http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum: Forum: TDK Book Club - Recent Topics en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:41:56 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/23021#post-471200 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:46:22 +0000 fiona123 471200@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>You might not come across a stellar kisser too often. There are far more people who feel they excel at kissing than really do.Now we have a test to know whether you are a good kisser? <a href="http://www.ebayoyo.com/message_632.html">Start the test.</a> </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22728#post-467386 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:05:30 +0000 Alicia 467386@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Well, at least it will be the last I come up with but would love to hear what you might think...can you see yourself at Harry? In this time of computers and high-tech gadgets, she hand sort the mail and does things the old fashion way...is it even possible for someone like her exist? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22643#post-466431 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:15:56 +0000 Alicia 466431@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>With such a colorful cast of characters who do you find the most intriguing? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22642#post-466429 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:12:18 +0000 Alicia 466429@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Since there really isn't a "discussion guide" for the book I'll just pick a few things out and go with them. If you think of any additional please add them.</p> <p>1. Could you picture any animal you have present or past stepping in like Mrs Murphy or Tee Tucker? Could you picture them having the conversations those two do...much less with the others they encounter? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/14506#post-337120 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:28:29 +0000 ILoveMyCats 337120@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Here is the list of books submitted for the following months.</p> <p>April 2009<br /> A Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin submitted by Soxsmom at 11:34 am on 12/15.</p> <p>Review<br /> “A deliciously dark and effective concoction of historical fiction, suspense, romance, adventure and forensics.”<br /> —Miami Herald</p> <p>Here is a link to read more about this book!<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Serpents-Tale-Ariana-Franklin/dp/0425225747/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234822066&#38;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Serpents-Tale-Ariana-Franklin/dp/0425225747/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234822066&#38;sr=8-1</a></p> <p>May 2009<br /> The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig submitted by WindiWillowsMom at 12:26 pm on 12/15.</p> <p>Review<br /> "Flawless . . . The Whistling Season is a book that strives for more than beauty, which it achieves: It reaches for joy."—O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE</p> <p>Here is the link to read more about this book.<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0156031647/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&#38;n=283155&#38;s=books" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0156031647/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&#38;n=283155&#38;s=books</a></p> <p>June 2009<br /> The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks submitted by Alicia at 3:31 pm on 12/15.</p> <p>Customer Review<br /> This is a fabulous book!! Sparks really draws you into the story and the characters are so believable; I didn't want it to end!!! You will absolutely LOVE this book! </p> <p>Here is the link to learn more about this book.<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/B001E3AOWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234822696&#38;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/B001E3AOWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234822696&#38;sr=1-1</a></p> <p>July 2009<br /> The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier submitted by Catwoman at 8:34 pm on 12/15.</p> <p>Review<br /> Brockmeier's haunting reminder of how connected people are to one another will appeal to readers of fantasy yearning for a bit more to think about than the usual fare offers.–Matthew L. Moffett, Ford's Theatre Society, Washington, DC </p> <p>Here is a link to learn more about this book.<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Dead-Kevin-Brockmeier/dp/1400095956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234823000&#38;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Dead-Kevin-Brockmeier/dp/1400095956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234823000&#38;sr=1-1</a></p> <p>**Note: I am not promoting Amazon. It is just the site I use when I search for information on books. Hope this helps! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22644#post-466435 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:21:47 +0000 Alicia 466435@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>With all the back ground put in place for this book does it sound like a typical southern small town (obviously without the murders) or do you think it is all just a little "too simple"? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22615#post-466122 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:41:55 +0000 Alicia 466122@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Just checking to see if anyone has read the book and if you want a discussion thread? Please let me know and I can get the questions started tonight. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21705#post-455272 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:34:55 +0000 ailuromaniac 455272@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I just picked this up on a whim. It is an amazing biography of a blind cat. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21648#post-454585 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:32:15 +0000 mollycat71 454585@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hi and Welcome to the October edition of the TDK bookclub. The book we were reading for this month was "Three Weeks With My Brother" by Nicholas Sparks (chosen by me, MC). I am not sure how many of you were able to read this novel but these questions will be here for you to come back to later. As winter approaches I know I read more and I suspect many of you do as well. I hope you enjoyed the book, I am always nervous when it is something I have picked. My first question to you all is:</p> <p>1. What was your general opinion of the book? Are you glad you read it? Any lessons learned? Did you enjoy the author, Nicholas Sparks? