MetaChat - Announcing the MetaChat Book of the Month for January.

MetaChat is an informal place for MeFites to touch base and post, discuss and chatter about topics that may not belong on MetaFilter. Questions? Check the FAQ. Please note: This is important.

04 January 2006

Announcing the MetaChat Book of the Month for January. You have selected to read Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro.→[More:] Our moderator will be oh pollo!

post by: Eideteker at: 22:00 | 15 comments

Kazuo Ishiguro's An Artist of the Floating World
-Italo Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Ben Mezrich's Bringing down the House
-Jose Saramago's Blindness
---Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go
Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost

I don't know where all the votes went this month. We had more nominations then votes. I guess everyone was on holiday.

posted by Eideteker 04 January | 22:01

"more nominations than votes"

Seriously, I proofread. This monitor is getting so blurry I can't tell my vowels apart with a magnifying glass. Anyone want to buy me a new 19" Trinitron?

posted by Eideteker 04 January | 22:02

I loved that book. I would be delighted to discuss it. It, like Cloud Atlas, is another one that I don't think my regular book club could really handle.

posted by matildaben 04 January | 22:04

Hmm, I listened to this on audiobook, but I guess that for the purposes of a book club, I should probably read it for real. It was good; really haunting.

posted by amro 04 January | 22:22

i can't wait! : >

posted by amberglow 04 January | 23:01

Yay! I voted for this one. Now I have something to spend my xmas gift certificate on.

posted by gaspode 04 January | 23:05

I got this for Xmas, so yay!

posted by agropyron 04 January | 23:49

Also: I'm having a hard time conceiving of a book club that can't handle Cloud Atlas. What kind of things do they read?

posted by agropyron 05 January | 00:29

Surriously. What do they read?

posted by rainbaby 05 January | 08:00

They read a lot of good stuff but generally stick to realism - quite a few people can't really handle anything they perceive as "science fiction".

posted by matildaben 05 January | 09:56

The Bitches of Madison County.
The Importance of Being Ernest.
A Tale of Two Titties.
And the liner notes to Tom Sawyer.

posted by Eideteker 05 January | 09:59

I'm #19 of 19 holds at the Brooklyn Public Library for Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. I may not get the book by the time you all discuss it.

posted by safetyfork 05 January | 10:44

http://www.bookfinder.com/

posted by warbaby 05 January | 11:59

You guys do realize that this book doesn't come out in paperback until March 14, 2006? And the cheapest used one on Amazon is $13.99.

I adore this book and I'd love to discuss it, but the price may make it less accessible to people who that matters to.

posted by matildaben 06 January | 13:50

I did suggest that we go for some titles freely available online. At my library, this book's not due back until the 24th. I might be able to get it by interlibrary loan, but if not, I'm going to have to sit this one out.

I'll take that into consideration next month. Thanks, ~.

posted by Eideteker 07 January | 12:46

← Ultra-tricky movie quote thread! || Wooooo! →

HOME || REGISTER || LOGIN