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queensthiefI hope everyone enjoyed our first community reread of Return of the Thief. Thanks to all who participated! We're going to be taking a break from chats for a bit due to the usual business of the Holiday season, but not before giving everyone a chance to discuss their favorite books of the year. Join your fellow reprobates in the Conspiracy Room Sunday, December 12th at 6pm CT for an end of the year wrap up chat to discuss which books you read this year that were your favorite and which turned out to be duds. I hope you can join us for the final chat of the year!
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sounis will be hosting our second WSK Book Club read in January. WSK stands for "while she knits" and is a long standing communuty catch phrase to talk about other books while MWT is "knitting" her next masterpiece. A Diana Wynn Jones series was at the top of the list for our next pick, and we all decided on the Howl's Moving Castle series to read and discuss. This will be a reread for many of you, and if you haven't already read this series, I highly reccomend it for QT fans. The character of Howl was the chief inspiration for Eugenides, and one of the many iconic lines in QT is a direct reference to Howl's Moving Castle. There are three books in the series, that we will be covering on a bi-weekly basis, and the first book was adapted by Studio Ghibli into a feature film. (If you've only seen the movie, the book is soooo much better.) Each book is a self-contained story taking place in the same universe, often with appearances from characters from previous books. This series should be readily available from public libraries.
January 3rd - 15th
Read Howl's Moving Castle (The movie will probably be discussed as well, so watch the movie too if you want!)
The chat to discuss the first book will be held January 16th.
PS: The ebook for this one is available for free if you have Amazon Prime. Just a tip! ;)
January 17th - 29th
Read Castle in the Air
The chat to discuss the second book will be held January 30th.
January 31st - February 12th
Read House of Many Ways
The chat to discuss the third book in the series will be held February 13th.
If you missed our WSK Book Club chats for The Squire's Tales, we hope you can join us for HMC. Happy Thanksgiving!
To kick off the new year,
sounis will be hosting our second WSK Book Club read in January. WSK stands for "while she knits" and is a long standing communuty catch phrase to talk about other books while MWT is "knitting" her next masterpiece. A Diana Wynn Jones series was at the top of the list for our next pick, and we all decided on the Howl's Moving Castle series to read and discuss. This will be a reread for many of you, and if you haven't already read this series, I highly reccomend it for QT fans. The character of Howl was the chief inspiration for Eugenides, and one of the many iconic lines in QT is a direct reference to Howl's Moving Castle. There are three books in the series, that we will be covering on a bi-weekly basis, and the first book was adapted by Studio Ghibli into a feature film. (If you've only seen the movie, the book is soooo much better.) Each book is a self-contained story taking place in the same universe, often with appearances from characters from previous books. This series should be readily available from public libraries.January 3rd - 15th
Read Howl's Moving Castle (The movie will probably be discussed as well, so watch the movie too if you want!)
The chat to discuss the first book will be held January 16th.
PS: The ebook for this one is available for free if you have Amazon Prime. Just a tip! ;)
January 17th - 29th
Read Castle in the Air
The chat to discuss the second book will be held January 30th.
January 31st - February 12th
Read House of Many Ways
The chat to discuss the third book in the series will be held February 13th.
If you missed our WSK Book Club chats for The Squire's Tales, we hope you can join us for HMC. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Date: 11/12/21 08:14 pm (UTC)I’ll add a link in the next comment.
~mwt
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Date: 11/12/21 08:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 11/12/21 08:17 pm (UTC)https://booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming/fantastic-middle-grade-anniversaries
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Date: 11/12/21 08:18 pm (UTC)For Books of Wonder.
~mwt
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Date: 11/12/21 09:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 11/12/21 10:00 pm (UTC)I have the Dec 12th chat on my calendar, and I can't wait to discuss Howl's Moving Castle in the new year!
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Date: 11/12/21 10:16 pm (UTC)(Let's see if I still have link privileges...?)
Here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/fantasticmganniversaries/register
I don't know if I'll be home in time to watch, but I'm hoping!
Also: Filling in for DWJ. <3 <3 This makes my heart all glowy.
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Date: 11/13/21 09:16 pm (UTC)