Adam Schiff will be joining our Midnight In Washington book club for at least part of one meeting!
I wrote this comment on the calendar thread last night:
In other good news, spoke with Adam Schiff’s chief of staff today, and I need to let him know when our Midnight in Washington book club will be meeting and Adam Schiff will drop in on one of our meetings for 15-30 minutes or so.
Possibly unannounced, and possibly announced beforehand.
He is more likely to drop in if we have a zoom than a post – easier for him to participate.
i am to get back to him when we have a plan.
I seem to be getting all the credit for this, but it all started with a tweet by one of our BJ peeps about the Jan 6 hearings. Here’s the story of how it happened.
BJ peep Betty replied to Laura Rozen re: the Jan 6 hearings.
As soon as possible. I know from reading Midnight in Washington how well Schiff and Raskin understand this.
— Betty Perry-Fingal (@PerryFingal) December 2, 2021
Betty was excited because Adam Schiff “liked” that tweet, and immediately jumped on BJ to tell us about it. I saw Betty’s BJ comment in real time and immediately replied that she should tweet back, telling him about our Midnight in Washington book club (starting in January) and inviting him to join us for a Q&A.
And she did! Go Betty!
@adamschiff I have been delegated by the blog Balloon Juice to tell you we will be having a book club discussion of Midnight in Washington in January, and we would love to have you join us for a Q&A.
— Betty Perry-Fingal (@PerryFingal) December 2, 2021
Long story short, I am to get back to the chief of staff when we have a firm plan with dates & times for the book club.
So you can expect another book club post soon. If you haven’t signed up for the book club but you would like to join us, chime in below and let us know!
If you would like to participate but money for the book is an issue at the moment, several people have offered to buy the book for others. Two people have the book in their hands already – the receivers are thrilled to have their books and the givers are really happy to be helping someone else get the book. Win-win!
Send me an email if you want to join the club but this isn’t a good time for your to purchase the book. Let me know whether you want a paper book or a Kindle, etc.
Totally open thread.
WaterGirl
Here’s the list of people who have signed up so far:
A Good Woman
Ajabu
Alison Rose
Almost Retired (+1 book)
Another Scott (+1 book+)
Argiope
Ariobarzanes
Athenaze
BeautifulPlumage
bemused senior
Ben Cisco
beth
Betty
bluegirlfromwyo
brantl
CaseyL
Cowgirl in the Sandi
cwmoss
Damned_at_Random (+1 book)
Dan B
debbie
Denali
Dorothy A. Winsor
dp
eddie blake
Eljai
Elizabelle
ellie
FelonyGovt
frosty
geg6
grandmabear
GregMulka (+1 book)
HeleninEire
HinTN (+1 book)
HRA
Immanentize (+1 book)
Jack the Cold Warrior
Jackie
Jean
Jeanne
Jess
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Joy in FL
JoyceH
JoyHC
Josie
Josie (also)
JustinW (+1 book)
Kalakal
Krakengonewild
Kristine
KSinMA
laura
Leto
lifeinthebonusround
Louise B.
Low Key Swagger
Mdub
Middlelee
Miki
Mingobat
Miss Bianca
narya (+1 book)
Nancy
Nelle
neldob
pat
PatrickG (+1 book +)
Paul W.
peggy
Phyllis
planetjanet
Ramona Rosario
Raoul Paste
Red Cedar
Renie (+1 book)
Ruckus
S. Cerevisiae
sab
sam
schrodingers_cat
Scout211
SiubhanDuinne
skerry
Spanish Moss
stinger
Sue in Boston (+1 book)
swordfish
Taphozous
The Dangerman
TheflipPsyd (+1 book)
thruppence
Travels with Charley
trnc
WaterGirl
WereBear
West of the Rockies
Wolvesvalley
Wormtown
zamphuor
Zelma
zhena gogolia (+1 book)
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Alison Rose
This is so freaking cool!!
Scout211
One of my three local libraries finally has the book and it is in process. I am #2 on the hold list. Yay!
Count me in!
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
Awesome!
