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Posted: 14 years ago
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*designed by RainbowWarrior. โญ๏ธ

This is the space devoted to the exploits of the reading group, which was born because some random people (united in their love for reading and discussing things on the internet) stumbled upon each other. The mode of operation is simple: we short-list books, vote for our favourites, read the chosen one and then spend aeons discussing the characters, the themes, the incidents and whatever else that catches our fancy...

Remember to click on the "play" button to listen to a nice song as you read through the selection of books up for voting...
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUrIJxCcXnA&[/YOUTUBE]

The reading group will shortly hold a vote on a book which we will discuss over the next days. The current top contenders are:
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - because a child's longing and yearning are precious.
  • Candide - because the human world is largely disutopian.
  • The Reader (Der Vorleser) - because human history is dark and provocative.
  • Three Cups of Tea - because we must hear out the message of love.
  • No One Loved Gorillas More - because all life is interrelated and it is not difficult to understand each other's language.
  • East of Eden - because the choice is always in one's own hands, and not in the inherited genes.
  • The Alchemist - because happiness is the result of a conspiracy of the Universe.
  • The Life of Pi - because we can choose the story we will believe.
  • A Long Way Down - because life is easy.
  • The Percy Jackson Series - because there is a hero in all of us .
The book chosen for the fourth round is THREE  CUPS  OF  TEA. The discussions for the book will be summarised in the final pages.

A pdf version of the book is available
(if you don't have the original book/don't intend to buy it).  The pdf file can be downloaded here (thank you Pinki for the link):

We'll be glad to welcome everybody on board, but please send a PM to one of the members to request an invitation. Currently we have many people on the list, but as the reading group settles, we'll try to adjust the head-count to a maximum of 15 people (so, those who don't participate, will be removed).

Currently WE include the following active readers:
  • Veritas
  • Axeion
  • Smitha80
  • Pinkisluv91 - the official link provider. Contact her for download links! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
  • Ashrozia
  • RainbowWarrior - the official siggy maker! ๐Ÿ˜†
  • BluePandora
  • -Aladin- - the official post-collector! ๐Ÿ˜†
  • Nitz17
  • Desicrowd
  • Amyria
  • *Astargal*
  • Immunoblot
The following members are inactive:
  • Cool_yv
  • Meena1
  • BigBella
And the following visitors who may/may not join us(?):
  • Sunandshine
  • Xserial_queenX
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Links to old threads:
The Reading Group 1:
 https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/1345632

The Reading Group 2:
https://india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1355498


The Reading Group 3:
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/1361916

The Reading Group 4:
https://india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1368608

Birthday Calendar:

Meena1- January 23rd
Axeion- March 31st
Nitz17- April 17th
Veritas- April 26th
Pinkisluv91- May 20th
xSerial_queenx- May 27th
Sweta01- June 1st
Smitha80- June 21st
Amyria- June 26th
BigBella- June 30th
Sunandshine- July 2nd
Ashrozia- August 29th
BluePandora- October 6th
Immunoblot-  October 31st
MithiBani- November 10th
Desicrowd- November 20th
RainbowWarrior- November 23rd

Will be updated soon:)
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Nihao๐Ÿ˜†

DO you watch Kai lan๐Ÿ˜† jk:)

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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: Veritas


Pinks you just have to go beyond your books.
For example do you know about Anastasia and how there were legends and rumors about her or about rasputin


Edit :Ekta ,I just checked ur summary in the old cc,it is seriously  awesome,sorry I am late


I seriously din't know whom u were referring to, Smita!!!
Just read about her on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia

Now u see Pinks, there are so many things that we still dont know...


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wohoo!!

Aloha !

Pinks ,Anastasia was rumored to be the only surviving member of the russian royal family(only becAUse her body wasn't found)
Several woman came forward claiming to be anastasia.
The story is quiet tragic.
People still believe there was a cover up...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: axeion



I don't know her either, but you can never know everything๐Ÿ˜ƒ.

No one's a know it all ๐Ÿ˜†

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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: pinkisluv91


Nihao๐Ÿ˜†
DO you watch Kai lan๐Ÿ˜† jk:)


Nope I don't, but I was trying to learn Chinese at a point of time, then I decided I should finish my Spanish lesson first and then move to something else...
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: Veritas

wohoo!!

Aloha !

Pinks ,Anastasia was rumored to be the only surviving member of the russian royal family(only becAUse her body wasn't found)
Several woman came forward claiming to be anastasia.
The story is quiet tragic.
People still believe there was a cover up...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia



Wow really, quite interesting. but I won't read this now or I will confuse her with some other character๐Ÿ˜†

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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: axeion


Obviously ๐Ÿ˜†, my baby sister watches it and I learned some Chinese because of it๐Ÿ˜†. I forgot all the Spanish I learned.