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| book selection for January - Hello group members: I created a poll on the Meetup site, and you can now vote for the January selection. I am scheduled to leave town to go overseas tomorrow (11/23), and I the dedline is near for me to inform the Santa Monica Library of our | Cello | Nov 22, 2009 |
| New Meetup: December Fiction Book Club Meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup Group! What: December Fiction Book Club Meetup When: December 21, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Santa Monica Library 601 Santa Monica Blvd Multipurpose R | Camille | Nov 7, 2009 |
November Nonfiction Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://bookclub.meetup.com/429 /calendar/10196729/ When: November 16, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Santa Mon
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Camille | Oct 19, 2009 |
| Book Group Selection Guidelines - Hello All, I have received a few emails asking: "what are the rules" for books submitted for selection. While there are no hard rules, I will submit the following criteria for books that will make it to the voting stage: L | Camille | Sep 21, 2009 |
| NEXT NONFICTION BOOK - Dear Book Group Members, The next nonfiction selection is: Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. This book will be discussed in NOVEMBER. Exact date of meeting will be posted shortly. Stay tuned. | Camille | Sep 21, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] New book selection procedure - Hello Camille, I'm new to the group. Basically rookie to the whole book club deal as a whole. Question for you - next week discussion: would it be ideal that we had already finished reading the chosen book or just beginning (is there more than one | Danielle | Sep 18, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] New book selection procedure - Hi, Camille: I am new to the group, so probably have no right to ask this question, but I may have some difficulty coming this Monday, as Mondays and Tue | karynne | Sep 17, 2009 |
| New book selection procedure - Dear Members of the Book Group, Hello All. I want to make you aware that going forward, there will be change in the book selection process for the Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup. Members will now have to submit book suggestio | Camille | Sep 17, 2009 |
| Birthday Please - Preview not available | Erica Levin | Aug 22, 2009 |
| PLEASE STOP SENDING THESE MESSAGES TO EVERYONE - Preview not available | Alex | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] message from book group organizer on spamming, promotions and group rules - Preview not available | Gayook | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] message from book group organizer on spamming, promotions and group rules - Preview not available | Carol Easton | Jul 13, 2009 |
| message from book group organizer on spamming, promotions and group rules - Preview not available | Cello | Jul 13, 2009 |
| HOW THE HELL DO I GET OFF THIS LIST? - Preview not available | user 8531721 | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Hey - Preview not available | Amanda | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Hey - Preview not available | robin solo | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Hey - Preview not available | Courtney | Jul 13, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] Hey - Preview not available | Cello | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Hey - Preview not available | Erica Levin | Jul 13, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] Hey - | patricia | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Hey - i'm in recovery for anorexia. i'm quitting this group. On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Jenn < [address removed] > wrote: | Erica Levin | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Hey - I agree. Isn't someone monitoring this? | Jenn | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Hey - Marcia-- That is not why I joined the book club. You are the second person from that club trying to self-promote. Because of that I am going to leave the club. Beverly On Jul 12, 2009, at 11:12 PM, Marcia wrote: > Hey, I saw that we were | beverly | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Hey - Preview not available | Marcia | Jul 12, 2009 |
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Meetup details changed: Nonfiction meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://bookclub.meetup.com/429/calendar/10689456/ When: September 21, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Santa Mo
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Camille | Jun 19, 2009 |
| New Meetup: fiction meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup Group! What: fiction meetup When: August 17, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Santa Monica Public Library We are reading: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore | Camille | Jun 18, 2009 |
| first Monday meetup - Hello members, Just to remind you that our meetings have shifted from Wednesdays to Mondays; our next meetup is tomorrow, Monday, June 15th. Location remains the same (Santa Monica Library). Regards, Cello | Cello | Jun 14, 2009 |
