how this works
by For anyone that decides to participate...We're going to have a list of books to choose from each month. As a group we'll decide which book we're going to read. And then...we discuss. For the first installation, I thought we might revisit some classics:
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So what was decided??
whoops power went out at work and i never got back to this...East of Eden
ok that sounds good...
is East of Eden it is? we should finalize this before octobers over... lol
i will finalize by the end of today.
its only the third... plenty of time....
not for speds like me.. i need all the time i can get or i won't finish it!
Um, I just found this and I'm wondering what book was decided
east of eden is the only one i haven't read so i'm gonna vote for that. but man catcher in the rye is really great. just all his wording for everything.
I say the Catcher and the Rye, cause well, i was supposed to read that in school, and i never did.
i say was dicuss feet. i really do like feet. they are like hands... just... longer, thinner, and the fingers can't grip. they are just there.
Who says toes can't grip? I haven't bent down to pick up something in years. (Except maybe in the winter)
i dont remeber if it was steinbeck or hemingyway who was the most boring man on earth. it was whoever wrote "Cannery Row"
steinbeck is definitely incredibly boring-he SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!
and so dirty. the end of grapes of wrath?? just disgusting.
I don't know anything about any of these three, so I'm neutral.
I pick JD Salinger, I have the book and haven't gotten to it yet. That was the book Mark David Chapman had in his pocket when he killed John Lennon in front of the Dakota building in NYC...
I'm fairly sure almost everyone's read it already though? And supposedly if you're over the age of like 22 you will no longer appreciate it.
who makes up blanket statements like that? I've always wondered . . .
Well..it was my history teacher who told me that only because he had been told a million times what an amazing novel it was so he read it (he was over 20 at the time) and was not impressed and I count him as a very good judge of everything cause he's super smart and witty and awesome. i'd marry him
Sometimes one can be TOO smart though, as far as overanalyzing such things . . . sometimes one must revert to a simpler mind to understand that which does not require an amazing intellect . . .
But the problem is, when you're a teenager and the whole world is against you that book, when read, is speaking right to you. You read it and you say, "Wow..I could BE Holden!" So, once you're past that stage in your life the novel isn't so amazingly special anymore, it's just about this crazy kid.
I understand . . . but I suppose some of us have the gift of actually BECOMING that teenager once again as they read the book, and perhaps that's what would make it interesting to read in the post-20-year-old years . . . isn't that really what reading is about? Becoming the character in the book? seeing the world through their eyes? I actually have vivid recollections of my teenage years (horrible as they are) . . . it might be a good read for me
i had to read Old Man and the Sea in english class 10th grade. it was good. too bad his fishy went byebye
I can't believe you just ruined the book for me Pete. I'm never gonna get over this.
oops! crap i'm so sorry!
i don't know, man. you might catch an @$$ whuppin' for this. i was just about to read it!
crap... double beatings for me
ok, um which of these is the shortest. THat is my vote. NEvermind i'll jsut get teh cliff notes and tell you all the ending.....
yeah, I prefer under 100 pages with a lot of pictures....
wait wait wait, i'm confused as usual... do we have to read all three of these?
no, i believe we're supposed to pick ONE, but we all have to agree on which ONE that is
right-the point was for everyone to say which one they'd like to read and majority will decide the book for the month.
OOO! then i say East of Eden cuz thats the only one i haven't read yet
exactly!! good melie-you're not eating my ice cream are you??
no... i was eating mine... yummy, mint chocolate chip :) my mommy brought it for me
yayformintchocolatechipicecream!!!!!!!! I have some Breyer's Mint w/Oreo Cookies . . . it's SOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOD
We should have a poll dedicated to this at the beginning of each month.
what a stUpenDOUS idea.
Where's there a hidden message in there. What a UDOUS idea?
i'll hop aboard. i read fast as lightning and i've completely missed the classics.
I have never read Old man and the sea or east of eden..but I despise Steinbeck soo.
Lets go with the book of Romans. because i think i'm already reading that one
oooh i like this idea. i'm a big fan of romans.
that's good stuff . . . I'm in
my pick is East of Eden because I actually haven't read that one as of yet