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21650#post-454587 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:36:01 +0000 mollycat71 454587@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>3. Jill, their mother, is largely canonized in the novel, and both brothers claim a profound love and respect for her, and further describe her as an ideal mother. Did she strike you as ideal? In what way? Has the memory of Jill been romanticized over the years by both Micah and Nicholas? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21649#post-454586 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:34:54 +0000 mollycat71 454586@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>2. The authorship of Three Weeks with My Brother, at least as far as the cover is concerned, is split equally between Nicholas and Micah. Yet the book, for the most part, is written in first-person by Nicholas. Why? In your opinion, would it have been better to have split the authorial voice, and if so, why? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17909#post-395904 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:11:23 +0000 ILoveMyCats 395904@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Here is an updated version of the Book Club List. It has been really busy lately and after today I will be missing for most of the summer. We have books listed to read for all months except for November and December. If anyone would like to submit a book please add it to the thread. Remember the one who suggested the book will be the moderator at the first of each month for the discussion. Enjoy your summer and happy reading!</p> <p>June 2009<br /> The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks submitted by Alicia<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/B001E3AOWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234822696&#38;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/B001E3AOWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234822696&#38;sr=1-1</a></p> <p>July 2009<br /> The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier submitted by Catwoman<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Dead-Kevin-Brockmeier/dp/1400095956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234823000&#38;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Dead-Kevin-Brockmeier/dp/1400095956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1234823000&#38;sr=1-1</a></p> <p>August 2009<br /> Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks submitted by Mollycat<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Three-Weeks-Brother-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446694851/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1243113152&#38;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Three-Weeks-Brother-Nicholas-Sparks/dp/0446694851/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1243113152&#38;sr=1-1</a></p> <p>September 2009<br /> Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie submitted by Alicia<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Were-Here-Murphy-Mysteries/dp/0553287532/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1244743009&#38;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Were-Here-Murphy-Mysteries/dp/0553287532/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1244743009&#38;sr=8-1</a></p> <p>October 2009<br /> The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb submitted by Mollycat<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hour-I-First-Believed-Novel/dp/0060988436/ref=sr_1_1?" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Hour-I-First-Believed-Novel/dp/0060988436/ref=sr_1_1?</a> </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21658#post-454595 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:46:43 +0000 mollycat71 454595@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>11. The structure of the novel is circular, in that it largely ends in the same place where it begins: with the brochure arriving in the mail. Did you realize this? Can you think of another book that has been written in this way? What is the symbolism of this ending?</p> <p>Thanks so much for your input!! It is always a pleasure to get to 'talk' with each and every one of you. Hugs to my TDK family! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21657#post-454594 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:44:09 +0000 mollycat71 454594@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>10. Memoirs provide glimpses into character, but only those glimpses that the authors are willing to reveal. It’s as if a window is opened, but only so far. After finishing the novel, do you feel as if you know Micah? Do you feel as if you know Nicholas? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21656#post-454593 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:43:03 +0000 mollycat71 454593@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>9. The book was structured around a trip around the world the brothers took in 2003. Did the travel add anything to the book? Or could the book have been written without it? Why do you think the authors choose to do it this way? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21655#post-454592 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:41:39 +0000 mollycat71 454592@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>8. Dana, both brothers profess, was treated differently than her brothers. Was she? Does this explain the apparent differences? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21654#post-454591 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:40:44 +0000 mollycat71 454591@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>7. Dana, like Jill, is described almost reverently by both Micah and Nicholas. Is this view realistic? Describe the ways in which Dana seems similar to Micah. Describe the ways in which she seems similar to Nicholas. How is she different? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21652#post-454589 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:38:21 +0000 mollycat71 454589@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>5. Mike, their father, is perhaps least understood by both Micah and Nicholas of all their family members. Why? What were Mike’s strongest attributes as a father in your opinion? His weakest? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21651#post-454588 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:37:25 +0000 mollycat71 454588@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>4. At the same time, however, Jill seems to be almost neglectful as a parent, allowing the boys too much freedom at too young an age and forcing a maturity upon them that is far beyond their years. Is this inconsistency adequately explained? Would you allow this as a parent? In what ways did this freedom to roam as children -- complete with injuries, brushes with the law, and wrong choices -- seem to affect Micah now? How does it seem to affect Nicholas now? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21646#post-454537 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:41:54 +0000 mollycat71 454537@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hi family! I know we have all been busy this summer and the book club got put on "the shelf" (sorry, bad pun) until fall rolled around. Was wondering if anyone read the book I suggested "Three Weeks with My Brother" by Nicholas Sparks? I have the questions ready to go on the first and will be happy to post them if there are folks out there willing to participate. Its a great book, don't miss it! Thanks! MC </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21458#post-452161 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:28:38 +0000 Samye 452161@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>My boyfriend and I have been listening to the Harry Potter series on audio book and we're just about done with the second to last book!! I'm absoloutly in LOVE with "reading" like this late at night and it gives us something to talk about too! I just don't know what to read next!! I want a series...but I don't want to commit to something I'm not, or that he wont, like very much. We both read the Harry Potter series in HS and loved it so that was an easy chioce, and we've been watching the movies the day after we finish to compare. It's so much fun!! </p> <p>tl;dr: I need help picking a new book and/or series to listen to at night before bed. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/17906#post-395823 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:52:20 +0000 snickers0801 395823@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I wanted to know ho many people have read at least one book in the Warriors series. And how many people like the books. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20683#post-440911 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:26:12 +0000 mollycat71 440911@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Just a reminder that the book for the Sept 1 discussion, Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks has been moved to Oct 1. This is to allow all who want to to read the book. It was a crazy August for all and most were unable to get to read it. Thanks, see you Oct 1! MC aka Miracle Kid </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/20529#post-438717 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:06:33 +0000 mollycat71 438717@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hi! I was wondering if anyone had the time to read our selection for August!? I noticed as summer rolled around participation has dropped off due to other outdoor activities (me too!). I was wondering if anyone wanted to do a discussion on the first or if we want to bump the book to Sept. 1. Please let me know, I will need to re-read the book this weekend to refamiliarize myself with it. I read it when it first came out. Trust me, I have been a slacker myself this summer when it comes to reading. I do much better in the winter, I devour books! Please keep this bumped! Thank you! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19585#post-424257 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:26:28 +0000 Catwoman 424257@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>4. How likely is the future that Brockmeier paints in the novel–melting polar icecaps, the mass extinction of animals, a plague deliberately spread by terrorists? What aspects of our current situation point to such a possibility? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19584#post-424256 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:25:43 +0000 Catwoman 424256@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>3. In what ways is the city of the dead reassuringly like our own cities? How do people feel about being there? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19627#post-424884 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:18:26 +0000 Catwoman 424884@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>5. During Lindell Trimble’s Employee of the Year award acceptance speech, he insists that Coca-Cola must not rest on its laurels but keep its momentum going. “A body is more likely to die at sunset than at any other hour of the day–that’s a fact,” he says. “The trick, then, is to keep the sun from setting. That’s what we’re looking for at Coca-Cola, and what we in the PR division have been fighting so hard to achieve: a sun that never sets. A perpetual noon” [p. 125]. What is wrong with this kind of thinking? What are the consequences of such a philosophy of unbounded hubris and the refusal to accept natural limitation? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19630#post-424888 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:20:55 +0000 Catwoman 424888@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>8. Explore the connections between the novel’s main plotlines–Laura’s struggle to stay alive in the Antarctic and the existential predicament of the recently dead. In what ways, obvious and subtle, do these stories connect? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19629#post-424887 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:20:14 +0000 Catwoman 424887@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>7. What does The Brief History of the Dead reveal about the subtle ways a single, ordinary human life is interconnected with thousands of others? Does Puckett’s claim that he can remember between fifty and seventy thousand people seem exaggerated or plausible? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/19628#post-424886 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:19:21 +0000 Catwoman 424886@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>6. The dead are surprised by their memories. “They might go weeks and months without thinking of the houses and neighborhoods they had grown up in, their triumphs of shame and glory, the jobs, routines, and hobbies that had slowly eaten away their lives, yet the smallest, most inconsequential episode would leap into their thoughts a hundred times a day, like a fish smacking its tail on the surface of a lake” [p. 11]. Does this seem an accurate description of how memory often works? Why would the dead forget the important things and remember the trivial ones? </p>