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jennem ([personal profile] jennem) wrote in [community profile] books2009-05-27 12:51 pm

Admin Update & Book Club!

Book Club
The poll for June's Book Club Read has been closed. The community will be reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. If you are interested in participating in the book club, please remember that the community post will be made on June 25th. Do not post separate reviews of the book to the community. Please wait to make your comments on the book club read in the community post.

Community Administration
I have taken [personal profile] writerlibrarian up on her wonderful offer to help with the management of the book club and the community. As many of you know, I just finished my last semester of law school, and I am currently studying for the bar (not in California :D, but in another state with a reputation of having a difficult bar). Mr. [personal profile] jennem and I will also be relocating in July (before the bar) because of a job opportunity offered to me, and we go on our honeymoon immediately after the bar (we literally fly out the day after the bar exam). Basically, I'm really busy. :D [personal profile] writerlibrarian will be in charge of running the book club in July and August. She gets busy in September and October, so I'll take the reigns in those months, and then we're just going to play it by ear. She has also been elevated to the status of "mod." So far we haven't had any problems with the "don't be an asshole" rule, but she is empowered to police the bad behavior of members when they forget how to play nicely with one another. From her lips to your ears.

Interesting Article
NPR has a bunch of book recommendations on its Summer Books 2009 website. Check it out! :D It looks neat.
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[personal profile] lecari 2009-05-28 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh Good Omens will be exciting! Two of my favourite authors :D

[personal profile] ex_patchworks703 2009-05-28 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck with your studies, moving and honeymoon!

I re-read Good Omens last week before joining this community, so I'll get on with other books (have just started Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and loving it) and participate in the book club post all the same. :)
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[personal profile] writerlibrarian 2009-05-28 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I have Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell in my to read pile for August during my summer vacation. Supposed to be good. It was a rec from the age of sails comm.
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[personal profile] lethia 2009-05-29 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
I love Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell! It's one of my all-time favorites. :)
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[personal profile] rodo 2009-05-31 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, I'm currently reading Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel (170 pages in and loving it already) as well and will re-read Good Omens for the book club.
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[personal profile] lethia 2009-05-29 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yay, Good Omens! I bought it a while ago and have been meaning to read it for a while. This book club will be a good incentive to finally get around to it.

Good luck with the bar and have fun on your honeymoon!
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[personal profile] highlight 2009-06-02 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
I look forward to reading Good Omens :)