Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read.

$17.95 at Chapters, Coles and HMV. According to Ms Rockett, it's 25% off at HMV so try there first. Not sure about Costco... if anyone knows, post it here.

Have the book read for the November 9th meeting!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Recommendations

Very enjoyable meeting today. If it's any indication of the caliber of meetings to come, I think we are going to have a great year in the book club.

So, with "Catching Fire" behind us, and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" looming in the not-too-distant future, we are looking for thriller/horror recommendations to fill the space between.

Please post your recommendations here. (To post a recommendation, click on the comments link below). Hopefully, it doesn't still say O Comments. If it does, be the first to respond. Remember the immortal words of Ms. Rockett - "Blogs are cool!" For those who could not attend the meeting, she said this today with a Steve Urkel snort while pushing back her glasses...

Monday, October 12, 2009

The triangle...

Although I chose to avoid the whole Team Edward vs Team Jacob debate (opting for Team Vomit), I want to start another thread to see what the group thinks - Peeta or Gale? Does Katniss deserve Peeta? Will she end up with Gale, or will she end up with no one, or even dead?

Sorry RL, but I thought a 'lovey dovey' focussed question might get this crowd talking.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Talk soon.

Dave "Go Team Haymitch!" Lynch

Friday, October 2, 2009

Discussing 'Catching Fire'

Use this discussion thread to share your thoughts and opinions on the novel; what you liked, didn't like, would have liked to see, what you found interesting, what you related to, who you related to... and on it goes.