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Post by Songbird on Jun 25, 2011 22:48:53 GMT -5
Voting is over, the book we will be reading is the Hunger Games. by Susan Collins. Discussion will take place here.
Here is the discussion schedule:
July 26th: Chapters 1-3
August 2nd: Chapters 4-8
August 9th: Chapters 8-12
August 18th (I will be away until then): Chapters 13-18
August 25th: Chapters 19-23
August 30th: Chapter 24- 27
Here are the rules:
Nobody may discuss or imply anything about the chapters that have not been talked about yet. Example, if you read ahead and are discussing theories about chapter 7 when we are only discussing chapters 1-3, don't do it.
Anyone can pose questions as long as they are relevant to the chapters we're discussing that week.
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Post by Lady Whatever on Jun 26, 2011 2:05:07 GMT -5
1. The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ISBN: 0316044776
2. Beatrice & Virgil by Yann Martel
ISBN: 1400069262
3. Watermark by Vanitha Sankaran
ISBN: 0061849278
4. The Once and Future King by T.H White
ISBN: 0441627404
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Post by csc on Jun 26, 2011 10:25:52 GMT -5
Oooh a book club! I'm in ;D.
1. Florence and Giles by John Harding
ISBN: 978-0007315048
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
ISBN: 978-0375831003
3. The Auslander by Paul Dowswell
ISBN: 978-1599906331
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
ISBN: 978-0439023528
I hope some of my book choices aren't too tough for a twevel year old. Like "Auslander", which is about the Holocaust. It's just that I'm not that much older then 12 and my friend read it and loved it. Is it O.K.?
P.S.: Nominatissima, you do realize you picked the same ones as her, right?
P.S.S.: I just realized I picked the Hunger Games, like Songbird did. Oh, well.
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Post by Lady Whatever on Jun 26, 2011 11:25:23 GMT -5
Actually, Songbird just added my suggestions to her post, so as to keep a better track of all nominations. Same with yours.
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Post by csc on Jun 26, 2011 14:54:25 GMT -5
Oh, silly me  . |
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Post by Songbird on Jun 27, 2011 10:07:29 GMT -5
Yeah, we read the Book Thief last year. We also read Cloud Atlas, and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell, so don't nominate those.
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Post by csc on Jun 27, 2011 12:50:32 GMT -5
I don't know about this one but, I read some reviews of it and read what it is about and I think it may be good.
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
ISBN-13: 978-0062060556
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Post by allegedly bryan on Jun 28, 2011 0:59:01 GMT -5
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
ISBN: 0142409413
Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughs
ISBN-10: 0671866923
ISBN-13: 978-0671866921
Adverbs by Daniel Handler
ISBN: 0060724420
(I read the first chapter, and I guess it's not really for children...)
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Post by csc on Jun 28, 2011 16:27:44 GMT -5
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
ISBN: 978-1-4165-8964-8
Sorry for the flood of nominations I have been making.
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Post by Songbird on Jun 28, 2011 22:04:25 GMT -5
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor ISBN: 0142409413 Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughs ISBN-10: 0671866923 ISBN-13: 978-0671866921 Adverbs by Daniel Handler ISBN: 0060724420 (I read the first chapter, and I guess it's not really for children...) So am I not adding Handler's book to the list? Also, I love The Looking Glass Wars, they are also making that a movie. Literally my whole bookshelf is going to be a movie in the next two years. (A Great and Terrible Beauty would be a good book to read but I don't think it's a book boys would enjoy very much) |
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Post by allegedly bryan on Jun 28, 2011 23:48:03 GMT -5
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor ISBN: 0142409413 Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughs ISBN-10: 0671866923 ISBN-13: 978-0671866921 Adverbs by Daniel Handler ISBN: 0060724420 (I read the first chapter, and I guess it's not really for children...) So am I not adding Handler's book to the list? Well I've read the first chapter, and the derogatory F word was used. I don't know if it gets any worse though. I guess just to be safe, leave it off. I read it a couple of years ago and remember thinking it would look great as a movie anyway. |
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Post by csc on Jul 4, 2011 14:23:59 GMT -5
I was reading the first chapters of Little Bee and I think it's not apropriate for children.
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Post by Sora on Jul 7, 2011 2:01:00 GMT -5
I was reading the first chapters of Little Bee and I think it's not apropriate for children. I read the British version ( The Other Hand) a couple of years ago, and if we're defining 'appropriate' as 'reasonable for 12-year olds', then no I don't think it's quite right for this list. My nominations: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon 978-0007149827 Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safron-Foer 978-0060529703 The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 978-0060913076 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 978-0679775430 |
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Post by Songbird on Jul 7, 2011 13:27:14 GMT -5
I don't know why I need to say this, but The Auslander is not going to be released until August 16th, so we can't read it.
Voting starts now
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Post by Songbird on Jul 19, 2011 18:10:49 GMT -5
So please REREAD the first post, voting is over
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