Book Club? Anyone? Bueller?

[Chad]

Did everyone who wanted too get a copy of my suggested book? I'm just checking because it's new (Jacob's suggestion is valid).


Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill:



http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Wars-The-Wo ... rd_title_0

[Felix]

I have it.

[5to9]

I snagged my library's kindle version of Dirty Wars pretty quickly.

I'm having trouble keeping track, is this the next book on our list? Would it be worth putting a wiki together that lists the booktators/books, and the order? I'm a bit new here, so I don't know if that is a suitable topic for the wiki, if not we could just throw together a google doc or something.

[jennypenny]

I snagged my library's kindle version of Dirty Wars pretty quickly.

I'm having trouble keeping track, is this the next book on our list? Would it be worth putting a wiki together that lists the booktators/books, and the order? I'm a bit new here, so I don't know if that is a suitable topic for the wiki, if not we could just throw together a google doc or something.

Great idea. I'm on it.

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Done...

http://earlyretirementextreme.com/wiki/ ... _Book_Club

@Jacob or Bigato, can either of you add this link to the first post? I'll keep the wiki updated.

[Chad]

Much better. I had missed The Animal fighting off a coup d'etat. I will commence reading about nature.

[vivacious]

I've gotten all the books in this thread including the upcoming books except the Juniper. Doesn't seem to be available in my area.

Also, just wait till I make you guys read 19th century Russian anarchism. Hehe. Mostly just kidding, probably won't actually do that. But maybe!

[vivacious]

Dirty Wars is a movie too right? I've been wanting to see that and some other documentaries lately.

[Dragline]

Thanks, jenny. Fyi, sshawnn is before felix (who seems overeager to be book-tating -- hmmm) -- actually the order from here on out is below. I will poke the third peon in line so there is always a good lead time.

theanimal
jennypenny
shawnn
elegant
workathome
C40
jacob
felix
fireere
Ego
vivacious
GandK
henrik
Sto9
Gunhild
riparian
Ralphy
wizards
Dragline

[Felix]

Hehe. Well, this way you get a headstart on finding the book.

Where's Chad on that list?

[jennypenny]

OK, I fixed it and added everyone on the list. Chad is after theanimal.

[GandK]

I'm reading the selections, but very slowly. We are moving soon. Plus I'm getting geared up for NaNoWriMo. Plus I'm coming down with some soft of seasonal funk.

I'm really glad that there are separate threads for each book. That's awesome! People who fall behind can come back later and join in the conversation.

Hopefully by the time it's my turn to pick I will have my crap together.

[Chad]

Dirty Wars is a movie too right? I've been wanting to see that and some other documentaries lately.

Yes, though I haven't watched it. I'm unsure of the quality.

[Ego]

Pulling a Felix.

Here are my pick(s). That should give everyone plenty of time to read them.

All four books are free Amazon Kindle downloads. Each book is a ten minute read. If you read slow.

If you don't have a Kindle (like me) or you don't want to download the Kindle software to your computer, you can read the books for free at the author's website.

Johnny B. Truant, Epic Series
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... +Series%22

[wizards]

Yeah! got the Juniper book from the library yesterday - will start reading this weekend

[vivacious]

Dirty Wars is a movie too right? I've been wanting to see that and some other documentaries lately.

Yes, though I haven't watched it. I'm unsure of the quality.

I ended up seeing it last night. It was pretty good. I don't want to ruin your turn on here or anything but just for general informational purposes it mostly focuses on a particular raid in Afghanistan. Then it connects that to the broader scheme of things and the expanding scope of government power under Bush and Obama.

[theanimal]

How's everyone doing on the book?

I'm just finishing up myself, if there are 5 people done I'll create a thread sometime tomorrow afternoon.

[sshawnn]

Im finished

[vivacious]

Never found it in my area. Guess I have to skip this one or something.

[Dragline]

I'm done (and actually slogging my way through the magnum opus coming up next).

Fire away, O Book-tator!

[Dragline]

Having risen, fallen and risen again, theanimal has finally been deposed as Book-tator by the most intrepid Chad.

The Book-tator is dead! Long live Chad, the Book-tator!

We shall now read Chad's selection, "Dirty Wars" by Jeremy Scahill. Since our Book-tator is flogging us peons to 500+ pages (easy reading, though), I most humbly suggest that December 8 or later be the date he graces us with his wisdom.

Reminder that the book club has a wiki to see where we have been and where we are going if you want to reserve the next couple selections from your local library in advance: http://earlyretirementextreme.com/wiki/ ... _Book_Club

elegant and workathome, we'll need your selections in the next month or so to stay ahead of the curve. Thanks.