Amira Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Have you downloaded the nine free Kindle books from different countries? I’m wondering if anyone would be interested in a book group discussing these. https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world ETA that it has been suggested to start with A River in Darkness. Any preference for May 1st or 15th for the day we begin to discuss? This book is less than 200 pages. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks for posting. I downloaded several. Amber in SJ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraBeth475 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Ooh, I’d be up for a book club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I just did, thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Will do if wifi permits! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks for sharing. I'd be up for a book club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I like the idea of a book club either in the Literary Hub group (currently Essential Oils-yes, seriously, no, we don't know why) or here on the Chat Board. Maybe we could decide which book to do first and do one each month or each 6 weeks depending on length? My vote for first book is A River in Darkness about North Korea. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Interested 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I downloaded them all and am interested. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innisfree Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I'm interested! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 24 minutes ago, chiguirre said: I like the idea of a book club either in the Literary Hub group (currently Essential Oils-yes, seriously, no, we don't know why) or here on the Chat Board. Maybe we could decide which book to do first and do one each month or each 6 weeks depending on length? My vote for first book is A River in Darkness about North Korea. That all sounds good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I am interested. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks for the heads up - I just downloaded all of them and I'd also be interested in a book club! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I just downloaded them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 How fun! Count me in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I think I’m interested, downloading the books now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Just a heads up if you're not in the U.S. On the Amazon Kindle facebook page customers in other countries are complaining that the world seems to be restricted to the U.S. One guy from Germany said he was able to get them with a little detective work. Someone from the UK said they're only available if you have Kindle Unlimited UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, Lady Florida. said: Just a heads up if you're not in the U.S. On the Amazon Kindle facebook page customers in other countries are complaining that the world seems to be restricted to the U.S. One guy from Germany said he was able to get them with a little detective work. Someone from the UK said they're only available if you have Kindle Unlimited UK. This is true, my sister wasn’t able to download. I read the descriptions and am only up for a couple of the listed books, will join a book club for those if you have any! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 I was able to download the books outside the US, but I have a US Amazon account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Interested 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks so much. Not sure if I have time for a book club at present, but I also wanted to add that the Audible versions are only $1.99 each. A steal! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Yet another kindle deal not available outside US ...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks for the heads up! I downloaded them all, and will look later to see what I got, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thank you! Just downloaded them :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thanks! I just downloaded all of the books. I would be interested in reading them in a book club. SJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Interested! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I just finished downloading! I’m interested in book discussion, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thank you so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 Shall we do a book group here on the main board, like chigurre suggestion, and start with A River in Darkness? That one is less than 200 pages so I think planning to start the discussion in a month wouldn’t be reasonable. I’m also fine with starting with a different book if people have a preference about that. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thanks for alerting me to this! I downloaded them all. And yes, interested in an online book club. I've never tried that - and only one in-person club - how might it work? Linders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thanks. I just downloaded most of them. I might be interested in a group discussion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 4 hours ago, linders said: Thanks for alerting me to this! I downloaded them all. And yes, interested in an online book club. I've never tried that - and only one in-person club - how might it work? Linders For online book groups I’ve been in, we choose a book and a date that we’ll start discussing it. Then beginning on that day and over the next few days, people post questions and thoughts about the book. Sometimes there’s a specific person assigned to the book to post questions, but I think that here we might just be able to dive right in. Does that sound good? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 9 hours ago, Amira said: Shall we do a book group here on the main board, like chigurre suggestion, and start with A River in Darkness? That one is less than 200 pages so I think planning to start the discussion in a month wouldn’t be reasonable. I’m also fine with starting with a different book if people have a preference about that. 1 hour ago, Amira said: For online book groups I’ve been in, we choose a book and a date that we’ll start discussing it. Then beginning on that day and over the next few days, people post questions and thoughts about the book. Sometimes there’s a specific person assigned to the book to post questions, but I think that here we might just be able to dive right in. Does that sound good? This all sounds great, Amira. How does a discussion start date of May 1 sound? Is that too soon? I'm can bad judge of these things because I read a lot and read quickly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 minute ago, TechWife said: This all sounds great, Amira. How does a discussion start date of May 1 sound? Is that too soon? I'm can bad judge of these things because I read a lot and read quickly! I think that probably would be too soon, at least for most book groups I’ve been in. But if May 1st works for others, I’d love to start then. Maybe the 1st or the 15th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 Shamelessly bumping so people can see the update in the first post. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I can do either one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Thanks! I love free books!! I may pop in to a discussion if it's on the chat board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I'd be interested. I'm always up for discussing a book with others. May 15th is better for me because I'm currently in the middle of several books, leading an online read-along for one of them, and about to start the book for my IRL book club. That said, I always have more than one book going at a time so if the general consensus is May 1st I'll still join in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I've followed this thread and am hoping you'll make some sort of announcement to remind us when we actually start, @Amira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 May 15th is WAAAYYYY better for me! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I can do either but if you choose the 15th, please remind me a few days ahead of time. I’ll probably start reading it soon but will need a refresher to comment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I will probably join in too. Thanks, Amira! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 Let’s plan on beginning a discussion of A River in Darkness on May 15th here on the chat board. I’ll try tagging everyone now who expressed interest to make sure people see this and I will also post a reminder on the 10th. If I tag you and you don’t want to be tagged again, let me know. And anyone is welcome to join. Thanks everyone! I’m looking forward to this. @onelittlemonkey @LauraBeth475 @madteaparty @Amber in SJ @theelfqueen @ashfern @chiguirre @medawyn @soror @Innisfree @Sherry in OH @Amanda Pugliese @lmrich @melbotoast @Rachel @rebcoola @OKBud @Jaybee @whitestavern @SJ. @Big Buckin' Longhorn @TechWife @trulycrabby @linders @Ottakee @dsmith @Lady Florida. @Stacia 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneddmanybooks Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I would like to join in on some of the books. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Count me in, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I'd love to join, too. I haven't been able to make it to my real-life book club much lately, and I'm going through withdrawal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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