TT book reading and discussion club

This Sunday it does, they're doing the Oktoberfest brunch -- and 4 pm is just an hour before regular opening hours anyway so I'm sure they'd be happy to open then anytime we want.

Do you think we need a "which cake thread"?
I'm considering carrot but might be lazy and make double chocolate fudge *again* (due to butterbean's devotion to all things involving buttercream frosting).
Do I bring cake on Sunday (this is a stupid question)?

yes you bring cake but no nothing you ask that results in you bringing cake is a stupid question

[tantrum]
No!!! I doubt I'll be there on Sunday, and I didn't get any buttercream the last time around either. stomps foot.

[tantrum/]

There's a special cake section in this month's Good Housekeeping so I feel obliged to do some testbaking...

the 4th is my birthday. please please please please please!!!

*makes notes*

ooh oooh oooooh! I volunteer to be your Versuchskaninchen Katrina!

I volunteer to be a Versuchskaninchen too.

Haven't read any of the books you are discussing but I certainly like cake. Is this meeting still on? And is the location decided yet?

it's 4pm in the Twisted Bavarian, isn't it?

I won't be able to make it on Sunday, metaphysically or otherwise.

4:00 P.M. at the Twisted Bavarian is tentatively the time and place for the meeting, barring any further discussion or input. BYOC (Bring Your Own Cake/Capital letters)

far be it from me to tell you how to organise your own meeting, but I think it would be wise to set a firm date and time now, cos:
1) not everyone logs on at the weekends, so a decision at 5pm on friday may be a bit too late
2) if it is 4pm at Twisted, then that means them opening up earlier for us, and they would need a bit of notice, I expect

I'm not organizing anything. The TBooExCom is a fully democratic social collective. I am merely acting as a facilitator. However, your point is well taken. Further discussion will be suspended as of midnight tonight (Thursday). Are there any time contstraints from anyone?

I am planning or I should say hoping to be there. I plan to be at the OFest saturday and that will be the deciding factor for sunday.

I am unexpectedly awake at the moment. I was lying in bed, innocently reading some Jane Austen, when I got called out and suddenly here I am, conscious long after I expected to be. Anyway (or anyhoo as some would put it) the final meeting location is Twisted Bavarian (really? couldn't we do better than that?) Anyhoo. The time is 4:00 pending their ability to open at that time.

I love the new colors. Ooh, colors...

Alright i will not make it. Post Oct fest syndrome...so I vote for either The Kite Runner or A Confederacy of Dunces. So is the next meeting Oct 8th or 16th?

hmm did anyone ask the twiba to open at that time?

I think UpQuark did...
he said on thursday that he was gonna

looking forward to it

Actually I never did. I'll give them a call this afternoon (presuming there's anyone there to answer the phone) otherwise, I'll be there at 4:00 sitting on their doorstep waiting for something to happen.

I doubt you'll get an answer if you call the restaurant. I will call TexasTornado and ask her to open early for us.

The Twisted will open at 4 for us today. In the future it would be much more polite to remember to ask further ahead of time!

Saan! Thanks for the call, otherwise UpQuark would be sitting on her ass outside in the rain. See you kids in bit.

Twisted Mama

yeah, thnx Saan for saving the day at the last minute

@ UpQuark

Hello book clubbers - I couldn't come because I have bronchitis :-(

Look forward to finding out what book you've chosen & hope to see you next time.

Shallot

So when is next meeting and what book was decided?

Rumor has it that "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera was chosen. Available via the link given (although mods might want to update that to whatever TT needs to get credit for a purchase via the link) or your local library. I know for a fact the Gasteig library had a copy in their English section.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being was indeed the first book chosen. However, be aware that we have also decided to limit the number of members of this group to 10. You all know who you are. There was considerable interest in the original thread, so it shouldn't be too hard for people who were unable to attend this evening to form another group. In addition, we will also start threads for "intermediate" discussion in advance of the next meeting for people to chat about the book while they are still in the process of reading it.

