Playground book club Do Not vote unless you are a member of this club

[Lioness]

I was tying between Small Gods and To Kill A Mockingbird, but decided that I should probably not suggest something and then vote for something else. So To Kill A Mockingbird is my choice, though Small Gods is awesomeness in book form.

[Etcetera]

I'd like to express my wish to join as well. I have access to a more than capable school library, so I should be able to get hold of most books.

[Ikialev]

Can I join the club too? I think it'll be a good way to practice english reading. :F

[Dragonus45]

Well in reading two Pratchett books right now so im gonna vote for Star of the Sea.

And i don't know if it would make the pass of real world religion as it seems to make fun of hypocrisy more than anything. But its one of the ones i haven't read yet so i could be off. Also if anyone could do it without offending anyone its TP.

[Belkarsbadside1]

I would very much like to join! Also, may I recommend the Dresden Files?/
(P.S. Storm Front is the first book. (click on the book for description))

Sure. And sorry, I am not taking suggestions at the moment, despite the awsomeness of that series. I was tempted to suggest it myself

[Etcetera]

Well, I've voted for To kill a Mockingbird, if only because I feel I should have read it.

[Myshlaevsky]

This bookclub is huge! That means it has huge knowledge! Read and critique! Read and critique!

[Belkarsbadside1]

I know!!! we need to get a banner for it so we can attract even more!!!

I love this! I started this on a whim and its already so popular!

[Dragonus45]

Well you have some interesting choices to read, and on the site its hard to discuss much without hitting up against a lot of he forum rules. Where do we go to look for a banner?

[Belkarsbadside1]

Well you have some interesting choices to read, and on the site its hard to discuss much without hitting up against a lot of he forum rules. Where do we go to look for a banner?

I think maybe the arts and crafts area? Ill check there this aafternoon

V: Thanks sweet

[Quincunx]

Brave New World (full text)

The others are still under copyright. There was once a chapter of Star of the Sea on the web as promotional material but the link seems to be broken.

[Belkarsbadside1]

All right, Im posting the one day warning. Hopefully the polls will be taken down sometime tomorrow and Ill announce the winning book then. I will also go over the supposed way this book club is going to be run and how we'll chat about the book. (This will just be my idea, the idea will probably need some fine tuning and editing. I will also be looking for some comments and suggestions about it, when I post everything up.)

So Vote Now If You Haven't Yet.

[Belkarsbadside1]

sorry, been real busy, your all going to have to wait till thursday for the important business, but The winner is Small Gods By Terry Pratchet. So we can all start on acquiring that book. Ill tell you all later about everything again

sorry

[Dragonus45]

Well i figure we should start sounding off if we happen to already have a copy. Which i do, ill wait for more info,

[Belkarsbadside1]

All right, sorry about the delay. Little family emergency. Anyways, I just got a copy of small gods and It looks acceptable to read. When enough people say they have the book, I will open up a new thread where we can start discussing the book.
I would like feedback on this Idea, but I think we should read the book together as a group and only read up to a certain page on a (maybe?)weekly basis so none of us can accidentaly give spoilers to people who haven't read as far as us faster readers.

So right now I would like people to do as Dragonus says aand sound off once you get the book. I would like to get everyone reading the book by Wednesday if at all possible, so I will open the thread on the first few chapters on Wednesday if all goes according to plan. For those of you who already have it, I suggest we don't read beyond page 75.

[Alarra]

I already own this book. First Pratchett I ever bought actually.

[Trai]

I don't know if I'll be able to get the book on time-- like I've said, I really don't have access to a great library or a major bookstore, and the two independent bookstores in town (I'm in college) don't have all that much. I'll try-- if necessary, I'll order online and have it shipped fast. But if I can't get it (or don't have time to read; I'm in the middle of midterms), I'll have to sit this one out.

Is that acceptable? I know some book clubs get weird about missing a book...

[Belkarsbadside1]

Oh no Its fine, Get the book whenever you can and just join in then.

V: Why of course, just make sure you get the book soon and read all our guidelines

[BritishBill]

can i join?

[TelemontTanthul]

Small Gods?

I'll pick up a copy after work tomorrow.

Make sure to specify how far along the book we can discuss as we go along, otherwise some people will have a ruined experience via Accidental Spoiler.

[Belkarsbadside1]

Make sure to specify how far along the book we can discuss as we go along, otherwise some people will have a ruined experience via Accidental Spoiler.

All right, Ive looked at It and how about we go no further than the first eighty for now.

Also for the rest of you, please notify me if you get this book, because I want to get the discussion thread started ASAP.

By the way, so far I think this was a good pick and I think we hopefully will all enjoy this book

V: Your right. I have that one too. I took off a few pages so as we can preserve the book a bit longer

[Madmal]

i got it, but it's a mass trade paperback edition, 357 pages total.

[Thufir]

I've go- well, actually no I haven't got my own copy, but my parents have it and I've read it multiple times anyway.

[Weezer]

I've got the book

[Trai]

I ordered the book online; it's supposed to be here by Wednesday.

[HereticNox]

I'll stop off at the bookstore tomorrow and pick my copy up. Should be able to read the first 70 pages by wednesday.

[Edric O]

I'm not a member of this club, and I know voting has ended, but...

You have a rule against heavily political books and then list a book by Ayn Rand as one of the options? It's rather difficult to find any author of fiction more political than her. It doesn't matter much now, since that book did not win, but if you ever decide to read it in the future, prepare for 99% of the discussion to revolve around politics.

Come to think of it, Brave New World is also pretty difficult to discuss without heavy political references... But, at least, Brave New World leaves some ambiguity and allows for different interpretations of its message.

[BritishBill]

Im out of town right now but ill pick it up tomorrow when i get back

[Mythestopheles]

I should have a copy by tomorrow.

[Zain]

i will have to sit this one out as i cannot find a copy of the book...