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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#81 » by TyCobb » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:04 am

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Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - 0 votes
Lolita - Nabokov - 0 votes
Heart of Darkness - Conrad - 5 votes
The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons - 0 votes
A Hunger Artist - Franz Kafka - 0 votes
Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 4 votes
The Big Sleep (Mystery) - Raymond Chandler - 1 votes
Sacred Hoops - Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior by Phil Jackson - 0 votes
The four agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz - 2 votes
Under The Dome - Stephen King - 2 votes
Lost Boys - James Garbarino (nonfiction) - 0 votes


Remember you get two votes: (one can be for your own book, the other can't.

Here are the votes so far:
eablin: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Under the dome
Door: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Notes from the underground
Slav: 1)Notes from the underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Dub81: 1)The four agreements 2)Heart of darkness
Tycobb: 1)Notes from the underground 2) The four agreements
Dock: 1) 2)
Miggs: 1) Notes from the Underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Tugs: 1) 2)
Mjba: 1) 2)
FatherT: 1)Under The Dome 2) The Big Sleep
Speedlot: 1) 2)
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#82 » by dockingsched » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:05 am

Speedlot wrote:still accepting? I want in


yep yep
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#83 » by dockingsched » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:08 am

miggs wrote:So while we know we can also check out our public library (thanks doc) and some discussed the idea of sharing links, which is where my question lies. When link sharing, can we post the links right on this forum? Or should we create some external method of sharing links? I just wanna make sure we're not violating some realgm rules or gonna get this board in trouble somehow.


i'm not sure how ty and slava want to enforce it, but i can always receive links if u find it online and i can relay it to whoever needs it. last night i found book of basketball online incase i needed it. gonna look for some of the leading candidates after dinner.
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#84 » by dockingsched » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:16 am

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Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - 0 votes
Lolita - Nabokov - 0 votes
Heart of Darkness - Conrad - 6 votes
The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons - 0 votes
A Hunger Artist - Franz Kafka - 0 votes
Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 4 votes
The Big Sleep (Mystery) - Raymond Chandler - 2 votes
Sacred Hoops - Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior by Phil Jackson - 0 votes
The four agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz - 2 votes
Under The Dome - Stephen King - 2 votes
Lost Boys - James Garbarino (nonfiction) - 0 votes


Remember you get two votes: (one can be for your own book, the other can't.

Here are the votes so far:
eablin: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Under the dome
Door: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Notes from the underground
Slav: 1)Notes from the underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Dub81: 1)The four agreements 2)Heart of darkness
Tycobb: 1)Notes from the underground 2) The four agreements
Dock: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)The Big Sleep
Miggs: 1) Notes from the Underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Tugs: 1) 2)
Mjba: 1) 2)
FatherT: 1)Under The Dome 2) The Big Sleep
Speedlot: 1) 2)
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#85 » by tugs » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:19 am

Ayo BT, don't leave man. we can always go into stealth mode if we can't contribute anything. btw, I'm down with any book . :D

regarding link sharing, just to be safe, I suggest Ty, Kilroy, or any participating mods to pm us the links.
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#86 » by TyCobb » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:21 am

I've already found several links to Heart of Darkness from a simple copy and paste the title and author into Google search. lol

As for me, I'm going to the local library to pick up a copy and to check out the local talent. ;)
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#87 » by EArl » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:22 am

I found a PDF of Heart of Darkness and Notes from the underground. Can I post it here?
ill probably end up buying it, but we can start reading these versions in the meantime.
Ill send it to Slav and Ty
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#88 » by dockingsched » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:25 am

got the pdf link from eablinksum for heart of darkness and just put in a request in the library so that they send it to my local branch since it looks like its going to be the winner.
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#89 » by TyCobb » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:25 am

Got it. If anybody needs it, shoot me a PM.
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#90 » by TyCobb » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:26 am

Notes from underground should be the next book. :) Followed by that new Langdon.
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#91 » by EArl » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:30 am

Okay i found the top two books and send the PDF's to the Mods.
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Re: The Finer Things Book Club - vote - tugs/mjba/speedlot 

Post#92 » by dockingsched » Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:53 am

need 3 more people so we can wrap this up.

deadline will be end of feb. if everyone finishes before that, we'll obviously we don't need to keep waiting. we can of course keep discussing as we read, but need to be very careful with spoilers and such
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Re: The Finer Things Book Club - vote - tugs/mjba/speedlot 

