Will make this short. Our book selection this month is
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by
Elizabeth George Speare. First read this book when I was a wee heathen and loved it. Read it again when I was about 17; loved it. Then again last year—still loved it!
For guide questions and some helpful info,
click here. Discussion will start on the last week of February. I hope our dear readers will join me in discussing this exciting and fantabulous novel. You’ll see why it’s one of the reasons I became addicted to romance and sarcastic swoonsome men who make my heart go thump-thump-thumpity-thump. Oh, Nat... *sigh*
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It’s my turn to choose our next BBC selection. I’m not sure if you guys want a discussion but because I’m a good Harlot, I still did my bitchin’ duty and picked a book for February.
Okay, I’m lying. Hee. Well, see, I have two books in mind, both very much beloved that I don’t know which one to choose:
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by
Elizabeth George Speare, or
A Countess Below Stairs by
Eva Ibbotson. Whocha think? Let me know.
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I can’t begin to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed these books. It’s been a long time since I was this hooked on an author or on a series. These novels are like crack or cocaine or something equally addictive; like great covered-in-Nutella hot sex. *mamasita*
I know I was supposed to post this last Monday but, come on, it’s only a week late and in my defense:
- This week we started the 100 days countdown towards the elections (double the work double the fun for me *g*).
- I couldn’t put any of the “Steele Streets” books down long enough to actually sit down and do this. Bad, bad Trollop.
- I’ve discovered that there are dozens and dozens of blogs and BBs out there—that I knew nothing of—so I’ve been blog-hopping
a lot (bit embarrassed).
These are the first couple of questions we’ll be discussing from:
Crazy Hot, Crazy Cool and Crazy Wild by
Tara Janzen. If anyone wants to discuss the following books in the series feel free to do so. (I’ve yet to read
Cutting Loose so ye be warned, heathens: Any spoilers on Zack are punishable by death!)
I’ll post my answers in the comments section and I want to encourage you guys to add your own questions as well when you comment. *g* And yes, I’m making you guys do my work but my brain is too addled by hot men and fast cars at the moment to form coherent sentences.
- Favorite hero and favorite heroine. Why?
- Favorite secondary couple.
- Do you think there is any way J.T. Chronopoulos could come back from the dead and have his own book? And here we’re going to play a little something I like to call: “Let’s pretend this is a soap opera and tell me how you’d stage J.T.’s comeback.”
- Hottest sex scene.
- Which of the chop-shop boys do you think is best equipped to be featured in the next installment of “The Big Cock Theory”? *g*
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Squeeeeeeeeeee!
Our BBC is back from a couple of month’s hiatus. She says she had a wonderful time, drank a lot of margaritas, partied hard, met tons of hot men,
probably had an enormous amount of sex, skank! and is now ready to get back to work. *g*
I am so excited about our selection(s) this month. This is a series that has been around a while but that I’ve just gotten my greedy little hands on. In fact I’m still reading it—and I LOVE IT!
The “Crazy” series by
Tara Janzen has had an effect on me that I hadn’t felt in a long time. I remember it from when first reading
Susan Elizabeth Phillips and then
Judith McNaught and I think the last time was with
Sherrilyn Kenyon. It’s that I-have-to-read-all-the-books-in-this-series-and
-possibly-everything-this-woman-has-ever-written effect. Kind of an addiction—perhaps crack or cocaine—something really powerful, ya know.
And what’s not to love? There’s sexy-as-hell men, hot sex, kick ass heroine, sarcastic-boys camaraderie, rich heroes, dangerous missions, men that aren’t afraid to fall in love and say it—and show it and mean it *sigh*—great cars, fast-paced plots and engaging writing. Did I already mention the incredibly hot guys? *g*
We’re doing the first three books in the series:
Crazy Hot (Yummy Quinn),
Crazy Cool (Extra Yummy Superman) and
Crazy Wild (Extra Yummy with a Cherry on Top “Jungle Boy Creed”), and this is the way it’s going to work:
I’m leaving an open post with questions on Monday and our wonderful readers (who promised to participate!) can answer it through-out the rest of the month and can ask questions they’d like answered. Also, whoever participates enters a raffle to win our next BBC selection.