| Schniderman sent you photos on Tagged :) - | Alan Schniderman | Jun 6, 2009 |
| August Fiction - Hello Book Group, The book for our August Fiction Meetup will be A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore | Cello | Jun 2, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] NONFICTION BOOK GROUP: May 20th - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } We are meeting at the Santa Monica Library, on Santa Monica Blvd. Meetin | Cello | May 7, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] NONFICTION BOOK GROUP: May 20th - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } Hello, When? and where? Thank you | shobi | May 6, 2009 |
| NONFICTION BOOK GROUP: May 20th - Dear Group, This month's meeting will be a NONFICTION discussion. Sorry for any confusion about the calendar. But an erratum email is SO in keeping with the theme of our current selection, it's almost clever. We are reading: | Camille | May 6, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] rules about promotional messages to Venice-Santa Monica Book Group members - LOL :) | Holli | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] rules about promotional messages to Venice-Santa Monica Book Group members - omg. I didn't mean to send that around to everyone. while not technically a spam, but a only a supportive, yet slightly ribbing commentary on aforementioned spamming incident, still I feel I have broken the rules of bookgroup conduct, and for this I am | Camille | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] rules about promotional messages to Venice-Santa Monica Book Group members - ooooooooooooh. don't mess with Cello. Do you feel lucky, spammers? --- On Sun, 4/26/09, Cello wrote: > From: Cello > Subject: [bookclub-429] rules about promotional messages to Venice-Santa Moni | Camille | Apr 27, 2009 |
| rules about promotional messages to Venice-Santa Monica Book Group members - I am sorry that members recently received some promotional email messages that were addressed to all the members of this group. This is why I thought that it might be a good idea to send this reminder. It is not appropriate to send a message t | Cello | Apr 26, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] Beyond Book Club! - Preview not available | Cello | Apr 24, 2009 |
| Beyond Book Club! - Preview not available | Scott | Apr 24, 2009 |
| schedule change - Hello group members, Starting in June, we will move our meetings from Wednesdays to Mondays. I changed the dates for future meetings (starting in June) in the schedule that is posted on the website. This will make it easier for us t | Cello | Apr 20, 2009 |
| Mailing list - Please notify me of upcoming meetings. Thanks and thanks! Carol in Venice -- ce | Carol Easton | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Need to borrow the book? - | wendy | Apr 4, 2009 |
| New Meetup: Nonfiction meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup Group! What: Nonfiction meetup When: May 20, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: Why We Make Mistakes: H | Camille | Mar 22, 2009 |
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Meetup details changed: fiction meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://bookclub.meetup.com/429/calendar/9239449/ When: April 15, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Santa Monica L
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Cello | Feb 22, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] Hey Everyone - **FREE BOOKS** for Book Lovers Like Us! - Preview not available | Cello | Feb 16, 2009 |
| Hey Everyone - **FREE BOOKS** for Book Lovers Like Us! - | Daphne | Feb 16, 2009 |
| You're welcome! - Dearest Book Group, Thank you for all your kind words and gratitude. I am grateful for your gratitude! Have a fabulous | Camille | Feb 14, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux Thank You - Preview not available | Valerie Ramos | Feb 14, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux Thank You - | wendy | Feb 14, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux Thank You - Preview not available | Andy | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux Thank You - | Henry Reynolds | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Nonfiction Discussion Redux Thank You - Camille, Thanks for putting together the redux meeting. I had a great time at this meeting and appreciated everyone's insights. I felt we had an opportunity to dig a bit deeper both into the text and the thinking behind folks likes and dislike | Patrick M | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Nonfiction Discussion Redux Reminder - Hello All, REMINDER: This Wednesday, February 11 @ 7pm we will be meeting in the Santa Monica Public Library Community Room to discuss The Self Made Man by Norah Vincent, once again. I am looking forward to seeing you there! | Camille | Feb 9, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux - Preview not available | Cello | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux - Yes yes yes- I am there- Alan Schniderman -----Original Message----- From: wendy <[address removed]> To: bookclub-429@m | Alan Schniderman | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Redux-The details - I missed the last book club talk on