Post#93 » by Doormatt » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:11 am

Are we going to discuss it in here or in a different thread or what.
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Re: The Finer Things Book Club - vote - tugs/mjba/speedlot 

Post#94 » by Speedlot » Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:27 am

Here are the votes so far:
eablin: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Under the dome
Door: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Notes from the underground
Slav: 1)Notes from the underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Dub81: 1)The four agreements 2)Heart of darkness
Tycobb: 1)Notes from the underground 2) The four agreements
Dock: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)The Big Sleep
Miggs: 1) Notes from the Underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Tugs: 1) 2)
Mjba: 1) 2)
FatherT: 1)Under The Dome 2) The Big Sleep
Speedlot: 1) Heart of d=Darkness2) The Unwanted

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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#95 » by EArl » Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:22 am

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Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - 0 votes
Lolita - Nabokov - 0 votes
Heart of Darkness - Conrad - 7 votes
The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons - 0 votes
A Hunger Artist - Franz Kafka - 0 votes
Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 4 votes
The Big Sleep (Mystery) - Raymond Chandler - 2 votes
Sacred Hoops - Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior by Phil Jackson - 0 votes
The four agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz - 2 votes
Under The Dome - Stephen King - 2 votes
Lost Boys - James Garbarino (nonfiction) - 0 votes
The Unwanted -???? - 1 votes


Remember you get two votes: (one can be for your own book, the other can't.

Here are the votes so far:
eablin: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Under the dome
Door: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Notes from the underground
Slav: 1)Notes from the underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Dub81: 1)The four agreements 2)Heart of darkness
Tycobb: 1)Notes from the underground 2) The four agreements
Dock: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)The Big Sleep
Miggs: 1) Notes from the Underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Tugs: 1) 2)
Mjba: 1) 2)
FatherT: 1)Under The Dome 2) The Big Sleep
Speedlot: 1)Heart Of Darkness 2)The unwanted
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Re: The Finer Things Book Club - vote - tugs/mjba/speedlot 

Post#96 » by Speedlot » Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:26 am

The Unwanted
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Unwanted-A-Me ... 0316284610

Something I liked when I was younger.
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Re: OT: The Finer Things Book Club - accepting applications 

Post#97 » by tugs » Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:51 am

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Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut - 0 votes
Lolita - Nabokov - 0 votes
Heart of Darkness - Conrad - 8 votes
The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons - 0 votes
A Hunger Artist - Franz Kafka - 0 votes
Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 5 votes
The Big Sleep (Mystery) - Raymond Chandler - 2 votes
Sacred Hoops - Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior by Phil Jackson - 0 votes
The four agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz - 2 votes
Under The Dome - Stephen King - 2 votes
Lost Boys - James Garbarino (nonfiction) - 0 votes
The Unwanted -???? - 1 votes


Remember you get two votes: (one can be for your own book, the other can't.

Here are the votes so far:
eablin: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Under the dome
Door: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)Notes from the underground
Slav: 1)Notes from the underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Dub81: 1)The four agreements 2)Heart of darkness
Tycobb: 1)Notes from the underground 2) The four agreements
Dock: 1)Heart of Darkness 2)The Big Sleep
Miggs: 1) Notes from the Underground 2) Heart of Darkness
Tugs: 1)Notes from the Underground 2)Heart of Darkness
Mjba: 1) 2)
FatherT: 1)Under The Dome 2) The Big Sleep
Speedlot: 1)Heart Of Darkness 2)The unwanted


PDF please.

I suggest the next books to be the ones ranked 3rd and 4th.
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Re: The Finer Things Book Club - vote - tugs/mjba/speedlot 

Post#98 » by dub81 » Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:08 pm

what's the next step now?

when does the voting ends??
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Re: The Finer Things Book Club - vote - tugs/mjba/speedlot 

Post#99 » by dockingsched » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:45 pm

voting is pretty much over, with one voter left and heart of darkness wnning by 3, its time to call it.
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Re: The Finer Things Book Club - now reading Heart of Darkne 

Post#100 » by dub81 » Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:37 pm

So it's official? Heart of darkness??

If so i'm about to order it on the ipad...

So we should at the very lest have a month to read the book. I'm a full time student plus I'm in the military so the only time I have to really read it is during lunch and before I hit the sack at night.
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