Poll: What book should we read in March |
 Jan 24 2009, 04:09 PM
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One Half of the DDD  Posts: 9,679 Joined: 5:31pm August 30, 2006 Location: Siriusly Dreaming Somewhere   |
As we now have a few suggestions for which book we should read in March we're starting a poll to decide. Please select from the list above. We'll leave this open for the next couple of weeks and then close it and announce the winner so that everyone has time to get reading before we open.
This post has been edited by Dreamteam: Jan 30 2009, 07:28 AM -------------------- Jo's Book Nook is now reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins  "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" |
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Jan 26 2009, 06:30 PM
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Rat Spleen Restocker at the Apothecary  Posts: 476 Joined: 9:38pm March 27, 2008 Location: Herbology greenhouse♥ |
I'm gonna have to go with Wuthering Heights because it was in Twilight, and I have been wanting to read it ever since I heard about it.
I saw the book in one of my classrooms, and I never had a good reason to read it, so now I will have a good reason! --------------------   |
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Jan 26 2009, 06:34 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 288 Joined: 4:08pm December 12, 2008 Location: in a hole in the ground (and the green grass grows all around, all around...) |
Wuthering Heights is good, but it's hard to get through... it's a lot of worthless drama and craziness that I think is a bit of a waste of time...
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Jan 26 2009, 07:58 PM
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Rat Spleen Restocker at the Apothecary Posts: 494 Joined: 10:29pm August 9, 2008 Location: Sending Ginny a Hogwarts Toilet Seat |
Personally I voted for Wuthering Heights because I thought it was a fantastic book and I would love to chat about it.
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Jan 26 2009, 08:26 PM
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Triwizard Champ of the Lily and Stag Inn  Posts: 2,300 Joined: 8:34am April 9, 2008 Location: Dancing in a forest, barefooted and at midnight with Natasha Khan |
^^Exactly! It's been one of my favourites for years now and I would love to get other peoples insight into what it means to them. A beautiful and haunting story. It's hard not to love it.
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Jan 27 2009, 04:02 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 305 Joined: 10:39am December 28, 2007 |
I've tried reading Wuthering Heights before but it just doesn't compute with me. My friend insists that I read it and says it's a wonderful book and it probably is to a lot of people but for some reason I just don't get it. I don't get what's going on it and the writing just doesn't suck me up.
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Jan 27 2009, 07:36 PM
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Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner Posts: 208 Joined: 2:43pm June 30, 2006 Location: Lounging in the Rooftop Garden |
I voted for Hamlet, because even though it's a tragedy, there are so many things that could be discussed. Shakespeare's like that.
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Jan 27 2009, 10:18 PM
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Ollivander's Apprentice Posts: 2,223 Joined: 7:39pm March 11, 2007 Location: wandering in the Forbidden Forest, listening for the Phoenix song |
I voted for Hamlet, as it's one of those plays that you get something new and mind-bogglingly interesting out of it every time you read it. Lots of
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Jan 29 2009, 02:00 PM
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Kibble Boy/Girl at the Magical Menagerie Posts: 305 Joined: 10:39am December 28, 2007 |
I voted for I Capture the Castle because I've never heard of it and probably won't read it soon if we don't discuss it here. I also really like the title and it sounds very intriguing. I'll be reading Catcher in the Rye and I think Hamlet at some point soon in school and I've already read and loved Clockwork. Even if we don't read that with the book club I command everyone to read it at some point!
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Jan 30 2009, 07:37 AM
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Doctor Filibuster's Junior Assistant Posts: 1,963 Joined: 8:57am March 12, 2005 Location: at Home or somewhere in between |
I tried getting Clockwork the other day at the bookstore, and it was a special order item. I'm going to check it out on Amazon because at least they will deliver it to my door!
 I loved Wuthering Heights in high school and it was required reading for me at that time. Now that I'm (much  ) older, it doesn't grab me like it used to...it is too much of a "hopeless love" story...perhaps that is why it was used in "Twilight"?I've voted for this once before, but I'm choosing "I Capture the Castle" this time around. I read it a few years ago and would like to read it again to discuss it in depth. It was written by the author of "The 101 Dalmations", just to give you a reference point, but the stories are entirely different. 
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