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Book Club Season 3: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - Section 1. The Theater
This week we read section 1. The Theater.
This post will serve as a backup discussion for anyone that is not able to join us during the meeting time.
After going through this short section, what are your thoughts so far?
- Did you have any prior knowledge of this book or the HBO adaptation before we started?
- What do you think of Jeevan
- What are your predictions for the next section?
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Happy Reading.
Book Club Season 3: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - Started 10/15/2023
BOOK CLUB SEASON 3:
Today we wrapped up Ice Planet Barbarians and overall its been a positive experience and a nice break after 11/22/63.
Books in the running today:
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John-Mandel
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weird
- Manacled - Fanfic
- Last Days by Adam Neville
After rolling a D4 we landed on 1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John-Mandel
The book is broken down into Sections and chapters. Chapters are very short, so the group has decided to do it as 1 section per week. 9 sections total. We may go to 2 sections a week depending on how it goes.
Happy reading.
Book Club Week 7 - 11/22/63 By Steven King - Chapters 14-15
Week 7: Americana
This week we are reading and discussing chapter 14 and 15.
Book Club Week 5-6 - 11/22/63 By Steven King - Chapters 9-13
Week 5-6: Living in the Past
We will not be meeting on Sunday 8/7/2023 due to most of us being busy with travel but we are planning on meeting the next Sunday 8/14/2023.
With that, the group has agreed that our next reading selection is all of Part 3, chapters 9-13.
This post will serve as a backup on-going discussion for anyone that is not able to join us during the meeting time.
Some discussion questions to get started:
- Do you think Jake did the right thing in this first trip to 1958
- Will Jakes cell-phone in the lake come up again? (it is a Nokia after all)
- Is the past going to get more obturate the longer he stays there?
- did he cause any massive changed in 2011?
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Happy Reading.
Book Club Week 4 - 11/22/63 By Steven King | Chapters 7-8
Week 4: The Past is Obdurate.
This is a catchup post for the community. I forgot to make a the week 3 post and the week 4 post is being made after the discussion. I will post the next discussion this week.
Questions for this week:
- Did you suspect No Suspenders to be involved?
- How did you feel about Dunning's choice of weapon?
- How will Harry be different in 2011?
- Did you make the connection to Steven Kings IT and Derry?
- Are the associations with IT working for you?
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Happy Reading.
Book Club Week 2 - 11/22/63 by Steven King - Chapters 3-4
Week 2: Life Turns on a Dime.
This week we are reading and discussing chapters 3 and 4 of 11/22/63 by Steven King.
Week 2 meeting will be on Sunday 7/16/2023 at 9pm EST / 6pm PST.
We are considering recording our meeting sessions but we will see how that goes. It may turn in to a twitch stream.
This post will serve as a backup discussion for anyone that is not able to join us during the meeting time.
Some of our discussion questions to get started:
- Did you have any preconceived notions about Steven King and his writing?
- Have you read any of his previous works?
- Where do you think the story is going?
- What do you think of the main character?
- Does anything stand out to you about the writing style?
- Any particular lines that stood out to you?
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Happy Reading.
Book Club Week 1 - 11/22/63 Chapters 1-2
Week 1 WELCOME
This is our first post. It will be updated with a basic summary of what was covered and serve as a backup discussion for anyone that cant make our usual Sunday meeting.
The club has nominated 11/22/63 by Steven King as our first book. Our first discussion will be Sunday 7/9/2023 covering chapters 1-2.
If you need a copy of the book we can provide a pdf.
Happy reading.
EDIT UPDATE:
First meeting down. We covered the prologue and chapters 1-2.
We have decided to stick with the Sunday 9pm meeting time. This week we will be reading chapters 3-4 and discuss this Sunday 7/16/2023 at 9pm EST / 6pm PST. That discussion will continue on the Week 2 post.