Book Klub

[Woody]

I'm finished now

I think enough of us are done to start the discussion now...

[SirWhit]

Whoops...I forgot to read this. Sorry guys.

[Woody]

I just played a game of The Oregon Trail, and named one of my people Leslie

Ironically enough, she drowned

[NinjaThrowingStar]

WOODY!!!! That is like.... *blink, blink* Wrong! :O

I finished the book last week and I'm thinking about reading it again tonight so I will be fresh for the discussion... I read 3 other books this week... but they weren't fun books there were school books.

[Novatom]

I finished it last night (well I guess today at 1:00 in the morning). I've never cried so much in a book.

[Ameraka]

I finished it last night (well I guess today at 1:00 in the morning). I've never cried so much in a book.

Yes. There are few books I've cried as much at

the others being (that I can think of) The Last Battle and the Order of the Phoenix.

And with this one, I'd heard rumors of what would happen at the end. Maybe that made it all the more sad.

[truAIOfan]

I just played a game of The Oregon Trail, and named one of my people Leslie

Ironically enough, she drowned

That is terrible!

I finished it last night (well I guess today at 1:00 in the morning). I've never cried so much in a book.

I know!

[Novatom]

So will we move on to the next book now?

[NinjaThrowingStar]

Are we going to talk about the book??? Or just move on???

[ArnoldtheRubberDucky]

Um... I feel like kind of an idiot right now, rallying everyone to read a book and then not even reading it myself. Reading wise, I've been focusing exclusively on War and Peace lately (I'm finally halfway done, and should complete it in the next couple weeks). Since I already read Wrinkle In Time and I generally don't enjoy re-reading books, I'll probably be sitting that one out too, but hopefully I'll have finished War and Peace by the time we get to the third book. Oh yeah, and obviously, if no one wants to read any of the other selections from the poll, feel free to delete it and start a new one with somebody else's suggestions. Once again, classics would be ideal, if only because you can almost always find them dirt cheap.

[Woody]

It was sophomoric at best.

JK. I found it riveting, full of flawed characters and classic American humor(Kudos if you get both references).

[Pound Foolish]

Why, Woody McFarland, what a thing to say. It was razor sharp in its character portrayal, and I like things that are razor sharp.

What, and did you only read the book summary online? How could you? Oh well, time for cake.

I adore everything about it. The lovable but tough characters, the charm, and especially the references. Up with the Prydain Chronicles. Also, the sweet feelings Jess has for his teacher. It's impressive that the book tells you how wonderful Miss Edmunds is, then actually lives up to it. It's nice to be teased with an upcoming character and then actually be delighted with her. Too often, stories tease you and then can't live up to it.

Also, Nova Tom, yes, it's extraordinarily sad. You care about what happens.

[Woody]

Kudos to PF

[Ameraka]

Why, Woody McFarland, what a thing to say. It was razor sharp in its character portrayal, and I like things that are razor sharp.

What, and did you only read the book summary online? How could you? Oh well, time for cake.

I adore everything about it. The lovable but tough characters, the charm, and especially the references. Up with the Prydain Chronicles. Also, the sweet feelings Jess has for his teacher. It's impressive that the book tells you how wonderful Miss Edmunds is, then actually lives up to it. It's nice to be teased with an upcoming character and then actually be delighted with her. Too often, stories tease you and then can't live up to it.

Also, Nova Tom, yes, it's extraordinarily sad. You care about what happens.

I liked it a lot too--I read it in one evening. I wasn't intending to; it just happened. "I'll read the next chapter". I love books like that.

If he hadn't gone with his teacher, however, Leslie might not have gone alone....and

might not have fallen in. (do I need a spoiler alert? the people here have read it)

It was foreshadowing so much beforehand--with the rain and how high the stream was--that I was like, don't go! when Jess was going with his teacher. Plus, I thought it was kind of weird, as teachers (I don't think) don't normally take just one kid with them on a field trip.
It was sad how what would have been a happy day ended up in tragedy.

[NinjaThrowingStar]

You both did a fabulous job explaining the book! *claps and cheers*

But the ending. The tragic ending. It was done so tastefully. It allowed you to feel the sorrow, heartache and tears but it left you feeling warm inside for knowing Leslie. It leaves you wanting to be a friend to all and the best friend to one. It makes life worth living even if you only have a moment to live. This book for me was more touching and sad because I've been to a child's funeral. It's heart breaking on so many levels, and yet this book takes something we are most of the time afraid to face and gives us hope that life is worth living because we can be a Leslie to someone else and we can have a full life even if it's short.

[Novatom]

The ending was really sad, but Arnold told me. He said, "there's a REALLY big twist at the end - Leslie dies!!!" I naturally assumed he was joking, but when I looked ahead and noticed there was a chapter titled 'No!!', and in that chapter there was an illustration of a dead girl, I realized she probably would die.

After the way Leslie talked after the Easter service, I was really hoping she'd become a Christian before...

[Woody]

So... Are we doing another book?

[NinjaThrowingStar]

Sure what book????

[Blitz]

Couldn't we vote in a leader for the sake of efficiency?

[Pound Foolish]

Ninja, that was a lovely share, you summed up the book best.

Blitz, Mr. Thinker is already the leader, unless he steps down. Or do you mean a leader who picks the book? I'm against that idea.

As to which book now, the second-most voted was A Wrinkle in Time.