Please Vote for the Book You Want to Read

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Which book would you most like to read and discuss?

  • 1984 by George Orwell

    Votes: 4 20.0%

  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • The Giver by Lois Lowry

    Votes: 1 5.0%

  • The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Votes: 3 15.0%

  • It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

    Votes: 2 10.0%

  • L'Mort D'Arthur - by Thomas Malory

    Votes: 3 15.0%

  • The Odyssey by Homer

    Votes: 3 15.0%

  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

    Votes: 4 20.0%

  • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    20
  • Poll closed .
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Galatea

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Thanks for all the interest in a book club!:) If you would like to read and discuss a book with us, please vote. Or, if you don't want to read a book- and just read the thread about whatever book we choose, please vote too. I will leave the poll open for a week. This should give interested parties plenty of time. I think most of these are in the public domain, so should be downloadable in case you do not have a copy or access to a good library. Once we decide on a book, I'll post a link to a downloadable version from a site like Project Gutenberg.
 
maxwel

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Do comic books count?

I'm really more of a picture guy.
 
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Galatea

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maxwel said:
Do comic books count?

I'm really more of a picture guy.
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You could read one of the Great Illustrated Classics for kids. They have black and white pictures you can color like a coloring book. I think you wouldn't have much of a depth perception with one eye, to look at pictures.
 
hornetguy

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Galatea said:
You could read one of the Great Illustrated Classics for kids. They have black and white pictures you can color like a coloring book. I think you wouldn't have much of a depth perception with one eye, to look at pictures.
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ooooh.... the harsh truth.....

That has to be some sort of racial/ethnic/optical insensitivity..... he IS, after all, a minority of one....
 
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maxwel said:
Do comic books count?

I'm really more of a picture guy.
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The Hobbit comic book was really good and kept to the story pretty well. Lots of Christian parallels too.
 
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hornetguy said:
ooooh.... the harsh truth.....

That has to be some sort of racial/ethnic/optical insensitivity..... he IS, after all, a minority of one....
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Uh oh The Odyssey might not be the best to vote for then, it's very anti-cycloptic.
 
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I'm in. I've read Brave New World and 1984 but that was so long ago I'd be happy to read them again. Anyway, I voted 1984 but will be happy to read any book on the list. There's another book not on the list that should be given some consideration at a future date, Fahrenheit 451. Say when! :cool:
 
hornetguy

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I voted for the Idiot, but I'm ok with Pride and Prejudice, if that's the way the wind is blowing...
 
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hornetguy said:
ooooh.... the harsh truth.....

That has to be some sort of racial/ethnic/optical insensitivity..... he IS, after all, a minority of one....
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...........................................Aye, one.
 
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I have started reading so many books, but after a few pages the words literally are stepping out of line and at some point I have to give it up. Maybe I oughta read "Ulysses", because that book has everyone else been giving up on as well.
 
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Naboth said:
The Hobbit comic book was really good and kept to the story pretty well. Lots of Christian parallels too.
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I'm not particularly fond of graphic novels, but I read one that is great, called Maus. It was written by the son of Holocaust survivors. The Jews were mice, the Nazis were cats, the Poles were pigs, and the American liberators were dogs. It's really excellent reading.
 
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Galatea

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hornetguy said:
ooooh.... the harsh truth.....

That has to be some sort of racial/ethnic/optical insensitivity..... he IS, after all, a minority of one....
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We don't know that he is the only one eyed person here. There may be a whole cadre or pirates posting, for all we know.
 
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Galatea

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Utah said:
I'm in. I've read Brave New World and 1984 but that was so long ago I'd be happy to read them again. Anyway, I voted 1984 but will be happy to read any book on the list. There's another book not on the list that should be given some consideration at a future date, Fahrenheit 451. Say when! :cool:
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I would like to wait a week, before we start reading. I want to give interested parties enough time to vote. If this continues, we can put Fahrenheit 451 on the next list.
 
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Galatea

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Susanna said:
I have started reading so many books, but after a few pages the words literally are stepping out of line and at some point I have to give it up. Maybe I oughta read "Ulysses", because that book has everyone else been giving up on as well.
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You might have to find a book with subject matter that interests you. :)
 
Desertsrose

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Galatea said:
I'm not particularly fond of graphic novels, but I read one that is great, called Maus. It was written by the son of Holocaust survivors. The Jews were mice, the Nazis were cats, the Poles were pigs, and the American liberators were dogs. It's really excellent reading.
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Just looked at it on Amazon. 79% gave it 5 stars.
 
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Desertsrose said:

Just looked at it on Amazon. 79% gave it 5 stars.
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I believe it won an award, but I'm not sure. I read that the book made the subject matter more accessible reading to people who are not really motivated to read about something so horrifying as the Holocaust. I highly recommend it.
 
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Galatea said:
We don't know that he is the only one eyed person here. There may be a whole cadre or pirates posting, for all we know.
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Speaking of adventures on the high seas and your earlier comment on the Great Illustrated Classics reminds me of one I had when I was about 8 or 9, Mutiny on the HMS Bounty.

Galatea said:
I'm not particularly fond of graphic novels, but I read one that is great, called Maus. It was written by the son of Holocaust survivors. The Jews were mice, the Nazis were cats, the Poles were pigs, and the American liberators were dogs. It's really excellent reading.
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That sounds like one I would definitely be interested in reading. The only Holocaust type books I ever read were Night, Diary of Anne Frank, and another one I can't remember the title of off the cuff that was by another girl that survived the camps and makes some mentions of Anne Frank, if I remember correctly she was either a relative or friend of their family. Been a long time since I read all those though.
 
hornetguy

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Galatea said:
We don't know that he is the only one eyed person here. There may be a whole cadre or pirates posting, for all we know.
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could be true.... all the more reason to read Ulysses... dealing with Cyclops, and all that....

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Desertsrose

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Naboth said:
Speaking of adventures on the high seas and your earlier comment on the Great Illustrated Classics reminds me of one I had when I was about 8 or 9, Mutiny on the HMS Bounty.



That sounds like one I would definitely be interested in reading. The only Holocaust type books I ever read were Night, Diary of Anne Frank, and another one I can't remember the title of off the cuff that was by another girl that survived the camps and makes some mentions of Anne Frank, if I remember correctly she was either a relative or friend of their family. Been a long time since I read all those though.
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​The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom is an excellent account of the holocaust through the eyes of her sister Betsy and herself. There were moments when I cried while reading the book.

Corrie was a mighty warrior for God and He used her testimony in so many lives while people were healing from the pain and torture of the holocaust.

I've read a few of her books. She's my hero of the faith, a great example of what active love really is. She and her family have crowns awaiting them when God rewards His faithful children.
 
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Naboth said:
Speaking of adventures on the high seas and your earlier comment on the Great Illustrated Classics reminds me of one I had when I was about 8 or 9, Mutiny on the HMS Bounty.



That sounds like one I would definitely be interested in reading. The only Holocaust type books I ever read were Night, Diary of Anne Frank, and another one I can't remember the title of off the cuff that was by another girl that survived the camps and makes some mentions of Anne Frank, if I remember correctly she was either a relative or friend of their family. Been a long time since I read all those though.
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You should read the real Mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty. It's really fascinating reading. Bligh was an excellent sailor, and not totally the villain. His villainy was in not defending the innocent men who had no part in the mutiny. Christian had some gripes, but really wasn't justified in mutiny. He caused the deaths of a lot of innocent men.

I liked reading Maus very much. The author also incorporated his parents' lives after the Holocaust, so the reader could see how it affected them for the rest of their lives.

I looked up your signature quote. Where is it from?
 
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