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by Marmot
Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:35 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
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Re: Book Club

I've read two of the books on the list now. Station Eleven and Oryx and Crake.

I've read zero books on Vompatti's list. :(
by Marmot
Sun Feb 21, 2016 5:34 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

Spacedaisy wrote:Now it has been so long since I read the book that I can't remember all that much...
Same! I think I finished it back in December
by Marmot
Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:49 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

Also, I am halfway through, but have slowed down because mafia-mafia-mafia. :omg:
by Marmot
Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:45 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

Spacedaisy, how did Sockface completely miss your 2112'th vote without celebration?
by Marmot
Mon Sep 28, 2015 5:20 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

You're too busy writing books to read this one I imagine. :P
by Marmot
Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:42 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

I'm reading. I'm a quarter of the way through.

I have no idea either. This is my first book club.
by Marmot
Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:14 am
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
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Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

I just bought it yesterday, so I'll be starting it soon.
by Marmot
Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:07 am
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

Station Eleven looks like a winner. I've got a gift card to Barnes & Noble, so I'll probably wander over there this week and buy a copy.
by Marmot
Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:57 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
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Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

Here are my weighted votes.

1) Oryx and Crake - I've read one Atwood book before (The Handmaid's Tale), and I really liked it. Also, I have an affinity to trilogies.
2) Station Eleven - The dystopian setting sounds interesting here.
3) Wittgenstein's Mistress - I've never read a book like this one before, and it looks intriguing. I feel like it will be either amazing or not interesting at all, no in between ground.
by Marmot
Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:08 am
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

I have no strong preference for a book we read or how we go about choosing it. But if the book is listed on Amazon's front page or made into a Hollywood movie in the last 5-10 years, I think I'd be less inclined to read it.
by Marmot
Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:02 am
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

G-Man wrote:A few controversial/discussion-worthy books you may want to consider include:

-Mein Kampf
-The Communist Manifesto
-Pretty much any religious text
-Anything by L. Ron Hubbard
-Pretty much any book by a political commentator (Coulter, Krugman, etc.)
-On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin
I had honestly never heard of L. Ron Hubbard until his name came up in a Frank Zappa song. :smile:
by Marmot
Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:30 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

Perhaps we should begin with Where the Wild Things Are?
by Marmot
Sun Jun 28, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

S~V~S wrote:I was just trying to be helpful & start discussion of what we might read, not a discussion on Western Literature in general and what should and should not be considered high literature.

That said, perhaps we should have 2 or 3 books groups. I don't want to be ridiculed for my tastes in books that I read for entertainment.

Can we possibly get together and decide on a genre?
High literature will surely take on a new meaning here in Oregon in a couple days. :mafia:
by Marmot
Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:12 am
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

You've had better jokes in past. :consoling:
by Marmot
Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:55 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
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Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

Hedgeowl wrote:Born to Run
:clap: Another of my favorites.
by Marmot
Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:10 am
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
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Views: 11160

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My favorite book is Watership Down. I also really like The Green Mile.
by Marmot
Sat May 30, 2015 6:28 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

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G-Man likes picture books. :nicenod:
by Marmot
Sun May 24, 2015 2:22 am
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

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Right now, I am reading Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest. Still early in the book.
by Marmot
Sat May 23, 2015 5:05 pm
Forum: The Book Cellar
Topic: Book Club
Replies: 185
Views: 11160

Re: Book Club

Sure!

I am reading two books right now (not this very moment, of course).

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