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1avaland
dec 25, 2020, 6:55 am

The message board is for use by members to post general messages to the group, i.e. links to new threads, announcements, questions, offers, invitations to local discussion...etc.

2cindydavid4
dec 26, 2020, 9:39 am

Is this where I might ask questions about a book?W or Memoir of a Childhoodwas recommended on elsewhere. Its a translation. Anyone familar with it? Thinking it might fit the childhood theme?

3thorold
Bewerkt: dec 26, 2020, 10:00 am

>3 thorold: The Childhood theme is Reading Globally not Club Read. :-)

I read W or the memory of Childhood earlier this year, I think it should fit the theme very well, except that for some reason you always have to fight tooth and nail to get the right touchstone to show up... It's not a straight memoir, there are all sorts of different things going on at the same time, but at the core is Perec's experience of growing up during the war as the child of Jewish parents.

4kidzdoc
dec 26, 2020, 12:43 pm

>2 cindydavid4:, >3 thorold: I loved W, or The Memory of Childhood. It wouldn't take much to get me to read it again.

5avaland
dec 29, 2020, 8:17 am

Is it my imagination, or are the touchstones really wonky these days? Very frustrating?

6kidzdoc
dec 29, 2020, 9:25 am

>5 avaland: The touchstones have been wonky for at least the past two weeks.

7avaland
dec 29, 2020, 9:34 am

>6 kidzdoc: Indeed! I'm glad it's not just me!

8ELiz_M
Bewerkt: dec 29, 2020, 6:04 pm

Thank you for setting up the 2021 group!

Is there a setting that allows/disallows non-group members to post on threads? If so, can it be set to allow it? There seems to be a fair amount of crossover between this group and the 75ers and the Category Challenge groups. Not everyone wants to join all three groups, and some non-member lurkers may want to comment on threads here on occasion.

9cindydavid4
dec 29, 2020, 8:21 pm

>3 thorold: Oh right its for RG, not CR. didn't mean to confuse anyone! Sounds like this is one i should read, thanks for the feedback!

10kidzdoc
dec 29, 2020, 10:11 pm

>8 ELiz_M: I have the same request as Liz. Two friends of mine from the 75 Books group noticed that they couldn't post on my first Club Read 2021 thread. Several of us have friends in other groups such as 75 Books, Reading Globally and The Green Dragon, and it would be a shame to lose those friends' input.

11japaul22
dec 31, 2020, 8:37 am

>8 ELiz_M: I just popped in here to ask this! I think we ran into the same issue last year and it was just a setting that needed to be changed. I have several friends who follow my thread but don't want to actually join the group. Thanks!

12SassyLassy
jan 1, 2021, 2:19 pm

There is a new Questions for the Avid Reader thread for 2021 here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/328107

13SassyLassy
jan 1, 2021, 2:21 pm

>1 avaland: Thanks for Club Read once more this year

>5 avaland: As others have said, the touchstones are wonky, but seem to work once the post is made.

14avaland
Bewerkt: jan 2, 2021, 7:15 am

>8 ELiz_M:, >11 japaul22: Will check that...I might have missed setting it.

ETA: fixed!

15japaul22
jan 2, 2021, 8:00 am

>14 avaland: Thank you!

16rhian_of_oz
jan 2, 2021, 10:17 am

I've moved the discussion of a potential group read of the Cromwell Trilogy over here to gauge interest and propose a timeframe.

For completely selfish reasons my suggested reading of this would be:
Wolf Hall - January/February
Bringing Up The Bodies - March/April
The Mirror and The Light - May/June

I'm happy to set up a group read if there's interest in one. Let me know.

17dchaikin
jan 2, 2021, 10:53 am

I’m interested!

18SandDune
jan 2, 2021, 11:00 am

>16 rhian_of_oz: I would be interested in this. I have read Bring Up The Bodies but not the others. (My RL book group was doing a read of the Booker shortlist the year that Bring Up the Bodies was listed - not ideal I know but didn’t have time to read Wolf Hall as well at that time, and I thought I knew enough basic history of the period to make it work.)

