Right then
there have been many messages about the new b3ta book group, so I shall post a calendar item shortly.
First book is my shout, so it's "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller. I think it's ace.
Anyone who wants to, get on board - anyone else, bugger off.
Cheers

edit: calendar event www.b3ta.com/calendar/event/19630
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:27, archived)

i found it insisted upon itself

( mongychops, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:28, archived)

It's unavoidable
and, more importantly, bloody funny.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:29, archived)

The walls! The walls!
Push back the walls!
(The Soldier Who Sees Everything Twice, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:31, archived)

Good name, there.

( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:33, archived)

I've waited two years to use it
in some kind of relevent context
(The Soldier Who Sees Everything Twice, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:35, archived)

I'll buy you some eggs from Malta.

( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:36, archived)

No, I'll sell you the eggs from Malta

(The Soldier Who Sees Everything Twice, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:38, archived)

I'll want those at 4c

( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:40, archived)

What?

( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:28, archived)

For those that don't know
I'm organising a book group on here.
There had been much agreement and anticipation, and if you'd like in you're welcome.
That is all.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:31, archived)

Have you got anything light to read?
*sets up for the Airplane! gag...*
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:29, archived)

Osram 60W

( mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Mon 25 May 2009, 16:10, archived)

***ON FILM4 LATER.***

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Mon 25 May 2009, 16:53, archived)

Good choice.
It's about 30 years since I read that one. It would be interesting to see if my perception of it has changed.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Mon 25 May 2009, 15:30, archived)

I'll just watch the film.

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:31, archived)

the film is shit

(The Soldier Who Sees Everything Twice, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:32, archived)

The book must be too then.

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:32, archived)

the book is excellent
it's not a story you can film, really
(The Soldier Who Sees Everything Twice, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:34, archived)

It's quite good, I think
but I'd hate to force my opinion on you.
Why not read it for yourself, and form your own?
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:34, archived)

Well it's just that the film is shit so the book must be shit.
It's how it works.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:36, archived)

This is a statement I strongly disagree with.

( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:37, archived)

I don't make the rules.
It's just how it works.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:41, archived)

how long do we get to read it?
It's on my 'to read' list.

In other news I've been making cakes (four of them, for four different birthdays today).
( CowJam, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:31, archived)

I shall put an entry in the calendar
for two weeks' time.
I think that should be sufficient, but I'm open to suggestions.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:35, archived)

cool
I'm up for that
( CowJam, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:38, archived)

I'd like to join in but I don't want to read that.

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Mon 25 May 2009, 15:33, archived)

What do you want to read?
You don't have to read it, but if you'd like to suggest something we'll read that next.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:38, archived)

I don't know.
I'd only do it to have my reading horizons broadened. I wouldn't like to suggest something myself.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Mon 25 May 2009, 15:40, archived)

Here's the deal
if anyone suggests something you'd like to read, we'd like your thoughts on it.
If you don't want to read it, then don't.
This is what the book group is for.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:42, archived)

It is indeed ace.
Which one next?
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:35, archived)

Money to Burn
by Ricardo Piglia
(The Soldier Who Sees Everything Twice, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:40, archived)

Noted
right, that's on the list
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:43, archived)

No idea
I'm flying by the seat of my pants here, but I'd probably say that enough people will suggest things over the next two weeks to get a pretty good list.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:40, archived)

I'm in
I also have a copy already. Thus saving me the effort of going to the library.

My suggestion for the future is Hanif Kureshi's 'Budda of Suburbia'
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:46, archived)

No, I want spot goes to the beach or I'm out.

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:47, archived)

I mentioned 'The Very Hungry Catapillar' earlier.
Would that do?
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:50, archived)

okie doke
I got book tokens for my birthday too, so yay :)
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:47, archived)

i'm not sure i understand what a book club is
do you read a book and then talk about it? on- or offline? i might be interested, but i'm hung over and new ideas are scaring me
( spacefish bong!, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:48, archived)

Oh no you don't talk about it.
In fact, the first rule of book club is; you do not talk about book club.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:49, archived)

Basically, yeah
someone suggests some reading material, you read it, say if and why you liked it (or not) and suggest something else. I think.
Be lovely to have you on board, anyway.
( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:50, archived)

cool
and robin "twinned with newington" johnson has kindly left a copy behind that i can read. count me in!
( spacefish bong!, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:51, archived)

Excellent news!

( wynoh kills threads by his mere presence, Mon 25 May 2009, 15:52, archived)

I've recently read that, and it was very enjoyable, funny too.
So I sought after the film. A bit of a miss if you ask me, not how I pictured Yossarian at all.
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Mon 25 May 2009, 16:06, archived)