Bookhungry discussion

Our first pick! We are going with the lovely Heather McFarlane's selection, The Serpent's Shadow. We'll start reading the first of April, and have some ongoing discussion during the month. I'm still tossing around what to do for the end of the month, thinking of incorporating some sort of google + hangout type thing. Looking forward to reading with all of you!

Ohh I'm going into town tomorrow so I will try to pick up a copy! :) And I think a google+ hang out would be pretty cool :D

Yeah, I like the idea of a non-text based discussion, just trying to figure out how that would work.

For those of us in the geriatric set, please explain "google+hangout".

Of course! You know basic chatting over a webcam, programs like Skype or FaceTime let you chat with people one-on-one. Google + is a social media site (like Facebook or goodreads) that has the very unique feature of a very good chat program that lets larger groups (sixish, not sure) all talk together. You don't need a webcam, there's also a typing feature. It would let us discuss the book sort-of together, despite being all over the place.

Thanks for the explanation!

I don't suppose we could maybe use Skype instead? It also has a group text based chat. I only ask because RIGHT before this group was started, I deleted my Google+ account. If I'm the odd one out and everyone else is not interested in using Skype, I'll see if I can resurrect my account and lock down the security so random people aren't constantly pinging me.

Heather, we could give Skype a try, but I do really love the uses I've seen for the hangout program. Do you have a premium skype account? Because it looks like to do group video calls, we would need at least one member to have that.

If nothing else, I still have gmail chat, which does allow for multiple people in conversation at once. Maybe it'll work with the hangout thing.

Well, whatever it is, I want it to work for the most people possible. So we'll figure something out.