PnQ Book Club

My daughter's coming over tomorrow so I'll have her take a look at the 'snap my screen' thingy...and how to get rid of it without paying any money...there's no way I was giving my credit card details out!!!

I don't know why it's not available through kindle here in Australia because...it's not that old and...I've been able to access books that are much older so...yeah...anyway, as I said...I've watched the movie so I can still participate in discussions if all else fails....

You shouldn't have to pay, but then again it's a while since I've used adaware or avg, switched over to this: https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/ for anti-virus protection since the other two were starting to get more bloated over the years.

It technically isn't a virus, but it's malware, apparently all it does is just hijack your web browser to send you ad-filled pages so that the people behind the website can make ad revenue.

http://www.precisesecurity.com/hijacker/remove-snapmyscreen-toolbar-removal-guide

Was already planning on stopping by the library tomorrow as part of an errand, and they had a copy, so I placed it on hold and will have it in the morning!

Mark,
That's a pretty powerful program. I installed the Free Trial Premium version which is good for 13 days.

Hello everyone.

Poetess invited me to join this fledgling book club, so being as I am a tad bit later to the party and a less frequent visitor to P&Q than I once was, I thought I would stop in to introduce and/or re-introduce myself to you all. I am excited to get started with this and have already acquired the book for June, Veronika Decides to Die.

If you don't know me, I used to be on here a lot more when I was in school, but as I do not write much anymore, I infrequently visit here. However, being part of this club, I will certainly stop by more often to take part in discussion.

As for book suggestions, I'd just like to toss out the following few:

The Sound and the Fury- William Faulkner
Mason & Dixon- Thomas Pynchon
Breakfast of Champions- Kurt Vonnegut

Welcome Thomas.

Years ago I read "Welcome to the monkey house" a collection of fiction stories by Kurt Vonnegut, very interesting writer.

Excellent suggestions, Thomas.
V & The Crying of Lot 49 are also good by Pynchon
Inherent Vice had an Interesting film adaptation with Joaquin Phoenix, which my wife described as "pothead paranoia intrigue"

I will likely start next month, due to chaos ensuing upon my life at the moment. Will there be a new thread each month or will this one be updated monthly?

Hi Thomas! I believe I remember you. I used to say Cat's Cradle is one of my favorite books. Vonnegut is great.

Cat's Cradle was my intro to Vonnegut! I was delighted that the Grateful Dead's lyrics were published by Ice Nine Publishing.
And Bokononism: I also believe if a real religion were to introduce ritual foot therapy it would engulf the world.

My favorite book i have ever read is "It's kind of a funny story " and The bell jar. Two different eras of authors both dark and sad reads.

Hope yall have fun

Has everyone gotten a copy of Veronica Decides to Die?

No :( I'm working on it lol

I'm also working on it :(

Sorry pretty hectic with work xx

Omg you didn't pick Through the Looking Glass. Lewis Caroll deserves to be remembered by something better.

I would take part in this if I wasn't on book 3 of Songs of ice and fire.

4 more tomes to go......

I'm ready whenever you guys are

I'm wrapping up my last paper for class and heading out on our month long road trip tomorrow morning. I'll have plenty of time to read once we're on the road. It's a short book it seems. About 200 pages? Exciting!

^ I would be in but i never check the forums. Me and someone else started this in our club but it died out. Was sad...

But yeah, if i ever look at it im down xD

I've seen the film now. If you are only going to watch the film I'll warn you there are differences.

Situational: set in New York instead of Slovenia; her employment and living circumstances are made typical to New York

Back ground enhancement: most of the psychiatrist's theory is lost along with Paulo Coelho's personal reminiscences as to his own institutionalisation

Medium: as with all books-to-movies the observational presentation both overwhelms the subtleties of the novel and yet allows for much keener portrayal of character through the actors' abilities. In this case, Sarah Michelle Gellar gives a performance-of-a-lifetime. David Thewlis as Dr Blake (Dr Igor in the book) brings such quiet-spoken depth to his role that the loss of his theory is compensated. Melissa Leo is especially notable as Mari.

