A Book Club! [Archive] - New Rider Message Board

KarinUS

26th Mar 2007, 06:10 PM

How about a Book Club Section.
So often when I read a book I'd like to discuss what I read or share things that really made an impact on me.
How about we get a section for a book club.
Looking at the other thread about 'must have' books I think there should be a few ground rules though. Like for example if you participate in a discussion on a specific book you must have read it. :D You yourself. No second-hand knowledge, no general : 'I hate soandso' etc.
Of course it's okay to not like the book, disagree with the author, find the writing style boring, etc. All kinds of feedback would be welcome. As long as you actually read it and contribute something to the discussion rather than just slam it.
Would anybody be interested?

laura jeanne

26th Mar 2007, 06:24 PM

Yes, a great idea.

Shadowlark

26th Mar 2007, 06:24 PM

Is this where we grab our faveorite book and club one another with it?

Cause I would be totaly down with that..

MrDCBags

26th Mar 2007, 06:26 PM

Is this where we grab our faveorite book and club one another with it?

Ouuchhhh:eek: :eek:

Walnut

26th Mar 2007, 07:05 PM

Book club is an excellent idea - I am always buying new books and looking for good ones to try which have practical ideas in them that anyone can do!:)

MrDCBags

26th Mar 2007, 07:06 PM

Have you considered book dropping?

KarinUS

26th Mar 2007, 07:11 PM

LOL. What's a dropping?

kirstie

26th Mar 2007, 07:18 PM

Sounds like a really good idea. :)

MrDCBags

26th Mar 2007, 07:41 PM

LOL. What's a dropping?

you leave a book that you have enjoyed somewhere for someone else to read. Then you use a hotmail account or similar for them to post their thoughts comments. its done with fiction books usually. Its great to see how far they can travel. :D

You leave a message inside with contact details and encourage person to also "drop" book when they are thru with it!:p :p

If its horse books then why not leave them at a show, tack room,RS etc

Have fun dropping!:D :D

KarinUS

26th Mar 2007, 07:59 PM

Eeek. I am much too possessive for that! But it is a nice idea.

shandy84

26th Mar 2007, 08:11 PM

would definatly be up for the book club idea :)

ponylover88

26th Mar 2007, 08:28 PM

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india

26th Mar 2007, 09:05 PM

.....Would anybody be interested?

Count me in. :D

pepsimaxrock

26th Mar 2007, 11:49 PM

me too...

KarinUS

27th Mar 2007, 12:07 AM

Oh good! I think some people might really enjoy it.

Let's see what Mike and the Mods (sounds like a pop group, doesn't it?) think when they come across it. :)

julia gulia

27th Mar 2007, 12:38 AM

I think that's a great idea!!:)

KateWooten

27th Mar 2007, 12:42 AM

Me too.

Montana

27th Mar 2007, 11:48 AM

Another 'yes' vote here please mods:D

Horsesaddle

27th Mar 2007, 11:56 AM

sounds a good idea a yes from me

Cochise

27th Mar 2007, 12:01 PM

We have a book exchange thing going on here in Korea with other expats. It's really popular as English books are quite expensive to buy.
I'm for the book club idea, I suggested a book recommendation forum a while ago. :)

KarinUS

27th Mar 2007, 02:16 PM

I'm for the book club idea, I suggested a book recommendation forum a while ago. :)

Oh see as a book club it would take the recommendation thing even a step further. We'd decide on a book and then whoever wants to participate gets the book and we read and discuss it. Not just as a recommendation to others but also to discuss perhaps each chapter and what it means to us or quotes or writing style, etc. So it might end up as a book recommendation for others but the main purpose would be to read a book together as a group and talk to each other about it.

horses4lf

28th Mar 2007, 06:30 AM

wow I'm in!:) :) :)

Cochise

28th Mar 2007, 09:39 PM

Oh see as a book club it would take the recommendation thing even a step further. We'd decide on a book and then whoever wants to participate gets the book and we read and discuss it. Not just as a recommendation to others but also to discuss perhaps each chapter and what it means to us or quotes or writing style, etc. So it might end up as a book recommendation for others but the main purpose would be to read a book together as a group and talk to each other about it.

Good idea, depends on the availability of the books of course. The USA and the UK have a much wider selection of books than New Zealand, Australia etc, and probably much more reasonably priced.
Very good idea in general though. See what Mike and the other moderators say.

Gracie

29th Mar 2007, 01:56 AM

Eeek. I am much too possessive for that! But it is a nice idea.

I agree.
hehe:)
I love the idea, I've wanted to read some fiction horse books, I was thinking of asking here. I love to read, I read quite a bit of non-horsey books, and of course some horsey non-fiction books.

