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2016 Books of the Month John 12 66 Apr 17, 2016 05:17AM  
ZombieKitten 2016 Zombie 8 23 Apr 14, 2016 02:21PM  
General Information John 1 17 Apr 10, 2016 11:15AM  
Q8 What is the significance of Tadzio's Polish ethnicity? deleted member 7 14 Apr 01, 2016 06:57PM  
House of leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski Kristel 1 15 Apr 01, 2016 12:26PM  
March 2016 Random Bits Kristel 28 24 Apr 01, 2016 12:17PM  
Q9 At the end of the novella, the world's opinion of von Aschenbach is unchanged deleted member 5 11 Apr 01, 2016 09:36AM  
9. Is there any way to test whether what you see and hear is objective reality? John 11 17 Mar 27, 2016 07:53PM  
6. Based on the novel, is the ocean of Solaris is a sentient being or not? John 11 15 Mar 27, 2016 07:47PM  
4. Is Rheya real? John 11 15 Mar 27, 2016 07:44PM  
3. Solaris includes a lot . . . of long scientific digressions. John 13 15 Mar 27, 2016 07:41PM  
2. How would Solaris be different if the protagonist were a woman? John 14 15 Mar 27, 2016 07:38PM  
1. If you went to Solaris . . . . John 17 16 Mar 27, 2016 07:29PM  
7. What passages strike you as insightful, even profound? Perhaps a bit of dialog that's funny or poignant or that encapsulates a character? Jen 7 11 Mar 26, 2016 10:19AM  
April BOTM Results John 25 37 Mar 23, 2016 07:50PM  
9. How would you define Nicolai's book? Kristel 11 16 Mar 19, 2016 01:49AM  
8. Contrast the differences in Nadia and Vera's mother and Valentina. Kristel 10 12 Mar 19, 2016 01:47AM  
3. Nadia’s father becomes embroiled with Valentina for a variety of reasons, including his loneliness, romanticism, and generosity. Kristel 14 15 Mar 16, 2016 02:25AM  
4. Explore the sibling relationship between the sisters Vera and Nadia. Kristel 15 17 Mar 16, 2016 02:24AM  
2. Discussion on the character of Valentina. Kristel 15 16 Mar 11, 2016 11:36PM  
1. The novel begins with Nikolai’s dramatic announcement that he plans to remarry to a woman fifty years younger than he. Kristel 14 17 Mar 11, 2016 11:30PM  
Tracy's Monthly Challenge John 2 9 Mar 10, 2016 08:21PM  
6. Immigration and deportation. Kristel 11 14 Mar 08, 2016 07:55AM  
5. Stanislaw is one of the more complex characters in the book. Kristel 10 14 Mar 08, 2016 07:52AM  
February Cupid notes Jen 36 35 Mar 04, 2016 09:45AM  
Manda's 1001 points in 2016 deleted member 1 14 Mar 04, 2016 07:49AM  
7. Is the Rheya that Kelvin meets on the research station a real person in any sense? John 12 16 Mar 03, 2016 11:56AM  
8. Kelvin claims to love the imitation Rheya after she tries to kill herself. John 8 13 Mar 03, 2016 08:25AM  
5. Could the book instead have had multiple narrators, or be told in third person? John 9 13 Mar 03, 2016 08:03AM  
When Jack discovers the wasps’ nest,, he sees it as a symbol of all he’s been through & a good omen for the future. What fatal mistake does Jack make when he interprets his find? What do you think is the real symbolic significance of the wasps’ nest? Jen 3 10 Mar 02, 2016 11:16AM