M&D Proposal

[Mark Kohut]

A coulee is the measurement of the time between talking about doing a Group
Read and actually STARTING THE GODDAM READ.

A coulaap is the time between starting the Group Read and its collapse into
entropy.

Here I was so enjoying the Silent Group Read.....no flaming, no Ampersand
analyses, no response to the wonderful table words on page one; this whole
truncated (maybe) read  reminding me of 'Whereof one cannot speak, one must
remain silent".....

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 12:55 AM, L E Bryan <lebryan at sonic.net> wrote:

> Hmmm… Not sure where the silent majority is on this.
>
> I was all set to start in a *coulee *of weeks. By December, with my short
> attention span, I may have become involved with some other author.
>
> Aren’t spell checkers wonderful… I wonder how long a coulee is,
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2017, at 7:00 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
> I like nov but looks like the majority are up for December so let’s go
> with that.
>
> On Oct 22, 2017, at 3:20 PM, matt patrick <mattrickpatrick at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I'm also in, this sounds great.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 22, 2017, at 3:18 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I'm in. Definitely.
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Paul Cain <caulpain at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah this sounds wonderful.  I think I will partake as well.
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 10:58 AM Drake Smith <drake.smith3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Great layout. Everyone should just read according to their own manner but
> using this schedule to plan for the areas of the novel to discuss and jive
> about would be groovy.
>
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> If the group is in, I'm in.
>
> Does a season seem like the right length of time?
>
> Three months.
>
> =8.5pp per day
>
> Broken into a few large chunks, as per Joseph's suggestion.
>
> One possible schedule of reading/discussion (working off first ed.
> hardcover):
>
> November 1-15.........pp. 1-124
> November 16-30.......pp. 125-253
> December 1-15.........pp. 254-381
> December 16-31.......pp. 382-510
> January 1-15.............pp. 511-645
> January 16-31...........pp. 646-773
>
>
> Alternatively, we could try to read ahead, share background materials for
> a few months, and start with a new season proper on 12/21 (about the time
> the novel opens).
>
>
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