Forgot to add, the questions are going to be as hot and fun as the books. *wink*
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Okay, here’s the deal: Trollop and I have this love-hate relationship with our BBC. Since we started this blog, it’s been our agenda to have
our very own book club. When we finally established it last year, oh joy, happy-happy! We’re more excited than little pervs on their way to Pornland.
We love our BBC, no doubt about it. It’s most rewarding: we get to introduce kick-ass books to readers; we get to share the luuurve... Problem is, most of you are lazier than me or Trollop. Believe me, that’s saying a LOT. :/
I’m not complaining because so few are participating. I even understand. Like Trollop said, typing out answers alone at home is not the same as discussing something face to face. I feel sad about it, though, especially when you infidels ask for BBC and when discussion day comes you don’t show up. I feel so used... *sniff*
Ya know, I pray our readers to be less lazy. I know how to pray! Not that it works! I’m telling you, praying you heathens participate on BBC is like asking Santa for
my very own studmuffin with super penis. Honestly, it’s not like I’m asking for a
penis somewhere between the size of a horse and a
giant mythical super stallion... hmph!
Don’t get me wrong, we appreciate all of you lovely people who participate. We had some very successful discussions and it’s all because of you. From the bottom of our wicked trollopy-harloty hearts, we thank you. You can have Trollop’s first born
quarter-duck quarter-amoeba, heh. Oh, and if you have any suggestions to improve our BBC, please, we’re all ears.
We can have BBC back on January since people are busy during the holidays, shopping or doing turkey or Christmasy stuff... BUT, if you guys want to have it this December, let us know. It’s my turn to pick our next selection and I already have a FABULOUS book in mind. Clue: It’s one of my favorite books evah, and methinks you’re going to like it too. *g*
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It was delightful visiting Anne again; her mischiefs, her daydreams, her big words, Gilbert Blythe, *sigh* and the quirky characters that inhabit her world. No matter how many times I read this book, or how old I get I still love it like it was the first time.
I hope all of you will join us in this discussion.
- How do Marilla’s sensibilities change—or not change—over the course of the book? How do Anne’s conceptions of the future evolve throughout the novel?
- What role does fashion play in Anne of Green Gables? In what ways does fashion and characters’ differing attitudes toward fashion reveal differences and similarities between various characters?
- What do you think makes Anne such an enduring character of world fiction?
- One criticism of Anne of Green Gables is that, although Montgomery claims that Anne has a number of flaws, her faults are minor ones, such as daydreaming and talking too much. Is Anne a believable character to you?
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“What a splendid day! ... I pity people who aren’t born yet for missing it. They may have good days, of course, but they can never have this one.”
- Anne Shirley
I first read
Anne of Green Gables when I was in seventh grade and fell madly in love with Anne Shirley and the world she made for herself in Prince Edward Island. There are no words with which I could express how much I love these books so it would be a terrible injustice if I tried to describe them and ended up falling short—which I’m bound to do. I’ll leave you with what the great Mark Twain wrote to
L.M. Montgomery in a letter and a small synopsis of the book, but before I go I would like to welcome all our female (
and male) readers to join BBC for this selection and have their mothers and daughters join the discussion we’ll be having at the end of this month. This is truly a book for everyone and sharing it with others brings so much joy. Enjoy...
“In Anne of Green Gables, you will find the dearest and most moving and delightful child since the immortal Alice.”
- Mark Twain
Stemming from a single line in a note-book: “Elderly couple apply to orphan asylum for a boy. By mistake a girl is sent to them,” arose a book that put Canadian literature and Prince Edward Island on the map.
