NEW! "Owling" in English - let's find our first book!

What a nice coincidence! Being at work I just found this vote - I think if it is possible I would love to join in and for my taste Pym sounds quite interesting and funny. Probably a book after my own heart
So I voted for Pym.

At the moment I don't have that much time to spend on books (unfortunately) but I will try and keep up with the group and will try to chip in every now and then.

Nice idea by the way - quite a good method to brush up my English

second half of March sounds really good (though it might be quite tempting to have the book around sooner ;-))
But before I can register I have to browse through the old threads and the 'how-to' section so that I know how things work out...

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Original von Batcat
I want to read Barbara Pym!

...me, too - but: six vs. six! There is still a chance for us, don't cry!

I could start reading whenever you want - starting from mid of February - and I really really hope that Barbara Pym will win the vote.

I still have a few titles out from the library that I would have to finish before starting our book discussion. And I should also read the one my daughter is doing in school right now. Which could be another good suggestion for a later book discussion ...

I think I could be ready by mid/end of February.

No problem.... whenever the Pym-Fans are ready to read I am, too.

I'm ready to start in a few days (I've ordered the book yesterday ) but end of march sounds good, too.

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Original von MaryRead
SEVEN!!!

That was me, but I also voted for Magyk ;-). It's a difficult decision ...

No matter which book wins, I'll enter this discussion. I'll use this to increase my english by writing. I'm kind of scared by using the english language because I'm a little perfectionist and don't like it to write in a language I don't possess perfectly ... It's like a vicious circle, if I never use the language I hardly can learn it.

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Original von MaryRead
Beatrix , would you join us for Barbary Pym, or would you rather not?

(And pray do tell, what is your daughter reading in school right now? )

hmmm, doesn't really sound like a story that would interest me ... but it's a short book and available in our library (all three copies are in right now) so I might just join you for a few days.

My daughter is in school right now, I'll ask her later about the exact title of her book. The story sounded quite interested: something about an orphaned girl that gets adopted into the Brazilian Amazon region.

I voted for "Magyk" but also I´d like to read the Nafisibook about students reading Lolita and other books in Teheran

The 15th of March is a good date for me, because in February I start with Ulrike Schweickert and the next one is Oliver Twist on the 1st of March. I think about reading Oliver Twist in english, too, it might be a good learning opportunity

Maybe we can have two book discussions? If there are enough for the other book, you could start it earlier and go on with Mrs. Pym?

My vote goes tooooooooooooo: Barbara Pym

Perhaps I'll also attempt when you chose Sage or Paolini.

Picoult and Nafisi seem not to be interesting for me, Arthur Golden is not bad, but I know the german version. Jasper Fforde was great at the beginning but after a while I just had enough from this stuff.