Tuesday, August 14, 2007

What are you or have you been reading?

Like a kid with a new toy, I just can't stay away from the blog! So what have you read recently that you'd recommend? Add a comment to let us know even if you're going to talk about it September... All comments will appear in a popup window.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Welcome to the IBC Blog!

Hey, everyone - long time no type!

Rather than clog the email highways and throughways with my ever-expanding tomes on our meetings, I thought it'd be more efficient to set up a blog - that way you can easily reference previous posts, or see what books have been discussed in the Irreverant Book Club (plus, I don't have to go searching through my email to find the previous posts).

First some administrative stuff - sorry about having you create an account and log in - I wanted to restrict this to only members to prevent random comments from people who have no affiliation with any of us - but in no means do I wish to restrict membership - if you want someone added to the blog, just let me know, and I'll get them on the list. Anyone who has attended a previous IBC meeting should be included, but if I forgot anyone, my apologies. Let me know and I'll correct it.

I also wanted to create an opportunity for other members to post - if you're interested in composing posts, let me know, and I'll make you an author (note - anyone who is a member can post comments). I only ask that we keep the topics to books. Additionally, I thought this would be a good place to include virtual discussions - such as - 'What are you reading now?', 'What did you read recently that you'd recommend?' - to forums that I will open up this week. However, I want to make sure that we do continue our get togethers in person - the food is too good, the company too wonderful, and we've gotta have a way to return all of those books we've borrowed!

So I hope you enjoy the blog. I'm still 2 posts behind (although I do have the book list from the 5th meeting up) - I intend to catch up. I also would like to schedule a meeting sometime in September... I miss all of you guys! - so stay tuned for further information on that.

If you have any suggestions for the blog, let me know... and until then, Happy Reading!

Dave