The nostalgic charm of Avonlea comes alive in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s heart-warming tale set on the quaint island of Prince William about an aging brother and sister, Mathew and Marilla Cuthbert, and their decision to adopt a young boy to help with chores around their farm. However, as the result of a misunderstanding the boy turns out to be a feisty, independent, and wildly imaginative redheaded girl named Anne. Marilla’s first reaction to this news is, “What use is she to us?” Wherein Mathew replies, “We might be of some use to her.” Throughout this moving story these two statements mix and meld together so richly and completely that they become one truth. Three lives are changed so dramatically that none can imagine life without the others. Each new day brings a new set of adventures, often hilarious and always uplifting. Anne’s vivid and overactive imagination is the cause of many mishaps, but her saving grace is her heart of gold. Her best friend and “kindred spirit,” Diana, and her handsome admirer, Gilbert Blythe, often find themselves unintentional victims of Anne’s escapades.
Displaced, orphaned, alone, Anne weaves her way into he hearts of not only the fictional characters she comes across in Montgomery’s plots, but also, and most importantly, the readers. Nearly one hundred years later, her worldwide appeal is untouched.
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Okay, here’s the deal. You want me to wait till the 27th to discuss
Eclipse because you haven’t read the book yet. I get that. But you want to discuss it as soon as you’re finished? Yeah...
screw the 27th! (Please don’t worry, my slow-reading darlings, as the discussion won’t cease as long as someone talks about the book. Feel free to join us anytime. ;))
NOTE:
Still haven’t finished Eclipse? STOP. READING. NOW.
Now, as I’ve mentioned, I finished the book Monday and the only one I could talk to was our Dean Winchester-obsessed friend, Dance (she cheated too, ha!—she got the ebook early :P). Basically, here’s what I ranted to her about: I didn’t like Edward, HATED Bella, and Jacob was as obnoxious as ever! Gah.
Too stupid to live? There has never been a day in my life where I ask myself, “What would Bella Swan do?” God-forbid that day comes because I’ll have to disembowel myself samurai-style for the shame I have brought upon my family.
I’m actually willing to take Bella’s selfishness and recklessness (as those mirror my own :/) but her stupidity and immatureness in this book are overwhelming. She keeps placing herself in danger, INSISTING on it, when she knows full well Edward would do ANYTHING to make sure she’s safe—even breaking the pact to cross La Push, starting a war between vampires and werewolves.
Marry me. Trust me when I say I know how extremely painful it is when someone you love asks you to marry him yet for some wretched reason you have to say no. But for the life of me, I don’t understand WHY WHY WHY Bella is so averse to marry Edward.
What’s that? Oh, yeah. Bella is “uncomfortable” with what the town will say about her marrying Edward at 18. Yep. *snort* The same Edward whom she CANNOT live without, the luuuuve of her fucking life, the one who loves her to death and worships the ground she walks on and is marrying her for ALL THE FUCKING RIGHT REASONS—THAT EDWARD!!! Oh, for fuck’s sake, woman! Who the fuck cares what the whole town will say?! You don’t even like most of those people! You’re not even staying in Forks after the wedding! And your reaction to the ring, mygod... I wish Edward had shoved it down your unworthy throat! *grrr*
I *heart* Jacob. Perhaps it’s possible to be in love with two people at the same time, but I’m pretty sure we’ve been told since Twilight—time and time and tiiiiime again—that Bella is irrevocably, crazily, OBSESSIVELY in love with Edward, and Jacob is... well, “just family.” So how come, ALL OF A SUDDEN, she’s in love with Jacob???
Edward is the drug; Jacob is the, what, rehab? *confused* I told Dance this really bothered me, more so than Bella’s stupidity. What’s worse, when she tells Jacob:
“The worst part is that I saw the whole thing—our whole life. And I want it bad, Jake, I want it all. I want to stay right here and never move. I want to love you and make you happy. And I can’t, and it’s killing me. It’s like Sam and Emily, Jake—I never had a choice...”
