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Anatomy of Melancholy group reading
I'd like to set up a group reading of Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy, but I'm not sure how to go about gauging interest and I'm massively out of the loop of LJ communities ( Read more... ) -
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
I think we got off to a fairly good start. Don't forget that you can still join into the " A Rose for Emily" discussion here.
Let's make our first book a fun and easy one! Taking a cue from the suggestion post (which you can add to here), this month's book will be Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol.
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Official Discussion Post: A Rose For Emily
Just a few questions to get the ball rolling. Feel free to either post new questions or add more to the comments - whichever you think would best facilitate discussion. This is all new to me. These questions are taken from or inspired by various study sites ( Read more... ) -
A Rose for Emily
For now, I shall select a short story suggested earlier. This week, we shall discuss "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. I shall put up an official discussion post for it tomorrow, but feel free to post any discussion questions you think might be interesting. Join in whenever you'd like! The short story can be found here or here.
I'm thinking ( Read more... ) -
Official Suggestion Post
Okay, I should stop doing this so half-assed. This is our new official suggestion post! Let me know what you're interesting in reading. Please let me know if it's a novel, a short story, or a nonfiction work (short or long). Feel free to go through the comments and second whatever you're interested in. I'll choose one based on popularity. -
Short story time! SUGGESTIONS PLEASE
Whoohoo, I'm a mod now! The power... the POWER ( Read more... ) -
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Let's do this again! Anybody here? In the spirit of AMA, I'll ask a question: what do you think would be a fun book to discuss? -
I've read 42 of the 100 books listed here...How about you?
The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? (Yes, I know there are a couple books that are part of another book's series...I counted both if I've read both.)
Instructions: Copy this into your Post. Look at the list and put an X after those you have read. Tag other book nerds.
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Hello AMA_Bookclub!
It's time for us to choose our first book! For the sake of being fair, I chose one book from each of your suggestion lists. Please select your first, second and third choices. If you have any objections to this selection process, please speak up!
Poll First Book Selection!