Self made man- last month- are we meeting Feb 11- next wednesday?. Please let me know- I think it would spark and interesting talk and would love to attend. Someone plea | Alan Schniderman | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Redux-The details - Dear Book Group Members, Thanks for your interest in the Self Made Man Nonfiction Book Club Discussion Part B! We will be meeting to talk it up some more on: Wednesday, February 11th, at 7:00 pm in the SMPL Community Room. | Camille | Feb 2, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux - | wendy | Feb 1, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux - Preview not available | Andy | Jan 31, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux - Preview not available | Valerie Ramos | Jan 31, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux - Camille, I would be interested in revisiting the text but am likely on available on 2/11. Patrick Quoting Camille : > Hello Dear Members of the Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup, > > As Cello mentioned to the g | Patrick M | Jan 31, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Nonfiction Discussion Redux - i would be interested, i also read the book but missed the meeting. either wednesday works for me On Jan 31, 2009, at | maria egan | Jan 31, 2009 |
| Nonfiction Discussion Redux - Hello Dear Members of the Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup, As Cello mentioned to the group, I was unable to attend the January nonfiction meetup. I was SO looking forward to the Self Made Man discussion (I had even taken notes, drew | Camille | Jan 31, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] facilitating meetings - Cello, While I have only attended two meet ups so far, I have appreciated your thoughtful consideration of the texts even though I have not completely agreed with you at all times. Echoing what has been said I hope that reducing your 'footprin | Patrick M | Jan 29, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] facilitating meetings - Preview not available | Andy | Jan 27, 2009 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] facilitating meetings - Preview not available | lucille | Jan 26, 2009 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] facilitating meetings - Dear Cello.I am sure that you will be missed.I could do the feb meeting but I dont know which is the book which is not in Barnes & noble Calendar.All the best Oberto 3104583415 --- On Fri, 1/23/09, Cello wrote: > From: Cell | oberto anselmi | Jan 23, 2009 |
| facilitating meetings - Hi folks, I would like to reduce my "footprint" in the group, so I asked Camille to take over the coordination of the book selection process. I am also proposing that members should rotate in facilitating meetings, instead of me doin | Cello | Jan 23, 2009 |
| February Fiction selection is - The Brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. We will discuss this book at our February 18th, 2009 Meetup. Thanks to all who voted. Happy Holidays! | Camille | Dec 17, 2008 |
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Meetup details changed: fiction meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://bookclub.meetup.com/429/calendar/9239430/ When: January 21, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Santa Monica
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Cello | Dec 16, 2008 |
| January's Nonfiction Book Selection - Greetings Readers, I went out of town 2 days after our last (fabulous btw) book group meeting and somehow this email slipped off my longish to-do list, and slipped my mind (now David Shields would say this is because my brain is shrinking momen | Camille | Dec 4, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] spam coming from members of this group - Thanks for watching out! | Helen | Nov 4, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] spam coming from members of this group - Thanks Cello - appreciate your energy in running the group - it is a great pleasure to attend. Alan Schniderman -----Original Message--- | Alan Schniderman | Nov 4, 2008 |
| spam coming from members of this group - Hello members, I have just been alerted by a member who had received an inappropriate message from another member of this book group. I checked into it, and realized that the person who did this is a "writer" who has joined a number | Cello | Nov 3, 2008 |
| New Meetup: fiction meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup Group! What: fiction meetup When: December 17, 2008 7:00 PM Where: Santa Monica Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica Meetup Descriptio | Cello | Oct 23, 2008 |
| results - Thanks to all who voted. The selection for November is: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, by David Shields. | Cello | Sep 30, 2008 |
| please vote... - Hi All, Yes, I realize that a number of you have voted once already... but please go to the site one more time, and select from the three top selections. Perhaps this is too much democracy, but please bear with it this time; we may | Cello | Sep 29, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] communication - Too Bad_ I would have liked to read the new Kevin Phillips book- Bad Money. This is topical regarding the "crises" we are in . Alan Schniderman -----Original Message----- From: Cello <[address removed]> To: | Alan Schniderman | Sep 28, 2008 |