Sorry? You’re telling me Bella is REALLY in love with Jacob but since she’s a freaking junkie, she can’t live without her drug (Edward), and therefore has “no choice” but to be with Edward... Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!? (JFC, let me breeeeathe!) Un-freakin-believable! :@
Wolfboy. I’m all for “all’s fair in love and war” and all that crap but Jacob is first and foremost, supposed to be, Bella’s best friend. There are times he is so pushy and down-right disrespectful and won’t stop acting like a total jackass even when he knows he’s hurting Bella’s feelings. What kind of a friend is that? And yet Bella ALWAYS stands up for him to Edward! Ugh! If only Edward had punched his smug face. Or ripped out his throat. Yeah, *glassy eyes* that will do...
Tie me up, tie me down. Edward totally lost it I won’t be surprised if SM tells us, “Surpriiiise! Edward’s been Confunded by the Confundus Chaaaarm!” He’s over-protective and under-handed one minute then complacent and so hands-off the next. He says he’d “play dirty” for Bella and I thought goody good good—as Edward needs some dirtiness in his body—but then he proceeds by tolerating Bella’s stupidity and unfairness in their relationship. Fine. FINE. I get it. He’s super patient with supervampire self-control that will shame supermonks. Hmph! But I honestly doubt even a freaking superSAINT will put up with such crap Bella has given him!
Back stories and poor conflicts. Eclipse is too much and yet not enough at the same time. Apparently, Edward is over with his thirst for Bella’s blood. Hmmm... Since that is out, SM had to create stupid conflicts: like Bella in love with Jacob when she CLEARLY loves Edward, Bella not wanting to get married, Bella offered to be a vampire (what she’s wanted ever since) and then changes her mind, and then changes it again—and then again—and again! OH, FOR THE LOVE OF YUMMY VAMPIRES! And don’t let me start with Wuthering Heights!!!
*breathe*
Er, *ahem* so what say you?Labels: and so the lion fell in love with the lamb, bitches book club, i heart ya, paranormal oh joy
There are simple things in this world that bring me pleasure: a beautiful man serving me chocolatini, naked;
my Raoul; shopping and
ice cream-ing; the smell of books as I enter the bookstore; my name softly uttered by the man I love; a novel with romance so warm, so sweet it makes me weep and start all over again when I finish it.
Stephenie Meyer’s
Twilight falls under the last category. It’s no secret I made it Harloty Mission No.4 (curious about the first 3, huh? :P) that everyone who loves our blog MUST read
Twilight and it’s sequel,
New Moon. So I suppose you won’t be surprised to learn that our BBC selection for this month is the third installment of the series:
Eclipse.
“BELLA?”
Edward’s soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, just like he had in the parking lot, and kissed me again.
This kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine—like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us.
* * *
As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob—knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
Eclipse is already available in ebook format at Books on Board. If you’d rather wait for the book to hit the shelves, you can just
read its first chapter,
watch a short clip of Stephenie, or
drool over Edward Cullen. *wink* (Or you prefer this
fresh blood?) Anyway, as always, discussion will start on the last Monday of the month, August 27th. Till then, bee-yoo-tiful bunnies; someone’s waiting to lean down to press his cold lips once more to my throat. *g*
**UPDATE: No more early downloads from Books on Board. They were probably caught by Stephenie. :/ Er sorry, folks. Now, we all have to wait LOL.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the darkest of the HP books thus far. Voldemort is truly back, Harry finds love, Ron is now Won-Won and a
beloved character dies. *sniff* This penultimate installment is also the most informative one, providing answers to questions from HP1-5, and assuring us that the Dark Lord could be killed. But with these facts, more questions came up: Who is R.A.B.? Where are the remaining Horcruxes? Where did Fawkes go? Where can I get Amortentia? Will Harry ever survive???
Let’s begin, shall we? *g*
- Harry and Dumbledore learn of Voldemort’s obsession with splitting his soul into six Horcruxes. While Harry and Dumbledore are fairly certain of what the first four Horcruxes are (Tom Riddle’s diary, Marvolo Gaunt’s ring, Salazar Slytherin’s locket, Helga Hufflepuff’s cup), what do you think are the remaining two?
- Why do you think Dumbledore continues to trust Snape? Discuss which side you think Snape is really on.