Hey Raven, you ready for the game?
Miss Bianca
Oh, sure, what the hell, I’m in. I’ll order the book from the library, cuz that’s how I roll
ETA: OK, I’m on the wait list now! Shoot, I may have to purchase it after all…
WaterGirl
@Scout211: I didn’t have you on the list. Sorry about that, adding now.
WaterGirl
@Miss Bianca: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant): What game?
Another Scott
This is excellent. I have it on my phone and will try to make time to read it before the meetings. It will be great if he’s able to attend.
Count me in for +4 copies for others. Let me know how to do it.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.
frosty
@WaterGirl: Srsly? Raven? Saturday?
GO DAWGS!!!!
PAM Dirac
Sign me up.
raven
@Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant): Nervous as a cat crappin ground glass!
MazeDancer
Just amazing!
If it is a Zoom visit, do you think you can get permission to record and post later?
PAM Dirac
Sign me up please.
Scout211
I might be overly paranoid, but since this book discussion is now widely known, are there precautions in place to keep out the haters and trolls? Invitations? Log-ins? Extra monitors?
Maybe this has already been discussed but I was just hoping there is a plan in place. Otherwise, it could get ugly and I so don’t want that to happen here.
ETA: Oh, it’s a zoom? No worries.
PatrickG
Awesome! I’m marked as +1 book, but like Another Scott I’m willing to be +N if needed.
Given that it’s already December, I should probably buy my own book!
Leto
You’re going to make me buy this book, aren’t you??? :P
Count me in!
Spanky
@raven:
“Dog shittin’ razor blades” is the way I learned it.
Hey, are we supposed to keep it classy around here when Mr. Schiff is here?
Raven
@Spanky: I’ll leave
Wormtown
I would like to participate. I just got the ebook from the library; but I may buy a copy.
Scout211
@WaterGirl:
I actually never sent an email directly to you indicating I was interested. Should I do that now?
Spanky
@Raven: I’m right behind ya.
Leto
@Spanky: considering how he can turn a phrase himself, I think we’ll ok :P
Jackie
I’ve started reading the book and in my head it’s being narrated in Adam’s calm, measured voice. It’s EXCITING to know Congressman Schiff will actually participate with us!
Raven
@Spanky: I love Schiff but not today.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Holy cow. I admire the heck out of Schiff
Nancy
@WaterGirl:
Whoo Hoo!! Please count me in. In January I won’t be teaching or taking classes and I’m excited to be part of the zoom.
Nancy
@Nancy:
The book is $26 and change on Thrift Books. Just ordered.
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer: I was thinking the same thing.
MagdaInBlack
This is pretty darn cool.
WaterGirl
@Scout211:
We won’t do logins, but any time we do something special like this, or Q&As with a group, or a Guest Post, I watch the comments really carefully.
We are never going to have an ABL-type situation again.
For zooms, I don’t post the links publicly – people have to email for them.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I feel, as the kids say, seen.
Kalakal
I’m in. Sounds good to me
West of the Rockies
This is super awesome! I love Schiff and would like to participate or at least eavesdrop.
lifeinthebonusround
I’m interested in joining the book club, especially for this. Count me in.
WaterGirl
@Spanky:
Adam Schiff goes on Pod Save America frequently. If he can handled all the “fucks” on that show, and he can handle Jon Lovett, I’m pretty sure he can handle Balloon Juice.
West of the Rockies
Well done, Betty! Well done, Water Girl!
WaterGirl
@Wormtown: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Scout211: Nah, we’re doing this list from the comments, so you are good.
WaterGirl
@Nancy: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@West of the Rockies: Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@lifeinthebonusround: Great! Added to the list.
zhena gogolia
Count me in. I’ll buy a book for someone else too. Do I e-mail you about that?
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: You should tell him to read my guest post on his impeachment performance!
https://balloon-juice.com/2020/02/05/guest-post-adam-schiff-profile-in-courage/
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@WaterGirl: SEC championship, ALA vs GA. I know the blog don’t get down with it, but Raven and I are on opposite sides of this one.
dp
Sounds good to me! I’ll get and read the book (even though it’s infuriating).
