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Pyxis
post Aug 13 2008, 10:05 AM
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To Kill a Mockingbird is the sixth book we have discussed as a Leaky Lounge community, each discussion has been so fun, and we appreciate everyone's participation. This book club is scheduled to go through September 6, at which time we will begin discussion of the first two books in the Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

This thread is to nominate a book for our October discussion, we will leave it open to suggestions for a couple of weeks, then close it and open a poll to vote on the combined suggestions. Please select a book for nomination from the following list of books recommended by J.K. Rowling...

The Little White Horse Elizabeth Goudge recommended here.
Skellig David Almond recommended here.
Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen; Rowlings favorite author, recommended here.
I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith recommended here.
The Moonstone Wilkie Collins recommended here.
Catch 22 Joseph Heller recommended here.
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte recommended here
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl recommended here.
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe recommended here.
Hamlet William Shakespeare recommended here.
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee recommended here.
Animal Farm George Orwell recommended here.
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger recommended here.
Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis recommended here.
Clockwork Philip Pullman recommended here.
Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfield recommended here.
David Copperfield Charles Dickens recommended here

Lord of the Rings Trilogy, referred to here.-We will begin this series after The Chronicles of Narnia series wraps up, sometime next year. This series has not been specifically recommended by J.K. Rowling, but was placed on the list because the Harry Potter books are so often held in comparison to it.

Please limit your suggestions to the list above, our goal is to read the J.K. Rowling recommendations before we move on to Lounge member recommendations.

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Azkaban's_Angel
post Aug 13 2008, 06:42 PM
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So many possibilities, it's difficult to narrow it down unsure.gif I'd like to go with Wuthering Heights because I'm enjoying Emily Bronte's poetry at the moment and had intended reading it so it would be fun to discuss on the lounge, I've always wanted to read The Catcher in the Rye and I voted for that in the last poll so I'm still hoping for that but I think I'd really like Ballet Shoes as it's mentioned in my favourite "Chick Flick": 'You've Got Mail' and I have yet to see Emma Watson's movie adaption and it'd be nice to have read the book first ponder.gif So....

I'd like to focus on Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield.


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post Aug 13 2008, 06:52 PM
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CHarlie and The Chocolate factory, because i love Rahl Dahl and his style. Also it'd be interesting to see a more light hearted book:)
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post Aug 14 2008, 03:44 AM
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Charlie and the Chocolate factory or Emma Charlie and the chocolate factory is so lite hearted and cute, and I'm not yet sure about Emma, but I'm about to start reading it, so I would love to eventually have a place to discuss it biggrin.gif


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post Aug 14 2008, 04:36 AM
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Well I'd like to read Ballet Shoes or I Capture the Castle. I haven't read either in ages and I'd love an 'excuse' to read them again biggrin.gif

Or failing either of those I'd love to dive back into Jane Austen, and Emma and Persuasion are my favourites of those left.


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post Aug 15 2008, 11:13 AM
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I would like to read The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge or Sense and Sensibility starring Alan Rickman by Jane Austen.


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I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (with you on that Moose! biggrin.gif )


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i think that the catcher in the rye is the best choice, followed by emma and sense and sensibility. i think all of those books are classics. i started reading catcher in the rye earilier this year and liked it, but i switched ( we were choosing books for last quarter book reports) to The Lovely Bones because i had wanted to read TLB for a really long time. well, i liked the catcher in the rye alot (but i only read like 15 pages of it) so i think that other HP fans might find it intriguing as well.


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post Aug 16 2008, 03:37 AM
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We now have lots of books suggested so I'm closing this thread and have opened up a poll for voting here.

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November's book is The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
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