- “The Cave” is filled with a great deal of information that one needs to read again and again to analyze. What stands out for you in regards to this chapter?
- Did Dumbledore know he’s going to die that night on the Astronomy Tower? Harry tells Ron and Hermione that he will probably not return to Hogwarts next year. What do you think lies ahead for Hogwarts?
Related: Labels: bitches book club, harry potter nutter
As I said the other day—just sort of a reminder—uh-hmm...
What do I have to do to make you heathens participate besides beating the crap outtaya? I may be tiny but I can kick and chop-chop like the best of karate kicker choppers out there! AYE! If my uber moves won’t scare you, our discussion is on 07/07/07. That means it’s cosmic bad karma for those who won’t join us! Just ask Professor Trelawney and she’ll tell you!!!
*Big grin* :P
Now, here are the questions for us to discuss (*cough* cosmic bad karma *cough*):
- Harry and his godfather, Sirius Black, share a very close relationship. What are their similarities and differences, and how do those factors affect their friendship?
- Should Harry have resisted the temptation to invade Snape’s privacy by reading his thoughts in the pensieve? Was it proper for Snape to stop teaching Occlumency to Harry after Harry read his thoughts in the pensieve?
- There are a lot of lying, secrecy and trickery in the book. I.e. Ron and Hermione not telling Harry everything they knew while Harry was at the Dursleys; Hermione lying to Umbridge to lure her into the forest; Harry lying to Umbridge about knowing where Sirius was; Kreacher lying to Harry about whether Sirius was at the headquarters; Dumbledore not telling Harry about the prophecy, why he’s ignoring him and why it’s important he learn Occlumency; Voldemort not telling his followers that he’s a not a pure blood wizard. Are they justified?
- In the wizarding world, there is prejudice towards mudbloods, half-breeds and non-humans. What’s wrong with this attitude? Have you ever been treated unfairly, unkindly or disrespectfully by others? Have you ever joined in with others to treat someone in an unfair/disrespectful way?
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Can you believe only 26 days before
Deathly Hallows?!? :D *Snoopy dance* Owki, before I start gibbering about the near—and yet so far *sigh* (cue dramatic music...)—July 21st without sounding like a
total cuckoobean, here are the questions for our
Goblet of Fire discussion:
- Is Hermione correct in her crusade against poor living conditions for house-elves? What other greater struggles does Hermione’s struggle for house-elf liberation parallel?
- We learn that when Voldemort killed Harry’s parents, Harry survived the attack due to his mother’s loving sacrifice. Voldemort explains that “His mother died in the attempt to save him—and unwittingly provided him with a protection I admit I had not foreseen... I could not touch the boy.” As a result of surviving that attack Harry is labeled a great wizard, but has Harry truly earned that title? To what extent would you say that Harry is not so much “great” as lucky? In all that Harry does, how much is he acting of his own free will, and how much is he simply living out what from his birth has been his destiny?
- The Goblet of Fire, the halfway book in the series, leaves readers anticipating the conflict that will surely erupt between the Dark Lord and his forces and those who would oppose him. At the end of the book, Dumbledore begins to rally those who would fight against Voldemort, telling the students at Hogwarts to “Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy...” With that statement, Dumbledore appears to be saying that what is right and what is easy are not the same. Do you agree with this? Think of examples from your own life where making the right choice was difficult.
Related: Labels: bitches book club, harry potter nutter
Every time I read HP it feels like the boundary between real life and fantasy begins to blur. I can’t help but wonder if there’s really this magical world that coexist with our own. That since I’m a Muggle, *sniff* I wouldn’t know about it. It just so happen I was fortunate to discover
J.K. Rowling’s writings.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite in the series.
SS talks about immortality and people’s pursuit of it, immoral or not;
COS talks about racism and the significance of bloodlines. In
POA, there’s the injustice of a legal system, duality of life and the importance of loyalty. I loooove everything about it: Lupin, who, before the movie, I used to imagine as Christian Bale :P (I came to love Sirius in the future books but not particularly in
POA); Hogsmeade, those Animagus stuff, that the simple cure for a dementor’s attack is chocolate *g* and all the foreshadowing that leads to the defining conflict of the book—it is simply SUPERB.
