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I signed up for February and April and the April to June Tri-Monthly reads.
This is the new duties schedule for 2016.Please let us know which months you will be responsible for creating the group read nominations thread and polls.
January: Louise
February: Emily
March: Danielle
April: Danielle
May: Louise
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Tri-Monthly Group Reads:
January to March: Emily
April to June: Danielle
July to September: Emily
October to December: Emily
I will sign up for February.
Thanks for starting the discussion thread, Emily!I read this a couple of years ago and loved it. I will squeeze in a reread so I can talk about it with the other participants.
Welcome, Eunice and Nathalie!
Louise wrote: "The time period it was written in certainly plays a part, yes, I doubt anyone would write it in that way today without making very clear that the character saying it was meant to be awful.And the..."
I agree about the racist undertones. Common in classic literature, but not desirable.
Louise wrote: "The time period it was written in certainly plays a part, yes, I doubt anyone would write it in that way today without making very clear that the character saying it was meant to be awful.And the..."
That's good insight. Wells seems very prophetic about scientific experimentation.
MJ wrote: "I started reading this a while back and then tried to watch the movie. The movie gave me nightmares so I stopped reading the book. When I saw the group was reading it, I decided to pick it up aga..."I agree about the weak feeling. I had an icky feeling when I was reading this as well.
I finished this today. I think it's pretty disturbing and a good cautionary tale about crossing ethical lines in scientific experimentation. I felt so bad for those poor animals.
Welcome to all the new members.As far as Kjs' question, we don't necessarily all agree on what constitutes a classic. I think one hard and fast rule we've agreed was that it needs to be at least fifty years old.
I started this, but I've been caught up with some other books. It's pretty darn creepy and disturbing what Moreau is up to, especially hearing the puma's cries and how they became more human.
Louise wrote: "Just put the nomination thread for October up."Thanks, Louise!
I can do November.
Louise wrote: "For December, I was half-thinking we could perhaps have a vote between all the books that have come in second throughout the year?I'd be happy to do that (or to do normal nominations in December,..."
Interesting idea. Sounds good.
RitaSkeeter wrote: "Hi mods,Is there a thread for the August read? Not sure if it isn't up yet or if I just didn't look hard enough..."
Emily set it up. Sorry for the delay.
Thanks for setting the thread up, Emily!
Welcome, Kjs, Marietta, and Megan.
Welcome, Karen!
Welcome back, Teri-Lynn and Rainey!
