TIP BC 2013

[smock]

Hey BC'ers. Time to pick our next book! Please post any ideas, suggestions, "hell no, I'll never read that," etc.!

[bowies]

Rules of Civility. Takes place in 1930s NYC. I'm reading if for another BC, so two birds, one stone.

I'd be into reading a bodice ripper too.

[smock]

Crafty, Bowies! So . . . if we pick your book, will you finally come to BC?

[imoan]

Silas Marner?

[fussbucket]

Dec 26, 2012 15:22:38 GMT -5 imoan said:

Silas Marner?

I'll go for that! Like Candide, it's another one I read in 10th grade.

True story: At some point I wanted to name Baby Fuss Silas, but H vetoed it owing to the fact that it was the name of his parents' dog they had when they were first married. Then I had to admit that it was in fact a better dog name than a baby name.

[smock]

I've also always wanted to read Tristram Shandy . . .

[imoan]

Fuss- I LOOOOVE the name Silas and Jay put the veto on that shit real quick. So boring.

[bowies]

Dec 26, 2012 15:13:40 GMT -5 smock said:

Crafty, Bowies! So . . . if we pick your book, will you finally come to BC?

Maybe...

[dixienormous]

I'm down for a quick and dirty bodice ripper. Mindless is a good thing right now.

[fussbucket]

Dec 26, 2012 15:39:32 GMT -5 smock said:

I've also always wanted to read Tristram Shandy . . .

I held onto Middlemarch for years before finally admitting my failure that I was never going to read it.

I did read Tristram Shandy in 10th grade too. I so wanted to enjoy its absurd and "edgy" ramblings, but in reality it was just kind of a slog. May have needed opium to make sense or something.

[smock]

Wait, were we not supposed to use opium to understand the BC books? I think I've been doing it wrong.

[imoan]

Dec 26, 2012 16:15:41 GMT -5 smock said:

Wait, were we not supposed to use opium to understand the BC books? I think I've been doing it wrong.

I'm high on opium right now.

[fussbucket]

No wonder you people can never remember what day BC is!

[imoan]

Dec 26, 2012 17:01:11 GMT -5 fussbucket said:

No wonder you people can never remember what day BC is!

Shit smock, she figured it out!

[smock]

Curses! Let's high-tail it out of here!

[flamingeaux]

Count of Monte Cristo

[imoan]

I'd be down for The Count of Monte Cristo!

[smock]

I love The Count of Monte Cristo!

[Muddled]

Dec 28, 2012 9:21:34 GMT -5 imoan said:

I'd be down for The Count of Monte Cristo!

Me too!

In fact, I think I just so happen to have that one around here somewhere.

[dixienormous]

Let's do it.

[bowies]

Squee! That's one of my all-time favorite books!

[smock]

Sweet! So should we pick a day? Late January perhaps?

[imoan]

Dec 28, 2012 12:24:52 GMT -5 smock said:

Sweet! So should we pick a day? Late January perhaps?

YAY!

Late Jan works for me. I'm pretty much free whenever in late January.

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Wait, what are we reading?

Also, we need to read something with some momentum, okay???

[smock]

Keep up, Habs! We're reading The Count of Monte Cristo. You love that book, right?