Classics Without All the Class discussion

Check out this link and then tell me if you'd be interested in joining me to help this woman set the record for most book club visits in 30 day. It sounds like a good book and a fun side read for June/July. Then CWatC will get mentioned on Recordsetters.com! And maybe we get prizes. Prizes are always good. Let me know if you are interested and I will contact Jennifer Miller. Thanks!

http://www.byjennifermiller.com/p/boo...

I don't mind reading the book (it sounds interesting) but I won't be able to Skype as the challenge requires.

Heck what the heck...I will..just pester me so I dont forget. Sounds fun.

That sounds like tons of fun. Please count me in!

I'm in

Ok. It looks like we will definitely have enough people to participate, so I will contact the author and let her know that we are willing to help. Fun!

Would 6pm PST on a weeknight in July work for a Skype meeting with the author? Let me know what works best for you and I'll try to set a date. Thanks!

As of now, that time definitely works. Thank you for organizing this!

Ok, so our event is scheduled with the author. If you are interested in reading the book and meeting online with the author so we help this author and CWatC is mentioned on recordsetters.com, go to http://tgt.hr/BEcBbsJs71937 to pre-order her book and join the event. We will receive the books on the release date, May 28. Our event date/time is July 17 at 6:00 Pacific.

Thanks!!

I'll put this on our blog as well, and we'll make sure we mention it again on the podcast and on twitter as we get closer. Remind me!

Karena wrote: "I'll put this on our blog as well, and we'll make sure we mention it again on the podcast and on twitter as we get closer. Remind me!"

Awesome! Sounds good. :)

I'm all registered. Anyone else joining us?
Year of the Gadfly

ME!

I got notice that my book shipped! yayaayaaa!

I want to join too but do they deliver in India?

Shradhanjali wrote: "I want to join too but do they deliver in India?"

Hi, Shradhanjali,
According to the faq section on the web site that hosts the events and ships the books, togather.com, they currently are not able to ship outside the U.S.
But thank you for offering to participate!! :)
That was a very good question!

Thank you. Its rather sad that I cant participate, however, let us know how the book is when you are done readin it.

LaLaLa Laura wrote: "I got notice that my book shipped! yayaayaaa!"
Me too! I love getting mail. The best is when it's a book!

I know it's late but is there still room for more? I would like to do this. I will check the website today.

Jessica wrote: "I know it's late but is there still room for more? I would like to do this. I will check the website today."

The event is in July. Looks like there is room! :)

Thanks, I ordered the book. Are we reading as it gets closer to the event? I didn't know if it was going to end up being like a buddy read during the month of June. Just curious. Looking forward to it.

sounds good to me, Jessica. who's in?

Due to my whacked out reading schedule I am going to pass. I'm reading it, I just don't know when. :/

I'm still waiting on my copy. I don't know if I can do a buddy read, as I'm not exactly sure when I'll be reading, but it will probably be mid to late June.

I got my copy on Friday. I am hoping to crack it open during or after vacay next week!

So I got my book and have started it. I have to say...if you have been following the podcast you'll know I am generally not a YA fan. Have nothing really against it per say, just that I don't relate to the age (never really did to be honest) and the selections I have been given involved love triangles and sparkly vampires so they weren't helping the cause. That being said...

I'm throughly enjoying this book. Both as an adult and as someone who wishes this book would have been written when I was a teen. The narrator reminds me of Rory Gilmore who I wanted to be when I was that age (Don't judge me. That show was the bomb). It's smartly written and there's not a love triangle in sight.

I'm not done yet, but so far so good. Which is a huge sigh of relief because how awkward would that Skype session be if we all hated the book. I have high hopes for this one...unless the author drinks too much and in the middle of the book a sparkly vampire shows up and has a love triangle with the biology teacher and an alien.

Karena wrote: "So I got my book and have started it. I have to say...if you have been following the podcast you'll know I am generally not a YA fan. Have nothing really against it per say, just that I don't relat..."

You freaking crack me up

So, Jennifer Miller contacted me and needed to change our meeting time from 6:00pm to 6:30pm. Because it wasn't a terrible difference in time, I accepted the change. I hope this doesn't conflict with anyone too terribly. But, it really needed to be done, or Jennifer would have been late to our meeting anyway. Thank you for your understanding!