Jane - hope your paper went well and safe travels! Have an adventure :)

I noticed too the book seems like a decent read, pretty short in my opinion.

Thank you, Larry, for your analysis... very interesting to read! I definitely thought Gellar gave a stunning performance with the amount of emotion her character calls for. I can't wait to read about Dr. Igor more. Yes, it seemed Thewlis was more the quiet-spoken type. Can't wait to read more about the psychiatrist's theory in the book

*buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuump*

Alright, don't think I've forgotten about this! I'm ready to buy my next book. Let's go.

Which book?

I am, too. Have you all seen the previews to the Girl on the Train? I've had it saved in my cart for the longest and now there's a movie!

Anyway, I'm down for which ever book. Can still add more to the list!

Alright, enough is enough! No more dilly-dallying. Let's do this. I have Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins in my Amazon cart ready for checkout. I'm happy with this selection, but would be happy to read most anything else too. Thoughts?

This time we're going to have at least one discussion partway through the book and then a final discussion when we've all finished it.

The Girl on the Train

^ I hope the book is better than the movie...I found it as another movie to watch when you need to spend some of your - already-wasted time. Very weak plot ( as a viewer).

Rosaura & I saw GOTT
She tells me the book is much better. I'll go for it.

Hmm. I heard the movie was great, lol. I'm not surprised that the book is better.

I have to admit, I went ahead and got it and read it lol it actually took me a while to get into it. The first few chapters I was just like, "ugh, I can't read this" and put the book down. A few days later I gave it another try ... started at about 10PM and didn't put it down until around 6 or 7AM when I finally finished, lol. So I can wait for you guys, maybe I'll give it another read and take my time lol

Ordered it just in case it's our selection. I want to read it anyway. I also ordered 3 Jack London books :D

I'm ready when you guys are! How are the Jack London books?

I've read plenty of these in the list.

Flowers in the attic by V.C Andrews
Love dad, Evan hunter
My sisters Keeper Jodi Picoult

are all good

I've seen movies for two of those, but haven't read the books.

Started Girl on the Train yesterday. 100 pages in... I'd say the first ~50 pages are slow, maybe even less than that, and then the book becomes almost imppossible to put down.

For those who have read it or started reading it: Do you like the main character? Do you feel sympathy, disdain, or pity for her? I was feeling great sympathy for her all the way up until I read her explanation to police about what happened with Tom and Anna's baby. Suddenly I was thinking, "oohhhhh no, Rachel, why? Whyyyyy?" Not okay. Can't believe she did that conciously. Tom & Anna should have filed a restraining order.

The Jack London books are The Road, The Sea Wolf, and a collection of short stories, including To Build A Fire. I haven't opened them yet. I have read Call of the Wild and White Fang, as well as several other short stories by him. I love his style.

Well, I finished Girl on the Train yesterday. Excellent book. I don't know if I care to see the movie.
Onto the alchemist by Coelho.

Ah. So I wasn't the only one who found it impossible to put down? Lol
I'm curious about the movie.

I think I have the Alchemist, but in Spanish. Have read it yet

Poetess, it was hard to put down and a much needed distraction. Any other recommendations for me? I'm finding the Alchemist kinda tedious.

I have read the book and found it hard to put down, the film was tedious and not a patch on the book.

What a bummer about the film :( I probably won't see it. Don't want to taint my memory of the story.

Went to the thrift store yesterday and came home with ten new books. Now I'm reading Gone Girl. I had no idea I would like The Girl on the Train, but it was thrilling and I wanted to read something similar... So far, Gone Girl is exciting too.

I can't think of any right off the top of my head. I've heard good things about Gone Girl. Not sure what genre you prefer, but Steven James is one of my favorite authors. Most of what I've got by him are crime thrillers. He does write non-fiction, but they're more religious, I think.