Now here are the questions for us to discuss:
- Discuss the power of the unseen, the absent, the disappearing and shadows that all play significant roles. How does the author use foreshadowing to prepare the reader for the story’s defining conflicts? Consider, for example, Lupin’s secret identity, Black’s innocence and Hermione’s tricks of time.
- Sirius Black is imprisoned for 12 years in Azkaban, and Pettigrew is imprisoned for the same amount of time in the body of a rat. Which character was more truly the prisoner? What does it mean to be imprisoned?
- Considering the nature of the events, do you think Harry was right in leaving Pettigrew alive? Why or why not?
- Why do you think Harry and Hermione are allowed to tamper with Buckbeak and Black, but absolutely nothing else when they travel back in time?
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Okey dokey, kiddos, time for
The Chamber of Secrets... *creepy music comes in* *muahhahaha*
Here are the questions you shall ALL answer or fear the wrath of
Harlot the BBC Nazi, who seems to have
burnt off random patches of her pubic hair BTW. Wonder what she was doing, mmmm... Perhaps curling it? *evil grin*
- Who is your favorite character in this book and why?
- What is the role of the afterlife in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? Consider Nearly-Headless Nick and Moaning Myrtle as examples of characters who continue to affect the plot even after they are dead. Why do you think Harry’s parents are not able to return to earth in this ghostly form?
- JKR: “Key things happen in book two. No one knows how important those things are... yet. There’s a lot in there. Chamber holds some very important clues to the ultimate end of the series. Not as many as six, obviously, but there is a link.” What clues do you think appear in HP2 that will define important things in the last book, or have already surfaced in previous books?
Remember,
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban discussion
starts June 9th. This is my favorite book in the series; can’t wait to re-read and discuss it with you guys! *g*
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Hola, bee-yoo-tiful readers! After months of Harry Potter-free BBC discussions (oh, the shame! *sniff*) as incurable HP uber nutters, Trollop and I feel like moonstruck cuckoos because, FINALLY, the day has come for us to discuss
J.K. Rowling’s MAGNIFICENT series. *g* (Silence. I’m having a proud Book Bitch moment, uh-mm...)
I was thinking, we could have some Butterbeer and Firewhisky, grab some wands (not
the x-rated wands, you dirty pervs!) and have some magical hula fiesta or something... What say you? :D
Oh, alright, geesh—I won’t delay it anymore. (I was just suggesting!) Fine. *hmph* To start with, here are the questions for
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone:
- Other than Harry Potter himself, who did you consider the most interesting character in the book? Why? What details did Rowling provide that made that character come alive in your mind in all his or her complexity? Did you learn more about the character from his/her words, appearance or actions?
- Is Hogwarts, as some critics have complained, too much of a “boy’s club”? What qualities did Hermione bring to the Hogwarts group?
- Harry disobeys a direct order from one of the teachers and takes off on a broom. Instead of expulsion, it brings him the honor of being chosen as the Seeker for his Quidditch team. Can you find other instances in the story where a character’s action leads to opposite result from what is expected?
- Quirrell tells Harry that: “There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it.” Do you agree with this? Is this the reality of the world? Or if good and evil do exist, what makes them so? Which is more important in the world, power, or good and evil?
[Added, 7:45 p.m.]
What JKR says about HP1:
- JKR: “The Mirror of Erised is absolutely entirely drawn from my own experience of losing a parent. ‘Five more minutes, just please God, give me five more minutes.’ It’ll never be enough.”
- The point of Chapter Ten is that death is “tougher on the living and you’ve just got to get past it.” Death is the books’ “most important theme.”
- There were several discarded opening chapters, one of which had a muggle betraying the Potters, one had a character called “Pyrites,” whose name means “fools gold” meeting Sirius in front of the Potter’s house. Pyrites was a servant of Voldemort. The very, very earliest drafts had the Potters living on a remote island, and Hermione’s dad seeing an explosion out at sea. He sailed out and found their bodies in the ruins of their house.
