A book club - anyone interested?

[Ladylethal 12]

I nominate "The Time Traveler's Wife" or "Angels and Daemons" in honor of the movie coming up, or "The Winter King" since I'm about to re-read it.

[Marina-Del 10]

There's free books at gutenberg.org . Most of them are classics. It would be a good way for everybody to get the same book. I would join up, but I'm teaching 40 hours a week. I just don't have the time.

Wow, I love you.

Thank you for showing me this website! I left my copy of Emma at home and I only have like three more chapters until I finish it! I didn't want to bring it to Brazil just for 3 chapters...but now I can finish it! Plus, this is great. I wont have to buy so many books because I can read lots of them on here.

Thank you again!!

And it sounds like just a couple more nominations until we have enough to vote on! yay!

[missmissy 38]

an excellent book by the founder of Sociology....his book on sucide is the best...

A little heavy for right now.....

[missmissy 38]

These are the nominations so far, if I left any off, just add them. After we think we have enough, I'll post a short description of each one and then we can vote.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Angels and Daemons

The Winter King

The Red Tent

Water for Elephants

The Kite Runner

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

[Amby 490]

I think everyone should read Bonk because it's freaking hilarious

[missmissy 38]

I think everyone should read Bonk because it's freaking hilarious

I read Stiff a few years ago......her books are definately not for everyone, I enjoyed it.

[Ladylethal 12]

So, any other nominations?

[fozzie 41]

So, any other nominations?

War and Peace. More people have lied about reading this than any other book.

[Ladylethal 12]

Never read it.

[truffles 2]

So, any other nominations?

War and Peace. More people have lied about reading this than any other book.

lol... Or how about Ulysses, by James Joyce -

[fozzie 41]

So, any other nominations?

War and Peace. More people have lied about reading this than any other book.

lol... Or how about Ulysses, by James Joyce -

Heres some others

1. 1984, by George Orwell 42%

2. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy 31%

3. Ulysses, by James Joyce 25%

4. The Bible 24%

5. Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert 16%

6. A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking 15%

I have actually read 3 of them, I loved one, hated one and was bored by the other.

[maya62 7]

Got Life of Pi and The Red Tent out of the library at lunch today, but I'll still read whatever the group picks, even if it is a tome like War and Peace.

I took a Bible as Literature course in HS (Old Testament), which is the only way I would've been exposed to it as I was raised by a pair of atheists. We didn't read the whole thing... at least I didn't... It was OK, but there are a lot of other books I'd rather read. I do want to read the texts of some other religions, like the Qu'ran for example, someday.

Maya

[missmissy 38]

Got Life of Pi and The Red Tent out of the library at lunch today, but I'll still read whatever the group picks, even if it is a tome like War and Peace.

I took a Bible as Literature course in HS (Old Testament), which is the only way I would've been exposed to it as I was raised by a pair of atheists. We didn't read the whole thing... at least I didn't... It was OK, but there are a lot of other books I'd rather read. I do want to read the texts of some other religions, like the Qu'ran for example, someday.

Maya

Well....I wanted this to be fun and not like some school assignment so I am asking that we not choose a book that may take the rest of my life to read!

[fozzie 41]

Got Life of Pi and The Red Tent out of the library at lunch today, but I'll still read whatever the group picks, even if it is a tome like War and Peace.

I took a Bible as Literature course in HS (Old Testament), which is the only way I would've been exposed to it as I was raised by a pair of atheists. We didn't read the whole thing... at least I didn't... It was OK, but there are a lot of other books I'd rather read. I do want to read the texts of some other religions, like the Qu'ran for example, someday.

Maya

Well....I wanted this to be fun and not like some school assignment so I am asking that we not choose a book that may take the rest of my life to read!

War and Peace is dull and boring. Don't even bother, I only mentioned it because it is notoriously hard to finish.

[almaty 19]

war and peace a great book..but hard to read..5 pages on a meadow is too much