Books! What's on your To Be Read pile?

[krait]

I've managed to whittle my Books-To-Be-Read Pile down to fewer than 10 books, in preparation for the Foreigner group-read -- don't want to have too high a backlog before diving into Cherryh, because that usually results in massive sequel-reading sprees. :D

The top of the list:

Hodgell, P.C. Seeker's Bane. -- Fantasy.
Gentle, Mary. Grunts. -- Fantasy/Satire.
Neumeier, Rachel. Lord of the Changing Winds. -- Fantasy.
Benford, Gregory. In Alien Flesh. -- Science Fiction.
Lowachee, Karin. Gaslight Dogs. -- Fantasy (Urban/Historical).
Lynch, Scott. Red Seas Under Red Skies. -- Fantasy.
Holmes, Jeannie. Blood Law. -- Urban Fantasy.
Plus a couple more lying in places I can't see from the bed.

It looks like my fantasy urge has returned at last! I was starting to think it never would. (Maybe the last two things I read -- a sci-fi and a mystery -- were bad enough to drive me back into the arms of fantasy again.)

Foreigner folk, two questions:

First, any notions on when you'd like to start? I have located my copy, after a day of panic when it wasn't on the shelf I remembered it being on, and then wasn't in the box I remembered putting it in. :D

Second, any particular day of the week that you'd like to do the discussions on? All I ask is "not Friday", but I'm willing to nominate Thursdays or Sundays if no one else has a strong preference.

Okay, third question: what are we going to call this thing? I keep switching amongst "read-along", "read-together", "group-read" and "that thing we're planning, where we read and discuss a book, which I refuse to call it an online book club". Is there a real term for this sort of thing? Is there a term you've made up, and think superior to my vacillations? :D Anybody want to coin one, or dig through other languages to find one?

STILL have not found my camera cable! I swear I cleaned this room a few days ago; how did it get this cluttered and messy!?

Comments

[cheyinka]

Well, is it going to be just one day? I was thinking maybe Sunday and Monday, or Monday and Tuesday?

I still have to find my copy, but if I can't find it by this Saturday I'll check a copy out from the library.

As far as day of the week goes, I was thinking it'd be more than just one day, like "Sunday and Monday" or "Monday and Tuesday", but I'd be good with Sunday through Wednesday.

[krait]

Oooh, twice a week might be more fun! :D I didn't want to rush anyone (see that whole "how fast do you read?" thing), but if everyone's feeling up for it, that would be great! Sunday and Monday would work for me...

blnchflr has ordered a copy, and it may take up to two weeks to arrive, so you've got a bit of time to track down a copy one way or another. :D

[blnchflr]

I'm not reading your comment to mean "read x chapters for Sunday, on which day we discuss, then read y chapters for the day after, on which day we discuss those", but that the discussion might stretch out over more then one day.

If it's the first, then if I'm busy discussing one day, I won't also be reading for the next day!

But, I'm trying to hang back and let you guys decide on everything (only I'd like to have chance to at least start with you), as it's all too possible I won't be able to get through the book, anyways, so I shouldn't get to decide much :o)