- JKR won’t tell us if anyone else was present in Godric’s Hollow the night Harry’s parents were killed.
- JKR thinks that the scene where Voldemort appears in the back of Quirrell’s head is “one of the creepiest things I have ever written.”
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Harlot and I have talked about making the
“Harry Potter” series BBC since the first time we made a book selection, and every month after that. Yet, we always came to the same conclusion: “
We have to wait until book 7 is announced and almost ready to come out so we can discuss 1-6 at length and be able to delve into the last book right away.” And now, my friends, the time has finally come. *g*
It is a joyous moment for us HP lovers, especially since we hope to convert a few new fans (*cough* Tami, Luci, Dance, Aggie *cough*), and yet it’s bittersweet as well knowing that
July 21st it will all come to an end. *sniff*
That witch better not kill any more of my favorite characters, is all I’m saying! *grrr*
I’ve been pondering the best way to go about reading 6 books in two months. Harlot suggested we do it the same way we read and discussed the “
Hunter Legends,” but I would like something a bit more individual. I want to discuss each book on its own, and then contrast and compare theories. This is what we came up with:
We’ll have two weeks for each book (except for HP1) and then open a discussion and questions post the week we are to start on the next tome. This is the schedule I’ve prepared:
Any questions?
And yes, yes, we’re HP uber nutters but we are, after all, talking about one of the most magnificent book series ever. Seriously—ever, ever, EVAAAHH! That’s why, being the Good Samaritans that we are, *g* we’re going to lead you infidels down the holy HP path and discuss it we will. So you guys better start reading and I really mean that. *grrr* I have powers you haven’t seen; trust me, I can do stuff to those who don’t read/participate. I’ll sick
Harlot The BBC Nazi after you! ;P
Related: Labels: bitches book club, book selection of the month, harry potter nutter
Guys, I’m so sorry this is soooo late, been so tired. Also, I’ve been sort of... well, call it guarding our blog. From who? Who else?! From that evil Trollop! She’s been driving me nuts for hours now with her overwhelming desire to uglify our template! I swear, flying ducks, stupid stars and fucking fake grass were involved!!! *GRRR*
*Breathe*
Anyway, *long suffering sigh* without further ado, here are the questions for
Persuasion. But before that, I just HAVE to mention Captain Wentworth’s letter to Anne: “You pierce my soul.” *sigh* Seriously, the kind of love letter any woman would cherish:
“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own, than when you almost broke it eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you...”
- What values do the men of the navy bring to the society of the book? What value is placed on titles and the aristocracy?
- In a particularly famous passage Anne Elliot says that men have had the pen in their hands when assigning strengths and weaknesses to the sexes. Now that the pen is in Austen’s hands, what does she use it to say about men and women?
- In Bath Anne begins to believe that Wentworth still cares for her. Why can’t she simply tell him she is uninterested in Mr. Elliot? Does this drive you nuts? Would you say something to him if you were Anne?
- Is it still the man’s job to pursue, the woman’s to be pursued?
- Explain the title.
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I wish this announcement could be bitchier but I can’t concentrate while trying not to get eaten by a bloody dog (long story *sniff*). So let’s get straight to the point: No, our book selection for April is
NOT Outlander (ARE YOU CRAZY???); it’s
Persuasion by
Jane Austen!
For guide questions and more helpful info,
click here. Discussion will start on April 30. I hope you guys will read and then PARTICIPATE. *grrr* It’s Austen, the literary goddess herself, for crying out loud—have some fucking respect!
Related: Labels: bitches book club, book selection of the month
Hullo all. I’m sorry this post is terribly late. All my fault, I was sidetracked for a bit LOL. Anyway, let me tell you what I think of
Audrey Niffenegger’s
The Time Traveler’s Wife.
Honestly, I’m still not sure if I should love or hate it. Why? Well, for starters, I continually fucking cried for the last ¼ part of it!—(was I the only one who’s loony enough to do that? :/)—yet I couldn’t stop reading!
