Join the TVCH Book Club! Currently reading: Allison Pearson -- "I Don't Know How She Does It". From Amazon -- ... a rare and beautiful hybrid: a devastatingly funny novel that's also a compelling fictional world. You want to climb inside this book and inhabit it. However, you might find it pretty messy once you're in there. Narrator Kate Reddy is the manager of a hedge fund and mother of two small children. The book opens with an emblematic scene as Kate "distresses" a store-bought mince pie to make it appear homemade. Her days are measured in increments of minutes and even seconds; her fund stays organized but her house and family are falling apart. The book is a pearly string of great lines. Here's Kate on lack of sleep: "They're right to call it a broken night.... You crawl back to bed and you lie there trying to do the jigsaw of sleep with half the pieces missing." On baby boys: "A mother of a one-year-old son is a movie star in a world without critics." On subtle office dynamics: The women in the offices of EMF [Kate's firm] don't tend to display pictures of their kids. The higher they go up the ladder, the fewer the photographs. If a man has pictures of kids on his desk, it enhances his humanity; if a woman has them it decreases hers. Why? Because he's not supposed to be home with the children; she is.
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Twiggyish
| Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 4:59 pm
Yeah Marm!!
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Hermione69
| Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 5:19 pm
Did you guys know that this book is USA Today's current book club selection also? They have message board at their web site for it. Now that I am really moving along, I'm having trouble splitting it up by chapters so I am also glad you grouped several together!
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Mak1
| Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 2:21 pm
What are "wellies"? Anyone figured it out? Something to do with keeping dry, I think.
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Marysafan
| Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 4:16 pm
I am not sure....but I think "wellies" might be slang for Wellingtons, which are short black leather boots.
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Seamonkey
| Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 7:10 pm
Exactly right, Marys.. my dad would have said "galoshes".. haven't heard that in decades and those snapped up the front. But then "rubbers" used to mean rubber booties that just covered the shoes, for rain..
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Seamonkey
| Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 7:12 pm
Also been enjoying the wonderful comments by all about this book
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Mak1
| Monday, January 27, 2003 - 12:56 pm
Thanks Sea and Marys, I knew someone would know! Hermione, I didn't know that. I may check out their board. There is no way it could compare to our own board, but I'm curious.
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Whit4you
| Monday, February 03, 2003 - 8:21 pm
Since my tips seem to be such a hit - after this book (thanks mod for putting title in the topics to help with future organizing) I'd like to suggest that when a new book is established a abbreviation is also established - and used in the titles (no problem with the current one it'll be good to always have the first book stand out) But for example if we choose The American Patriot T.A.P. - Chapter One T.A.P. - General Discussion you see where I'm going with this? I guess perhaps we could establish a standard for this (I'm thinking this club will grow and grow so it'd be good to have this) Standard could be - if book title is two words no abbreviation - if it's 3 or more words we abbreviate it. So when a new book is picked and it's told to everyone our famous club founder can establish the abbreviation and start the first chapter or two to get that ball rolling. I hope this doesn't sound 'picky' - it's just I think it'd be easier to read if we did this - especially if we choose long books like The Life and Times of Englebert Humperdink in that case it'd be T.L.A.T.O.E.H - even THAT is long haha I suppose we don't need the dot's that's up to you guys think it'd be clearer but that's just my two cents or you could go with 'if title is more than 3 words' book will be abbreviated to one of the key words... in this case it'd be Humperdink (ya'all decide I just think it's something to consider.... more for the future but well I like to plan for the future
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Seamonkey
| Monday, February 03, 2003 - 8:28 pm
Makes sense to me.
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Alegria
| Monday, February 03, 2003 - 8:58 pm
I'll cosign on that.
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Lumbele
| Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 1:41 pm
Whit, I like the key word idea. Abbreviations are the bane of my existence. 
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Twiggyish
| Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 2:46 pm
Yup a good idea. We're slowly getting it all right..LOL
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Hermione69
| Tuesday, February 04, 2003 - 2:48 pm
Twiggyish, you deserve a BIG, HUGE, ENORMOUS pat on the back for organizing and overseeing this. Go ahead now, pat yourself on the back, hard, but not so hard that you knock yourself down! Seriously, you rock! THANK YOU!!
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Twiggyish
| Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 4:41 pm
Thank you ((Hermie)) I know some of you are still reading the first book. Don't worry about the next one until you are ready for it. We can keep these two going at the same time. =)
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Weinermr
| Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 6:15 pm
I haven't even bought the second book yet. It's kind of hard to discuss when everyone is weeks ahead.
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Seamonkey
| Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 7:02 pm
Probably we should wait longer between books.. because people definitely have differing amounts of time to read and the speed-demons can just read a non-club book or so in between. So, I'd suggest that we give time for most everyone to finish Finding Fish before diving in to the next book.
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Twiggyish
| Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 8:22 pm
Great idea Sea!
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Tntitanfan
| Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 4:39 pm
In addition to the chapter breakdowns, could we have RIGHT AWAY a Conclusion or Overview thread. I read a book in a day or two - retired, remember - and would like to have somewhere to post my thought while they are fresh. If we already have this, what is it called? Thanks!!
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Seamonkey
| Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 4:48 pm
FF - Post Memoir and Conclusion but it wasn't named very well.. sowwy..
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Azriel
| Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 5:37 pm
Alison Pearson author of 'I Don't Know How She Does It' is supposed to be on Larry King tonight.
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Seamonkey
| Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 7:51 pm
I'm watching Larry King now and so far it is Laci Peterson all the way..
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