Books of the Month for September!

[Maria]

The votes have been cast and counted, and the Books of the Month for September are as follows:

 

Non-fiction:

Collapse: How Socities Choose Or Fail To Succeed by Jared Diamond

 

Fantasy:

A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

 

Fiction:

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

 

Classic:

Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger

 

You have a month to get the book/s and read it/them, and then I'll put up the discussion on or around October 1st.

 

Have fun reading!!

[Angyl]

ooh, it's payday, I'll head right out to the bookstore. :D

 

Oh, and Mia, I was also supposed to scare you with the fact that you're my grandmentor.

[Maria]

Heee. I feel old :P

 

And I hope more people follow Angyl's excellent example and at least read one of these books. I've read one of them and fully intend to read at least one more. (Now is as good a time as any to actually read Catcher In the Rye, I suppose =))

[Guest Seryanne]

Hooray! an excuse to read I capture the Castle :D *bounces*

[Kijuri]

I allready read Catcher in the Rye... do I have to read the others to get into the discussion?

I have to read other things for school first actually so...

[Maria]

You can choose which book/s to read. In fact you don't have to read anything at all. Which is why I'm happy I've already read some of the books on list. If I feel very lazy/busy I'll just join those discussions and leave the others to their own demise. =)

[Kijuri]

Allright cool, i'll drop by the discussion then when the time is there.

[ConningOfficer]

Just picked up "Collapse". For a non-fiction book, it's quite a page turner. I can see it will be a lively discussion when we get around to it...

[JenniferL]

I absolutely ADORE "Collapse". It took me three months to get through it though.

 

Just a note, we're going to be reading and discussing these books until the end of November. So if you're a bit slow, you don't have to worry too much. The next set of books will be announced in December. We're trying to create a more flexible reading/discussion atomosphere than we had previously.

[Mendorah]

Maria, I'm SO glad you put the GRRM book on the list. I have had this series on my List to read Forever and just never got around to it. I don't know if I'll be able to finish it in time for the discussion, but I'll certainly try to join in on the discussion until it gets spoilery.

[Niamh Sedai]

READ IT MENDORAH! READ IT!!

 

*looks shifty*

 

*cough*

[Mendorah]

Man, I'm almost thalfway through that GRRM book now. Holy crap is it good! At this rate i should be able to finish it on time. I can't wait for the discussion!