Gracie

29th Mar 2007, 01:57 AM

Shadowlark

29th Mar 2007, 04:38 PM

In the interm, while books are being shipped etc. We could select Online articles for discussion point. This would allow those who are financialy strapped to participate in a constructive way with no cost as well as open up the field of VAST resources that exist for free.

Me being me would chase down some real controversial stuff... KateWooten and I need to stay busy..

KarinUS

29th Mar 2007, 05:55 PM

Me being me would chase down some real controversial stuff... KateWooten and I need to stay busy..

Must have missed that. I didn't see anything and figured StormArion was your little sidekick. :p
But yes. Lots of free resources. For example I have a subscription to The Horse Magazine (http://www.thehorse.com)(US) but as far as I know you can access their articles for free online. I've found them to be a very up-to-date and credible source of information.
No problem with discussing different views but I'd rather not put off the mods by causing discontent on purpose. :)

Shadowlark

29th Mar 2007, 06:53 PM

LOL it's usually Kate and I on one side and the world on the other.. although yes Strom and I have been in that boat also ;)

Not discontent.. discussion :)

Like the video that I put up of that old school Natural horse guy.. that garnered some very interesting discussion once the initial shock wore off :)

KarinUS

29th Mar 2007, 06:58 PM

Geesh. I can feel better now. I figured I was on here waaay too much. But apparently I don't even see much of the posts you are talking about.

Shadowlark

29th Mar 2007, 07:03 PM

LOL well then you really should sign in more :D

Some days it amuses me how close to the same wave length we are on A lot of times if she has beaten me to it I will leave it alone.. but if she is really out numbered... I am in like a dirty shirt ;) She has also had my back more then once. Esp. when it comes down to the Differences between UK and NA hahaha like Hobbles for example ;)

She is probably my if distance wern't an issue, who would you most like to go for a hack with person :)

julia gulia

29th Mar 2007, 07:17 PM

Geesh. I can feel better now. I figured I was on here waaay too much. But apparently I don't even see much of the posts you are talking about.

I feel better now too:D I hadn't noticed those posts either....so now I don't need to cut down on my N.R. addiction:p

KateWooten

29th Mar 2007, 07:55 PM

Aaawwwwww :) I'm gonna throw the saddle on the woolly grey thing right now, and ride him right on over :D ( I might even have to hobble him to keep him straying off on the overnights ... where did you say you were .... )

evilgiraffe

29th Mar 2007, 07:59 PM

Deffo think a book club forum would be a good idea! Also the book dropping thing is called bookcrossing (http://www.bookcrossing.com/).

Shadowlark

29th Mar 2007, 08:13 PM

rashella

29th Mar 2007, 09:23 PM

Love the idea. :D Well thought of!

KarinUS

29th Mar 2007, 09:40 PM

:) So now we are jsut waiting for feedback from mods/ Mike. :)

Afellpony

30th Mar 2007, 06:35 PM

I think a book club is a really good idea. Any ideas on how it would be run?

PepperS

30th Mar 2007, 07:16 PM

sounds sweet... i would love to do that cuz i love to read

KarinUS

30th Mar 2007, 09:55 PM

I think a book club is a really good idea. Any ideas on how it would be run?

I'd say we would simply have a 'Book Club' Subforum (maybe under General?).
Then one person suggests a book by putting author and title in the thread title. The person suggesting the book should also put a little description up to let others decide if they want to get this book or perhaps already have it.
Then maybe give everybody a couple of weeks to get it/read the first chapter and start discussing things?
Same with Shadowlark's articles. Just put author/source and title in the Thread title and for online articles put the link in the introductory post.

Or do you have other suggestions?

Here's an example:
Mary Wanless - Ride With Your Mind Essentials

Paperback (http://www.amazon.com/Ride-Your-Mind-Essentials-Innovative/dp/1570762449/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3466769-3474252?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175291259&sr=8-1) - new for US $17.21 or used through Amazon for as low as US $4.50.

This book promises innovative learning strategies for basic riding skills. It has 14 relatively short chapters. Each chapter is divided into:

Description of the Ideal
Common Starting Points
The Fix
Troubleshooting Now
Troubleshooting on through time
Test yourself- have you got it?
Off-horse exercises

Please vote in the attached poll if you would like to participate in this book discussion

What do you think?

india

30th Mar 2007, 10:12 PM

That sounds good KarinUS, I think you've covered everything. :)

KateWooten

31st Mar 2007, 02:11 AM

I'm not even sure you would need a poll. If we just had a little section somewhere, people could start a thread about a particular book, and other people could add their thoughts as and when they felt like it ? It would just work like all the other forums and would be a useful reference section.

