The Great Gatsby Read-a-Long :: Starting Post
Veterans and Newbies alike, please note the changes to “How This Works” at the bottom of the page…
Welcome to the Great Gatsby read-a-long! Want to know more about the book before you join us? Check out the sign-up page . BUT if you are choosing to join us from now onward, please sign up in the current week’s comments section or it is very likely I will miss you and not add you to the list, accidentally. If this should happen, please just let me know in the comment section of the most current week, thanks! (Please make sure you are checking to make sure it is the MOST CURRENT update).
The following is the reading and posting schedule for this read-a-long. Please note, we will be reading roughly 45 pages per week (about 6 pages a day). Unfortunately, there are not very clean breaks (i.e. ending at chapter breaks) this time, so we’ll always be ending in the middle of chapters… feel free to read ahead if you are on a roll, or at least read to the next natural breaking point. That said, please note that not everyone will be doing so, and I ask that you do not comment on things that happen outside of the scheduled reading (i.e. no spoilers, please). Thanks!
Schedule:
Beginning Thursday, December 29th and ending Friday, January 27th.
READING SCHEDULE:
Week #/ dates :: Place in which to STOP
Print Readers:
Week One/ December 29- January 5 :: page 45
Week Two/ January 6- 12 :: page 90
Week Three/ January 13- 19 :: page 135
Week Four/ January 20- 27 :: page 180 (The End)
E-Readers (Thank you to Ashley for figuring out the following):
“I’m using a Nook, and my ebook ends at 129 pages.
(I’m basing the hard copy off 180 pages)”
First break is in chapter 3 – page 37/129
Second break is in chapter 5 – page 68/129
Third break is in chapter 7 – page 97/129
Last break is just pages 98-129
POSTING SCHEDULE:
Post #/ date post should be up on blog:
Start up Post/ Today!
Week One/ January 6th
Week Two/ January 13th
Week Three/ January 20th
Week Four/ January 27th (Final Review)
** Please don’t forget to come to this blog each Friday and share your thoughts in the comments section of the weekly Read-a-Long discussion (see below for more information).**
How it Works:
- Each week, on Friday, share your thoughts about the previous week’s reading. If you are stuck on what to comment about, you can respond to my post or others’ comments. Regardless, you MUST check in each week, even if to say you are behind in the reading (two weeks without a response and you will be taken off of the list — see below for details on why). *please refrain from posting ahead, even if you have read ahead, as to not spoil the book for others*
- Feel free to post reviews of the each week’s reading on your own blog (if you are a blogger), and to visit each other’s links. If I, or other readers, have extra time we will gladly try to visit your blog if you also leave a link to your post about this book. However, please make sure to share your thoughts here on this blog, as this is where the main conversation will be happening.
- As these Read-a-Longs grow, so do the amount of people who participate – yay, all the more fun! However, this means more work for me. As you know – if you have been absent from discussion for two weeks, you will be removed from the list. However, *NEW GUIDELINE*, in order to get back on the list, you need to a.) Have missed no more than two weeks of discussion, b.) Let me know you would like to be on the list again, and c.) consistently be part of the discussion for the next two weeks after requesting to be put back on the list. Am I trying to be mean? Absolutely not! I LOVE having you all read a long, but it really is so much work to keep track of who’s still reading, and to keep taking names off and putting them back on the list. Consistency not only helps me, but is good for the group as we do tend to get to know each other and rely on the conversation to keep us reading. (Plus, at the end of the year I tally those who have done read-a-longs and they get a little something from me, so it is important for me to keep track.)
Who’s Reading Along:
*Please let me know if you are going to be commenting with a different name than is on the list. I check who’s still reading by using this list – so I want to make sure it’s accurate).
Jacqueline Manni
kim
Catlyn Lawson
Meg @ A Bookish Affair
Melissa Caldwell
readingwithtea
Beezy
Megan Granger (@MegsGranger)
Ashley
Gwen
Melissa V.
nancy
Johanna
Sarah B
Cindy
Jill
alexandra.m.patterson@gmail.com
Cara
FleurFisher
Sarah Williams (@sawcat)
Deborah Morgan
TFrances @ Wading Through the Ocean of Life
Heather @ Book Lights Late Nights
Julia L
Books Worth Remembering
Tan
Ashley
Molly
Melissa @ Jayne’s Books
Whitney
Patty@Taleofthreecities
(If you are participating and I don’t have you on this list, please let me know in the comments section. I did not include people who said ‘maybe’ so if you have changed your mind and are definitely reading along with us, let me know so I can add you. Also, if you are not going to be able to join us anymore please let me know and I will take you off the list. Remember, if you go for two weeks without commenting in my weekly update comments section, I will assume you are no longer participating and will take you off of the list (see above, #’s 1& 3). This is in no way to be discouraging, but helps to keep the read-a-long organized (and helps me remember who’s completed what read-a-long…there (ahem) might be something fun for different levels of participants at the end of the year! Thanks!)
