Book Club....?

[Lehn]

An it's all right, I'll join.

Just to clear up any confusion that there may or may not be; you don't have to do anything special to join.....

(other then crawl around your computer 28 1/2 times; first clockwise, then counter-clockwise, first screaming 'tig', then 'tog', followed closely by the phrase, 'tog-a-tog-tag' every 13th, 19th and 25th rotation.....)

.... All you really have to do is find, steal or commandeer the time that you need to read a book a month, and say something borderline intelligent about what you thought about the book at the end of the month. That's well, it.

[Locke]

and the sig cant forget the sig pic XD

[bigsleepj]

A book that I think all Christians should read (or try to) is "The Man who was Thursday" by GK Chesterton. My personal description is this: "What you would have gotten if the Wachowski brothers and the Monty Python gang get together to write a Christian Allegory in the form of a James Bond Spoof." I believe this discription to be accurate. It's an amazing book; when I read it I thought it to be a very modern book (thus all of the above references) even though it was written in 1908. It does have a semi-Victorian writing style and a lot of big words, but even when certain twists get predicatable, you still keep thinking "where is this going?" When you get there, you'll still wonder how what it all means.

Plot: Gabriel Syme is a poet who infiltrates a group of Anarchists who are trying to destroy the world for the fun ot it. Each member is named for security reasons after the days of the week, but the most intrigueing member of the group is the leader, President Sunday, who is the most evil man alive...or is he? As Syme tries to stop their latest plot of killing the Czar of Russia, he realizes that nothing is as it seems. This book had a significant influence in my Christian life. And it's a lot of fun!

[animefreak09]

interested

Talk to me!

[Pantakrator]

Hey Lehn!,
This idea was genius! Seriously, kudos 2 you!!!

I've been thinking alot about what we could do about books w/ more mature subject matter. I've seen the Perriti(sp?) books mentioned which, while being excellent, are NOT for younger readers. Also I think younger readers may hold back discourse on titles like Mere Christianity and Lord of the Flies(why hasn't this been mentioned?!), just to give a couple of examples. Does this mean ban them? Absolutely not!!! I think it may be in everyone's best interest if we were to do something along these lines;

Have three different book clubs.

I know this is alot more work. That's why I'd be willing to help in any way possible. How would three book clubs help?

1. Three different clubs w/ 3 different groups they're catering to.
A. An Adult/Older Teen group.
A1. This group would be able to read and discuss books such as "The
Vistation", w/out worrying about the effects it might have on younger
readers.
A2. I may be off on this, but I think management could setup the cookies/
thread to block users from accesing this thread w/out being an agreed
upon age.

B. A Teen/Junior High group.
B1. This group would be free to read/discuss titles that may not appeal to
older readers.
B2. Subjects that a may warrant parental guidance would not be present.
B3. If the group leader or a mod sees a member as mature enough, or w/
valuable insight in general,said member could be invited to join the
Adult/Older Teen group on one or all future books.

C. An Open group.
C1. This could be handled in two different ways;
1a. Open meaning all books.
1b. Open meaning books that are for everyone.

Tell me what you guys think. Obviously any suggestions are welcome. I'm not trying to exclude anybody or be a jerk. I just thought this might work well...

Thanks!