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Vote for our next read.
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: May 8th, 2013, 5:24 pm 
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Lhunardaien wrote:
Okay great! That way everyone can have some input in the discussion, which is always fun :)

EDIT: So our reading deadline for this book will be June 1st?

That's correct an from June the 1st till the 7th is discussion and also voting for the new read which we will start from the 8th of June to the end of the month :) .

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: May 11th, 2013, 11:28 pm 
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Can I jump in for the Treasure Island read? I adore that book, and the idea of discussing it has pulled me in!

BTW, the Damon banner.... :swoon:

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: May 13th, 2013, 12:44 pm 
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Lithôniel wrote:
Can I jump in for the Treasure Island read? I adore that book, and the idea of discussing it has pulled me in!

BTW, the Damon banner.... :swoon:

Welcome to the group Lithôniel :) . I got my copy puffi; I hope it fits lol.

Also; Damon is hoooooooooooooooot :yes: :yes: :yes: :punk:

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: May 13th, 2013, 12:52 pm 
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The voting for June read will start from now until the 7th of June :) ; vote for your favorite and tell me if you wish to add new novel to the list :) ...

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: May 21st, 2013, 8:52 pm 
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Uh..... Little Women? I have the ebook.

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: May 21st, 2013, 11:51 pm 
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^^^so do I.

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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I think we can still vote till June the 7th ;) but it's such an amazing book :) .

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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And it's June 1st! On behalve of Lithôniel I'll say that she has finished the book, but that she's currently experiencing problems with her internet, so she won't be able to join the discussion :-(

As for me, I liked the book. It took me a while to get into it because of all the pirate lingo, but that became quite amusing after a while. I also liked the twist in the end: I really didn't understand why the 'good guys' had given everything up to the mutineers until the very end :)

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: June 1st, 2013, 6:15 pm 
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Ok, this is my only input into the discussion I'm afraid (thanks for explaining my situation Lhun! :) ). I simply adore this book, I think its really fun, and a well written piece of work in terms of the ship moments and descriptions of everything. Jim was a quick thinking character, and though he did some very dangerous things, was always able to get himself out of a scrape in one way or another. My favorite moments would be when he hid in the apple barrel and when he overheard Silver's conversation in the jungle, thought those were exciting moments when everything was planned. And even though Silver was technically a "bad" character, he's still one of my favorites. an untrustworthy scoundrel, but there's something about him that made you wish he would escape the gallows at the end of the book.

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: June 8th, 2013, 10:43 am 
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^ I agree with you on Silver ;-) Even though the writer of the book seemed towards favouring the 'good guys', I couldn't help but develop sympathy for Silver. He actually didn't seem that bad, he was just slightly at the wrong side of the law :lol: I liked him especially when he tried to behave really nice near the end of the book, when he had joined the good guys for the return journey.

Not sure if you are still interested in discussing this book, but I was wondering about the tattoos from the captain in the beginning of the book. He has some quotes ("Here's luck", "Billy Bones his fancy", and "A fair wind") and a sketch of a gallows, and I wondered whether you think or know that these tattoos have a particular piratey meaning or that they're just made up for this story.

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: June 10th, 2013, 12:32 am 
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Hmmm, I'm not sure if the tattoo's sayings had any particular references or not. I would think the "Billy Bones" one was purely for the story, since the character was called Bones. The other two could have been made up, or its possible they may have been actual sailing phrases (like "a fair wind" is probably another form of wishing one luck). As for the gallows, I thought that was sort of an odd thing for a pirate to have tattooed, since thats something they naturally wished to avoid! But out of everything I've read about pirates I've never come across anything that would give the tattoos a meaning.

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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Please start voting for July read :) ...

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
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I choose A Christmas Carol :D

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 Post subject: Re: The Book Group (The new Thread)
PostPosted: June 12th, 2013, 3:27 am 
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Me too :) ...

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I think this month is a pass and voting still opened for August :) .

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If the vote turns up Dorian Gray, Dracula or Alice I'm joining. :D

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