19kidzdoc
jan 2, 2021, 12:10 pm

>16 rhian_of_oz: I'm definitely tempted by this proposed read. I've read Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, but it's been a long time since I did so. I was hoping to dive straight in to The Mirror & the Light, but if I seem to be lost in the details I may reread Wolf Hall with y'all.

20AlisonY
jan 2, 2021, 12:41 pm

>16 rhian_of_oz: Possibly interested. I'm still not sure if this trilogy is going to be up my street or not, but I've been tempted for years by all the rave reviews.

21lisapeet
jan 2, 2021, 1:30 pm

>16 rhian_of_oz: Tentatively interested in reading along from Bring Up the Bodies onward, and of course talking about Wolf Hall any old time. Sometimes I have reading requirements that get in the way of planned reads, but count me in for now.

22AnnieMod
jan 2, 2021, 2:36 pm

I don't do well with plans and group reads but sure, why not. Catching up with Mantel is something I had been planning to do for awhile anyway... plus this will tie with the quarterly topic over in Reading Through Time.

23cindydavid4
jan 2, 2021, 5:34 pm

>16 rhian_of_oz: hee we did that last year I think in the read 2000 group, but hell Ill jump at a chance to reread all three of those!!

24cindydavid4
jan 2, 2021, 5:36 pm

>20 AlisonY: Alison Ive had an allergy to Tudor history for a while, till someone convinced me to give this a try. It helps to know some of the history, and it helps not being shy about going to the character ilsts in the front when every you want to. I got hooked!

25cindydavid4
jan 2, 2021, 5:39 pm

>22 AnnieMod: yup, forgot about that!

26gsm235
jan 2, 2021, 8:03 pm

>16 rhian_of_oz: I've read Wolf Hall twice: in 2013 (audio) and 2020 (ebook). I bought the Kindle versions of Bringing Up The Bodies and The Mirror and The Light when they were are sale and have been saving them for a rainy day. I'd be interested in a group read.

27AlisonY
jan 3, 2021, 11:54 am

>24 cindydavid4: OK I'm in. I've ordered the first one in the trilogy, so I'll commit to that in the group read and see how I go.

Thanks for the hint to read up first. It's been a long time since I did Tudor history at school.

28sallypursell
Bewerkt: jan 5, 2021, 10:26 pm

I think I might be interested, too. But I don't have any of the books. I'll have to try and get one right away. I have never read of these.

update: I just ordered the first book for two-day delivery.

29bragan
Bewerkt: jan 5, 2021, 10:38 pm

Group reads aren't really my thing, so I don't think I'll be participating, but you all have reminded me that I still have a copy of Wolf Hall sitting on my TBR looking at me forlornly. Maybe I should try to get to it this year? Well, we will see...

30LadyoftheLodge
jan 6, 2021, 2:26 pm

>29 bragan: Also reminded me that I got a copy of Wolf Hall from my LT Secret Santa a few years ago. Got to find it now!

31tonikat
jan 16, 2021, 7:24 am

is anyone else getting the format of the group page as having changed - especially the list of threads? It's feeling very in my face and I'm not sure about it -- is it a LT change overall or a group setting?

32AnnieMod
jan 16, 2021, 7:27 am

http://www.librarything.com/topic/328654 - it is a full redesign to match the new Talk.

33tonikat
jan 16, 2021, 10:09 am

>32 AnnieMod: -- thank you. I'm less keen, but I'll get used to it, if it makes it more accessible then so be it. I just find it less pretty and I'm hoping the home page doesn't change like that. I'll have a good read of the whole thread another time.

34avaland
Bewerkt: jan 16, 2021, 6:27 pm

Note: I've listed members by user name / real first name if stated / location if stated / in the 1st post of the Introduction thread. Additions/corrections can be addressed to me.

35Verwijderd
jan 17, 2021, 9:00 am

I have unstarred the intro thread, and I can no longer see it on the group home page. LT may have redesigned itself beyond my willingness to adapt.

