Lets Vote for What to Read Next, The next individual book and the next series. |
 Jun 18 2008, 07:01 AM
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One Half of the DDD  Posts: 8,405 Joined: 5:31pm August 30, 2006 Location: Siriusly Dreaming Somewhere   |
Well I think we now have a long enough list to start voting.
We've already agreed that the next book we read will be The Amber Spyglass, which we'll start reading on 12 July and ends our first series, so the first part of the poll is to decide which individual book we should read after that, starting on 9 August. The second part of the poll is to vote on which series we should read next, that will begin on 6 September and will be read during alternate months - there will be later polls to choose the individual books to be read in between. This post has been edited by Dreamteam: Jun 18 2008, 07:17 AM --------------------  November's book will be The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" |
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Jun 20 2008, 11:31 AM
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Grand Pooh-Bah of the Poking Sticks Emporium  Posts: 6,769 Joined: 3:53pm January 4, 2008 Location: Fine-tuning her Spambot Magnet |
For an individual book I chose "Sense and Sensibility" because I haven't read this book in ages and I love Jane Austen
 For a series, I chose Lord of The Rings simply because I have always wanted to read these books and it would be nice to follow up with the discussions from "The Hobbit". However; "To Kill a Mockingbird" sounds like a wonderful choice too 
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Jun 20 2008, 11:34 AM
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Daily Prophet Photographer  Posts: 869 Joined: 10:47am February 19, 2007 Location: at home |
I chose "To Kill a Mockingbird", have never read it but would love to. It has always appealed to me i just never got round to it, it appeals to me more so though than the others.
And then i chose the chronicles of Narnia, iv seen the first film ad i really liked that. and iv always believed that the books are better than films so i would like to see the comparison. |
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Jun 20 2008, 11:49 AM
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Leaky's Official Donut Maker and Mosquito Man Posts: 11,070 Joined: 10:51am August 25, 2005 Location: Playing kal-toh with Professor Snape  |
QUOTE(lirene @ Jun 20 2008, 02:31 PM)  For an individual book I chose "Sense and Sensibility" because I haven't read this book in ages and I love Jane Austen Ditto. I voted the exact same choices, although I've never read Sense and Sensibility. I have read LOTR and it would be cool to follow Bilbo & the other Hobbits adventures through the rest of the books.For a series, I chose Lord of The Rings simply because I have always wanted to read these books and it would be nice to follow up with the discussions from "The Hobbit". --------------------   I'm 1 of the 99.99% W.L.Y.J.  When I sleep I dream, and when I dream I can rise above the walls Remember Cameron Duncan Thanks Jeff! |
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Jun 20 2008, 12:30 PM
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Gringott's Security Goblin Posts: 3,823 Joined: 3:19pm November 27, 2006 Location: UK |
In the end I chose 'To Kill a Mockingbird', as I absolutely love that book, though I'm also eager to read 'Ballet Shoes' and 'I Capture the Castle'. For a series, I picked The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Jun 20 2008, 12:30 PM
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Director of Farcical Aquatic Ceremonies Posts: 8,895 Joined: 2:55pm January 28, 2005 Location: Classified, until such time as the Ministry sees fit to release it. |
I went with Sense and Sensibility because I've always liked the book and it has been several years since I read it.
To Kill a Mockingbird is also a great book, I've just read it more recently.  For series, I went with Narnia because I like CS Lewis, I wasn't all that crazy about The Lord of the Rings, and we just did a Philip Pullman series. 
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Jun 20 2008, 07:42 PM
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Slug & Jigger's Bezoar Collector Posts: 4,643 Joined: 3:58pm June 14, 2005 Location: New York, NY |
I chose To Kill a Mockingbird because it's the only one of the books with which I'm even vaguely familiar. I've seen the movie, which was quite good, and therefore it is on my "to read" list.
For Series I chose Narnia as I'm currently reading through that series and am just about to start book 7. -------------------- Not-so-proud member of P.C.A.A.: acceptance is the first step to recovery.
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Jun 20 2008, 11:11 PM
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Knight MacMod The Great Protecting The Memory Of Sense Posts: 2,422 Joined: 7:17pm February 17, 2006 Location: 3rd door on the left, Hogsmeade  |
It looks to me as if the vote is basically no contest!
They are all good choices though. Personally, I prefer LOTR over Narnia as literature, but Narnia is still a lot of fun. I have really enjoyed re-reading The Hobbit. There are all kinds of things I had forgotten. --------------------  click the Q "And, if there is need to speak in brief summary of this power, we shall find that none of the things which are done with intelligence take place without the help of speech, but that in all our actions as well as in all our thoughts speech is our guide, . . ." Isocrates, Antidosis |
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Jun 21 2008, 04:58 AM
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Smart Cookie  Posts: 3,083 Joined: 1:26am September 30, 2006 Location: Somewhere in time and space |
I voted for LOTR as the series to read, because, well, just I like it a lot
 And as for the separate book I think (can't remember for sure  ) I picked "Sense and Sensibility" - I haven't read any Austen and I'm thinking this could be a good, well, reason to read something she wrote 
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Jun 22 2008, 05:45 AM
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Madame Pince's House Elf Posts: 4,596 Joined: 5:46pm January 28, 2005 Location: In HP Book Club 4, awaiting the HBP film's release |
Do you consider The Hobbit a book in its own right, separate from the Lord of the Rings series, or a prequel of that series? For the individual book I think it is about time we did I capture the castle, a book that has been mentioned a lot previously, and if you don't want to continue on from the Hobbit with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I'd like to do the Narnia series, especially as Prince Caspian is still screening. The question is, which book would you start it with? Magician's Nephew or the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe?
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