TheflipPsyd
Count me in and I also will buy a book for someone else — just need to know how to do it. This is so cool!
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Great! No need to email me for this one. I’m adding to the list just based on the comments.
WaterGirl
@Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant): I had to google just to know that DAWGS was actually a specific team.
:-)
Immanentize
Count me in plus a book. LMK
❤️ Imm
WaterGirl
@TheflipPsyd: Great! Added to the list.
Another Scott
@WaterGirl: Relatedly?
Army steals wrong Navy goat.
Go Navy!!
Cheers,
Scott.
WaterGirl
@Immanentize: Great! Added to the list.
Kristine
Count me in, too!
WaterGirl
@Another Scott: Ha!
Immanentize
@WaterGirl: maybe you could have kept that to yourself?
@Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant):
Dawgs over Roll Tide every single day of every year. Now remind me, who is #1 and who is #4?
Leto
@WaterGirl: what happened with ABL?
NotMax
Tune in next month for “When the Schiff fits the fans.”
;)
WaterGirl
@Kristine: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Immanentize: Do you think less of me now?
WaterGirl
@Leto: Best not to rehash it; I will summarize with “trolls and haters” for the black female front-pager.
Immanentize
@WaterGirl: No, I was worried for you.
Immanentize
@WaterGirl: That describes 70% of ABL’s Twitter gang.
MazeDancer
@WaterGirl:
Just to be all belt and suspenders, when you send out the links to BJ participants include a line to the affect: By signing on to this Zoom Book Club, you are agreeing to be recorded for future postings online.
Also, consider having a raffle ahead of time for who gets to ask questions. Or have people submit questions and you choose. Or appoint a committee to choose.
So, we don’t waste his time. And we cut down on the horror of someone, other than Mr. Schiff, talking too much.
trnc
@WaterGirl:
Count me in. Thanks.
NotMax
@WaterGirl
Will always conjure up the ol’ deputy for me.
“Dagnabbit!”
;)
Cowgirl in the Sandi
@WaterGirl
Please add me to the list – this is so cool!!
WaterGirl
@Cowgirl in the Sandi: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Immanentize: ha! I like some sports, but football is not my thing.
I do know that volleyball, golf, basketball and soccer (aka the other football) are played with the round balls. :-)
Jeanne
Ad me to the list. So excited. Was planning on reading over Christmas!
Thanks
WaterGirl
@Jeanne: Great! Added to the list.
Nelle
@Another Scott: I read that to my husband. He got a strange look on his face and then said that when he was in the Naval Academy, they got to the Army mule and gave it a lot of ex-lax. Can’t tell if it is a tall tale or not. He’s a quiet guy who sometimes waits decades to reveal young exploits. (But, yes, he did fly his plane under the bridge over the Yukon river in Alaska. That one i believe.)
WaterGirl
@NotMax: Now that reference I get! So I don’t totally live in a cave, and I was not raised by wolves.
FelonyGovt
Please add me to the list. He’s such an excellent Rep and a fine person.
Nelle
Add me to the book club list, too. Thanks.
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer:
I do include – with all the zoom links – that the zoom will be recorded.
But I wouldn’t post this recording online with a link on BJ. I would ask people to email for the link to the recording.
I’m not crazy! ;-)
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer:
I think planning ahead for questions is an excellent idea.
GregMulka
@WaterGirl count me in and put me on the list as a +1 book.
WaterGirl
@trnc: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@GregMulka: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Nelle: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@FelonyGovt: Great! Added to the list.
Was that your humble brag that he is your Representative? :-)
jealous!
Red Cedar
Please add me in! This sounds like tons of fun.
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer:
Yes, yes, yes. Make that horror and humiliation. :-)
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: But how do I buy someone else a book?
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: Oh, I guess you’re going to fill us in on that later.
BeautifulPlumage
I would like to get in on this. I was planning on getting a couple of other books, so this will push me to get shopping!