36cindydavid4
jan 17, 2021, 9:28 am

Ive been having trouble as well. seems like every time I sign in something is different - tiny print, changed views, missing threads. Find something and stick with it for a while pls

37Verwijderd
Bewerkt: jan 17, 2021, 10:25 am

>36 cindydavid4: Yah, at the risk of getting "Okay, Boomer'd," old age is full of enough big changes without having to deal with redesigns that hide all your stuff. My guess is that it's a way to get rid of the elderly participants, like those high frequency tones they play in stores to drive out teenagers who are the only ones who can hear it.

38cindydavid4
jan 17, 2021, 10:43 am

ha!!! Yeah I don't mind change, as long as I am told about it before hand and have some reason for the change. And I was like this since I was a kid so I don't think Boomerism is the problem :)

39ELiz_M
Bewerkt: jan 17, 2021, 11:11 am

>35 nohrt4me2: Unstarred or ignored?

Are you using a phone/tablet or laptop/desktop? Below are hints for the latter.

On the group home page (https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23208/Club-Read-2021) I see INTRODUCTIONS as the ninth thread right now (obviously this will change as people post in other threads).

If you accidentally ignored it, on the left on any thread in talk there is a "Your World" section and second from the bottom is "ignored topics". Once you've clicked on "ignored topics" maybe try "control-F" (or the mac equivalent) to find the thread? (Apparently I've ignored a lot things so that page is a mess!)

>36 cindydavid4: Font too small? I was having issues with talk pages "screaming at me" when everything switched to bold. Again if on a desktop/laptop, try "control-0" (number zero) to see if your browser is zoomed out. Also at the bottom of the page there is a "tT Change Style" link that will cycle through a couple of different fonts/styles, maybe one of those is more visible?

40Verwijderd
Bewerkt: jan 17, 2021, 12:31 pm

>39 ELiz_M: Hahaha! You are joking, right? If all that doesn't work, power down your device, look into a mirror and say "reboot" forward and backward three times, throw a pinch of salt over your left shoulder, and reset your password, ensuring that it contains no letters, numbers, or any unique characters.

P.S., That did work, but if you are using a phone or tablet, you may have to view in landscape before you see the left-hand nav bar. Also, you can't see the nav bar that leads to ignored topics on the group home page, only when you have a thread open.

I monitored ignored topics a lot, so this is really fubar if you ask me. Which they clearly didn't.

41cindydavid4
jan 17, 2021, 8:42 pm

>39 ELiz_M: wow I had no idea what that meant at the bottom. That does help!

42LadyoftheLodge
jan 18, 2021, 4:13 pm

>39 ELiz_M: Thanks, I liked that ability to change the font and style. Never knew that was there! Worked well for me.

43ELiz_M
jan 18, 2021, 5:34 pm

>41 cindydavid4:, >42 LadyoftheLodge: I went to the talk thread for the groups redesign to report a completely different problem and in passing commented on the excessive bold, and some helpful LT members pointed out the link & told me what it does. :)

44sallypursell
jan 18, 2021, 7:25 pm

Okay, a weird thing for me was how much I hated the new design, and just when I got fed up, it switched back! How did that happen?

45cindydavid4
jan 19, 2021, 10:40 am

there used to be a thread called whats books are coming out or something like that. Any idea where it ended up, if its even still around?

46avaland
jan 19, 2021, 10:46 am

>37 nohrt4me2:, >40 nohrt4me2: You are too funny. But, I soooo get what you are saying.

47dchaikin
jan 19, 2021, 12:38 pm

>45 cindydavid4: the millions? There is a link in the interesting articles thread

48cindydavid4
jan 19, 2021, 8:59 pm

no thats not it; maybe its just on Bookballoon. Wanted to express my enthusiasm for a new Allan Gurganus book coming out after a 13 year wait. Been a fan of his since oldest confederate widow tells all, which is still one of the top reads ever for me. But i can do it elsewhere :)

49Verwijderd
Bewerkt: jan 20, 2021, 10:41 am

>48 cindydavid4: I loved that book, too. I read his collection of novellas, but they maundered and meandered. The Erotic History of a Southern Baptist Church is his latest. Don't know if it's out yet.

50lisapeet
jan 20, 2021, 12:41 pm

The Uncollected Stories of Allan Gurganus. I have it/haven't read it yet, but Michael Schaub really liked it for NPR and I generally see eye to eye with him.

