SA reads discussion

Hi all,
We will be reading A Long Walk to Freedom in April & May to celebrate 20 years of democracy. John is going to lead us
We would like to make this read as big as possible.
I have thought of advertising it on my facebook page, emailing the local library and bookstores. Was also going to put it on KFM Breakfast team wall.
Does everyone agree? Any other suggestions?
Who can help? And how?
Also does anyone know how to send a big invite on group reads? Is it possible?

I agree. And will think. After I slept.

A big thank you to Connor and Afro book club for promoting our upcoming read for us.
Also a big thank you to Diane and Around the World in 80 Books for allowing us to promote in her group.
Both groups are awesome! In so many ways

Big thanks to Lu and team from South African Book Lovers for once again allowing us to post in their thread.
Thanks to my co-moderator Mayra at 50 books for humoring me too.

So I will have to do the other stuff after next Wednesday. I had better stop procrastinating.

Yes. Focus now. And relax

Bye bye, Lisa. We'll be thinking of you. Break a leg.

Good luck, Lisa!

John, do you have a reading schedule yet for us?

Adele wrote: "John, do you have a reading schedule yet for us?"
Not yet, Adele. I will post it on Sunday.

Okay, I have worked out the reading schedule, and will follow up later with some thoughts on how to approach the discussion, together with the first week's discussion points.
I am so looking forward to sharing some time with you all again as we walk Madiba's road together.

We have a lot of reading to get through:

WEEK ONE: Parts 1,2. This is 106 pages.

WEEK TWO: Parts 3,4. This is 122 pages.

WEEK THREE: Part 5. This is 82 pages.

WEEK FOUR: Part 6. This is 55 pages. (Easter w/end))

WEEK FIVE: Part 7. This is 85 pages.

WEEK SIX: Part 8. This is 81 pages.

WEEK SEVEN: Part 9. This is 77 pages.

WEEK EIGHT: Part 10. This is approx. 60 pages.

WEEK NINE: Part 11. This is approx. 60 pages

Hi John

Week one is nearly 30% of my copy of the book. Is it possible to split that so that we have a slightly more equitable number of pages across the schedule? Part 10 (week 7) is only 60 pages compared to nearly 230 pages for the first week?

Carolien wrote: "Hi John

Week one is nearly 30% of my copy of the book. Is it possible to split that so that we have a slightly more equitable number of pages across the schedule? Part 10 (week 7) is only 60 pages..."

Good point, Carolien...and nice to meet you.
I tried not to break up Parts, and usually people get a head-start on week one. However I shall take another look at it and see what can be done. Thanks for your input.

Carolien wrote: "Hi John

Week one is nearly 30% of my copy of the book. Is it possible to split that so that we have a slightly more equitable number of pages across the schedule? Part 10 (week 7) is only 60 pages..."

Thanks Carolien.
John, there's also a few people starting late because of waiting for copies.

OK. Will work out a new schedule tonight.

I'm going to have to juggle this one between my exams in May, so it's going to be interesting. However, my previous effort at reading it by myself was a miserable failure, so I'm very glad to have a group read as motivation.

John wrote: "OK. Will work out a new schedule tonight."

Thanks

Carolien wrote: "I'm going to have to juggle this one between my exams in May, so it's going to be interesting. However, my previous effort at reading it by myself was a miserable failure, so I'm very glad to have ..."

What exams?

Another set of exams to face - this is a studious group.

I have revised the reading schedule as per above. I did not have page numbers on the kindle version - thanks, Carolien, for helping out with this. I also noticed that we have nine weeks over the two months, and not eight. This should be a comfortable read - perfect for the purpose!

John wrote: "I have revised the reading schedule as per above. I did not have page numbers on the kindle version - thanks, Carolien, for helping out with this. I also noticed that we have nine weeks over the tw..."

Cool. This looks manageable! Thanks, John! :-)

Okay, so this is how I will be leading the ALWTF discussion:

1)Each week I will write one or two blog posts on my website, wwwjohnmountford.com, covering major discussion points for that weeks reading. That way I can lay them out better, and attach images. I will post a link to that particular blog page. However, do not post your comments on my blog - post them as normal on the group discussion thread.
2)I will also post shorter discussion points at regular intervals during the week on the thread.
3)I will not be responding to each comment posted in response, but will participate in the discussion as normal.
4)As usual, I encourage you to raise your own discussion points as well.

This is going to be a great discussion! Post that first thread, Adele.

okie dokie

Thanks John.
Looking forward to this

Lisa wrote: "What exams?"

Law, insane enough to do a part time LLB.

John, did you post the revised reading schedule yet? Did i miss it?

Carolien wrote: "Lisa wrote: "What exams?"

Law, insane enough to do a part time LLB."

Wow! I started studying law before I switched to the Arts as a young man - insane amount of reading to do. You have my respect and best wishes, Carolien.

Adele wrote: "John, did you post the revised reading schedule yet? Did i miss it?"

Yes, Adele. I simply edited my original post above - check it out.

Aaah thanx