Welcome to bookchat where you can talk about anything...books, plays, essays, and books on tape. You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us.
Hello and welcome, Rachel! I am waving at you and other lurkers who might be reading as they enjoy a cuppa coffee or a glass of something. We are glad you are here and now we want to see if we can lure you in to chat with us.
I have a lot of sympathy for lurkers because I lurked for months before I signed up at Daily Kos and I didn’t say much for the first year. Then, one night in October seven and a half years ago, I was lonely and I wanted to talk with someone who liked books and the rest is history.
My net friend Rachel does not have a lot of time to read right now because she is packing up to go traveling, but she is going to come by when she can and read our comments. She has prepared for this adventure by packing up her house and learning about photography. We can be one of her homes away from home and be friends who are interested in what she is seeing and hearing as she moves around the world.
Robyn Serven had a weekly diary, The Teacher’s Lounge, and she taught me the most important thing about a weekly series. She said the door was open and she would be near by. I took that to heart when I visited the Lounge and when I started Bookflurries that was my model. I wanted to create a safe haven. The door is open for everyone who likes to chat about books, movies, plays, quotations, ebooks, and yes, Rachel…traveling.
We have such a variety of people who visit and comment We like so many different kinds of books and authors and of course my list of books to find and read has grown so much that I say it is green and glowing.
As Brecht said recently, we have created a community so that you can find someone talking about books every day and in the morning for morning people as well as the evening.
I have a theme each week in case my readers can’t think of something to say in the comments. I love it when a long discussion begins and continues for a couple of days. But comments don’t have to be long ones or brilliant or even provocative. We are happy to have someone just say that they agree or disagree about a topic or that they will write down a book and try to read it.
We often talk about books and authors who wrote ages ago. There are well-known books whose characters have stayed in our mind and classics that engaged our deepest thoughts. There are new books that have just been published that look interesting. There are books coming out from favorite authors to look forward to reading. The sharing of titles is fun. I have found so many interesting books from comments here and at other book diaries.
I think the comment section is so interesting because you never know what intriguing things people will say. I learn so much.
I know that Wednesday nights are hard for a lot of people and some people just do not have time to leave a comment when they stop by and peek in the window. I am still glad you came by and I welcome the times when you can say hello. I do check the next day or two and try to say hello to those who come by late.
Old friends and new faces are always welcome here.
Diaries of the Week:
Write On! The Deuteragonist & the Tritagonist
by SensibleShoes
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Robert Fuller says:
The Rowan Tree is up. Here be the dragon:
http://www.rowantreenovel.com/...
Marisol recovering, Adam getting on with his life.
The usual links to the free Kindle edition of The Rowan Tree:
http://www.amazon.com/...
And the free version of my memoir on Smashwords, if anyone is interested:
https://www.smashwords.com/...
The memoir of Calvin S. Fuller is on the way. Started sorting out the cover this week.
NOTE:
plf515 has book talk on
Wednesday mornings early