51lyzard
jan 31, 2021, 5:43 pm

For anyone who may be interested, there will be a group read of Anthony Trollope's Orley Farm this month (that is, February). It's through the 75ers but of course everyone is welcome. :)

The thread is here.

52avaland
feb 17, 2021, 6:55 pm

I finally figured out the “pin” thing that places certain threads at the top of the page. Do anyone think I should also pin the Questions topic, the Group Read...or other “whole group” threads?

53sallypursell
feb 17, 2021, 7:20 pm

>52 avaland: Tell us about it, Lois. I'd be in favor of putting the Introductions at the top, but otherwise, I don't think I care.

54markon
feb 17, 2021, 9:03 pm

I am OK with their not being pinned, but don't have strong feelings one way or 'tother.

55shadrach_anki
feb 17, 2021, 9:27 pm

I think keeping the number of pinned topics to a minimum is probably best. Having the general message board thread and the introductions thread pinned makes a lot of sense. But I'd be wary of pinning too many topics.

56cindydavid4
feb 17, 2021, 9:51 pm

I agree. Also it might be a good idea to list the order of reads in groups like Reading Through Time and Reading Globally; save me searching around

57thorold
feb 18, 2021, 6:26 am

>56 cindydavid4: I've already got the order of planned themes listed on the Reading Globally group page, and the current theme pinned. I don't think the pinning process allows you to control the order of pinned threads in the list.

58avaland
feb 19, 2021, 12:17 am

>57 thorold: Glad to hear my Dec 2006 brainstorm for Reading Globally is still going strong. The key is passing it off to others (I passed off to rebeccanyc, she passed it off to SassyLassy, I believe).

59SassyLassy
feb 22, 2021, 9:20 am

>52 avaland: Probably just the message board needs pinned.

>56 cindydavid4: It's amazing what serendipitous things you find searching around - often things you might not have considered otherwise!

60cindydavid4
feb 22, 2021, 9:47 am

yeah its like doing research for my masters. Looking for a book and seeing another of a similar but differing subject and next thing I know Im on the floor by the shelves reading it...my prof understood but Im sure she got a bit peeved at my lateness at times

61dchaikin
feb 22, 2021, 1:01 pm

>52 avaland: the pins are cool (but I don’t have any suggestions on their use in this group)

62LadyoftheLodge
feb 22, 2021, 1:24 pm

>60 cindydavid4: LOL! Sounds like me, although my assignments were on time.

63cindydavid4
feb 22, 2021, 5:31 pm

oh I mean, my work was on time; it was me doing research for her...

64avaland
mrt 6, 2021, 9:04 am

Free (unread) books (all Africa-related) - offer on my thread.

65sallypursell
mrt 9, 2021, 8:12 pm

I'm asking, Lois.

66dianeham
Bewerkt: mrt 11, 2021, 10:36 pm

Dit bericht is door zijn auteur gewist.

67AlisonY
Bewerkt: mrt 14, 2021, 4:19 pm

https://www.bl.uk/events/the-rathbones-folio-prize-2021?fbclid=IwAR3OTLTIxwYgHAX...

This and many other free literary events on next week at the British Library.

68Nickelini
apr 8, 2021, 10:34 pm

Don't know who reads this thread, but I have a question for ClubReaders who either live in Europe, or might know this answer.

I'm in Canada, and need to buy a present for friends who have adopted a 3 year old, and they live in Italy. I've decided on Playmobil. I'm going to go pick something from the limited selection on Amazon.It, unless someone who knows better can steer me to a better source? (Considering the Canada purchase-Italy delivery)

69raton-liseur
apr 9, 2021, 5:56 am

Hi Nickelini. I am not from Italy so I don't know toys brands there, but I've found the Playmobil italian website and it seems you can order from there?
https://www.playmobil.it/

70Nickelini
apr 9, 2021, 12:16 pm

>69 raton-liseur:
that's a good idea. I'm leery of buying things on unknown websites, but I think I can trust this one. Thanks!