Say, for example, I might start a thread on Clinton Anderson's book and how it's so great at teaching the one-rein-stop, and then one other person might reply... and then I'd add 158 more comments ... and then a year later one other person might reply .... :p

( Ok, I'm being silly, Sorry. Of course, even if nobody else did, I'm sure JuliaGulia and ShadowL would also comment on it :) )

But seriously, just a space for people to start threads about books they'd enjoyed or found useful ... there's a current thread about Linda T-Jones at the moment in Natural Horsemanship, I'm sure there's a bunch of other books people would be interested in discussing. Personally, I would find it very useful to read other people's comments, good or bad, on the available literature, what works for them and what doesn't.

Of course, I'm biased since I have an awful lot of books, of which most are pretty useless and a few of them are absolutely stunning.

(like for example, Clinton Anderson's and Kate Farmer's ;) )

k8schmutz

31st Mar 2007, 07:40 PM

Sounds like a great idea. I've just been through the other book post and am bidding on lots of them on eBay :D

jenren!!

31st Mar 2007, 07:44 PM

Good idea, im certainly a bookworm!

lizayr

31st Mar 2007, 10:03 PM

could have a horsey dating agency that dont cost a fortune to meet other horsey people

india

31st Mar 2007, 10:25 PM

could have a horsey dating agency that dont cost a fortune to meet other horsey people

:confused: :confused:

KarinUS

1st Apr 2007, 01:13 AM

:confused: :confused:

Hm, yes. Perhaps that should be a different thread? LOL

Just in case the database errors indicate that NR has reached it's server's limits and new forums would overload it I thought about taking it on to a different server. Kind of like Emma did with the Member Photos, remember?
We could link from NR to the book forum:
http://nrbookclub.21.forumer.com/

Would that be preferable?

k8schmutz

1st Apr 2007, 04:58 PM

Have signed up :D
That's probably the best way of doing it actually - then it's not putting extra pressure on the mods on here and if people don't want to have anything to do with it they don't have to.

india

1st Apr 2007, 05:36 PM

Have signed up :D

So have I. :D

Gracie

1st Apr 2007, 06:33 PM

I really like the idea of all reading together.
I think what some others are thinking of are book recommendations.
I think Karin is saying we all read together each chapter, and come back and discuss it.
The poll would be nescessiary because we would need to decide on what book we would read as a group!

k8schmutz

1st Apr 2007, 06:53 PM

Could it not be a few books at once? Then if the chosen book didn't appeal to someone they could participate in another discussion? Maybe if youve just read a book that you really enjoyed or wanted to talk about you could start a thread about it, so it would be a reccommendation (sp?) aswell as everyone being able to read together. Or have two sub forums one where everyone reads chapter one then goes and discusses it;then reads Ch.2 and discusses it etc. and another sub forum where you can just talk about books you're reading at the moment you think are really good.

That doesn't really make what I mean clear does it? :p

Anro

1st Apr 2007, 07:23 PM

http://www.newrider.com/Shopping/Book_Shop/reviews3.html

Anyone have this book?
Any good?

Sorry to lazy to go and sign up for the other site:o

KarinUS

1st Apr 2007, 08:03 PM

Could it not be a few books at once? :p

Yes, absolutely!!! Gracie got it right in regards to the differences between a review and a discussion. I only posted the poll to see if there was a minimum amount of people (3 or 4) interested in this particular book. That doesn't mean there couldn't be several discussions going on at the same time. I just don't want to have a monolog! ;)

KarinUS

1st Apr 2007, 08:05 PM

http://www.newrider.com/Shopping/Book_Shop/reviews3.html

Anyone have this book?
Any good?

Sorry to lazy to go and sign up for the other site:o

Great link. I didn't know it was there but I guess that's where you and Kate Wooten will find the book reviews.

Nobody needs to sign up for the other site. I was just throwing out ideas to see what's possible in regards to book club and how it could be run, etc.

k8schmutz

2nd Apr 2007, 07:52 PM

If you want any help let me know :D

Glacier rocks

3rd Apr 2007, 11:04 PM

yes book club would be lovely!

lol the horsey dating agency:confused: haha

would it be all non fiction-like there are always threads on "what are your favourite horse stories?" could we incorporate that somehow?

KarinUS

3rd Apr 2007, 11:09 PM

would it be all non fiction-like there are always threads on "what are your favourite horse stories?" could we incorporate that somehow?

Anything horse related is fine. All you need is a few people that want to read the same book - fiction or non-fiction doesn't matter.