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1. Persuasion by Jane Austen. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
2. A Christmas Carol. 43%  43%  [ 3 ]
3. Frankenstein. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
4. The Picture of Dorian Grey. 14%  14%  [ 1 ]
5. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
6. Dracula. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
7. Alice in wonderland. 29%  29%  [ 2 ]
8. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
9. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. 14%  14%  [ 1 ]
10.Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 7
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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: April 9th, 2013, 3:47 pm 
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I'm afraid I'll have to pass this round. None of the books in the poll are available in my library, and I can't afford to buy them. I'll stay around and see what you choose for next month :)

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Lhunardaien wrote:
I'm afraid I'll have to pass this round. None of the books in the poll are available in my library, and I can't afford to buy them. I'll stay around and see what you choose for next month :)


Same here :( ; you pick next month's books then and we vote :) .

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: April 9th, 2013, 5:15 pm 
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Should we read the whole Chronicles of Avantia or just the first book?

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Lhunardaien wrote:
I'm afraid I'll have to pass this round. None of the books in the poll are available in my library, and I can't afford to buy them. I'll stay around and see what you choose for next month :)


Same :(

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Just a point for future months, maybe sticking to the classics might be an idea? You can get free ebook copies (which you don't need an e-reader to read, they can be read on a computer although it's not the nicest way of reading) and most libraries should have several copies of them so the issues with people not being able to afford the books shouldn't be as big a problem?

By classics I mean books on which the copyright has expired. It varies from country to country but usually books published 100-150 years ago and older tend to be in the public domain in most countries.

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Yeah sorry guys, I think imma pass this round too...I got this strong thing against re-reading books that I don't particularly like, unless I've completely forgotten the plot :blush:...and yeah I agree with Hraven although I don't mind about new books as well.

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Hravan wrote:
Just a point for future months, maybe sticking to the classics might be an idea? You can get free ebook copies (which you don't need an e-reader to read, they can be read on a computer although it's not the nicest way of reading) and most libraries should have several copies of them so the issues with people not being able to afford the books shouldn't be as big a problem?

By classics I mean books on which the copyright has expired. It varies from country to country but usually books published 100-150 years ago and older tend to be in the public domain in most countries.


Sounds good Hravan, I was thinking about something like that myself. My library doesn't have a large English department, but I think I can find more classic books for my e-reader so it should be fine!

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Lhunardaien wrote:
Hravan wrote:
Just a point for future months, maybe sticking to the classics might be an idea? You can get free ebook copies (which you don't need an e-reader to read, they can be read on a computer although it's not the nicest way of reading) and most libraries should have several copies of them so the issues with people not being able to afford the books shouldn't be as big a problem?

By classics I mean books on which the copyright has expired. It varies from country to country but usually books published 100-150 years ago and older tend to be in the public domain in most countries.


Sounds good Hravan, I was thinking about something like that myself. My library doesn't have a large English department, but I think I can find more classic books for my e-reader so it should be fine!


There's always Project Gutenberg :D

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Hravan wrote:
Lhunardaien wrote:
Hravan wrote:
Just a point for future months, maybe sticking to the classics might be an idea? You can get free ebook copies (which you don't need an e-reader to read, they can be read on a computer although it's not the nicest way of reading) and most libraries should have several copies of them so the issues with people not being able to afford the books shouldn't be as big a problem?

By classics I mean books on which the copyright has expired. It varies from country to country but usually books published 100-150 years ago and older tend to be in the public domain in most countries.


Sounds good Hravan, I was thinking about something like that myself. My library doesn't have a large English department, but I think I can find more classic books for my e-reader so it should be fine!


There's always Project Gutenberg :D


I agree with you ladies :) ...

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: April 10th, 2013, 7:28 pm 
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So who DID vote for Chronicles of Avantia?

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Me as well.

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Me!! :)

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Okay :D So are we going to read it or not?

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We should!!!! I ordered them from the library!

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Okay! So April is for Chronicles of Avantia.

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Then it's official :) .

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