WaterGirl
Two housekeeping notes:
First:
I believe I have everyone (so far) added to the list. If you posted a comment to say you want to participate, please check the list in comment #1 to make sure you are there.
Second:
We have way more offers to purchase a book for someone else than we have folks coming forward to take people up on their generosity.
So please don’t be shy – send me an email message if you would like a book.
WaterGirl
@BeautifulPlumage: Great! Added to the list.
CaseyL
Adam Schiff??? Really??? OMG, that is so cool!
I think I’m on the list already; if not, please add me.
The Library Holds says I should get the book in about 3 weeks, and I am a very fast reader. Provided I get it before the end of the month, I should be able to participate in a January meeting.
Spanish Moss
I would like to participate, and I would be happy to buy some books for others. How exciting! I love Adam Schiff, and I just got his book for my birthday.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: We’ll have another post in the next week to figure out logistics and all the details.
Step one: Share the good news and see who else might be interested!
After that: I am taking today to relax a bit in the knowledge that the Pets of Balloon Juice calendars are done and ready to order! (Everyone: see the links in the sidebar to check pet information and place calendar orders!)
WaterGirl
@CaseyL: I know, it really is exciting!
WaterGirl
@CaseyL: Hmm, there is a CasieL on the list already, maybe that was just a misspelling on my part?
edit: Okay, I went back to my original post. I just misspelled you the first time.
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@WaterGirl: It’s cool, you have to live the life to know.
stinger
Please add me to the list of participants!
Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)
@Immanentize: Get at me Monday and we’ll see.
?
WaterGirl
@stinger: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Spanish Moss: Great! Added to the list.
PJ
Hi Watergirl, please sign me up as well.
LongHairedWeirdo
Random tidbit.
I saw on another blog that there was a comparison of news coverage, and how the coverage of Biden is no better than the coverage of Trump, comparing 2021 to 2020.
That’s not the really funny bit. The author of the referenced article was saying that there’s such a *strong* impulse to “both sides” everything… and, I believe, demonstrated how strong the instinct is. How? By saying this:
I mean, talk about damning with faint praise! He’s restored *some* measure of decency, compared to – who, again?
WaterGirl
@Cowgirl in the Sandi: I sent your Sanibel book #3 to my sister for her birthday in October.
She gets one birthday book every year, in sequence of course. This is obviously year 3.
Raven
@Nelle: I have a buddy who flew his A6 under the Golden Gate Bridge
KSinMA
This sounds great! Please add me to the list. Thanks.
Jinchi
Congratulations on becoming a political power player WaterGirl.
The Dangerman
Will there be a dressed code?
More importantly (well, kinda), I’d this a Zoom thing?
Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA)
@WaterGirl: I’m in.
WaterGirl
@KSinMA: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@The Dangerman: We’ll have to figure out the details in a post where the participants can weigh in.
Looks like we’ll want to have at least part of the book club by zoom since that’s where he would jump in.
We’ll figure it out. I think that as long as everyone is clothed, we’re probably fine.
edit:
Yes! Everyone has to be dressed. :-)
WaterGirl
@Mingobat (f/k/a Karen in GA): Great! Added to the list.
pat
I just ordered the book from our local not-barnes-and-nobel bookstore.
I’m confused how this zoom is supposed to work. I assume there will be a discussion here as well as the zoom call?
Mdub
Mdub please add me as well
NotMax
@The Dangerman
This being B-J, oughtn’t that be an undressed code?
;)
WaterGirl
@pat: I just added you to the list.
Yes, we’ll have to figure out the details in a post where the participants can weigh in.
Looks like we’ll want to have at least part of the book club by zoom since that’s where Adam Schiff would jump in.
We’ll figure it out.
Almost Retired
@WaterGirl: Excellent. I will wear my traditional Zoom costume: flip-flops, board shorts and a dress shirt.
WaterGirl
@Mdub: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired: It’s a great look on you. :-)
Paul W.
Damnit, ok I’m in! Getting it on kindle, how do we join the group or at least keep up with it regarding start dates/chapters?
stinger
@WaterGirl: Thank you!
