Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Participants in the first post; Eavesdroppers: Angus, Mae, Monique, Tricia) Start Date: Sept 1

[Tina]

JL: Whoa deep. :) Atenista ka nga. (And I mean that as a compliment!)

But that makes sense naman -- and honestly, doesn't it also reflect our everyday lives? Not being pa-deep, ha, but you know. Individually, we all have our own stories and we're probably okay alone, but when we lives cross and connect with the people around us, our stories change. :)

Okay -- Because I was bored at work (ayaw ko lang magwork, actually), I made an overall ranking of all stories based on the ranking most of us did. Here's the overall ranking:

1. An Orison of Sonmi~451 (Obvious naman. :D)
2. Letters from Zedelghem
3. The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing
4. The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish
5. Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After
6. Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery

With that in mind, I just thought of a perfect venue for our discussion! Subspace Coffee in Ortigas! It's Korean...er, K-pop themed, so bagay lang kay Sonmi. :D https://www.facebook.com/subspace.coffee

Still game for October 6, friends? Will send an invite via Facebook tonight tomorrow (will check the cafe lang before sending an invite)!

[Tricia]

Tina, what time is this?

[Tina]

Tricia: around 4? Night shift din ako kaya I set it for late afternoon :)

[Tricia]

Rawr! Let's see if the schedule is in favor with me. I really want to join!

[Monique]

TINA: Maybe not too late in the afternoon? If we set it around 4, I know some of the attendees will arrive minutes later than that pa. Sayang naman ang time. :D

[Tina]

Monique: Sige. Was thinking maybe we can start as early as 3pm, then maybe end around 6 or 7. :)

[Ingrid]

Natapos ko na din ang Sloosha's Crossing
Ang hina ko forever sa geography, hindi ko parin na-picture yung buong place. :))

And Sonmi. Now I know why most of you like it. :))

[Louize]

Take your time slooshin', Ingga. Enjoy the book. This is a buddy read, not a hurry read!

[Tina]

Hello friends! I've sent the Facebook invite for the event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/10953...

If you're invited, you should see the invite. If you're not on Facebook, here's the event details:

Cloud Atlas Discussion
October 6, 2012 - 3:00-6:00pm
SubSpace Coffee House
Unit 103, GF Grand Emerald Tower, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, 1606 Pasig
https://www.facebook.com/subspace.coffee

It will just be an informal discussion, so no pressure! :D See you guys there. :)

[Angus]

Hi Miss Louize, I was wondering kung saan galing yung Cloud Atlas audiobook?

[Tricia]

is the venue near cbtl where we had Jane Eyre?

[Tina]

Tricia: Yes! Lakad ka lang papuntang Meralco Ave from CBTL :)

[Louize]

Angus wrote: "Hi Miss Louize, I was wondering kung saan galing yung Cloud Atlas audiobook?"

Sa Audible, recorded by Books on Tape.

[Ingrid]

YES, I AM DONE.
Amazeballs. :D

Na-shock lang ako sa twist sa ending. HENRY GOOSE, WHY?

But there.
Longest book everrr.
:)

[Alexa]

Congratulations, Ingrid!!! YAYYY you can finally click all the spoiler tags and spazz with us! :))

[Ingrid]

Thaaanks
I did open some, spoilers will be spoilers. :))

[Ingrid]

Hirap naman mag-rank. Hooray for ties, haha.

1.5 An Orison of Sonmi~451
1.5 Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery
3.5 The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing
3.5 Letters from Zedelghem
5. The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish
6. Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After

:D

[Alexa]

Ingrid wrote: "Hirap naman mag-rank. Hooray for ties, haha.

1.5 An Orison of Sonmi~451
1.5 Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery
3.5 The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing
3.5 Letters from Zedelghem
5. The Ghastly..."

HAHA When I ranked mine I Googled the right type of ranking pa because I got confused with the .5's =)) Sonmi, yay!! :D

[Tina]

Ingrid: Congrats for finishing! And I'm glad you liked Sonmi too -- especially since you weren't really impressed with the first part, right? (Tama ba? Haha). And finally, another one who liked Luisa Rey! :D

Okay, a question to everyone, or at least, those who have finished: What Mitchell book are you going to read next? :D

Me: I have Ghostwritten waiting on my TBR. :D

[Monique]

Yay to Ghostwritten! :D

[Tricia]

I'm done with BSG! Next will be number9dream which I'll be getting from Tina on Saturday :D

[Aldrin]

Yay to both Ghostwritten and number9dream, but more to the latter. :p

[Ingrid]

@Tina: Yes, and yes :D

I'm pretty sure I'm going to read another work of his sometime in the future, I just don't know which :))

[Alexa]

I really want to read something of his next, but I think I'm going to try reading his published works chronologically (save Cloud Atlas, of course) this time. So I guess I'll read Ghostwritten next? :D

[Monique]

Go for Ghostwritten guys! Tamang hangover pa ng Cloud Atlas! :D

[Tina]

So...buddy reads for Ghostwritten, anyone? Perhaps before the year ends, so we can end our 2012 with a bang? :)

[Ranee]

since I just have black swan green, will pass the buddy reads. I am hoping to end my 2012 with 1Q84. hehe.

[Maria]

H wrote: "Ako lang ba talaga dito ang hindi nagustuhan ang librong 'to??? Kakaiba... :-P"

Hi H, I'm with you on this one. My initial rating is a 3, but when I think of the stories individually, Sloosha's Crossin' lang tlg ang torture sa aken. I really like halos lahat pala! I might settle for a 4.

I was not THAT amazed. Walang gaanong "punch" for me. But after I finished CA, na-realize ko, nag-enjoy namn pala ako sa pagbabasa.

and when i saw the movie banners... goosebumps. Hae-Joo!

[H]

Hi H, I'm with you on this one. My initial rating is a 3, but when I think of the stories individually, Sl..."

Hehe yay hindi ako nagiisa! Pero tama ka, parang ang ganda ng movie. Excited na akong mapanood!

Actually, ung different stories ok naman talaga but as a whole it just wasn't impressive and I don't get the reason behind the structure of the novel. It just feels show-offy to me.

[Angus]

Hi H! Sasama ka ba sa group screening? Hehehe. :D

[H]

Meron ba? hehehe. Wag na, baka di ako makauwi ng buhay :P

[Angus]

Kasama mo naman si Maria, ipagtatanggol ka niya, haha!

[Louize]

When is the group screening?

[Tina]

Hi Louize! Depende kung kelan ipalabas dito. Wala pa kasi screening date dito. :)

[Louize]

Tina wrote: "Hi Louize! Depende kung kelan ipalabas dito. Wala pa kasi screening date dito. :)"

As per SM cinema news, Nov 28.

[Tina]

Louize: GASP! Ngayon ko lang nalaman! Eeee okay will plan a meet-up for that! :)

[Aaron Vincent]

YES! Akala ko next year pa. So Saturday of that week, December 1? Are we going to start the Christmas month with Cloud Atlas? :D

[Maria]

Angus wrote: "Kasama mo naman si Maria, ipagtatanggol ka niya, haha!"

Tamah! Antagal pa pala palabas nyan dito. :(