Anyone interested in doing a book club with discussions? I realize that we can talk about any book on here but this would be different. Each month we would choose a book to read and then post our thoughts etc. I know other sites do this so I wondered if there was an interest on here. :)
Count me in!
Thanks! :) I was thinking of starting this in March. Hopefully we will have some more takers at that time. Should we start with a Casefile or something else?
Sounds good. I'm down.
Could we maybe try doing a book from the different Hardy Boys series as well? (I'm meaning primarily the Original series, the Casefiles and UnderCover Brothers- not so much the Clues Brothers, necessarily. ;D)
Yeah I think switching them around would be a good idea. Not every month has to be the same. Maybe in a week or so we can get some suggestions down and vote? I'd like to make this collaborative. :)
I may be jumping the gun a bit, here, but I think it would make sense if we read The Tower Treasure first.
Over at another forum they have a similar thing, but one thing that I don't like about that forum is that they will only discuss books from the Grosset & Dunlap (up to #58, they won't even consider the 2005 additions of 59-66) series because about half of the members only want to talk about those books, while the other half want to (or have said that they don't care which book or books is/are discuseed) talk about, not only the G&D books, but the Casefiles, Undercover Brothers, SuperMysteries'88, Super Mysteries'07, etc.
So if you do start a discussion I would recommend not just sticking to one series, but allow the monthly book to change between the G&D, Digests, Casefiles, SuperMysteries'88, etc.
Quote from: SDLagent on February 09, 2010, 02:44:22 AM
I may be jumping the gun a bit, here, but I think it would make sense if we read The Tower Treasure first.
I actually have this one and haven't read it yet so that's a good start perhaps. :)
Quote from: tomswift2002 on February 09, 2010, 05:06:09 PM
Over at another forum they have a similar thing, but one thing that I don't like about that forum is that they will only discuss books from the Grosset & Dunlap (up to #58, they won't even consider the 2005 additions of 59-66) series because about half of the members only want to talk about those books, while the other half want to (or have said that they don't care which book or books is/are discuseed) talk about, not only the G&D books, but the Casefiles, Undercover Brothers, SuperMysteries'88, Super Mysteries'07, etc.
So if you do start a discussion I would recommend not just sticking to one series, but allow the monthly book to change between the G&D, Digests, Casefiles, SuperMysteries'88, etc.
Yeah I find that hard too because I don't have access to those particular versions and/or I am not sure I know the difference (revisions etc). I eally enjoy the other series too and would like to discuss some of those as well.
We a have a little time to figure it out. Specific book suggestions? So far we just have
The Tower Treasure.
How about Dead On Target or Time Bomb.
Or considering that a lot of people on this forum don't know about Frank and Joe playing musical instruments, how about the 1970 version of The Flickering Torch Mystery which is the version currently out by G&D.
Have to wonder if the revision of The Flickering Torch Mystery wasn't inspired by the Hardy Boys cartoon series though. :D
QuoteI actually have this one and haven't read it yet so that's a good start perhaps.
Seriously? :o That's the first book in the series! Okay, we definitely need to do The Tower Treasure first. But here's a question- original text or revised version? ;D (j/k- I don't even have the original text, so we better stick to revised on that one for now.)
If we do the SuperMysteries, how about Passport to Danger? (Mainly because that's the next one in the series that I will eventually get around to reading. ;D)
I think it should be optional - you can read the original version or the revised version. At least for The Tower Treasure, because both versions are so similar.
Quote from: SDLagent on February 09, 2010, 08:29:34 PM
I think it should be optional - you can read the original version or the revised version. At least for The Tower Treasure, because both versions are so similar.
That's a good policy, since right now the originals and revised texts of
The Tower Treasure through to
The Shore Road Mystery are readily available from Applewood Books (Original) and Grosset & Dunlap (Revised).
And while
The Secret Of The Caves through to
A Figure In Hiding have gone back into the Out-of-Print listings, as far as the original texts are concerned, not every library is going to have a copy of the Applewood Reprints, much less copies Grosset & Dunlap copies from decades ago. The same would have to apply to
The Secret Warning through
The Mystery At Devil's Paw, even though those never got reprints by Applewood.
My library has an Applewood edition of the original text of The Tower Treasure, but they have it listed as the same book as the revised Grosset & Dunlap, so it's hit and miss which edition I'll get. Chances are, though, since they have more copies of the revised text, that's the one I'll get. I tried to talk to the librarian about it, but he seemed to have no idea what I was talking about. It's pretty annoying.
