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Lets Vote for What to Read Next, The next individual book and the next series.

Lets Vote for What to Read Next

Which individual book should we read next?

Mansfield Park - Jane Austen	[ 3 ]	[6.98%]
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen	[ 7 ]	[16.28%]
Persuasion - Jane Austen	[ 0 ]	[0.00%]
The Little White Horse - Elizabeth Goudge	[ 2 ]	[4.65%]
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith	[ 8 ]	[18.60%]
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild	[ 4 ]	[9.30%]
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee	[ 19 ]	[44.19%]

Which series should we read next?

The Chronicles of Narnia - C S Lewis	[ 27 ]	[62.79%]
Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien	[ 14 ]	[32.56%]
The Sally Lockhart Trilogy - Philip Pullman	[ 2 ]	[4.65%]

Total Votes: 45

Dreamteam View Member Profile	Jun 18 2008, 07:01 AM Post #1
One Half of the DDD Posts: 8,479 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 is 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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wordsaremagic View Member Profile	Jun 22 2008, 10:18 AM Post #11
Knight MacMod The Great Protecting The Memory Of Sense Posts: 2,430 Joined: 7:17pm February 17, 2006 Location: 3rd door on the left, Hogsmeade	QUOTE(WaggaWaggaWerewolf @ Jun 22 2008, 03:45 AM) 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? The Hobbit is both--it stands alone quite nicely but the others are also built from it. In many ways it is like HP Book One. The decision about the order to cover Narnia is interesting--should we follow the order in which they were written or the order of the storyline. Disney seems to be following the order of publication: Lion, Witch, Wardrobe -1951 Caspian '51 Dawn Treader '52 Silver Chair '53 Horse and Boy '54 Magician's Nephew '55 Last Battle '56 The Storyline however is Magician's Nephew Lion, Witch, Wardrobe Horse and Boy Caspian Dawn Treader Silver Chair Last Battle Interesting that both the beginning and ending should have been written last (seems to suggest that unlike JKR, Lewis had not conceived of an entire, coherent storyline before beginning. I believe something similar is true of Tolkien; I think when he wrote the Hobbit he had not considered the rest. So, our decision is probably going to be to follow one of the two orders above--or make up our own order. -------------------- 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

Moose_Starr View Member Profile	Jun 22 2008, 11:37 AM Post #12
Leaky's Official Donut Maker and Mosquito Man Posts: 11,144 Joined: 10:51am August 25, 2005 Location: Playing kal-toh with Professor Snape	QUOTE(WaggaWaggaWerewolf @ Jun 22 2008, 08:45 AM) 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? The Hobbit is not part of the LOTR trilogy (fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King). It's described as a prelude to LOTR. I'm not sure what the difference is between a prelude and a prequel though. Maybe a prequel is written after the series but based before the series, & a prelude is based and written before the main series like The Hobbit was. -------------------- 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!

Dreamteam View Member Profile	Jun 22 2008, 05:27 PM Post #13
One Half of the DDD Posts: 8,479 Joined: 5:31pm August 30, 2006 Location: Siriusly Dreaming Somewhere	As the Narnia books seem to be in front in the poll I've moved over from a previous book club a poll we ran on the order for reading the books. You can find that poll here. This post has been edited by Dreamteam: Jun 22 2008, 05:29 PM -------------------- *November's book is 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!"

Dreamteam View Member Profile	Jun 26 2008, 03:32 PM Post #14
One Half of the DDD Posts: 8,479 Joined: 5:31pm August 30, 2006 Location: Siriusly Dreaming Somewhere	Just to let everyone know that I think we'll close this thread on Saturday 28 June which gives us six weeks to read the chosen book which is looking very much like To Kill a Mockingbird as that's way out in front right now. In ten weeks time we'll begin the next series and that's looking like the Narnia books. If you haven't voted go up to the top of this thread and make your choices. This post has been edited by Dreamteam: Jun 26 2008, 03:38 PM -------------------- *November's book is 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!"

Moose_Starr View Member Profile	Jun 27 2008, 11:35 AM Post #15
Leaky's Official Donut Maker and Mosquito Man Posts: 11,144 Joined: 10:51am August 25, 2005 Location: Playing kal-toh with Professor Snape	QUOTE(Dreamteam @ Jun 26 2008, 06:32 PM) I think we'll close this thread on Saturday 28 June which gives us six weeks to read the chosen book which is looking very much like To Kill a Mockingbird Well I voted for Sense and Sensibility but it doesnt look too likely to win this time. So, I have bought To Kill A Mockingbird and have just started reading it. -------------------- 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!

Dreamteam View Member Profile	Jun 30 2008, 04:16 PM Post #16
One Half of the DDD Posts: 8,479 Joined: 5:31pm August 30, 2006 Location: Siriusly Dreaming Somewhere	OK, its time to close this thread. 12 July We'll begin reading The Amber Spyglass, we'll also discuss Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North 9 August We'll start reading To Kill a Mockingbird 6 September We'll start reading the Narnia series, we still have an open poll here to discuss the order in which to read the books. -------------------- *November's book is 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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