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Postby Linksquest » Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:17 pm

It's Official! CAA's OFFICIAL FANTASY BOOK CLUB!

Anyone can Join. Annnnnyone! Your brother... your sister... your cat!... and most importantly you! (NOTE: YOU SHOULD [a.k.a "have to"] BE A CAA MEMBER... <.< :thumbsup: )

We shall read each book over a course of two weeks (Time may increase/decrease according to members' time schedule's/ reading paces)

You may give suggestions for book selections. (NOTE: I will get all book selections approved by Ashley) Please PM all suggestions to me. If a book is controversial in content... i'd rather keep it in a PM conversation than thread arguments... I don't want this thread to get locked because of silly arguments... so i want to stop them before they start!

To join the club you may type something like "I'd like to join" etc. Don't be shy... we won't turn you away!



I will post a list of possible book selections for our first book selection. If you have a problem with any of the books listed you may PM me.

Have a great night!
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LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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Postby Locke » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:43 pm

We already had a book club >.>
I wonder what happened...


Heck I'll join this one then =P
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Postby Linksquest » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:19 am

hmmn i didnt know that. Was it a FANTASY book club like this one? Hmmn... yea. This one is only FANTASY books. I didnt see another book club... so... haha. ^^
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I give props to these ANIMEs/MANGAs: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, AZUMANGA DAIOH, MONSTER, SAILOR MOON SERIES, AKAGE NO ANNE, BOTTLE FAIRY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, PARANOIA AGENT, YAKITATE!! JAPAN, UTAWARERUMONO, KANON, FULL MOON WO SAGASHITE, & YOTSUBA&!

LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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Postby dragonshimmer » Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:06 am

YUS! This is awesome. I would like to join as well. I love reading books then talking about them, but I rarely find people who read fantasy novels as much as I do O_o Count me in!
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Postby ninjaduckofdoom » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:13 am

Hey, this is a cool idea! I'll join too. :thumb:
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Postby Locke » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:20 pm

Linksquest wrote:hmmn i didnt know that. Was it a FANTASY book club like this one? Hmmn... yea. This one is only FANTASY books. I didnt see another book club... so... haha. ^^



It was all genres, we read Eragon ( which is is Fantasy)
So when do we get our first book?
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Postby Linksquest » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:51 pm

Locke wrote:It was all genres, we read Eragon ( which is is Fantasy)
So when do we get our first book?

haha!


NOW! I am trying to find really good, not-so-known-about books.



The first one is a prime example of this:


THE SILVER CROWN by Robert C. O'Brien (you may be more familiar with his better known book: MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH"

(THIS IS AWAITING ASHLEY's APPROVAL)


2 weeks to read this book! haha. If you need more time than this, please do not hesitate to PM me. I am also going to do something different from other book clubs. I will set markers of what chapters you can post about. for example... the first 2 days you could talk about the first 5 chapters or so.

This way it will be more a book club, than each of us giving a summary about the book at the end and saying if it was or was not a good book! :P! **has experienced many bad book klubs in the past**Again... if you dont like this idea... PM me and we'll do something else. Im verrrry open to your guyses suggestions as this is MY first book club that i have ever started.

If you are afraid of someone revealing what happens in future chapters, here's one obvious thing you could do... NOT READ THE THREAD! lol. But what I think Ill do is make a big header for a certain Chapter (sequence of chapters) That you will easily see if you have read or not, so you can avoid it if you have not read it yet!



THE SILVER CROWN is a very original story. It is a little confusing at the beginning, but throughout the book the pieces start to fall together.

MIRTHFUL READING!


To give you guys time to get your books from the library (purchase them if you love books as much as i do! ^^, etc..) The official start of this reading will be on Wednesday.
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I give props to these ANIMEs/MANGAs: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, AZUMANGA DAIOH, MONSTER, SAILOR MOON SERIES, AKAGE NO ANNE, BOTTLE FAIRY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, PARANOIA AGENT, YAKITATE!! JAPAN, UTAWARERUMONO, KANON, FULL MOON WO SAGASHITE, & YOTSUBA&!

LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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Postby VioletEyedCat » Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:39 pm

Augh! I have already read this book! It is very excellent. But I'll have to wait until the next book to join in! Sigh...


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Postby Alice » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:09 pm

So this is a discussion group?
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Postby Linksquest » Sun Jun 26, 2005 7:02 am

VioletEyedCat wrote:Augh! I have already read this book! It is very excellent. But I'll have to wait until the next book to join in! Sigh...


You could re-read it if you want and/or comment on the chapters to add to the discussion! If ya want to that is, you dont have to if you dont want to.


Alice wrote:So this is a discussion group?


Yes. We will be discussing the chapters as we come to them. A more in-depth explanation will come later... and once we start doing it, it will become more clear.

Like i said before, I am trying to make this more of an actual "club" than the typical online ones in which people just read the entire book and do teh following 2 things:

1) Summarize the book
2) Rant on for about 3-4 paragraphs why or why not they thought the book was good.

I am trying to make this a more hands on thing, and you guys can express fears/hopes of things that will happen in future chapters, you can talk about character development, New conflicts, climax of the story, etc.
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I give props to these ANIMEs/MANGAs: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, AZUMANGA DAIOH, MONSTER, SAILOR MOON SERIES, AKAGE NO ANNE, BOTTLE FAIRY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, PARANOIA AGENT, YAKITATE!! JAPAN, UTAWARERUMONO, KANON, FULL MOON WO SAGASHITE, & YOTSUBA&!

LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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Postby Linksquest » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:22 pm

ARGH! WE WILL NOT be reading the SILVER CROWN on WEDNESDAY (this is what i get for being too hasty T_T). Ashley has still not yet approved it. I apologize to any of you who have already gotten the book.

We may have to change the first book choice and i will let you know what that is when Ashley gets back to me if we cannot indeed read THE SILVER CROWN.
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I give props to these ANIMEs/MANGAs: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, AZUMANGA DAIOH, MONSTER, SAILOR MOON SERIES, AKAGE NO ANNE, BOTTLE FAIRY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, PARANOIA AGENT, YAKITATE!! JAPAN, UTAWARERUMONO, KANON, FULL MOON WO SAGASHITE, & YOTSUBA&!

LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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Postby Linksquest » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:28 pm

Ok... THE SILVER CROWN has been scratched as the first choice of the Fantasy Book Club (srry guys T_T )... I will get back to you once a new approved book has been located. If you have any suggestions feel free to PM me.
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I give props to these ANIMEs/MANGAs: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, AZUMANGA DAIOH, MONSTER, SAILOR MOON SERIES, AKAGE NO ANNE, BOTTLE FAIRY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, PARANOIA AGENT, YAKITATE!! JAPAN, UTAWARERUMONO, KANON, FULL MOON WO SAGASHITE, & YOTSUBA&!

LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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Postby JoyfullShadow » Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:25 am

i'll try and join, but we are reading way too many books at once... so it'll be hard
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Postby Linksquest » Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:27 pm

haha. Right now im still trying to find a book that Ashley can approve.
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I give props to these ANIMEs/MANGAs: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, AZUMANGA DAIOH, MONSTER, SAILOR MOON SERIES, AKAGE NO ANNE, BOTTLE FAIRY, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, PARANOIA AGENT, YAKITATE!! JAPAN, UTAWARERUMONO, KANON, FULL MOON WO SAGASHITE, & YOTSUBA&!

LINKSQUEST's PASSIONS are: READING (especially books by authors: Lois Lowry, L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis) WRITING, SINGING, ACTING, COMPOSING, PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, COOKING, MYST series, ZELDA series,OLD TIME RADIO , New Time Radio, SPANISH, LANGUAGES, and the list goes on.
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