Announcement: the Democratic Underground Book Club

[MannyGoldstein]

First up, Fifty Shades of Gray.

I'm sure there are a few others on DU who, like me, are tired of reading all of this bombast without knowing what the heck people are talking about. And some of the bomb throwers might want to read the thing too.

Sign up below, details to follow.

[hrmjustin]

1. Trash button is your friend.

[morningfog]

2. I use it liberally and never regret it.

[Doctor_J]

3. Yeah but I put "shades" into auto-trash, and now there's two more

that were stealthily posted to avert my filter.

[hrmjustin]

4. Trash thread then.

[Bonobo]

8. Isn't there something in DU rules about signatures being unobtrusive?

Your signature is massive and really eats up a lot of space.

...As long as we are giving guidance on how we THINK other posters should behave on DU.

[hrmjustin]

12. Ignore is your friend.

[Bonobo]

17. Sorry, I'm ignoring you.

And I'm doing it the old-fashioned way without the use of technology

[hrmjustin]

18. Have at it.

[Bonobo]

19. Did anyone else just hear that faint buzzing noise? nt

[hrmjustin]

20. Good bye!

[JVS]

22. Ignoring someone doesn't let you alert on them or be juror to their posts.

What fun is that?

[hrmjustin]

23. I guess. I emptied my list.

Alerting is not fun though, especially that posters can not post after 5 posts.

[RiffRandell]

9. But if someone is a host in GD, they shouldn't do that.

Right?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024498713#post404

[hrmjustin]

13. .

[bravenak]

5. Wrote one last night.

I laughed the whole time. Only 6000 words but it was way better. i like women in control.

[Mojorabbit]

6. I have never been able to make it past the first chapter

but it is on my kindle.

[MannyGoldstein]

7. I downloaded the first part to my kindle, for free

Dreck.

But I figure if we have a support group, we might be able to make it through!

[Fuddnik]

24. You sadistic bastard you!

Next you'll be trying to implant the "Celestine Prophecy" into our brains. Then, "Say a Prayer for Owen Meany" to finish us off.

[oldandhappy]

10. I do like the idea of an underground DU book club.

Can we generate a list of potential real reads? Currently I am reading Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and the sequel set in the same area 200 years later is waiting on my counter. I am interested in good book suggestions.

[Fuddnik]

25. Anything by Ken Follett is great.

I'm patiently waiting for the third book of the Century Trilogy to be released.

[oldandhappy]

28. And I also, smile.

[sabrina 1]

11. I can't figure out why people get obsessed with garbage like this. But I know one thing, it sure

is a very clever promotion campaign. Just think, if you made a terrible movie based on a terrible book that you knew would flop as soon as it was released, what would YOU do?

Well, I would start talking about, in horror of course, months and months before anyone got to see it.

I would attack it, get people arguing over it, all over the internet, on TV, everywhere.

And I would make a fortune as people rushed out to buy the book just to find out what everyone is arguing over.

Or maybe they really are just obsessed with the topic of sex. Who knows, I skip those threads, people are dying everywhere as the world appears to be imploding. Only the 'privileged' can bother with this trash, lucky them.

[Sancho]

14. Haha...I agree, the more it's discussed and advertised, the less likely I'll read or watch it!

I've been reading The Second Amendment: A Biography. That's partially because of the gun thread arguments on DU. At least I'm trying to be informed on political issues.

I'm sure there are arguments, but 50 Shades won't help me learn more about the orientation wars, and it's not my type of entertainment.

Sometimes interesting threads are locked, but 50 Shades goes on and on......and I agree, ignore is your friend.

[KG]

15. i got my kinks, but bdsm isn't on that list, so: dnr

[The Straight Story]

16. Some graphics to use on the club's website:

[mokawanis]

21. Do you mean to say it would be good to read books before we express opinions about them?

That's asking an awfully lot of people.

[LanternWaste]

26. I'm laughing about Palin's new network without having seen it. I must be a heathen and a bomb throw

And I laughed about the 2011 production of Atlas Shrugged without seeing it. I'm laughing about Palin's new network without having seen it. I must be a heathen and a bomb thrower...

[Scootaloo]

27. My suggestion....

"Awoken," by Serra Elinsen