Book Club Book Club 2025!

[Jason L.]

Thank all of you for participating in the book club this year! We've had some wonderful books and some real turkeys, but we've even had fun mocking the bad books this year. I look forward to repeating the event.

So, would you like to take part?

The Litopia Literary Society (Okay, I just made that up, but it sure sounds nice, doesn't it?) meets on a Saturday--usually the second or third Saturday of the month--one hour after Huddle ends. We ask our regulars to contribute a title, which is then put into a bag and taken out at random, and that's our reading order.

I look forward to joining you on this adventure in 2025!

 

[James Charles]

My picks:

 

[Jonny]

I'll give it a crack, too.

Here's one of my possible picks

 

[Bloo]

Really...only two of us have contributed to this.

Here’s my holiday pick...



Otherwise, heres some decent sci-fi with a good sequel...

 

[AgentPete]

May I make a late entry here, please?

Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (author of The Little Prince). Original French title Terre des hommes.

In many ways it's the "grown up" version of The Little Prince.

Linbrivox audiobook:


Amazon Links:
UK: https://amzn.to/42O3nB3
US: Amazon.com

Or download from Archive.org:

Wind, sand and stars : Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Translation of Terre des hommes

archive.org

 

[Jake E]

A book club is always something i like the idea of, but I'm such a slow reader, I'd never keep up lol.

 

[AgentPete]

You don't need to read each one, J. Just cone along!

 

[Pamela Jo]

Anya , Susan Fromberg Schaeffer

Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons

 

[Pamela Jo]

May I make a late entry here, please?

Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (author of The Little Prince). Original French title Terre des hommes.

In many ways it's the "grown up" version of The Little Prince.

Linbrivox audiobook:


Amazon Links:
UK: Amazon.co.uk
US: Amazon.com

Or download from Archive.org:

Wind, sand and stars : Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Translation of Terre des hommes

archive.org

I read this long ago after, Westward with the Night. That sudden miracle of being able to fly transformed the young people who were captivated by it. Imagine suddenly being able to do what was impossible for every human before yu.

 

[Hannah F]

I'll drop in if I can, but I'm really busy working my way through the reading list for my course . . . and homework . . . so - @Jake E I get you - being the slow reader that I am, I won't have time to fit in any other reading.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Because so many of us write for MG or YA, it could be fun to check out some literature for that age group.
So, as I'm hoping to be part of book club this year, I'll submit this.

 

[Hannah F]

Because so many of us write for MG or YA, it could be fun to check out some literature for that age group.
So, as I'm hoping to be part of book club this year, I'll submit this.

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If I have the time, I'll attend for this zany book!

 

[MattScho]

A book club is always something i like the idea of, but I'm such a slow reader, I'd never keep up lol.

Try an audio book for one?

 

[Jake E]

Try an audio book for one?

I've never listened to an audio book. Not because I'm a snob or anything, I've just never bought one.

 

[Bloo]

A book club is always something i like the idea of, but I'm such a slow reader, I'd never keep up lol.

I'll drop in if I can, but I'm really busy working my way through the reading list for my course . . . and homework . . . so - @Jake E I get you - being the slow reader that I am, I won't have time to fit in any other reading.

Audiobooks saved my sanity. I listen to and from work - and often at work, but with earphones. They smooth out a long commute and drown out the drivel from my colleagues.

 

[MattScho]

I've never listened to an audio book. Not because I'm a snob or anything, I've just never bought one.

In my opinion, there are very few audio books that improve on the reading experience. Project Hail Mary is an exception, and the oringal THHGTTG audio version is tough to beat.
But audio books are very frequently quite good, just different.
And there have been a lot of books in book club for which audio has been a saving grace.

 

[Hannah F]

Audiobooks saved my sanity. I listen to and from work - and often at work, but with earphones. They smooth out a long commute and drown out the drivel from my colleagues.

I've even less time/ability to listen to audiobooks. I drive-commute which is my time to listen to classical music (and none of my journeys are that long). I walk my dog in places where I listen to nature. So the only times I could listen to audio is when I sit down and relax. However, though I can read part of a book at these times, audio sends me to sleep no matter how good the narrator.

 

[Jason L.]

Our Book club picks have been done!

@AgentPete @Bloo @Jonny @Vagabond Heart @Hannah F @James Charles @MattScho @Pamela Jo @Jake E

 

[MattScho]

Nice selection. You didn't want to include mine from the what'sapp message, so i will repeat them here: Get shorty by Elmore Leonard or Marabou stork nightmare by Irvine Welsh

 

[Jason L.]

Oooooh. Sorry. You'll still go at the end, because I forgot they were there. Will post the list soon.

 

[MattScho]

Oooooh. Sorry. You'll still go at the end, because I forgot they were there. Will post the list soon.

I am not disappointed to go last. Someone has to.
okay, two or three chapters into the bookseller

 

[James Charles]

@Jason L. I will be in Italy from March 12 until the 27th. Matt's can go first in March then. @MattScho