WaterGirl
@Paul W.: Great! Added to the list.
I will have to figure out the best way for us all to communicate about this. We will for sure have one more post where we can throw out ideas and discuss options.
Then we may go to an email list – I will ponder communication options before the next post.
NotMax
@Almost Retired
Tropical tip: the slippahs* go on the feet.
;)
*Hawaiian pidgin
planetjanet
I would like to join the book club, please.
Josie (also)
I would like to join!
Josie
I would love to join the group, but I honestly can’t afford the book due to Christmas gifts upending the budget. I can still listen to the discussion.
WaterGirl
@planetjanet: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Josie (also): Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@Josie: I have offers in hand from generous Bj peeps for 20+ books for anyone who wants to participate but whose budget at the moment doesn’t have room for the book.
Just send me an email and you will get a book. Be sure to specify whether you want an electronic book or paper. We have donors who can do it both ways.
Everyone: if you want to participate and your budget is too tight with the holidays coming, please send me an email.
WaterGirl
@Josie (also): Oh wait, are you different than “Josie”?
I didn’t see the (also) when i added you.
WaterGirl
If I have my dates right, TaMara should be showing up soon with photos of her new arrival – Trixie Belle. I think the new pups supposed to be here this afternoon.
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
He’s from CA where old ladies say fuck. (They might say it elsewhere also, it’s just that I have actually heard it used by reasonably mature and proper women)
He also has to deal with a few people in DC that would cause the Pope to swear. Publicly.
Leto
Book obtained; gotta start reading!
Edit: saw your comment WaterGirl. Gotcha.
Ruckus
@zhena gogolia:
Jeffro had a good comment on that post.
NotMax
@Ruckus
Suspect none of the CA old ladies say gnarly.
;)
HinTN
Hey, WaterGirl, I’m in. Just loaded the book on my kindle and bought some calendars, too.
HinTN
@WaterGirl: I’m in to buy someone a book if they need it.
WaterGirl
@HinTN: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@HinTN: Yay on calendars and the offer of the extra book.
frosty
WG, please add me to the list.
WaterGirl
I see email messages from people about books. I have something else going on this afternoon, so not to worry if you don’t hear from me with a book matchup until tomorrow.
Glad to see folks who want to be in the book club stepping up to take folks up on their kind offers. Balloon Juice peeps are socialists!!! :-)
Josie
@WaterGirl: There seem to be two Josie’s – me and Josie (also). Please add me back into your list.
neldob
I would love to join. I’m 3rd on the library list for the e-book.
Long live Adam Schiff, and 4 directions Mi.
Ruckus
@WaterGirl:
I’ve already been billed for my order…..
swordfish
I would like to take part in this. I’ve pretty much just been a lurker at Balloon Juice but I read it regularly. I do generally respond to the fund-raising posts though.
Oh, and I misspelled my nym. Should be “swordfish.”
Eljai
I’d like to join. I just started reading the book!
Louise B.
Please add me to the list.
Elizabelle
Yay WaterGirl and Betty. Please count me in for the book club. Will watch the Zoom after the fact if cannot be there “in person.”
I hope Amir joins in. It would be cool to have a viewer from Malaysia. The blog’s international reach.
FelonyGovt
@WaterGirl: No, Ted Lieu is my Representative, but Adam Schiff has occasionally come down this way.
WaterGirl
@frosty: Great! Added to the list.
laura
Jump me in please- I’m off to download it from Audible.
thruppence
Just ordered the book; looking forward to the discussion (if I’m not working then)
Sue in Boston
Hi. This is so exciting! Count me in + 1 book.
Athenaze
I’m interested (as is Ariobarzanes).
WaterGirl
@neldob: @swordfish: @Eljai: @Louise B.: @Elizabelle: @laura: @thruppence: @Sue in Boston: @Athenaze:
Great! I just added all of you!
japa21
This is really adding to the book sales for him.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I just bought the book. I hope to come to the book clubs meeting but it depends on what else I have going on. So please add me to the list.
