P.r.o.j.e.c.t D.o.g .e.a.r.e.d: Autumn List

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Welcome to Project Dog-eared. As avid readers we realised that we go through a multitude of emotions and thoughts at different stages of reading any book. But, once we have finished the book, our impression of it was often based on one predominant emotion or memory of the book rather than our whole reading experience. We wondered if this could be improved upon , and came up with the idea of Project Dog-eared.

Here, we intend to choose a book - any book - some times agreed, but mostly our own individual choices and document our thoughts and emotions as we read along. We then intend to collate it all together at the end, possibly into a review.

In other words, this is just the good old scribble at the corner of the book, but more organised and shared live on the net. We must point out the reading is not collaborative but only a collective assortment - that is - unlike book clubs you don’t discuss the books as you read along. However some of you might want to follow what others are reading and comment on others’ posts and interact. So if you feel this is something that you would be interested in, give us a shout. We will log you on here. Then all you have to do is pick up a book of your choice and start reading and posting.

Friday 24 September 2010

Autumn List

Ongoing -

1. In a Free State, VS Naipaul (Actually a reread but the first read was a long while go and I don't seemed to have remembered much. So I thought that I should check it out now, when I am not the green-horn I used to be. I am hoping to finish it off before the arrival of 'Masque of Africa' which I am told is scheduled to be mailed tomorrow.

2. The Emperor's New Drugs - Exploding the Antidepressant Myth, Irving Kirsch This has been lent to me by a colleague, so I will be devoting more time and energies towards it in the next few weeks. I don't like the returning books late.

3. Just about have started with The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers .I am a huge suckers for such established midde-aged achievers ( writers) talking about their lives with each other - their work, idiosyncrasies and writing in general. Much fun and more insight.

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