Hi All,
In order to lessen Toot's workload in updating people on Bookclub, I would like to suggest that I sign you all up for email posting. What will happen is when someone posts to the blog (not comments, just the posts themselves) you will be emailed the new post.
This means that Toot doesn't have to send an email to remind you to look at the blog, the blog will email you itself! Your email will only be available to people with Admin privileges on the blog, currently Toot, myself and Sandra, and can't be accessed by anyone else or outside parties. I have most of your emails, but in case you want to use a separate email or something, I will collect and confirm emails at the next book club!
See you all then.
Trilby
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Next Months Book - The Monkeys Mask
Hi All,
The book for August(reading)/September(meeting) is The Monkey's Mask by Dorothy Porter. It is readily available online, not sure about IRL though. I would assume Borders would have it.
I have found it online at Dymocks and Fishpond.
It's a thriller in verse, so should be quite interesting, but so far seems an 'easy' read.
See you all soon.
The book for August(reading)/September(meeting) is The Monkey's Mask by Dorothy Porter. It is readily available online, not sure about IRL though. I would assume Borders would have it.
I have found it online at Dymocks and Fishpond.
It's a thriller in verse, so should be quite interesting, but so far seems an 'easy' read.
See you all soon.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The First Stone - thoughts for discussion...
(1) If 'the incidents' occurred as described, would you have gone to the police? Why/Why Not?Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
A brave few took on the dark, cold winter night and the drive to Healesville last night, for a - shall we say - spirited discussion about the merits or lack thereof of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
All were in agreement that the main character, Catherine, was indeed a bit of a ninny. It was also felt that the book, which was one of Austen's earliest works, certainly showed evidence that the author was young and inexperienced when she wrote it, and was maybe lacking some of the more complex relationships and wit of Austen's later novels. There was some discussion as to whether the author was thumbing her nose at novel readers in general, but on the whole Northanger Abbey was not well liked by the bookclubbers (aside from Elise, who having studied it recently as part of a literature course found more to get her teeth into, and is also a dyed in the wool Janeite), and was thought to be lacking in action, frivolous and, to quote Colleen, 'drivel'.
Tahnee - juvenile. 3/10
Colleen - bland and boring. 3/10
Trilby - a simplistic plot, but did inspire her to try more Austen. 5/10
Elise - fresh and naive. 7/10
All were in agreement that the main character, Catherine, was indeed a bit of a ninny. It was also felt that the book, which was one of Austen's earliest works, certainly showed evidence that the author was young and inexperienced when she wrote it, and was maybe lacking some of the more complex relationships and wit of Austen's later novels. There was some discussion as to whether the author was thumbing her nose at novel readers in general, but on the whole Northanger Abbey was not well liked by the bookclubbers (aside from Elise, who having studied it recently as part of a literature course found more to get her teeth into, and is also a dyed in the wool Janeite), and was thought to be lacking in action, frivolous and, to quote Colleen, 'drivel'.
Tahnee - juvenile. 3/10
Colleen - bland and boring. 3/10
Trilby - a simplistic plot, but did inspire her to try more Austen. 5/10
Elise - fresh and naive. 7/10
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