Dan B
Add me to the list!
I’ll email about a book.
sab
I don’t have a smartphone but I do have my Nook. Is there an audio only way to do Zoom, or at least eavesdrop? I thought you said a while back that that was possible.
S. Cerevisiae
@Raven: Legend has it (and I believe) that Richard Bong flew his P-38 under the Aireal Lift Bridge in Duluth.
Skepticat
I’ll probably buy the book and read it while I’ hidden away in a corner with the cats, but please tell Adam Schiff I love him!
Joy in FL
Please add my name to that list. I want to be in this book club.
I wanted to when it was first mentioned, but I’ve bought several good political books and can’t make myself read them. So I lacked motivation.
But now I think I have some motivation : ) The BJ intelligence and enthusiasm and commitment really help me.
Dan B
@sab: BTW I’m halfway through Fiona Hill’s book. Her tone is calm despite the enraging things she’s writing about.
S. Cerevisiae
Also I would love to be in on this because Rep. Schiff is someone who I admire.
Phylllis
Please add me as well. Has a start date/time been determined?
sab
@Dan B: She is a professional diplomat. Even- keeled.
germy
mrmoshpotato
OT – Go Dawgs and Go Blue!
Joy in FL
@WaterGirl: New pup and Adam Schiff! We are impressive!
Scout211
@sab:
Yes. You can call into the meeting and the phone call will connect only on audio. One of our book group members does that some of the time. The original zoom meeting invite usually lists several phone numbers that will get you into the meeting.
You can join a meeting on a device or computer (after downloading zoom for your device) and just turn off the video feed, too. You will see others but they can’t see you. You can also mute your own audio feed. I am not sure it works on a nook, though. Is it an android or something else?
Taphozous
Please add me to the list of participants. And many thanks to everyone who got this ball rolling.
Raoul Paste
Please add me to the list
The Dangerman
OK, sign me up. My schedule is whacked but perhaps I can be there. Anonymously if via Zoom.
sab
@Scout211: It is an Android with limited capabilities. I can download apps, although I haven’t yet. It’s video features are very very slow.
Travels with Charley
I am excited about this book club and looking forward to the book club!
Gin & Tonic
Chris Cuomo fired effective immediately.
Scout211
@sab:
Zoom cloud meetings for Android.
If this can work in your nook, it is definitely an easier process than calling into the meeting on your phone. You can turn off the video feed, which you can set as the default under the preferences or turn it off as you enter the meeting. You can also choose your name as a default or for the meeting as you enter.
sab
Watergirl,
If I can participate on my android nook I would like to. Haven’t joined the bookclub yet because not on an iphone so why bother. If I am wrong please let me know so I can download whatever.
gwangung
OT: Chris Cuomo fired:
https://twitter.com/CNNPR/status/1467254877340545028
WaterGirl
@japa21: Not sure if you are saying you want to participate or noting that this is a good return on investment by Adam Schiff. :-)
schrodingers_cat
I would like to join. Off to get the book from my library. Great initiative Watergirl.
WaterGirl
@Skepticat: Okay, so not interested in joining the book club for the book?
Miki
Holy flippin’ moly. Count me in, please.
Listened to him on Stay Tuned with Preet last week – the man is correct and intense.
What else do we need to do to make sure we’re there at the right time?
Holy flippin’moly.
Zelma
It looks like there are going to be lots of people on the Zoom get together with Schiff. This will be a logistical dilemma. I have a suggestion. I log onto the Bulwark zoom meeting regularly. They have the four participants on the Zoom screen and then they have a comments feed that everyone can access. Maybe you could have Schiff and a moderator on the main screen and then everyone else could chime in on the comments feed. It provides a way to participate without becoming overwhelming. Just an idea.
And yes, the Bulwark and Balloon Juice are a strange pairing but then, these are strange times.
Wolvesvalley
I’m coming to the book club (and the Zoom, if it happens), too! I have asked for the book for Christmas. And I’d be happy to buy a book for someone.
