The History Book Club discussion

I had a notice this AM that my book was shipped and I'm to receive it by Thursday. The light is getting brighter.
I stumbled into the Face the Nation appearance of Joseph Persico; he seemed a little nervous, but seeing him again will tell if he was nervous or if this was his speaking interview style.

Yes, we will see. He is not doing a video but is responding to questions in our discussion.

Virginia, glad to hear your book is on the way. We look forward to your participation in the discussion.

Hello everyone ~ We are in our first week of discussion about the book and are off to a good start. Thanks again to Random House for their generousity, and to everyone who is a member of the club and reading along we hope you participate in the discussions.

The weekly discussion threads, glossary, and bilbiography, are all located in this folder:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

The discussion is spread out over a series of weeks to give you time to participate.

We are also fortunate to have the participation of the author, Joseph Persico. He is logging on regularly and answering questions on a Q&A thread just for our club's discussion. There is a simple question format to follow, and you can find the thread here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

We look forward to hearing from everyone in the discussion threads.

Well I bought the audiobook version (you knew I couldn't resist Bentley) but for some reason I can't get it to download from Downpour . . . I notified Cus. Supp. and they are looking into it.

I probably won't be participating in the discussion as I have another discussion going and am behind in another one . . . but will look forward to viewing everyone's thoughts . . .

Whew- finally picked up my copy today- and ready to dive in for the weekend. This is my first time doing something like this, so not sure what I am supposed to do, but I look forward to reading and keeping up with the threads for everyone's insights, etc.

Tomerobber wrote: "Well I bought the audiobook version (you knew I couldn't resist Bentley) but for some reason I can't get it to download from Downpour . . . I notified Cus. Supp. and they are looking into it.

I p..."

Great to hear you picked up a copy! Hope it is up and working for you soon. Also hope you find the time to chime in on the discussion threads periodically. We will be at it for several weeks and are just getting started so there is plenty of time.

John wrote: "Whew- finally picked up my copy today- and ready to dive in for the weekend. This is my first time doing something like this, so not sure what I am supposed to do, but I look forward to reading and..."

John, glad you have your book! The first week's discussion is just getting started and is devoted to the Preface, Introduction, and Chapter One. You can find that thread here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

New threads are open every week, and each thread specifies the Chapters and pages for that week's discussion. We spread it out into small chunks to give folks time to read and participate throughout the full discussion period. In addition is a glossary and bibliography for further ancillary information. The folder containing the weekly threads, bibliography, and glossary can be found here:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

When you are ready pop in and please join the conversation. We look forward to your posts!

Tomerobber wrote: "Well I bought the audiobook version (you knew I couldn't resist Bentley) but for some reason I can't get it to download from Downpour . . . I notified Cus. Supp. and they are looking into it.

I p..."

I know you will not be able to resist this one - so by all means drop in.

John wrote: "Whew- finally picked up my copy today- and ready to dive in for the weekend. This is my first time doing something like this, so not sure what I am supposed to do, but I look forward to reading and..."

Here is the Table of Contents and the Syllabus - just follow the schedule and you will have time to read this book with the group and also continue your other reading - we make it leisurely on purpose.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

You have plenty of time and there is no need to rush - just relax and enjoy.

Thank you Alisa and Bentley- I am looking forward to it. I am glad it is leisurely- I still have a "first reads" book to finish!

There you go - you can do it all and have a great ole time. But we want to read your posts so post away on the weekly threads and get in some questions to Mr. Persico on the Q&A thread while he is here.

Will do! Thanks

I picked up a copy of the book and look forward to reading it. I am not sure if juggling this book and the one on Wilson is a good idea -- two world wars at the same time might get confusing. So I am not sure if I should finish up the Wilson book quickly, or start this one late. I'll probably try two at once and confuse myself.

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It is interesting but a lot of what happened in World War I which might have been avoided if folks had listened to Wilson happened in World War II so you may be able to see better some of the causes and the effects.

Not sure which thread this should be placed in, but I'll try it here. If you visit the NPR web site for the local radio station WAMC (which covers the Northeast) this morning (July 1, 2013), they are streaming live the grand re-opening of the FDR Library. There is a three-hour roundtable discussion with FDR experts and relatives (I'm listening to an interview with FDR grandson David B. Roosevelt as I type this) and it's quite interesting.

Visit http://www.wamc.org/ and click the listen live link in the very top left of the page. Perhaps they'll archive the three-hour roundtable discussion later?

Sounds terrific - also go to the Presidential threads and find FDR and place it on there too. I know that Bryan will appreciate it.

Very cool, Craig, thanks.