Morgan’s Comments (group member since Dec 08, 2017)

Morgan’s comments from the Flower Mound Public Library group.

One of my favorite heroes of all time is Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings. He is an unlikely hero whose courage, compassion, and loyalty inspire me every time I revisit the books or watch the movies.

Who are some of your favorite literary heroes?

"To Kill a Mockingbird" was voted America's best-loved novel in The Great American Read! View the complete results here: https://www.pbs.org/the-great-america...

What do you think of the nation's top picks? Be sure to cast your vote in the poll for Flower Mound's favorite book here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

Tulip wrote: "Hi,

I couldn't be at the book club due to prior commitment. Can you let me know about the next meet and also the theme and book for this month.

Tulip."

Hi Tulip,

I'm so happy to hear that you're planning to join the Theme Book Club! The theme for November is "Growing Up", and we will meet to discuss on Thursday, November 1 at 7 p.m. in the Library Conference Room. You can find a printable guide for the November meeting with suggestions of what to read towards the bottom of our Adult Programs page here: https://www.flower-mound.com/216/Adults . Happy reading!

If you enjoy theme-based book clubs like this digital version, our new in-person book club is for you! Come enjoy light refreshments and conversation on Thursday, October 4 at 7 p.m. as we kick off the Library's new Theme Book Club for adults! Book themes and meeting dates will be announced at the kickoff. Participants will choose one book to read that corresponds with a set theme each month. The book club will meet one evening every month, where members can share what they have read and participate in discussions surrounding the theme. This book club is for ages 18 and older and registration is not required.

One of the most despicable villains I have ever encountered in a book is Randall Flagg in Stephen King's "The Stand". His particular brand of villainy is nasty, inhumane, and completely irredeemable, part of what makes "The Stand" such an epic tale of Good vs. Evil.

Which literary villains do you love to hate?

I would pick the wizarding world of Harry Potter because a) I want to attend Hogwarts and learn ALL the spells!, b) flying on broomsticks seems terrifying yet super fun, and c) I have been dying to have a pygmy puff as a pet for years.

Diane wrote: "My favorite book growing up, read at an impressionable age, was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. My mom gave me her copy, because the book impacted her, too. I still have that very old, tattered copy, and..."

Great idea! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my all-time favorites too.

I agree, Diane!

Once you are ready to cast your vote, you can access our group poll using this link: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1.... Feel free to share your choice on this discussion thread, but keep in mind that commenting here won't record your official vote!

Laura wrote: "Does one have to live in Flower Mound to participate?"

Welcome, Laura! Anyone can join this book club and participate in discussions.

The Library’s Summer Reading Challenges for all ages have just begun! If you’re already reading books for the Digital Book Club, this is a great chance to log your progress to earn prizes! If you haven’t already, stop by the Library to pick up your Summer Reading Challenge Log for adults and preschoolers. For K-12 students, visit the Library’s website to register for our online program: https://www.flower-mound.com/1774/Sum... . The Libraries Rock! Summer Reading kickoff is this Saturday at the Library from 12-3pm, with tons of fun activities for the whole family. You won't want to miss it!

Vote in our community poll of PBS's List of 100 to select Flower Mound's favorite! You can access the poll by scrolling to the bottom of the Group Home Page, clicking on "Polls" in the menu to the right of the Group Home Page, or by following this link: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

You only have one chance to cast your vote, so make sure it's a good one! This poll will be open through the duration of The Great American Read, which will conclude in October 2018.

I agree completely, Sue! I am rereading Anne of Green Gables and was reminded of how much I identified with Anne as a child and even now as an adult. Like Anne, I had a big imagination when I was little, and sometimes I felt as if other people didn’t quite understand. Ultimately, Anne’s passion and zeal for life transforms the lives of those around her for the better. Her story serves as a great reminder to embrace the traits that make you unique and to appreciate the small joys in life.

Hi, everyone! I'm Morgan. I'm going to try to use this challenge as a way to read books outside my comfort zone and in genres that I don't typically choose. I'm excited to find out which books everyone else picks as well!

One fun fact about me: My husband and I have a cat who is turning 20 years old this fall. She is a sweet old lady!

Welcome, everyone! All discussion threads are now open! Feel free to explore the Discussion Board and familiarize yourself with our new format. You're encouraged to introduce yourself to other members in the "Stop By, Say Hi!" discussion thread. Also, you might want to browse our discussion theme questions, hint list for book themes, and FAQs to get you started. If you have any questions, you are welcome to post them on the thread titled "Post Your Questions Here!" in the "Question" discussion folder. Happy reading!

Have a question that isn't addressed in the FAQs? Post it here and a moderator will respond as soon as possible.

Welcome to the Flower Mound Public Library Digital Book Club! Feel free to introduce yourself and get to know one another on this discussion thread.

Not sure which books fit into a theme? Below are some hints to help get you started! Keep in mind that many of these books also apply to other themes, and might apply to all of them (ex. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien). Feel free to comment more ideas!

