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What Month During Q2 Will You Be Reading?
One of the problems I have noticed with the quarterly book discussions that 'In Person' book discussions do not have is having everyone reading the book at a different pace throughout the Quarter. In an 'In Person' Book Discussion, you would not be able to attend a meeting if you were not prepared by having read the selected chapters. So I was curious when everyone planned to begin the reading and participate in discussion.
To get a better feel for both how many people plan on reading and when everyone will be reading, I would like to enquire which month you will begin reading this selection and when you plan to join the discussion. Please feel free to select a month and/or elaborate below.
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Excellent! I am up to page 90 so far. I took a short break from reading Harris to read Ender's Game for the Q2 fiction reading. Looks like we are already starting to get some discussion going here, a great start!
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I plan to read through it slowly and make lots of comments as I go along, so it might take the whole three months! I'm reading "Slow" by Carl Honore at the moment - he recommends slow reading, which looks just like what this forum was designed for. So slow down Steve and let's have some more great comments.
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I was not suggesting to read fast... I was only trying to figure out how many other people would be reading and when they plan on participating. I volunteered at Chris's request to be a Discussion Leader and I thought it would be good to know when everyone will be participating.
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I've been reading a little and taking some notes. I'll start posting either tonight or tomorrow.
May I suggest that we not use the chapter prefix for every new thread we start? At this rate it will quickly become difficult find the main thread for each chapter.
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Agreed. Unless a specific topic that bridges the entire book is to be discussed, we should probably keep discussion within the orginal chapter threads started by Chris. I think some of the sub-threads have/will develop as a unifying critique of a specific idea covering the entire book and those are good threads to seperate out.
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Have not started it yet...but it is in my active reading plie...so I should be starting it soon. I am reading "Enders Game" right now. I have been reding 2-3 books at a time lately, but for some reason, I do not feel like doing that at this time. I may just finish "EG" and then start the Harris book. So maybe in a few days...
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Well, I figure since I've been contributing to discussion, I ought to pay at least a token admission by reading the book. I won't be buying it (sorry, Chris -- I'll make it up to you as soon as I get my taxes paid), but the university library has a few copies. Unfortunately, they're all checked out at the moment, so I'll have to wait until someone decides to bring a copy back. But if it's any consolation, I'll probably burn through the book in a couple of days when I do get my hands on it.
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Glad to hear you will be giving it a read, MadArchitect! It is definitely a quick read, if not for Ender's Game and skiing half the week, I probably would have finished it by now.
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Come on and join us, Nick! We could use some balance to the discussion. My posts haven't been oppositional, so you won't be the only one(like you mind that, anyway)!
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