Group Read: BLEEDING EDGE: The Cutting Edge

[Rich]

Agree with mr morris and mr bailey et al, give time for solo read and return with lots to say

Trying to finish up new bio of Karl Marx first.  By Jonathan sperber. Highly recommend

Glad coover brunists sequel has been moved back to October. 
Also on tap is Richard House's The Kills which has got great reviews in the UK, but also a doorstop.

rich



On Sep 13, 2013, at 8:19 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Give everyone a solo read first - absolutely necessary imo. Nothing
> like the pleasure of quietly forming your own response to a novel,
> letting it settle, then joining the party where everyone has wildly
> divergent views on it.
> 
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, fwiw, I agree with David's approach, but due to circumstances, it
>> looks like I'll have to save the discussions either way and read them when I
>> get to read the book.
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Others?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>> On Sep 13, 2013, at 7:00 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I won't join nor read any group read that starts before 10/17, for reasons
>>> stated.  A first read should be solo, IMHO.
>>> 
>>> On Friday, September 13, 2013, David Morris wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Two thoughts from me about a BE group read:
>>>> 
>>>> 1. However many pages or chapters a week are deemed reasonable, I think
>>>> one group "segment" per week is best.  One "host" per week, covering a
>>>> specified number of pages, with all others able to supply their own agendas
>>>> on those pages as well.  More than one "segment" per week will quickly lose
>>>> the group read altogether.  People have lives, you know?
>>>> 
>>>> 2. If BE is Pynchon-lite (no endless GR sentences), then 60 pages or so a
>>>> week might be reasonable.  But if there is real depth in BE, I think slower
>>>> is better.  I hope BE demands slower...
>>>> 
>>>> 3.  The group read shouldn't start until at least a month after the
>>>> official release so the we can read it solo first, without a P-list glancing
>>>> over the shoulder.
>>>> 
>>>> David Morris
>>>> 
>>>> On Friday, September 13, 2013, Mark Kohut wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Natalie Portinari: "I'm in, Mark. I'm too excited to read this book to
>>>>> do it all alone. Does anyone else want to join?"
>>>>> 
>>>>> Natalia and I invite you to join. A Group Read was/is one of the
>>>>> meanings of the plist, right?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have been able to learn of chapter and pagination breaks from someone
>>>>> who has an ARC.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 41 short chapters. 479 pages. So, @12  pages per average chapter. I
>>>>> propose we sign up for
>>>>> hosting @2 chapters every two days??!! (equals one chapter a day for the
>>>>> busiest of us. And, doing ahead
>>>>> after 9/17 will be easy, right?).
>>>>> 
>>>>> 6 chapters a week---want to take Saturday or Sunday off?--means @ 7
>>>>> weeks to finish. Done by Halloween(!), that DeepWeb holiday!
>>>>> I will sign up for the first two. PLEASE JUMP ON BOARD, he says
>>>>> plaintively. (Otherwise I'll do it all to universal blocking, I'm sure.
>>>>> Or I won't) . As has been indicated, it is just another mystery, so easy
>>>>> to read, right?
>>>>> 
>>>>> We will all still post about all of it, or other parts that strike us,
>>>>> I'm sure. (But the civility of SPOILER ALERT
>>>>> for most details might be worth a vote?)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Old-fashioned: first page of Chap 1 is 1.   & I will probably comment on
>>>>> the epigraph to start, since, I do.
>>>>> Chap 1 1---7                           Mark K.
>>>>> Chap 2. 8--19                         Mark K.
>>>>> chap. 3. 20--29
>>>>> chap 4. 30--40
>>>>> Chap 5. 41--52
>>>>> chap. 6. 53--67
>>>>> Chap. 7. 68--79
>>>>> Chap 8. 80--86
>>>>> Chap. 9. 87--95
>>>>> Chap. 10. 96--111
>>>>> Chap. 11. 112--119
>>>>> Chap. 12. 120--131
>>>>> Chap. 13. 132--142
>>>>> Chap. 14. 143--157
>>>>> Chap 15. 158 --169
>>>>> Chap 16. 170--182
>>>>> Chap 17. 183-195
>>>>> Chap 18. 196-208
>>>>> Chap 19. 209-216
>>>>> Chap 20. 217-227
>>>>> Chap 21. 228- 236
>>>>> Chap 22. 237-244
>>>>> Chap 23. 245--253
>>>>> Chap 24. 254--262
>>>>> Chap 25. 263--272
>>>>> Chap 26. 273-286
>>>>> Chap 27. 287-299
>>>>> Chap 28. 300-312
>>>>> Chap 29. 313-325
>>>>> Chap 30. 326-336
>>>>> Chap 31. 337--346
>>>>> Chap 32. 347-353
>>>>> Chap 33. 354--365
>>>>> Chap 34. 366--383
>>>>> Chap 35. 384--395
>>>>> Chap 36. 396--409
>>>>> Chap 37. 410-- 424
>>>>> Chap 38. 425--440
>>>>> Chap 39. 441--449
>>>>> Chap 40. 450--464
>>>>> Chap 41. 465--479
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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