What We Do For Love
-The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
-The Hunger Games (series) by Suzanne Collins
-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
-Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Heroes
-Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
-The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C.S. Lewis
-A Game of Thrones (series) by George R. R. Martin
-Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling
-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Villains & Monsters
-Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
-Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
-Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
-Moby Dick by Herman Melville
-The Stand by Stephen King

Other Worlds
-The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
-The Lord of the Rings (series) by J.R.R. Tolkien
-The Martian by Andy Weir
-Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
-The Wheel of Time (series) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

Who Am I?
-A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
-Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
-Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
-The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

You can also access the list and links to the book pages from the PBS website here: http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american...

 1984 - George Orwell
 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
 A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irving
 A Separate Peace - John Knowles
 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
 Alex Cross Mysteries (series) - James Patterson
 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
 Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
 And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
 Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
 Another Country - James Baldwin
 Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
 Beloved - Toni Morrison
 Bless Me, Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya
 The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
 The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao - Junot Díaz
 The Call Of The Wild - Jack London
 Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
 The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
 Charlotte's Web - E. B. White
 The Chronicles of Narnia (series) - C.S. Lewis
 Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel
 Coldest Winter Ever - Sister Souljah
 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
 The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Mark Haddon
 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
 Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
 Doña Bárbára - Rómulo Gallegos
 Dune Frank - Herbert
 Fifty Shades Of Grey (series) - E. L. James
 Flowers In The Attic - V.C. Andrews
 Foundation (series) - Isaac Asimov
 Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
 Game of Thrones (series) - George R. R. Martin
 Ghost - Jason Reynolds
 Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
 The Giver - Lois Lowry
 The Godfather - Mario Puzo
 Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
 Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
 The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
 The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
 Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
 Harry Potter (series) - J.K. Rowling
 Hatchet (series) - Gary Paulsen
 Heart Of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
 The Help - Kathryn Stockett
 The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy
- Douglas Adams
 The Hunger Games (series) - Suzanne Collins
 The Hunt For Red October - Tom Clancy
 The Intuitionist - Colson Whitehead
 Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
 The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
 Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
 Left Behind (series) - Tim LaHaye and
Jerry B. Jenkins
 The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
 Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
 Looking for Alaska - John Green
 The Lord of the Rings (series) - J.R.R. Tolkien
 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
 The Martian - Andy Weir
 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
 Mind Invaders - Dave Hunt
 Moby-Dick - Herman Melville
 The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
 One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Gabriel García Márquez
 Outlander (series) - Diana Gabaldon
 The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton
 The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
 The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
 The Pillars of The Earth - Ken Follett
 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
 Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
 Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
 The Shack - William P. Young
 Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
 The Sirens Of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
 The Stand - Stephen King
 The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
 Swan Song - Robert R. McCammon
 Tales of The City (series) - Armistead Maupin
 Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
 Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
 This Present Darkness - Frank. E. Peretti
 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
 The Twilight Saga (series) - Stephenie Meyer
 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
 Watchers - Dean Koontz
 The Wheel of Time (series) - Robert Jordan and
Brandon Sanderson
 Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls
 White Teeth - Zadie Smith
 Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë

- What is a digital book club, anyway?
A digital book club is a book club that meets online to discuss books that they have read. Digital book clubs can be executed in many different ways through many different online platforms. The digital book club for Flower Mound Public Library is hosted on the Library's Goodreads page. Here, you will find discussion boards for a variety of topics, information about books and the Library, member polls, and much more!

- Does this book club meet in person?
This book club is completely digital at this time.

-How do I join? Do I need a library card to become a member?
Anyone with a Goodreads account is welcome to join our book club! You do not have to be a member of the Flower Mound Public Library to join. To join the book club, simply click "Join Group" on the left hand side of the group home page.

- I've never heard of a theme-based book club before. What the heck is it?
A theme-based book club is a book club that focuses on set themes. This means that members get to pick which books they read. The only requirement for book selection is that the book fits into the common theme(s).

- What are the themes for this book club?
The current month's theme will be announced on the Goodreads group home page.

-Is there a list of books that can help me choose what to read?
Each month, we will post a list of suggested books that are related to the current theme on the group home page under the Announcements section.

-How do I comment on a discussion topic?
If the discussion thread shows up under the home page discussion feed, you can click on the topic title to take you right to the discussion. If the topic doesn't show up on the recent feed, you can click on the discussion board section heading from the homepage and click on the name of the discussion thread that you would like to comment on. Scroll to the bottom of the discussion page, where you can type your questions or comments into the "comment" text box. Once you are finished, click "post". You can also reply directly to another member's comment by scrolling to their comment and clicking "reply" on the lower right hand side of their comment.

-How do I post a new discussion topic?
From the book club home page, click on the board you would like to post on, then click on "new topic" on the far right. Type the name of the discussion thread in the "topic" field and post your question or comment in the "comment" section. If the post is about a specific book or author, you can type the book title or author name in the "This topic is about" search box and it will suggest titles/authors that you may select. Once you are ready to post, click "post".

-My question wasn't addressed in these FAQs. How do I ask a new question?
Post your question in the "Post Your Questions Here!" discussion topic. A moderator will respond as soon as possible.

Comment below to discuss what you are currently reading! Feel free to share your thoughts on the book and identify which themes apply. Many books mentioned in The Great American Read program have overlapping themes, and some may cover all five!