Jolly Bill wrote:How we decide is heavily favored for next selection based on last month's discussion, as I remember.
It is, and I've already started reading it. I just want to entertain other possibilities in case folks... want to? Maintain some façade of democracy, and all.
Only $2.99 on Kindle? GET!
Radical Ans wrote:NSMike wrote:Jolly Bill wrote:How we decide is heavily favored for next selection based on last month's discussion, as I remember.
It is, and I've already started reading it. I just want to entertain other possibilities in case folks... want to? Maintain some façade of democracy, and all.
Only $2.99 on Kindle? GET!
It was on sale for $0.99 a few days ago :)
I know. I saw the post on the goodreads board, but I was too late. Still got it for a pretty good price, though.
Funnily enough, I jumped on the $0.99 sale without realizing that I already owned How We Decide on the Kindle.
More questions: (spoiler heavy- resist temptation! Do not look!)
- Do you think the young adult choices in the novel take away from the novel as a whole?
- For instance, Katniss is portrayed as extremely reactionary. In the first book especially, she only kills when she is first threatened. Despite two visits to the Hunger Games, she walks out with her hands relatively clean as far as cold-blooded murder goes. One could argue that this is because of the young adult audience needing to be able to see the morality and justification in her actions. Do you think the book loses depth by having Katniss as such a cut-and-dried hero? (despite her unlikability)
- Likewise, the books are quite chaste. Stolen kisses with two men are perceived differently than sleeping with two men. Would the book be improved if Katniss was in a more adult world?
- There is no religion or other form of persuasive ideology in the books. Do you think it would really be possible to control the masses with tyranny alone?
- I feel that the decision between Gale and Peeta is taken away from Katniss at the end of Mockingjay. Had Gale not been inadvertently involved in Prim's death, do you agree with Katniss' assertion that Peeta still would have been her choice all along?
Was pleasantly surprised on how much time was passed talking about the books
I cannot express to you how much I've wanted to do a book club in the last few years. I'm *in*. How We Decide whispernetting its way to my phone as we speak.
Is there a list of what's already been read and discussed in the group for me to reference?
here is the link to our GoodReads Group Page
"How we decide" is our next book.
Is there a list of what's already been read and discussed in the group for me to reference?
Not as such, but it's been:
Carl Sagan: The Varieties of Scientific Experience
Guy Gavriel Kay: Tigana
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games (trilogy)
Wish I'd been able to make it, but honestly I only got a chapter or two into the book. Got distracted by too many other things this month (well, two things - really digging into some Unity3d programming at night and got pulled back into Dance with Dragons - need to finish that up).
I lost track of time while playing Battlefield last night so I missed it. I bought How We Decide when it was $0.99 but I doubt I'll read it this month
If you missed Hunger Games, we talked about having another discussion about the movie and the book after the movie comes out (on the 23rd of this month). Maybe we can have an extra mini-meeting after we discuss How We Decide? Or should we wait and give it another night for those who are interested after the movie's been out a few weeks?
I'm late to the party but I'm interested in being involved. I've already read the Hunger Games trilogy so the April discussion would be the perfect time to slide myself into the club.
Haven't even started. I have a couple plane flights coming up, it will be a good time to begin.
Looking forward to this.
As for the movie discussion of Hunger Games. All for it. Would like to see how it translated from the books to the big screen
Mike could you edit the OP a bit at the top to make the 'current book' and 'next scheduled meeting' more obvious for folks? I keep having to read through the thread to remind myself when we're going to get together?
Thankyousir!
Aha! Thank you for the excellent point.
I definitely suggested Hunger Games, both on Goodreads and on Mumble.
Also, I'm not a big fan of only 'regulars' being allowed to select a book. The regulars will likely be there and be voting on the new book anyway, so they'll have their say. I don't see any reason why someone new can't select a book themselves for the group to vote on. If they are the only one that hasn't selected it's still up for a vote, so it can be vetoed by the group, but I don't like the exclusivity of enshrining 'regulars' into the rules of the group.
I'm interested in getting involved in the book club/discussion. I've never been involved in anything like this before, either through the wonders of the internet or at the library or local book store. Do you approach the books with a general framework of what you'll be talking about or just read it and then see what comes up when the discussion is held?
I'm happy to just read along without making suggestions. My goal of doing this, apart from stimulating discussion, is to be exposed to reading I might not normally seek out myself since I have a tendency to keep revisiting the same 4 or 5 genres.
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