71lisapeet
apr 12, 2021, 11:34 pm

Question for anyone who knows the back end of LT a bit more than I do: Are groups like this one accessible only to people who've joined, or can anyone read what's posted here? No dramatic reason—I just had a less-than-stellar opinion of a book that I was thinking of posting on my thread but that I don't particularly want the book's publicist to see. I know anyone can look at the reviews posted on books' individual pages, but I was curious as to whether someone not in this group could track down, say, my thread via the Conversations button.

72Nickelini
Bewerkt: apr 13, 2021, 12:46 am

>71 lisapeet:
I think there are private groups, but I read posts on groups I don't belong to all the time.

ETA: From a book's page, you can find conversations about the book. So it's easy to trace back to your post

73AnnieMod
apr 13, 2021, 1:43 am

>71 lisapeet: Our group is also completely open - anyone can read and write even if they are not a member. And the Conversations tab on the book will lead anyone to your notes - if you touchstone the book.

I suspect you have your reasons but worrying about a publicist when you share an honest opinion sounds either like a publicist or an author who cannot take any critique. Which is never good.

74lisapeet
apr 13, 2021, 11:17 am

>72 Nickelini: >73 AnnieMod: Thanks for the info... that's what I thought.

>73 AnnieMod: I agree with you 100%, but I'm doing an author panel next month and the writer of one of the books in question is on it. And while I may feel like hers wasn't the best-written piece of literature I've come across, I don't want anyone going into our conversation with bad feelings, because we can still talk about craft and authorial choices and all that without my having loved the book. These things depend on my having good chemistry with the panelists, so no need for me to say something negative that could get back to her beforehand—that would be more mean than honest.

75stretch
Bewerkt: apr 13, 2021, 4:18 pm

>71 lisapeet:: It's viewable by anyone and searchable by google to some extent. I only know this because some of my pencil reviews have turned up in the various corners of the internet. Book stuff is probably drowned out but you never know who might be digging deep enough.

76lisapeet
apr 13, 2021, 2:01 pm

>75 stretch: As I thought. I've had publicists write me at my work email about reviews—positive stuff and thanks, which is of course always welcome. So I know they're definitely sifting through the reviews. And eh, if I were a professional reviewer whose reputation rested on my being brutally honest at all times I probably wouldn't hesitate. But this is a feel-good panel, and kind of a side gig within my regular job, so I'm cool with pulling some punches.

77thorold
apr 14, 2021, 5:07 am

>76 lisapeet: I'm not often in that situation, but on the odd occasions that I've posted reviews here of books by people I have to deal with in the real world I've tended to hold back from posting publicly until I had the chance to talk to them about what I'd thought of the book. It doesn't feel fair to surprise someone with (possibly unjustified) criticism when their stake in the process is much bigger than yours. Obviously that's different if you're reviewing professionally.

78avaland
mei 15, 2021, 3:19 pm

Have opened a discussion thread in the Atwoodians Group open to any who would like to discuss the fourth and last season of the television adaptation of "Handmaid's Tale". One should be current in their watching, otherwise you may encounter spoilers.

79SassyLassy
jun 29, 2021, 9:54 am

It's the end of another quarter. Come over here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/333288#unread to tell people about your highlights.

80NanaCC
aug 18, 2021, 9:49 am

Have you seen the new “Charts and Graphs” on your Home page? Here is the discussion about it.. https://www.librarything.com/topic/334487

81AlisonY
Bewerkt: aug 18, 2021, 12:45 pm

Ooooh - thanks Colleen. Wasn't aware.

Update - now I've had a chance to look at them properly, how interesting is that? By a country mile my most read genre is the one that until recently I was convinced I don't overly like - historical fiction. Well, there you go. I've been reading it all along and not realising it. And I've also been getting stingier with my star ratings over the years.

Love the stats on 'talk' messages too.

82arubabookwoman
aug 18, 2021, 9:54 pm

>81 AlisonY: That's what it said for me too, Alison, and I thought I didn't like or read much Historical Fiction.

83jjmcgaffey
aug 20, 2021, 5:06 pm

Hmmm. I burrowed down to see what books they included in Historical Fiction...and I disagree with some of the categorizations (especially if that's supposed to be the primary category). Historical romance is primarily romance, secondarily historical. Ditto fantasy, especially ones that are set in a vague "historical-ish" period.

