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Sedai 06-30-22 09:19 PM

MoFo Book Club: July 2022
 
Movie Forums Book Club - July 2022

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Nominations are open!




Let's get right to it for the month of July. Nominations will run until through July 5th. I will kick things off with...

A Dirty Job

Christopher Moore

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Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as Death.

It's a dirty job. But, hey! Somebody's got to do it.



Let's get your nominations in, Folks! :)

Takoma11 06-30-22 10:36 PM

I've read A Dirty Job and it's fun, like most of Moore's stuff.

My nomination would be:
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pahaK 06-30-22 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by Takoma11 (Post 2312573)
I've read A Dirty Job and it's fun, like most of Moore's stuff.

My nomination would be:
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This is a great book. I'm not going to join but whatever little it may count, I'll vote for this :D

Takoma11 07-01-22 12:32 PM

I should also clarify that I wouldn't mind rereading A Dirty Job at all.

Austruck 07-01-22 02:46 PM

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I'm okay with Moore, too, but I wouldn't mind nominating this since I literally just started reading it today:



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thracian dawg 07-02-22 01:46 PM

We can suggest older books?


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Takoma11 07-02-22 01:50 PM

I've read and enjoyed Maus--it's another one I wouldn't mind rereading.

I have tried and failed like three different times to get past the first 50 pages of Possession. But maybe having it be a club pick would motivate me to actually get through it.

thracian dawg 07-04-22 01:04 PM

I’ve also read Maus.

As for Possession . . . three failed tries suggests a level of difficulty we should probably avoid, at least for now, for the book club. Maybe later on we could take on a difficult book that where everyone would break their teeth on.

So, I’m going throw a vote at The sounds of building coffins / Louis Maistros

Sedai 07-05-22 07:41 AM

Re: MoFo Book Club: July 2022
 
Looks like there are just 4 of us? I was going to ask for ballots today, but if two people have coffins at #1 already, I think that already decides it.

Let's just call it and get started!

Book of the month is The Sound of Building Coffins

I need to order a copy, and I will get started when it arrives.

pahaK 07-05-22 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Sedai (Post 2313744)
Book of the month is The Sound of Building Coffins
I need to keep my eye on this thread now 'cause I want to see what y'all think of this.

Sedai 07-05-22 10:41 AM

Re: MoFo Book Club: July 2022
 
Ordered my copy. Had to go through Abe Books, and sometimes they are slow on the shipping. Hopefully I don't get started too late! In the meantime, I am reading a quick parenting book while I wait for my copy to arrive!

Takoma11 07-05-22 12:34 PM

Okay, I placed my order for it on Amazon (my local bookstore couldn't order it in).

Takoma11 07-05-22 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by thracian dawg (Post 2313533)
As for Possession . . . three failed tries suggests a level of difficulty we should probably avoid, at least for now, for the book club. Maybe later on we could take on a difficult book that where everyone would break their teeth on.
It wasn't difficulty in the sense of the book being challenging. It was more that I wasn't enjoying the main characters and when I would look at the book I just didn't want to pick it up. The writing style itself was fine, but also not something that strongly engaged me. You know when you suddenly realize that your eyes have read a whole page but you weren't actually reading the words?

But it is a longer book, so maybe the more compelling dynamics kick in a bit past where I'd read to.

Austruck 07-05-22 02:20 PM

Re: MoFo Book Club: July 2022
 
I decided on the Kindle edition of The Sound of Building Coffins. It was only three bucks, plus I got it instantly... and I have a three-hour plane trip (plus time at the gate) on Thursday where I can at least start this book. And if I don't finish it, I'll have a similar set of circumstances on Monday heading back home.

thracian dawg 07-05-22 02:41 PM

I’ll order the book either today or tomorrow.

My in-betweener is going to be . . . Possession. The only observation I can make so far (page 166) is this book is a little more densely written; commercial fiction usually has one idea per page which makes for two literary ones for every pulpy page.

It’s still early in the story, but the main thing is that academics have to bet the success of their careers on a subject or author early on; they have both come up a bit short on two different (now obscure) Victorian poets. However, that these two writers may have known each other has already given both their careers a serious jolt.

Sedai 07-11-22 12:41 PM

Re: MoFo Book Club: July 2022
 
Tracking says my book should arrive today! I will get started ASAP.

After finishing my parenting book, I fired up A Dirty Job, which I am about halfway through with. The book is equal parts entertaining and annoying, so I will probably end up giving it a middling rating unless it all of a sudden blows me away.

Anyway, will dive right into this month's book once I have it!

Austruck 07-11-22 12:45 PM

Re: MoFo Book Club: July 2022
 
You can tell the Kindle readers versus the print readers: "I'm on page 56!" "I'm 7% done!" :)

Actually, that's about where I am: 7% through. A very odd book to start late at night while you're away from home. :) But today I fly back so if I feel inclined to read at the gate or on the plane, I'll continue reading.

Sedai 07-11-22 01:13 PM

Re: MoFo Book Club: July 2022
 
I am that weirdo that reads to get away from screens, so am firmly anti-kindle, at least until my eyes get worse. ;)

Takoma11 07-11-22 05:06 PM

My book arrived from Amazon over the weekend . . . and was totally covered in mildew. The smell was so bad I had to wrap it in plastic.

I'm waiting on a replacement.

Sedai 07-12-22 09:42 AM

Re: MoFo Book Club: July 2022
 
Started it this morning. This fellow is an actual writer, not to be confused with a storyteller, who just throws words on a page to tell a tale. Not on a level with say, a Thomas Wolfe, but much closer than most of the authors I have read. Elegant use of language here, even if the material is morbid and mysterious. Good so far!


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