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  • Stoney, I think you've been a great book club leader. I was crummy at it. I still feel bad about never getting Am I Messing off the ground.

    Don't feel bad! It started off really well. And there's no reason you couldn't get it going again. I sometimes read it off my phone when I have a long wait for a bus, and then I think about posting to the group even if no one is checking in there. And then I don't get around to it.
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  • @freezorburn‌ I just started reading it again, too. Maybe we can resurrect the sucker.

    Haha. That was in such bad taste but I couldn't resist. :p
                 

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  • I want to join. But I feel like I was the troublemaker last time and screwed up discussions
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  • I'm in, although without pumping time at work anymore I might be slower than the group.  I like the idea of something older so I can get it at the library.  
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  • Okay, Stoney, I'm going to throw some titles out there just to get us started.

    The Great Gatsby
    The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.
                 

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  • I've read the Great Gatsby and didn't love it.
  • I've read the Great Gatsby and didn't love it.

    And it's pretty grim
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  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.
                 

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  • OR, the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was one of the options for book club in the past.  I don't think it got a lot of attention, but I totally want to read it.  I also just bought Medium Raw used and I love Anthony Bourdain, so I'm down for that one.  I thought Women, Food and God was meh, but a lot of people love it. 
  • OR, the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was one of the options for book club in the past.  I don't think it got a lot of attention, but I totally want to read it.  I also just bought Medium Raw used and I love Anthony Bourdain, so I'm down for that one.  I thought Women, Food and God was meh, but a lot of people love it. 

    The Henrietta Lacks book is really good, fascinating and disturbing.


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  • The Count of Monte Cristo
    Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.

    This is one of my favorite movies. I'm going to pour myself some wine and watch it tonight and pretend like it's in book form.

    One of my favorite books too. You should read it.
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  • Would anyone be interested in reading one of Shakespeare's comedies? Like Much Ado About Nothing or A Midsummer Night's Dream?
  • Would anyone be interested in reading one of Shakespeare's comedies? Like Much Ado About Nothing or A Midsummer Night's Dream?
    Not at all.  But I admire the fact that you can derive enjoyment from Shakespeare.
  • Malala sounds amazing. Shakespeare is a little tough for me. I always feel like I'm missing some important details.
                 

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  • I would totally want to read I am Malala but i'd be afraid it'd be hard to find at the library. And yes I'm an 80 year old library-goer.
    Yeah, I figure that libraries either won't have it, or there are going to be waiting lists for it.

    That's why my other suggestion was Shakespeare. Because you can always find Shakespeare at the library. And you can get e-copies for free.
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  • I'm in!! I love to read, and miss having a book club. 

    I ran the book club on TTCAL for a while, and we ended up using Goodreads, and it worked out really well for us. If someone wanted to suggest a book, they would add it to the "to-read" shelf, and then before we started I would post a poll with the books (and since it was on GR, people could look up ones they didn't know about). Then once the poll was closed, I added the book to our "currently reading" shelf. We did some discussion questions right through GR as well. 

    I know that some people have privacy issues with using something like GR, so a lot of us just made up accounts specifically for use with the TTCAL book club and put our bump screen names as our names. 

    This might not work for this board, but it worked pretty well for TTCAL, so I just thought I would suggest it in case it might work :)

    I have no suggestions for books to read, but I am pretty open to reading anything. 


  • freezorburnfreezorburn member
    edited December 2014

    Malala sounds amazing. Shakespeare is a little tough for me. I always feel like I'm missing some important details.

    That's why I suggested comedies. They're much more accessible than many of the ones that everyone is forced to read in school.

    Titus Andronicus is also pretty easy to read if you don't mind blood and guts. It's like the granddaddy of all revenge dramas.
  • Willy, stop suggesting all books I've read ;)

    SAK, go read To Kill A Mockingbird Immediately. My all time favorite book.

    @freezorburn‌ I seriously hate reading plays. Pretty please don't make me [-O<
  • Freezorburn, I have no idea why I tagged you and no one else. Lol.

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  • WillyH19 said:

    @stoneycakes I will be voting for Little Women because it is my all time favorite book and I read it at least once a year. 


    I was just trying to spice things up a bit 
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    That's awesome, Willy. I love rereading my favorites, but I try to wait 5-10 years in between so I forget some of it, lol.
  • I'm having fun skimming Goodread's list of books that pass the Bechdel test.
  • I would love to join in! I used to read all the time before the baby and I really want to read more, but I have a re-reading problem... I love to read books I've already read and have a hard time wanting to read a new book lol. I'm up for just about anything. I need inspiration.
  • I'm having fun skimming Goodread's list of books that pass the Bechdel test.

    What's the Bechdel test?
  • I'm having fun skimming Goodread's list of books that pass the Bechdel test.

    What's the Bechdel test?
    A typo? Lol
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  • For those of you on Goodreads (I think you may need to log in to see this, but maybe not):
  • I'm having fun skimming Goodread's list of books that pass the Bechdel test.
    What's the Bechdel test?
    You look at a work of fiction and see if there are two women in it that talk about something other than a man. Most mainstream movies fail this test.

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    Have people read the orphan train? Also very good. I can't link now. I think it's historical fiction.

    Orphans from the cities were put on trains and headed out west to essentially be sold for labor or adopted depending on age and sex in the early 1900's Follows one girl's story.

    I started this for my IRL book club but then my eyes got all wacky during pregnancy and reading from my kindle went kaput. I liked what I read so far and would vote for it!
  • Here's an all-ages candidate that could be fun, and it's definitely been around long enough that it should be in the library.

    Matilda by Roald Dahl

    “The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda!

    Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! 
    I LOVED Matilda as a kid. Everything Dahl, really.
    Ronald Dahl is one of my favorite authors, but somehow I never got around to reading Matilda.
  • Guys, I'm reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle right now and it is fantastic so far.  
  • Guys, I'm reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle right now and it is fantastic so far.  
    One of my favorite books for sure. I read it randomly while in South Africa and it happened to be a book that was in our "cabin" 

    Can I throw out a vote for nothing too heavy. I work with torture survivors every day and sometimes it's hard to go home and read about it too....


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  • stoneycakesstoneycakes member
    edited December 2014
    Speaking of Roald Dahl, I heard an NPR story on this book and thought it sounded really interesting.  I gets somewhat mixed reviews on Amazon, though.  Seems like people love it or hate it.

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