TTTW made me feel something I’d only experience with
The Bronze Horseman—NEVER a good thing.
I don’t know if it’s just the state I was in, but whilst I was reading, Henry and Clare felt so REAL to me. It freaked me out a bit, actually, because everything they did affected me. They’re soooo alive it felt like if I stretch my arm I could touch them; they sure did touch me. It’s that “I laughed when they’re happy, I cried when they’re sad” thingy—and through it all, I was helpless about it. It’s fascinating, compelling, EXQUISITELY beautiful, like a poignant, PERFECT love story that wasn’t meant to be. It will therefore haunt you, because you want it SO FUCKING MUCH to continue...
But it won’t. *sniff* And no matter how much you wish otherwise, you know it’s going to end. Like watching a car accident, you want to turn away but you’re glued to where you are, hypnotized to watch the fucking thing to happen. And what’s worse, you still savor each and every minute of it! Gack, what kind of sick perverted freako way is that??? Books like this should be illegal, I tell ya!!! It’s like crack—or, er, pot!!! (Give me a break, I’ve never done drugs so dunno which gives what effect. :/ You get the gist, anyway! *hmph*)
Okay, before I get diverted way too much LOL, here are the questions we should be discussing:
- Although Henry does the time traveling, Clare is equally impacted. How does she cope with his journeys and does she ultimately accept them?
- How does the writer introduce the reader to the concept of time travel as a realistic occurrence? Does she succeed?
- TTTW is ultimately an enduring love story. What trials and tribulations do Henry and Clare face that are the same as or different from other “normal” relationships?
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I wish I could make this announcement more interesting but I just woke up, my left foot is throbbing (hurt my pinky toe the other day *sniff*) and without hot choco my mind doesn’t work all that well (and I miss Trollop even when I just talk to her a few hours ago). Rambling, am I? Well, as much as I’d like to leave you with
studmuffin down there and go back to sleep, I have to post our next BBC selection!
I have chosen a book everyone’s been requesting we discuss. Now, since I’m giving in, *g* y’all know, I’ll be expecting EVERYONE to participate on our discussion (I’ll be passing attendance!!! *angelic smile*) and that includes those who have yet to join our BBC. Heh. :P Really, you guys, it’s uber fun to discuss books—dontcha agree? ;D Oh, btw, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you (geesh, so awards season of me) who chipped in with our verra verra successful
Twilight discussion. Smooches, my lovely chicas. And yes... Edward. Is. MINE.
A-NY-WAY, I give you:
The Time Traveler’s Wife
by Audrey NiffeneggerA dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare’s passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger’s cinematic storytelling that makes the novel’s unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant.
I know Xmas is over (just imagine it’s Xmas again LOL), but this is my fave review of the book:
“This is a seamless, soaring love story... I felt all of the wonderful emotions of having read an unabashed, brilliantly written love story... The Time Traveler’s Wife is not a Christmas story, but it is the perfect read for the holiday. Like the emotions of the season it will leave you laughing, crying, and babbling incoherently to your family and friends who will, no doubt, attempt to steal the book away when you aren’t looking. Be warned. Buy that special someone their own copy—now.” - The Sun Times
Good, huh? BBC discussion, as always, will start on the last Monday of the month (Feb 26). Here are some questions you should keep in mind while reading YOUR copy *g*:
- Although Henry does the time traveling, Clare is equally impacted. How does she cope with his journeys and does she ultimately accept them?
- Henry’s life is disrupted on multiple levels by spontaneous time travel. How does his career as a librarian offset his tumultuous disappearances? Why does that job appeal to Henry?
- Henry and Clare know each other for years before they fall in love as adults. How does Clare cope with the knowledge that at a young age she knows that Henry is the man she will eventually marry?
- The Time Traveler’s Wife is ultimately an enduring love story. What trials and tribulations do Henry and Clare face that are the same as or different from other “normal” relationships?
Related: Labels: bitches book club, book selection of the month