Trackbacks
- The Great Gatbsy Readalong — Sign Up Post « Wading Through the Ocean of Life
- The Great Gatsby Read-A-Long: Starting Post « { Trees and Ink }
- Anna Karenina (Part Four) « Ardent Reader
- Books, Books and More Books | Fleur Fisher in her world
- The Great Gatsby Read-a-Long :: Week One « Unputdownables
- The Great Gatsby Read-a-Long :: Week Two « Unputdownables
- The Great Gatsby – Read-a-long Part 1 | Reading With Tea
- Sunday Reads: Volume 12 « Reading in Winter
- The Great Gatsby – Read-a-long Part 2 | Reading With Tea
- The Great Gatsby Read-a-Long :: Week Three « Unputdownables
- The Great Gatsby Read-a-Long :: Week Four « Unputdownables
- The Great Gatsby Read-a-Long :: Week Four (Final Review) « Unputdownables
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Yay! I’m excited to participate!
So excited!
Me too! I got my copy out of storage and it’s sitting on my shelf waiting to be picked up and opened this week.
My first read-along and am looking forward to it!
Hi Sandra, does this mean you want me to add you to the list — or did I somehow miss you the first go-round?
Would it be possible to get what chapter the stopping points are in? The ebook version I got is about 50 pages shy of the one you’re using
Yes, my ebook ends on page 129….
I’m in the same boat! My ebook ends on page 129 also
Hi Ladies – see the 2nd paragraph in the post… unfortunately this happens sometimes. I will try to note what the last major event was in the reading each week (so you will know where we stopped).
E-books are hard because their pages are almost always different than the print versions, so I can’t help you with the page number stuff, but try dividing 129 by 4 (which is ROUGHLY 32) and that will probably keep you along with the rest of us.
We’ll figure it out as we get going — we always do when something like this happens!
Sign me up! Like most, this was my favorite book in high school, right after Gone With the Wind, and had pulled it out to reread it about a month ago. Now I have the nudge I need.
I’m joining up today: http://tfrances.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/the-great-gatbsy-readalong-sign-up-post/ — Sounds like lots of fun! TFrances @ Wading Through the Ocean of Life
Ok, I’m signing you up as TFrances @… because I’m assuming that’s what you prefer. Please remember when signing in for read-a-long discussion that I will not recognize you if you sign in as Tobe instead, so you won’t be counted. (Just a friendly reminder).
Please sign me up. I’m looking forward to joining in the discussion.
I’m using an ebook for this read-a-long, and since the pages don’t add up, I grabbed my hard copy of Gatsby to match up stopping points for anyone else in the same boat.
Wallace, do you want to double check that these are right?
In case it matters, I’m using a Nook, and my ebook ends at 129 pages.
(I’m basing the hard copy off 180 pages)
First break is in chapter 3 – page 37/129
Second break is in chapter 5 – page 68/129
Third break is in chapter 7 – page 97/129
Last break is just pages 98-129
Hope that helps!
Thank you, Ashley! I’ll post this above so people can see it…
Thanks so much! That was very helpful!
This is awesome! Thank you so much! I’m reading it on my nook too!
Sign me up! I tried to follow along for the Villette one but couldn’t keep up.
Hooray!! I’m excited about this one!
Please sign me up!
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I’d love to join!
Here is my starting/sign-up post. I have been wanting to read this book since I was 15 or 16.
Oops, sorry about that! Here is my opening post: http://jaynesbooks.blogspot.com/2011/12/great-gatsby-readalong-sign-up-post.html
I am signing up as Melissa @ Jayne’s Books
Glad you’re joining! Have added you to the list. Just make sure when you sign in, it says Melissa @ Jayne’s Books, otherwise I will miss you. I know it sounds stupid – but there are so many comments coming in (along with replys) that I get confused if it is a different name on my spreadsheet than is in the comments. Thanks!
I may be a little late with the read-along while I acquire a copy but I am definitely in!
Hi there, I would love to participate, but have only just seen the post. Will probably miss the first week’s comments, but promise to speed up from then onwards. Signing in as Patty@Taleofthreecities
Hi Patty, I’ll add you to the list now. You will need to check in this week (the comments section of the post will be open Friday- Thursday) regardless just to remind me that you’re reading… I wish I had a better memory to remember where everyone was! Since I don’t I rely on all of you to check in, even if you are not caught up. Thanks so much – glad to have you along!