia co admin of book chat. Come by chat with us see what's new join a book swap:)

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Jelton M says

Hello, I love your collections of books.

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Book Concierge says

Well, we're having our summer thunder-boomer season right now, so my garden was flooded this morning! I don't mind rain ... or snow ... or cold. The Pacific Northwest is HIGH on our list of places where we'd like to live in retirement (though I'd be even farther from my family in Texas than I am now).

The thing about starting a book club (mind you, I, personally, have never started one) is that you need to remember that in any organization only about 10% of the "members" will participate in any given event. And only 10% of THOSE will be involved in actually running things. So unless you have a group of friends or co-workers who are already committed bibliophiles when you get started, you probably need 20-25 people on your initial roster to ensure you'll have 3-4 people at any given discussion.

The other thing that stops some people, I think (just my opinion), is the "fear" of hosting. NONE of the groups I participate in require hosting at home. (I only just now realized that!)

BG#1 meets in a book store coffee shop, but our Dec meeting is always in someone's home (potluck dinner) and in summer one or two members might offer to host at home so we can be outdoors during our brief "good" weather season.

BG #2 usually meets in a restaurant - the designated "hostess" chooses the locale and is responsible for the wine. Everyone else pays for her own dinner.

BG 3 also meets in a restaurant - the same one all the time (one of the founders of the original professional group is the owner). We meet at 11:00a on a Saturday and have appetizers and sangria. The first couple of meetings the organization paid for the entire tab, but now we split the check. The restaurant sometimes comps the appetizers for us.

BG # 4 & #5 are both held in large facilities provided by the universities who host them.

My favorite independent book store hosts several book clubs. But they also have author events and if there's an author event the book discussion group takes a back seat. My local library doesn't host any book discussion groups, but has a community room that we could book for our meetings ... unless something else was already scheduled for that time frame. Unfortunately my local library is quite small and doesn't have but the one large community room. A neighboring suburb has a relatively new library with several meeting rooms, and that would probably be ideal for a book group discussion place.

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

Book Concierge says

Well ...
Book group # 1 ... started by a couple of women who lived in the same condo complex. I was friends with one of them and she invited me to join a couple of months after they started meeting. Neither one is involved any more but the group has continued meeting with me as the coordinator. I joined in 1996. We meet monthly.

BG#2 - started by a group of women who are in the same professional association as I am. They wanted to do something "social" and not just business related. Started the group in May 1996 and I joined in Feb 1997. We still meet monthly.

BG #3 - Started as an off-shoot of our local Hispanic professional association. Read only Latino authors or books re Latino experience/culture. Meet every other month. I've attended most meetings since they began 4 years ago.

BG #4: A local college alumni group hosts "Great Book Discussion" 10 times a year. Meeting includes appetizers, wine and dinner (themed to book) and is facilitated by a faculty member from the English Dept. This one is open to the general public but costs $50 each time, so I only attend a couple each year.

BG# 5: My alma mater's University Women Alumnae group has a book discussion about 3 times per year. No cost - but also no food or wine. I'm going to the next one which will include the author - Leif Enger speaking about his book Peace Like a River

I think the hardest thing about organizing a book club is that you have to be REALLY clear about your expectations and that everyone is on board. One reason I really like BG 2, 4 and 5 is that they are really focused on the book and that the people who attend are serious about talking about THE BOOK (not kids, husbands, jobs, etc).

I have a soft spot in my heart for BG 1 but while we have 10 people on the mailing list we sometimes only have 2 people at the discussion! And they like to ramble. If they stay on topic for more than 20 minutes I think that's a real accomplishment. I've been seriously considering quitting this group ... or more accurately quitting my "coordinator" position (which will mean the group dies because no one else currently involved will pick up the reins).

BG 3 is still pretty new and struggling along. But it reminds me of BG 1 in its early years. For the first couple of years we'd meet and at the end of that meeting choose the next book and the next date. Of course that meant that only the handful in attendance had any input. About 2 years ago, I suggested we email everyone and ask for book suggestions in advance, and that we also set a regularly scheduled meeting. There were a couple of meetings with only 2 people in attendance, but now it's in the newsletter for the organization, and our coordinator sends out a reminder email, so we tend to have 4-6 people showing up.

I hear people saying all the time that they'd LOVE to be in a book club. I always invite them to attend BG#1 (which is always open to guests). Most never take me up on it. A few who do, sign up for the regular roster and then we don't hear from them - ever. If I haven't heard anything from someone in a year I send an email asking if s/he still wants to be on the distribution list. If they want the info, but won't be attending I move their name to our "alums" list. They then get the monthly notice, but don't get the reminders and notices of contests, special events, etc.

Well, this is probably WAY more than you really wanted to know. Thanks for the inquiry and I'm happy to chat about books any time, any where.

By the way where in Washington? My husband and I love visiting that state (and BC)
I'm going to send you a friend request.

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

Don K. says

Welcome to Good Reads, Lindz. The group profile should give you some idea of how the group works, and the shelf provides a list of books we have read.

For March, we read American Gods by Neil Gaiman; for April, we read the Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak for May. For June we are reading and discussing The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. And, next month we plan to read Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje.

Please feel free to post to any of the book discussions (old or new) and vote when we post candidates for August. We are glad you joined and want to encourage you to participate.

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

tanya s says

Hi! I was just surfing around, & reading the reviews/ etc of 'The Ethics of What We Eat'... noticed you're reading it now... it looks interesting, & I love your shelf! 'The Monster @ the End of This Book' is one of my favorites too! :-) Have you ever checked out the group 'The Politics of Food'? I like it, but it needs more voices! Just a thought... anyway, have a good day!

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Liz K says

I did not take the 40 billion (or something like that) page task on. I'm too weak.

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Nighthawk says

I always do.

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Nighthawk says

It does, yes. I've has Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon sitting around here for years I think I will try to tackle it in the next few months.

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