OK, enough of the false starts, here's a book:-

Read it and discuss.

make me!

uh uh.

i've just read about this book in the evening standard today can we do this one instead?
summary: reall story of a 12 year old girl who was kidnapped and forced to be a slave by a sudanese diplomat in London.

msserendipity said:

That looks interesting!

daned, it says on Amazon that your book is for the 9-12 age group!!

2the9s said:

that does look interesting

2the9s said:

Which is what makes it perfect for the org.

No, seriously. You could pidgeonhole Lewis Carrols work the same way or "The Hobbit" or "Harry Potter".

However, in the BBC's recent 'Big Read' poll it, well see for yourself (It's the first book of the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy):-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts...p100.shtml

That's what got to me to read it, because I'd read nearly everything else on the list. It has the highest rated book I hadn't read.

Also, I'd heard that it had been adapted for Radio recently by the BBC's prestigous Radio 4 and for the theatre at the Royal National - London's finest theatre.

I actualy picked it because I thought that a lot of people would already have read it?

daned said:

I'm not necessarily agianst it for that reason. I just didn't know if you were being sarcastic!

I think the idea though is to pick a book that no one has read before, no?

IAmTheTouch said:

2the9s said:

Oh :goesquiet:
How about "Larry Graham: My life with Jesus"?

daned said:

LMMFAO!

If we're gonna read anything it will be


"The Coming Of Joachim Stiller"


by Hubert Lampo



Seriously though, it's not one of those monolythical
sized books and it's very entertaining. The story is
one of 'magic-realism'

It's about a reporter living in Antwerp who's one day
drawn into the web of Joachim Stiller -a messiah like
figure- and strange hallucinatory situations.

I never thought too highly of Dutch/Belgium literature.

Until I read this one though. Simply wonderful. Read
it from cover to cover in a single breath.

But hey, I was only joking when I said we HAD to read
it lol. Just consider it something to consider heheh.

Is this the Beer Club?

cborgman said:

To me, the subject of a girl living in submission to a man
of higher rank sounds suspiciously like the previous book
we read

So, that begs the question, did 2the9's create yet another
pseudonym?

IstenSzek said:

...nope...its a book i wanna read..thats all..nothing suspicious.

daned said:

daned said:

msserendipity said:

Oh I read an extract of that in The Daily Mail, quite shocking but deeply interesting, I think I might buy it

IstenSzek said:

Dude, it's out of print! What else you got!?

IstenSzek said:

Hey, you know Coetzee went on to win the Nobel Prize for literature this past time. It's all because of the buzz generated by the Org Book Club!

I like the Nazer book, but it's only in hardback and might be expensive for some to buy.

What do people think?

2the9s said:

yep i ain'tbought a hardback in a long time...i do usually wait for the paperback
but in this case...i may splash out.

2the9s said:

Damn, just my luck.

I'll have a re-think today.

Let's make a freaking choice here!

All in favor of the Nazer book say so!

Me!

2the9s said:

..well i did suggest it...

2the9s said:

I saw it in Waterstone's for £10.00 today, so I may well buy it.

How about this one!





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[This message was edited Thu Jan 22 14:02:26 PST 2004 by sag10]

JDINTERACTIVE said:

cool..i'll get it on monday i think.

sag10 said:

sag, that's a red "x."

And are you going to remember to read it this time?