All my book collection is still in America. I do have Kamasutra and some playboy mags if you guyz are interested.

just want to point out the TB is the only bar that has a free lending Library, so question your quote (couldn't we do better than that?) , try the Shamrock next time and see if you can read in peace, or if they will open up early for you.

bottom line the TB is trying very hard to add some culture to our community (Arts, Dance Music...), I really take exception to the comment.

Scogs

As much as I love UpQuark, where is that karma button for Scogs??

thanks dd, both me and Sarabyrd would have been down to the book thing today but we are suffering from the last bits of the flu, but we will be down at some stage tomorrow, and i think we have 5 ruck sacks full off books to donate, most i admit have are seriously good reads if you are a geek...visual c++ in five days...the complete oracle programers guide to API...maybe the TB should become the lending source for all computer related exams...

Oh - I am a geek, but not cool enough to be into programming. Now, history, dictionaries, reference works, etimologies ...
And since the weather is getting worse I am looking forward to indulging in more books. Time permitting.

Hey Saan, that beer is Kasteel after all. I found it in my Bierlexikon. Makes great reading, and the beer does sound great too.

http://www.pepperworld.com/default.asp -- this is a place in Germany to get more chiles and slow-bolt cilantro. I haven't ordered from them yet, but I'll get around to it. They're on the Bodensee, which is a nice weekend trip from Munich. Did not find any fresh chiles on their site after all.

Because a few people had asked, I'm providing a brief update about the TT Book Club. At our initial meeting, we decided to limit the membership to ten people as any more than that would preclude meaningful discussion. However, this does not mean that people can't go out and form their own book club- there seemed to be quite a bit of interest- or discuss the current book online (or sit around and eat cake or whatever).

This month's book will be The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood. Feel free to discuss it here.

Note, you are currently reading the discussion archive. For latest info see: TT book club - current discussions

didn't we also say that new people could possibly join us, as long as they asked nicely and brought us cake?

Just a friendly suggestion...
I say open it up to all and then if in December we have too many showup, we can break into 2 groups. I would like our original group to stay together though as I really enjoyed our discussion yesterday!

I would really like to join the TT Book Club. So this is me asking nicely...pretty please??? I will bring cake, although due to my baking ability it may be a very nice bakery bought cake. So, can I come? I'm a huge Margaret Atwood fan!

Does everybody who wants this book already have it?
Apart from me and UpQuark, that is...

and has anybody already finished with it who is willing to lend it out?

I don't have it yet and am willing to borrow from anyone who's finished.

I haven't actually got the book yet. I'll be picking up a copy while in the UK next week as it appears not to exist in Munich.

Are you purposely trying to keep men out of the club, or do you really like Margaret Atwood's writing? (edit - just checked profiles, sorry gents)

I ask as a Canadian man who was forced to read Surfacing in high school by a self-admitted feminist English teacher. Put me off Maggie for life.

Seriously though, not having read any more of her work, while it is surely a well written book, is it something that a guy who loves to read would love to read?

I don't have it, either...
that's why I was wondering if someone could lend me it
but i guess i can pick up a copy when I'm in England next week

@ Tim, I dunno, I haven't read it
It wasn't my turn to pick a book this month, and I've never read anything by her.
Have any of the guys started reading it?

We're doing "Tuesdays with Morrie" next month for the fellas (four of us in the group, btw).

I just got my copy today and my oh my is it a *thick* looking book.

hi i am interested in joining a book club. when is the next meeting? i do not have the book or know where to get it, can anyone lend a book? can i join? where do i go?

fotogirl

@ fotogirl

you can always go to the Twisted Bavarian, they have lots of books there that you can borrow, that have been left by other tters.

you can also go to the Hugendahl in Salvatoreplatz near Odeonsplatz, which is English language only

What date did we pick for the next meeting of the book club? I've forgotten.

Has anyone finished the book yet? I've made it about halfway.