The Reading Group- Invites ONLY 3 l Pg 5,145l

This is the space devoted to the exploits of the reading group, which was born because some random people (united in their love for reading and discussing things on the internet) stumbled upon each other. The mode of operation is simple: we short-list books, vote for our favourites, read the chosen one and then spend aeons discussing the characters, the themes, the incidents and whatever else that catches our fancy...

Remember to click on the "play" button to listen to a nice song as you read through the selection of books up for voting...

The reading group will shortly hold a vote on a book which we will discuss over the next days. The current top contenders are:

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - because a child's longing and yearning are precious.
• Candide - because the human world is largely disutopian.
  
• The Reader (Der Vorleser) - because human history is dark and provocative.
• Three Cups of Tea - because we must hear out the message of love.
  
• No One Loved Gorillas More - because all life is interrelated and it is not difficult to understand each other's language.
  
• East of Eden - because the choice is always in one's own hands, and not in the inherited genes.
  
• The Alchemist - because happiness is the result of a conspiracy of the Universe.
• The Life of Pi - because we can choose the story we will believe.
• A Long Way Down - because life is easy.
• The Percy Jackson Series - because there is a hero in all of us .

The book chosen for the third round is Percy Jackson and the Olympians- The Lightning Thieves. The discussions for the book will be summarized in the final pages.

A pdf version of the book is available (if you don't have the original book/don't intend to buy it).  The pdf file can be downloaded here (thank you Pinki for the link):



We'll be glad to welcome everybody on board, but please send a PM to one of the members to request an invitation. Currently we have many people on the list, but as the reading group settles, we'll try to adjust the head-count to a maximum of 15 people (so, those who don't participate, will be removed).

Currently WE include the following active readers:

• Veritas
• Axeion
• Smitha80
• Pinkisluv91 - the official link provider. Contact her for download links! 😃
• Ashrozia
• RainbowWarrior - the official siggy maker! 😆
  
• BluePandora
• -Aladin- - the official post-collector! 😆
  
• Nitz17
• Desicrowd
• Amyria
• *Astargal*
  
• Immunoblot

The following members are inactive:

• Cool_yv
• Meena1
• BigBella
  

And the following visitors who may/may not join us(?):

• Sunandshine
• Xserial_queenX

Edited by pinkisluv91 - 14 years ago

Links to old threads:
The Reading Group 1:
 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/1345632

The Reading Group 2:
https://india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1355498

Birthday Calendar:

Meena1- January 23rd
Axeion- March 31st
Nitz17- April 17th
Veritas- April 26th
Pinkisluv91- May 20th
xSerial_queenx- May 27th
Sweta01- June 1st
Smitha80- June 21st
Amyria- June 26th
BigBella- June 30th
Sunandshine- July 2nd
Ashrozia- August 29th
BluePandora- October 6th
Immunoblot-  October 31st
MithiBani- November 10th
Desicrowd- November 20th
RainbowWarrior- November 23rd
Edited by pinkisluv91 - 14 years ago

Originally posted by: axeion

Hello....

Hey 😆 I hope he still doesn't kill us because aren't we supposed to start the third book and talk abt it now? Plus I made this thread so😲 oh-oh.

Originally posted by: pinkisluv91

Hey 😆 I hope he still doesn't kill us because aren't we supposed to start the third book and talk abt it now? Plus I made this thread so😲 oh-oh.

I read like 50 pgs of Percy Jackson... So can I start the questions so that officially we are discussing about the book??? 😛  (i mean i am assuming Percy jackson is the one we are supposed to read)

Originally posted by: nitz17

I read like 50 pgs of Percy Jackson... So can I start the questions so that officially we are discussing about the book??? 😛  (i mean i am assuming Percy jackson is the one we are supposed to read)

Go ahead Nitz ji...If he gets angry we can always make this our little chatting wala chat club for today and migrate back to the real thread after its created.
Edited by axeion - 14 years ago

Originally posted by: nitz17

So what's the first book's name? I got to find the pdf too:) I guess you can start but you won't get answers since me and Ekta haven't read it😆

Originally posted by: pinkisluv91

arre Nitz ji would never get any answers from me, I am not going to read it anyways.
Edited by axeion - 14 years ago

Originally posted by: axeion

arre Nitz ji would never get any answers from me, I am not read it anyways.

Yea I know and if she posts questions now I'll forget to answer them😆😆

I don't even know the title of the first book😕

Originally posted by: pinkisluv91

Percy Jackson & the Olympians - The lightning thief

I will just ask general questions... 😊


Hope Blot ji wont mind....



Edited by nitz17 - 14 years ago

Originally posted by: nitz17

well, he would mind if we don't discuss the book and just chat. So lets begin our conversation abt the book anyways..