Ok, more checking - books appear in multiple categories, so I guess that's OK. I still object to something like A Natural History of Dragons counting as historical fiction - not any history of this world! Though the cultural patterns are vaguely like some in our history. Hmph.

The charts and graphs are fun - and seeing gaps is likely (like the last set of charts!) to set me fixing errors in my library. This will be...interesting....

84AnnieMod
Bewerkt: aug 20, 2021, 5:20 pm

>83 jjmcgaffey: Multiple genres are allowed - so historical romance can be both in romance and in historical usual.

Fantasy is somewhat different I think though - you can flag or remove (it will only be in your catalog but Tim is keeping track) - we had a long and heated discussion around GenreThing in the last few weeks... and they are still doing some work on big sets. https://www.librarything.com/topic/333532 and its previous threads if you are curious :)

PS: Genres had been around for a few months- the graphs just made them more visible I guess.

85jjmcgaffey
aug 20, 2021, 11:09 pm

Yeah. I had missed them completely - though now that you say that, I've seen GenreThing mentioned somewhere. Fun! Though...yeah, I'll look at those threads. The genres listed are way too limited (poetry can be, I guess, just Fic & Lit, though that's limited. But I _need_ Humor as a genre! And what about music - is that fic or non-fic? and... I'll go read the threads, I suspect all of this has already been discussed).

86AnnieMod
aug 21, 2021, 12:18 am

The idea is for them to be limited - like shelves/sections in a bookstore. :) But yes - Humor had been requested a few times. :)

87jjmcgaffey
aug 21, 2021, 2:39 pm

So has music. And a lot more I don't need, and a few I do...We'll see how this shakes out. The bookstores I go to have more sections than this (or different ones). It's interesting as is.

One very interesting thing is how Tim started out saying that Fiction/Non-Fiction were catchalls for what didn't fit into a more specific section - but then the graphs make that the primary split and don't, for instance, lump Science Fiction into Fiction (they don't assume that a book marked SF falls into Fiction). He'll have to change it one place or another (though I've already added Fic & Lit and Non-Fic to a great many of my books).

88cindydavid4
sep 6, 2021, 2:20 pm

People here have suggested I start my own thread and that I post it here. So if you are interested in my ramblings in reading, go here https://www.librarything.com/topic/334550#n7596758

89AlisonY
sep 7, 2021, 4:50 am

>88 cindydavid4: Always interested, Cindy...!

90japaul22
okt 6, 2021, 12:12 pm

Has anyone heard from mabith, Meredith, who has been in Club Read for so long? I just realized today when I was thinking about West Virginia for some reason, that I've not seen her around this year. Wondering if she's in a group that I don't follow or if I'm just missing her posts somewhere. Thanks!

91NanaCC
okt 6, 2021, 9:30 pm

>90 japaul22: I wondered the same thing a little while ago.

92avaland
Bewerkt: okt 7, 2021, 7:52 am

>90 japaul22: She's not been on the Needlearts thread all this year. ETA her last post was May 2020.

93kidzdoc
okt 12, 2021, 10:09 am

>90 japaul22: Sadly there are a sizable number of members of Club Read who are no longer active in this group. I keep in touch with some of them, especially those I've met in person, but others have dropped off of my radar entirely in the past year or two, including DieFledermaus and .Monkey., along with mabith.

94AnnieMod
okt 31, 2021, 6:12 pm

As we had been talking about the topic all over the place: "Victorian Readings in 2022 - exploratory thread": https://www.librarything.com/topic/336376 posted for anyone interested. If you enjoy the literature of the period and/or never had a chance to try it, come over and let's discuss what we want to organize for next year :)

95raton-liseur
nov 23, 2021, 1:58 pm

The Geeks who love the Classics group is a quiet group, but a new activity has emerged this year, as two group reads have been organised, respectively for O! Pioneers by Willa Cather and Howl's moving castle by Diana Wynne Jones. As you can see, we have a broad definition of classics!

We are currently voting for the two first group reads for 2022, planned in January and April.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
La Petite Fadette or Little Fadette by George Sand
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

If you would like to participate and to vote, here is the link to the nomination and voting thread (voting process is described here. The vote is open till 3rd of December.
Hope to see some of you there!

