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Book of the Month - Sept to Dec 2003
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repairman_jack
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the tomb by f. paul wilson
it has one of the best characters i have ever read but the only bad thing is it might be hard to find
or False memory by Dean Koontz
great book thats very unpredictable
it has one of the best characters i have ever read but the only bad thing is it might be hard to find
or False memory by Dean Koontz
great book thats very unpredictable
murphyz
New Member
There are way too many books to suggest, so I propose the following 'themes' to consider suggestions for.
Debut Novels - obviously this would be an authors debut novel, for which I will suggest Donna Tartt's 'Secret History'
Classics - (including modern) I suggest The Egoist by George Meredith of the fabulous Holes by Loius Sachar.
PG Wodehouse - so many to choose from.
And for December, Christmas - obviously I will nominate A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Mxx
Debut Novels - obviously this would be an authors debut novel, for which I will suggest Donna Tartt's 'Secret History'
Classics - (including modern) I suggest The Egoist by George Meredith of the fabulous Holes by Loius Sachar.
PG Wodehouse - so many to choose from.
And for December, Christmas - obviously I will nominate A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Mxx
Serene
New Member
Or Michel Faber's Under the Skin. It's controversial and very well-written.
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Maybe something from classic? I know that a lot was written about such books, but it's always interesting to read a fresh view. Besides, since we are from different countries, there is a bigger chance that many people know the book. The more, the better.
Therefore, I'm for Christmas Carol.
Therefore, I'm for Christmas Carol.
I wouldn't do that. I think the main problem with it is that a month really isn't that long if you've got work and other stuff to do... Plus there are probably quite a few members that only come here a couple of times a month, which makes it even more difficult.
I know it doesn't sound as good as "book of the month", but maybe we should make it "book of the trimester" or something... at least that would deal with the time-problem.
I like the themes-idea. It narrows it down a bit and... well, you can more easily get in the mood. I wouldn't mind reading a Halloweenish and Christmasish story at all.
I agree. Many of the novels and novelists talked about on the Book Forum aren't that "famous" yet over here (and probably in other places as well), and therefore hard to get by, library- and bookshop-wise, so "classics" would be a good way to go. On the other hand, a lot of people wouldn't bother to reread the book and discuss it because they've read and discussed it a lot already... be that in class or whatever.
Fenrys
New Member
Maybe for October we could read "Something Wicked this Way Comes", or "A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities" by Ray Bradbury.
Graveyard is about... "Hollywood, Halloween night, 1954. At a midnight party in a graveyard adjacent to the studio where he works, the sci-fi screenwriter/narrator glimpses the dangling papier-mache corpse (or real body?) of a film magnate presumed killed exactly 20 years earlier. Then a prop man (or his effigy) is hanged, or else is on the run, and another studio hand is murdered. A Beast is loose, attempting to instill panic on the set, perhaps to cover up what really happened two decades ago. Bradbury eventually ties up the loose ends in a loopy funhouse of a novel peopled with a monocled, imperious Austrian-Chinese director; Lenin's ex-makeup man, from the Kremlin; a gaunt, sermonizing actor named Jesus Christ; a feisty ex-movie queen who demands that "J.C." bless her; and other oddballs. Madness, blackmail, murder and mayhem spell tricks and treats as Bradbury toes the fine line between reality and illusion."
I haven't read it but it fits the Halloween theme =) and if it is like Bradbury's other books it should be good.
Graveyard is about... "Hollywood, Halloween night, 1954. At a midnight party in a graveyard adjacent to the studio where he works, the sci-fi screenwriter/narrator glimpses the dangling papier-mache corpse (or real body?) of a film magnate presumed killed exactly 20 years earlier. Then a prop man (or his effigy) is hanged, or else is on the run, and another studio hand is murdered. A Beast is loose, attempting to instill panic on the set, perhaps to cover up what really happened two decades ago. Bradbury eventually ties up the loose ends in a loopy funhouse of a novel peopled with a monocled, imperious Austrian-Chinese director; Lenin's ex-makeup man, from the Kremlin; a gaunt, sermonizing actor named Jesus Christ; a feisty ex-movie queen who demands that "J.C." bless her; and other oddballs. Madness, blackmail, murder and mayhem spell tricks and treats as Bradbury toes the fine line between reality and illusion."
I haven't read it but it fits the Halloween theme =) and if it is like Bradbury's other books it should be good.
laurenaefe
New Member
the story of O
blindness by jose saramago
slowness by milan kundera
refugee nonfiction book by chuck palahniuk
survivor by chuck p
blindness by jose saramago
slowness by milan kundera
refugee nonfiction book by chuck palahniuk
survivor by chuck p
laurenaefe
New Member
i hereby announce the book of the month as being 'blindness' by jose saramago. join me on a trip to half price books/barnes and noble!
Gryphon
New Member
No, no! Don't scrap the Book of the Month. I agree with murphyz that A Christmas Carol is a great choice for December. Also something scary for October -- classics like Dracula, Frankenstein or Jane Eyre are always appealing to me. Something Wicked This Way Comes is also a good choice (loved the movie and this would give me a reason to read the book).