On a side note, I have started the book and am really enjoying it so far. I am only a few pages in, but I think Jennifer Miller has a great smart way of writing. Has anyone else started reading it? If so, what do you think so far?

I plan to start in the next week or so. I am very excited about reading due to what you and Karena have said about it. :)

Angie wrote: "So, Jennifer Miller contacted me and needed to change our meeting time from 6:00pm to 6:30pm. Because it wasn't a terrible difference in time, I accepted the change. I hope this doesn't conflict wi..."

I don't foresee a problem with the time change.

Angie wrote: "Karena wrote: "So I got my book and have started it. I have to say...if you have been following the podcast you'll know I am generally not a YA fan. Have nothing really against it per say, just tha..."

I hope that's a "I'm laughing with you" not "I'm laughing at you" type of deal.

I finished last week and I regret to inform you the sparkly vampires did not show up and there were neither threesomes or aliens. I'm seriously bummed right now.

Karena wrote: "I finished last week and I regret to inform you the sparkly vampires did not show up and there were neither threesomes or aliens. I'm seriously bummed right now."

Well CRAP! We need more glitter vampires in the ya world. There really aren't enough. /Sigh....what will I do now?

j/k lol!

Karena wrote: "I finished last week and I regret to inform you the sparkly vampires did not show up and there were neither threesomes or aliens. I'm seriously bummed right now."

Well, that's it! You officially ruined it for me. Might as well close up the book and put it away. Without vampires, aliens, or threesomes (oh, my!), it just isn't worth reading...

Angie wrote: "Karena wrote: "I finished last week and I regret to inform you the sparkly vampires did not show up and there were neither threesomes or aliens. I'm seriously bummed right now."

Well, that's it! Y..."

Well, I was really looking forward to seeing where Twilight, 50 Shades and Solaris left off. (I only add Solaris because we just read it and I think I zoned through the whole thing).

Seriously though. For me it turned out to be the kind of book I wish I had read when I was a teen. The adult segments kept me interested as a present day 30 year old. I have no problem with YA except personally I can't relate. :) She did a great job though I think.

Karena wrote: "Angie wrote: "Karena wrote: "I finished last week and I regret to inform you the sparkly vampires did not show up and there were neither threesomes or aliens. I'm seriously bummed right now."

Well..."


I like YA but I do get really tired of the love triangles you mentioned on a post before. There are a few series I have a slight interest in and have avoided at the same time due to said triangles. Then there is all the teen angst. But the past few YAs I have read have been surprisingly more mature in that sense. John Green is one I really like. Getting into Patrick Ness's stuff too.

Yay. Glad you enjoyed it. ;^]

Jessica, I LOVE Patrick Ness!

Angie wrote: "Jessica, I LOVE Patrick Ness!"

After I get through a couple of reads I am doing with some goodreads buddies, I am going to start the Chaos Walking trilogy. I have heard so many good things about it. SUPER EXCITED!

Have you read A Monster Calls?

Yes. It is AMAZING! I wrote a review on the blog for it too.

I will check that out! I am one of those people that judges a book by its cover (the artist side of me cannot help it). Every time I see that cover in the store. I just stare at it and almost buy it. I will probably be purchasing it soon. :)

Buy it! Totally worth it. Very sad, but a fantastic story.

Hello fellow readers! I just wanted to remind you that we still have spots available for the event with Jennifer Miller this Wednesday, July 17th. The event will be online so anyone can join! Learn more and RSVP by clicking here.

So, I hope everyone who wants to meet with Jennifer Miller has finished the book by now. Try to come up with a few comments/questions for her if you can. Also, if I don't already have your email, please PM that to me so I can invite you to the Skype conversation tomorrow night. I can't wait!

Thanks,

angie

Angie wrote: "So, I hope everyone who wants to meet with Jennifer Miller has finished the book by now. Try to come up with a few comments/questions for her if you can. Also, if I don't already have your email, p..."

ME ME ME

hahaha

Double checking the time. 6:30 eastern or central?

Jessica wrote: "Double checking the time. 6:30 eastern or central?"

This will be 630 Pacific (so 930 eastern)

Thanks! Are we using spree cast?

Looks like we're going to go back to Skype. We had some tech difficulties when trying to test it out. Sorry about that Jessica! Angie's sending an email shortly verifying everything.