M & D Group Read ( will it cont.?)

[Keith Davis]

M&D is a great book, as we all know. I finished it for the third time a few months ago, (did we have an aborted read, or am I imagining that?) and I’m sure I’ll be reading it again sometime, just not right now. I am digging tagging along with the great commentaries, though. 

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> On Jan 23, 2018, at 5:03 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Others are responding...Bloviators like I can be have to make it worth
> their while to respond, after saying please and then begging..
> 
> The American way....
> 
> Three Plisters walked into a bar......"Who lowered that fuckin' bar?", they
> all shouted. .
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I regret that I haven't been a more active participant thus far. I
>> underestimated how large (and how positive) a disruption the ayahuasca
>> ceremony I took part in would be. I am still in the stage of learning how
>> to integrate it. But I am also on the other side of the experience now, and
>> am ready to redouble my efforts in participating in the group read.
>> 
>> Am happy to be one of even just a few folks contributing occasionally,
>> whose thoughts can be read and responded to, or merely read, or merely
>> ignored.
>> 
>> I plan to carry through with my own personal read regardless. I am
>> grateful for everything everyone posts, even that which I haven't yet
>> responded to publicly. It is enriching my own experience immensely.
>> 
>> I'm currently mostly back on Ch. 10--hope to catch up to you, Joseph,
>> throughout the week.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 2:32 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Perhaps the weird fact that they are headed to Bath is part of the setup
>>> for the untold joke?  I guess they were going for a soak. Total immersion
>>> in the ancient healing waters. Somehow it is funny.
>>> 
>>> I’m just wondering if anyone beside MK , ST and self will be reading?
>>> 
>>> I’m taking M&D slow as i can manage and seem to be way ahead at Ch 19.
>>> Looks like this group read is headed for another  crash and burn which may
>>> be inevitable until a new novel.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps P-listers  could post a couple 3 sentences on how they see group
>>> reads and what, if anything might make it worthwhile,  or why it isn’t. No
>>> value judgement, just maybe good to know what is up with this. I was
>>> looking forward to some fresh voices but maybe this format is too demanding
>>> for most to get involved with.
>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
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