| communication - I just learned that the Meetup site has not been forwarding your messages to me; so, there may be some of you who sent me emails through the site, and never received a response. Most likely, I never received your message. If you had suggested | Cello | Sep 28, 2008 |
| please narrow the list - | wendy | Sep 28, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Books to vote on - | wendy | Sep 28, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Books to vote on - Thanks Wendy- I found it and appreciate your help Alan -----Original Message----- From: wendy <[address removed]> To: [address removed] Sent: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 9:42 pm Subject: Re: [bookclub-429] Books t | Alan Schniderman | Sep 28, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Books to vote on - | wendy | Sep 27, 2008 |
| Books to vote on - It may be too late but I dont know what books are on the list to vote on.Please let me know - it is saturday and I may have misses to boat to vote. Alan Schniderman | Alan Schniderman | Sep 27, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] just to make sure... - If I might make a suggestion: The first 265 pages of G uns, Germs, and Steel discuss Diamond's thesis about why | Henry Reynolds | Sep 27, 2008 |
| just to make sure... - Hello group members, I just checked the poll, and right now the Diamond book (Guns, Germs, Steel) is in the lead. I read this book a few years back, and enjoyed it. My experience in the past tells me that people sometimes vote for books that | Cello | Sep 27, 2008 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] non-fiction choice for November - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Hi, http://bookclub.me | Cello | Sep 24, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] non-fiction choice for November - click on the link at the bottom of this email | Holli | Sep 24, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] non-fiction choice for November - Hi Cello, I am having a hard time finding the book group website. Mind passing it along? Thanks! Valerie On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Cello < | Valerie Ramos | Sep 24, 2008 |
| RE: [bookclub-429] non-fiction choice for November - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Hi Eileen... I am sorry, I missed this message somehow... I was out of tow | Cello | Sep 24, 2008 |
| November meetup, book selection - Hi, I put five possible book choices into the poll that is on our group's website. Please go to the website, find "Polls" on the left side of the page, and vote for the book that you want to read and discuss at the November meeting. | Cello | Sep 23, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] non-fiction choice for November - Recommendation: I recently read "Firefight, The Battle for the Pentagon on 911". This is an account by the first responder firefighters; it puposefully does not focus on the people who died or on the politics of terrorist or | Eileen | Sep 18, 2008 |
| (no subject) - Plese sned my messag to all members of the Book [address removed] tel 310458 3415 | oberto anselmi | Sep 18, 2008 |
| non-fiction choice for November - Hello book group members, This time, we will open up the choice of the book to all members, not just to those who showed up at the last meeting. Please send me your suggestion for the non-fiction choice, to be discussed at our November meeting | Cello | Sep 17, 2008 |
| New Meetup: fiction meetup - Announcing a new Meetup for The Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup Group! What: fiction meetup When: October 15, 2008 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Santa Monica Library, Community Meeting Ro | Cello | Aug 21, 2008 |
| error - Apologies for messing up the September meetup. The proper information about the meetup is that September is non-fiction month, and we are reading The First Salute by Barbara Tuchman. I updated the calendar. So, please disregard my previous em | Cello | Jul 19, 2008 |
| New Meetup: fiction meeting - Announcing a new Meetup for The Venice/Santa Monica Book Club Meetup Group! What: fiction meeting When: September 17, 2008 7:00 PM Where: Santa Monica Library, Click the link below to find out the details! Meetu | Cello | Jul 19, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] August meetup - Hi Cello, What happened to "Under the Banner of Heaven?." Is that for July? Thanks for you note, Marilyn --- | marilyn honig | Jun 25, 2008 |
| August meetup - Hi, Please check the meetup calendar: on August 13th, we will discuss our non-fiction selection: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood See you there, Cello | Cello | Jun 25, 2008 |
| Re: [bookclub-429] Apologies - I didn't send this email - DO NOT click on link - same thing happened to me around New Year's. I think they get your&nbs | Holli | Jun 19, 2008 |
| Apologies - I didn't send this email - DO NOT click on link - Hi My apologies. I didn't send out link. Please use caution. I don't know this company nor do I endorse the site. My Gmail address book has be | Shanil | Jun 19, 2008 |
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