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Ok guys, so I was thinking. What do you think about starting a book club? We could decide on a book and all read it at the same time and stuff. Have any of you read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?
submitted by Grace
(May 26, 2009 - 2:01 pm)
(May 26, 2009 - 2:01 pm)
The Giver would be great!!! Or The Lord of the Rings series... but I really don't care.
(May 28, 2009 - 6:57 am)
Hey can I join, too?!
(May 28, 2009 - 1:39 pm)
Yeah!!! Of course!!
(May 28, 2009 - 4:59 pm)
Diffinately!!!! Anyone can.
(May 29, 2009 - 7:36 am)
How 'bout Harry Potter? Anyone?
(May 29, 2009 - 4:47 pm)
Hey Trixie, that's a really good list. Here, let me add some fantasy.
~Fantasy~
The People of Sparks
The Tale of Emily Windsnap
Howl's Moving Castle
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Ingo
The Deep
The Witches (Roald Dahl)
So I guess it will work like this right. If you want to do fantasy just put down your favorite book and whichever book gets the most votes we'll read!!
Can't wait for this book club to start!!
(May 31, 2009 - 11:30 am)
Oh, and I watched the movie for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, but I haven't read the book yet. I'd like to, though. I cried while I watched the movie. :(
(May 27, 2009 - 6:27 pm)
I suggest LOTR.
(May 28, 2009 - 5:48 am)
You should. :) For those of you who didn't like the book... was it because it was confusing or something? The book is told from the perspective of a 9 year old, who's completely ignorent of the war - holocaust. So with some of the things he observes in his view, you can tell what he's talking about if you know enough about WWII.
(May 28, 2009 - 6:59 am)
Sure, we could read the Book Thief. I own it, and should probably read it again soon.
(May 28, 2009 - 9:54 am)
This sounds great! A Narnia book would be splendiferous, or LoTR, (I've been meaning to read the latter, but haven't yet) or James Herriot!!! If you've never read any James Herriot, you've got to!!! Or see the TV series, which is the only movie based on a book that I actually think did the book(s) justice. I'm currently reading "All Things Great and Small." Then, for more fantasy, there's Eva Ibbotson, Terry Pratchett, Patricia C. Wrede, Diana Wynne Jones, and the list flies onwards. For historical fiction, there's Ann Rinaldi, for one, and several other authors, for sci-fi, there's Marion Zimmer Bradley, but I don't really like sci-fi, so don't know many authors. We should also maybe try books based on mythology, like Greek and Norse, etc.? There's "Runemarks" by Joanne Harris, which I liked, (based on the Norse myths) and some Diana Wynne Jones books ("The Game," "Eight Days of Luke"). Then there're the Jacky Faber books, which are historical fiction, and so on, and so forth, and so forever....
(May 28, 2009 - 10:55 am)
For some reason, my dad says I can't read anything by Eva Ibbotson. I don't know why.
(May 28, 2009 - 4:28 pm)
Okay, chosen books/series so far:
(May 28, 2009 - 5:22 pm)
Eva Ibbotson also wrote The Star of *Kazon??* It's a great book!
(May 29, 2009 - 7:37 am)
I've read (I think) all of Eva Ibbotson's works, including her books for young adults, and not a single one even began to have anything inappropriate. They were all just hilarious and heart-felt. My aunt read "Island of the Aunts" to my siblings and I when I was probably younger than five, and I've loved her works ever since! Laura: James Herriot doesn't have any wars, and the Narnia books don't get into the gory details (well, unless "The Last Battle" has more details than TLtWatW). As for "Howl's Moving Castle" (which I stronglystronglystronglystrongly suggest) there are only humorous magical duels. "The Giver" would be a good book, if a little sad....:):):) This is going to be a lot of fun!
(May 29, 2009 - 9:46 am)