WaterGirl
@Dorothy A. Winsor: @Dan B: @sab: @S. Cerevisiae: @Joy in FL: @S. Cerevisiae: @Phylllis: @Taphozous: @Raoul Paste: @The Dangerman: @Travels with Charley: @schrodingers_cat: @Miki:
Okay, great, I believe I have all you guys added!
WaterGirl
@Wolvesvalley: Great! Added to the list.
sab
@sab: Haven’t officially joined book club because Nook/ zoom limitations ( are there any? Luddite so I don’t know.)
WaterGirl
@Miki: As i understand it, we might know ahead of time when he was going to attend, and/or he might pop in unexpectedly.
So we won’t necessarily know the day the he would show up.
More generally, we have not yet determined the day and time for the book club in general.
I wil put up a post in the next week or so where those who want to do the book club can talk about logistics and find the best day and time for everyone.
sab
I am buyimg the book whatever. But husband is geting an actual hardback copy of U S Grant’s memoirs.
Scout211
@sab:
Did you try to download the zoom app for android to your nook to see if it would work? See my # 173.
If it doesn’t work on your nook, you can always call in on your phone and listen on your phone.
How to call into a zoom meeting on your phone.
If zoom for android works on your nook, here is how it works.
Getting started with Zoom for Android.
WaterGirl
Repeating my message from #137:
JoyHC
Please add me to the book club. I listened to the book on Audible (read by the author!) the week it came out. It’s excellent!
trollhattan
The ejection of the Cuomos is complete.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@trollhattan:
I have a different take….
Steeplejack
@sab:
The Library of America edition is very good.
NotMax
Fresh general interest thread needed, por favor.
Leto
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: same. Like a ton of white dudes (white people in general, but gonna stick with white dudes), his pappy/name opened a fuck ton of doors for him. Born on third thinking he’d hit a triple. The few times I’d seen him, he seemed like the usual talking head. Nothing interesting, dumb takes. I’m sure there’s another dude waiting in the wings to slot right in, and I’m sure most of us won’t be able to tell the difference.
Geminid
@sab: Your husband is buying a very good book, and you may like Grants’s Memoirs also. They are very well written. Grant was pretty formal in this book, but he had a wry sense of humor that occasionally shows.
Betty
@sab: I am reading them now. They are great. I am learning a lot!
NotMax
@Geminid
Thanks go to Mark Twain for supporting its publication, even in the face of the peril of bankrupting his outfit.
Leto
@sab: In addition, get him the Ron Chernow Grant autobiography and, between the two you’ll have the most complete view of Grant available.
Miki
@WaterGirl: I kind of sorta asked the question to confirm what I thought you’d stated – if it’s going to happen it’s going to happen when it happens. That means I probably need to pay attention, which I generally do but always a bit late (see, e.g., my first comment today).
cwmoss
Count me in for the book club!
SiubhanDuinne
@trollhattan:
The only question now remaining is: Will each of them write a separate book, or will they do the loyal brothers thing and produce a collaborative memoir?
debbie
I don’t do Zoom, but if there’s a phone number to call in for audio only, I’d love to listen in.
Leto
@SiubhanDuinne: incoming “woke media” “cancel culture” bullshit autobiography. Can we advise both of them to STFU and go knit?
Edit: as someone who’s married to a master knitter, I know how intensive it is, and how much time it takes to learn to become even semi-proficient. Basically it’s a ton of time away to self reflect, spend time with the family, and further STFU.
debbie
@sab:
I read his memoirs as part of research for a paper for a history class. He was a great writer!
sab
@Geminid: I have read it. Husband wants a real solid meatspace book to read. He wants Grant, and his book seems a good choice of hardback book hanging around the house for others to read.
We are old. My parents were old. A huge issue at our age is sending stuff we love on to people who might want it and not the town dump. Lot of furnitire in that category. Some of that furniture is extremely nice.
Alison Rose
@trollhattan: Tell him “Boy, bye!”
sab
@Leto: I have read both. Will tell husband. He had a sudden need for a physical book. Grant seemed perfect.
trollhattan
@Leto:
Agreed, his autobiography and the Chernow book are excellent reads and really flesh out the man of whom I knew two relative brief, if vastly important, segments of his life. His journey from boyhood is as amazing as it is improbable.
