# SDMB Reader's group - Ongoing Logistics Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-readers-group-ongoing-logistics-thread/520523 "2009-12-08T22:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deathawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@deathawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deathawk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-readers-group-ongoing-logistics-thread/520523/1 "2009-12-08T22:50:13Z")
Welcome to the SDMB Reader’s group! This thread will serve as an ongoing logistics thread. Posts here will include the Current Schedule, links to discussion threads, and links to new selection polls as they occur. Please subscribe\* to this thread if you are interested in taking part in the discussions, as you will then be able to be notified of the new discussion threads as they open. Here is the tentative discussion schedule for the first poll winners 12/20 - Catch-22 Part 1 - OP: **Talon Karrde** (To Chapter 22) 01/10 - Catch-22 Part 2 - OP: **Talon Karrde** (End of Book) 01/17 - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1 - OP: **iftheresaway** 01/31 - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2 - OP: **iftheresaway** 02/07 - Love in the Time of Cholera Part 1 - OP: **deathawk** 02/21 - Love in the Time of Cholera Part 2 - OP: **deathawk** 03/07 - The Princess Bride Part 1 - OP: **StoutHearted** 03/21 - The Princess Bride Part 2 - OP: **StoutHearted** 03/28-04/09 - Make suggestions for next Selection Poll 04/04 - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Part 1 - OP TBD 04/10-04/18 - Second Selection Poll 04/18 - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Part 2 - OP TBD 05/02 - Heart of Darkness - Part 1 - OP TBD 05/16 - Heart of Darkness - Part 2 - OP TBD ISBN information can be found in the [First Selection Poll Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=541612), in post #2. Thanks to everyone who participated in the poll. If you are willing to take the OP for either of the last two in the list, please post in this thread. As the question came up in the poll, here is what we are looking for from those taking the Opening Post duties: 1. A suggestion as to how to handle the reading for the work. In other words, where the “break” point should be chapter wise for the two discussions. For some of the shorter works, this may instead be an emphasis on some theme or character, rather than a page break. 2. An opening thread post that will serve as the departure point for the discussion. So what ever you found interesting about the book, good or bad, be it on plot, theme, character, or whatever else strikes your fancy. 3. When opening the thread, please use the following format for the title, so that we can see it easily in the thread list: “SDMB Readers Group - \ \” Please also post a link to the discussion thread in this thread, to allow the subscription notification feature to provide automatic notifications. \*If you are unfamilar with thread subscription: Click the down arrow next to “Thread Tools” in the Blue Bar at the top of the thread. Select “Subscribe to this thread”. This will take you to the subscription option page in the User Control Panel. Select your preferred notification options from the drop down lists, and then click the “Add Subscription Button”. For more information on subscriptions, please see the FAQ: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/faq.php?faq=vb3\_user\_profile#faq\_vb3\_subscriptions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/faq.php?faq=vb3_user_profile#faq_vb3_subscriptions) ---
**Author:** ![deathawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@deathawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deathawk)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-readers-group-ongoing-logistics-thread/520523/2 "2009-12-21T10:05:30Z")
The first discussion thread is underway: > **[SDMB Reader's Group: Catch-22 Discussion #1](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544696)** > > This is the first discussion thread for the SDMB reading group. The logistics thread is here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=543091 This discussion covers the beginning of the book to the end of chapter 22. I have to confess... ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-readers-group-ongoing-logistics-thread/520523/3 "2009-12-31T02:21:48Z")
Can I make a suggestion for June? There are _a lot_ of people who who watch True Blood here, and so far the show has been following the books more or less. Why not ask people to read **Club Dead** by Charlaine Harris to coincide with the third season beginning? It’ll be a fast read for almost everyone. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-readers-group-ongoing-logistics-thread/520523/4 "2010-01-28T08:41:28Z")
I don’t want to step on any toes, but it seems like the Catch-22 thread is dead, so I’d like to suggest beginning the Slaughterhouse 5 thread. I don’t have my copy in front of me, but I’ll aim for the opening thread (about halfway thorough the book) in 10-14 days.