SA reads discussion

5 Jan- 1 Feb
Kill Mandela
Led by John Mountford

2 Feb- 1 March
The Sabi
Led by Dianne Brown

2 March- 30 March
The Firebolt
Led by Adrienne Woods

31 March- 25 May
A Long Walk to Freedom
Led by John
Please, anyone else wanting to lead this incredible book, include your names here, we can sort out in April

26 May- 29 June
Circles in a Forest
Led by Adele (who I am assuming will lead)

To the incredible authors sharing there work with us, if you struggle setting up threads, Adele, Cecily, Dirk and Sarah all know how so just post here for assistance.
Also, part of the moderator duty is to respond and deal with badly behaved characters. Everyone in our group seems to able to express themselves without bias and bigotry, but if there are badly behaved people, please alert a moderator.

Good luck all, see you in a few days

Thanx Lisa!!

Thanx Lisa!!

Thanx Lisa!!

My goodreads app is experiencing a crash problem. Sorry for repeating posts. Dont know whats going through and whats not.

I just thought you were incredibly thanxful.

Adele, Is there a way to set up the January group read page so that it is not right at the end of the page? (scrolling down past old discussion threads is a pain!) The current thread should be near the top, if possible.
Thanks.

Best is to start a whole new thread John. I can do that for you. Ten you can simply enter your information/discussion.

Thanks, Adele. Please do so. Can you 'file' away old discussion threads, or do they have to stay on the visible timeline?

I'll see what I can do. Lisa has been very busy organising topics and what I'm trying to do isn't working very well.

Was planning on putting old stuff away at end of year...
You can move new stuff to the top

Lisa, how can I put John's thread as a own topic instead of under general?

I did it.
You create the topic
It asks for a folder- says choose folder vs new folder
Create new folder

Hi all.
We've run into a snag.
Diane's assistant contacted me and posted on Diane's page that she is unwell and on medical leave for at least the next two weeks.
On behalf of all of us, I wish her a speedy recovery.

As you all know, The Sabi is our next book and Diane was going to lead us through her masterpiece. Her assistant asks that we find another way.
I see two options
1) Someone else leads until Diane returns- any volunteers?
2) We swap Feb and March- but this would be up to Adrienne.

Lisa wrote: "Hi all.
We've run into a snag.
Diane's assistant contacted me and posted on Diane's page that she is unwell and on medical leave for at least the next two weeks.
On behalf of all of us, I wish her..."

Thanks, Lisa. Sorry to hear about Dianne. I know she was in the process of emigrating to the USA as well - a further complication for her.

With february being a short month, why dont we move Vickys read to feb since many people are already reading it and discussing it. And do Diane a bit later when she is able to lead it.

That is another option Adele that I hadn't considered.
Thoughts please guys

Adele wrote: "With february being a short month, why dont we move Vickys read to feb since many people are already reading it and discussing it. And do Diane a bit later when she is able to lead it."

I second Adele's suggestion.

And when Dianne is better? Then ask what she wants to do?

Vicki? How do you feel about this?

Vicki, sounds like four of us agree.
What does everyone else think?
Final decision friday

Vicki wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Vicki, sounds like four of us agree.
What does everyone else think?
Final decision friday"
Cant start countdown until Feb 28, price change reasons. It will still only be 2.99 or 4.99 ..."

I have the kindle copy and am ready to go! Perhaps we can use the existing thread for Week 1?

Sounds good. I will do necessary editing by friday

Right guys, we got a bit shifted in our planning. The next few months:

31 March- 25 May A Long Walk to Freedom (so excited!)
26 May- 29 June The Sabi (Can't wait)
30 June- 28 July Circles in a Forest