Argiope
I’m in for the book club, WG. How exciting!
WaterGirl
@debbie: I always zoom with the video off. that’s no problem.
debbie
@WaterGirl:
The only Zoom I have is for work, which I am sure would cause problems if I used it. My Mac laptop is way too old for Zoom or any of that newfangled stuff.
geg6
I’m in. Put me on the list. I have to get the book, but that’s what Prime is for.
gwangung
Anything more than 50-60 people on Zoom can get hairy. Generally, if there are a lot of people, you either go Zoom seminar or you use Zoom as a front end to share on YouTube….
But half the fun of these things is to figure out the logistics…
Geminid
@Leto: British historian J.F.C Fuller’s The Generalship of U.S. Grant (1929) is a very good biography of Grant the general. Fuller covers the broader military context, and his book is an excellent history of the Civil War itself.
Unlike every other Grant biographer I have read, Fuller did not discuss the question of Grant’s drinking.* Instead, he dedicated his biography to the youth of America, that they might learn from his subject’s moral character.
* A former British Army officer, Fuller may have considered Grant’s use of whiskey as very normal. Which it was.
WaterGirl
@debbie: Oh, got it. Yes, you can dial in by phone!
Travels with Charley
@Travels with Charley: I am also willing to buy books for other people!
Denali
Please add me to the list.
WaterGirl
We have 24 more copies of Adam Schiff’s book available if you’d like to participate in the book club but don’t have the disposable income for the book right now.
Just send me an email and i can match you up with someone.
WaterGirl
@Denali: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
One more reminder – if you said you would like to participate in the book club please check up top to make sure that I didn’t somehow miss adding you to the list.
Miss Bianca
@Geminid: I just finished The Myth of the Lost Cause, which has made me want to revisit Grant’s memoirs and yes, the new biography.
Yutsano
I thought had said I was interested in this. But just in case: I’m interested in this!
eddie blake
@WaterGirl: emailed.
WaterGirl
@Yutsano: I missed you the first time but you’re on there now!
WaterGirl
@eddie blake: Okay, I thought eb was you but I wasn’t 100% sure. Now i know.
Vickie Feminist
Please count me in. I’m a therapist in the DC area and have clients that live on Capitol Hill or encountered the Jan 6 guys. They are angry and scared about future events from the MAGA crowd.
WaterGirl
@gwangung: What is zoom seminar? If you’re willing, send me an email ?
WaterGirl
@Vickie Feminist: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
Updated list as of 10 pm Saturday
WaterGirl
We have 30 more copies of Adam Schiff’s book available if you’d like to participate in the book club but don’t have the disposable income for the book right now.
Just send me an email and i can match you up with someone.
WaterGirl
This Adam Schiff guy seems pretty popular. :-)
I’ll check back for more names in the morning.
StringOnAStick
Please add me to the book club list.
Avalie
Really late to the thread, but please add me to the book club?
WaterGirl
@StringOnAStick: @Avalie:
Great! Both added to the list.
hawwingo
Please add me to the book club.
SFAW
@WaterGirl:
Any particular reason you’re excluding Baud?
Karen H
Late to the thread, but count me in for the book club.
WaterGirl
@Karen H: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@SFAW: I would never exclude Baud! Even after he h
as abandoned us for several weeksthough he has been away on a trip for what seems to be a very long time!Laura Too
Yes, please! Add me to the club. Thanks!!
Tinare
I just saw this and would like to join in the book club. I can get the book.
WaterGirl
@Laura Too: @Tinare: Great! Added to the list.
WaterGirl
@PAM Dirac: Great!
Belatedly added because you were in spam somehow.
WaterGirl
@hawwingo: Great!
Belatedly added because you were in spam for some reason.
Kayla Rudbek
I might be interested (need to check my schedule)
WaterGirl
@Kayla Rudbek: Added to the list!