That's funny that the librarian didn't know anything about it! But I think sticking to our "whatever copy you find" policy is what we have to do. Unless the two copies are drastically different.
So far it looks like The Tower Treasure is going to be our first book...You have about 17 days to get your copy.... :)
Yeah, it is sort of funny, but it was pretty annoying at the time, considering I'd borrowed their Applewood edition before. He said someone must have made a mistake or something when they listed it as being published by Applewood.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this "book club", and am going to try to track down a revised text of this book within the next 17 days. If I don't find one, I can always read my revised copy.
I can understand why it would be annoying and frustrating. They are supposed to know these things, right?! :)
I'm looking forward to it as well.
16 days and counting. hehe
Talk to the children's librarian. They should definitely know the difference.
I'll join, but I might not alway be able to perticipate. I have the reviced verion of the Tower Treasure.
Quote from: Dinosaur Dan on February 20, 2010, 08:09:43 AM
I'll join, but I might not alway be able to perticipate. I have the reviced verion of the Tower Treasure.
That's okay Dan. I don't have the original either. We have to adapt to what we are able to find. However, if someone does read the original and others read the revised...it will only make it more interesting to compare and contrast them! :)
Well, I got my original text copy of The Tower Treasure, so I can read that one now. It will be interesting to compare to the story I remember from the revised version.
Yeah I am looking forward to comparing and contrasting them as well since I won't be able to get my hands on the OT version anytime soon. We get the best of both worlds this way.
ONLY 4 MORE DAYS TO FIND YOUR COPY OF THE TOWER TREASURE!! OT or RT is fine.
Starting March 1st, you will have 2 weeks to complete reading the book before we start discussing and then choosing the next book.
The book will have a NEW thread for the discussion. Updates relating to the Book Club/Discussion in general will probably remain under this thread for now.
Thanks!
I just ordered Applewood Books' facsimile edition of the original The Tower Treasure.
Without trying to sound stupid...what does that mean? :)
Very cool though!! Where did you order it?
"Facsimile" just means that it is a copy of how the item was produced originally with no added text or pictures or changing of font, unless noted.
Quote from: tomswift2002 on March 01, 2010, 02:03:36 PM
"Facsimile" just means that it is a copy of how the item was produced originally with no added text or pictures or changing of font, unless noted.
So it's not really the actual book itself, it is like someone copied it and you bought the copy? Thanks for responding. :)
Quote from: hardygirl847 on March 01, 2010, 04:44:05 PM
So it's not really the actual book itself, it is like someone copied it and you bought the copy? Thanks for responding. :)
Well a facsimile looks like the actual thing, but it's a reproduction of the original thing.
Quote from: tomswift2002 on March 01, 2010, 05:25:17 PM
Well a facsimile looks like the actual thing, but it's a reproduction of the original thing.
Does it have the cover and all that? I am picturing a copy (normal paper size) of the original text and no cover or anything like that.
So I don't double post...
MARCH 15 IS THE DEADLINE TO READ THE TOWER TREASURE!
Look for a NEW thread that will be specifically designed to discuss the book. The new thread will appear March 14/15.
Remember you can read either version. It will make it even more interesting to discuss because we can compare and contrast.
Thanks for participating! :D
You're still a bit confused about facsimiles. Like Tom said, a facsimile is an exact copy or re-production of the original. So in this case the book looks exactly the same as the book did in 1927, compared to the current Grosset & Dunlap editions which have been updated and modified over the years.
Check out Wikipedia's article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facsimile) on the subject.
Quote from: SDLagent on March 01, 2010, 08:42:17 PM
You're still a bit confused about facsimiles. Like Tom said, a facsimile is an exact copy or re-production of the original. So in this case the book looks exactly the same as the book did in 1927, compared to the current Grosset & Dunlap editions which have been updated and modified over the years.
Check out Wikipedia's article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facsimile) on the subject.
OK I think I get it now. I looked at the article and then did some image searching as well. I found some on Amazon that are sold as facsimiles. Interesting. I had the wrong picture in my head for sure. :) Thanks!
In 3 days a new thread will appear and discussions about The Tower Treasure can begin! :)
I still haven't got my copy, yet. Hopefully it comes soon.
Quote from: SDLagent on March 12, 2010, 04:01:52 PM
I still haven't got my copy, yet. Hopefully it comes soon.
What is taking it so long? :( Are they rewriting it with a quill pen??? ::) :P
That's ok though...discuss it with us when you can. :)