96AnnieMod
dec 4, 2021, 6:10 pm

As you know (or you are learning now), LT is organizing the usual card exchange program again. So if you like doing that, come join us: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337078

In addition…

I like sending and receiving postcards but my address book is awfully short. So if someone in the group wants a real postcard (which may or may not arrive on time - I am mailing them all next Saturday so the international ones may be late) and wants to share a postal address in a private message to me, they will get a postcard. International LT members are welcome :) No requirement to send one back - unless you want to.

97avaland
dec 6, 2021, 4:56 am

FYI, I have handed the reigns for setting up Club Read 2022 to the capable hands of Lisa (labfs39). Those of you who so graciously maintain other community threads here (Questions for the Avid Reader, What Are You Reading Now, Quarterly Favorites...etc) should let her know if you wish to continue doing so or not.

I'm not going anywhere, but I felt a hand-off to a somewhat younger LTer was in order. This group has always been, from the beginning, a fabulous, varied and intelligent community of readers to hang out with.

98torontoc
dec 6, 2021, 10:57 am

>97 avaland: Thank you for your work on Club Read!

99japaul22
dec 6, 2021, 11:00 am

>97 avaland: Thanks for all the years you've managed Club Read!

And thanks to Lisa for agreeing to set up our 2022 group!

100thorold
dec 6, 2021, 11:59 am

>99 japaul22: Yes, many thanks to both Lois and Lisa!

101labfs39
dec 6, 2021, 12:35 pm

Big shoes to fill! Lois (avaland), Rebeccanyc, and .Monkey. have kept the Club Read flame lit for 13th years. That must be one of the longest runs for a LibraryThing group.

Please let me know if you have ideas for community threads/group reads. I'm in the process of setting things up for next year, and it's a great time to try something new.

Thanks too to SassyLassy, AnnieMod, and RidgewayGirl for agreeing to curate existing community threads again next year!

102AnnieMod
dec 6, 2021, 12:46 pm

Just putting this here - now LT groups CAN have multiple administrators. We don't need it usually once the group is set but there is that option as well if we decide to use it.

103raton-liseur
dec 6, 2021, 12:52 pm

>97 avaland: Thanks avaland for your admin role in the Club Read for those years.
And thanks to labfs39 for stepping in, and to SassyLassy, AnnieMod, and RidgewayGirl! Thanks all for contributing to make this group so open and cosy!

104NanaCC
dec 6, 2021, 2:53 pm

Thank you, Lois, for keeping the wheels turning for so long.. and to Lisa for stepping up for such a big job. Sassy, Annie and Kay you all do a great job keeping the other threads going. Thank you!

105tonikat
dec 6, 2021, 3:35 pm

Yes thanks to Lois and to all involved in keeping CR going over the years.

106AlisonY
dec 6, 2021, 3:42 pm

Echoing everyone's comments. Thank you to all who make this such a lovely group to be part of.

Now when are we having the CR party?!

107lisapeet
dec 6, 2021, 4:05 pm

Ditto—thanks for all you've done and are about to do! I agree with Alison... we need a CR happy hour... how many people can the average Zoom meeting hold?

108AnnieMod
dec 6, 2021, 4:10 pm

>107 lisapeet: The free one - up to 100 participants.

109avaland
dec 6, 2021, 4:23 pm

Gosh, all, I'm blushing....you are all very welcome (admin isn't that much of a big deal, really. It's you all that keep it going!)

110ELiz_M
Bewerkt: dec 6, 2021, 6:17 pm

>107 lisapeet: Darn I was hoping for some sort of progressive -- starting in New England, down the east coast hitting NYC, South Carolina, heading over to Texas, swinging up to catch the Midwesterners (MI, MN).... Not sure yet if once we hit the west coast of Canada if we'd go to Asia or a long flight to Europe....

ETA: And yes, a big thank you to all the people that started the group, started the regular threads, and those that create their own fascinating threads for me to peruse even thought I'm lousy at keeping up my own thread.

111labfs39
dec 24, 2021, 8:15 pm

For the early birds who like to get a jump start on the new year, Club Read 2022 is now live!