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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 6, 2013 21:39:21 GMT -5
Don't feel bad I think our work schedules got us this week
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Post by Watchtower on Apr 9, 2013 10:44:33 GMT -5
I apologize for not being here. I forgot all about this and went to bed early. I was so tired because I didn't sleep well at all Friday night. I will be here this Saturday and I will be ready.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 10, 2013 19:31:12 GMT -5
No prob at all Chloe.  |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Apr 12, 2013 10:05:35 GMT -5
Hi folks, I will get off work tomorrow just at the time our book club normally meets, so I'm wondering if we could push it back a half hour or an hour? Don't know what my schedule for Sunday is, yet.
I'm up to page 260 now, and probably will not get to read any further until later tonight, when I read a bit before going to sleep. Although I'm off today, most of my time will be spent working on a speech I have to give tomorrow.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 12, 2013 20:16:55 GMT -5
Good luck tomorrow moon I know you will do well! And that's def ok how bout we all read to about that 260 mark
Chloe where are you in the book?
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 12, 2013 23:34:46 GMT -5
I propose we move the meeting to 8pm tomorrow night
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Post by Watchtower on Apr 13, 2013 14:52:49 GMT -5
If we could move it to tomorrow night at 8, that'd be great. I am on Chapter 26 right now. I have no way of knowing what what the page numbers are as it is not listed on my Kindle.
I am helping a friend with homework via Skype, so if we have the meeting tonight, I may be slow to respond as I will be multitasking.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 13, 2013 16:03:55 GMT -5
Ok great eight it is |
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Post by Watchtower on Apr 13, 2013 16:53:18 GMT -5
Well, my friend is super-late... so I'm not gonna wait for him all night. If we want to do it tonight, that is perfectly fine, I don't care. He needs to get his priorities straight, anyways. So, we can determine the time when Moon returns. Until then, I'll read another chapter or two since I don't know what chapter you guys are on.
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Apr 13, 2013 18:46:11 GMT -5
Ok, which night is it? Tonight (Saturday) or Sunday? Tomorrow night at our regular time would actually be better for me. I got up at 4 am this morning to work on my speech (which went great) and am dragging a bit now. But, if need be, I think that I could probably hang on for a little while. I'm off tomorrow.
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Post by Watchtower on Apr 13, 2013 18:54:06 GMT -5
If tomorrow night is better for you guys, then it's fine with me. We can do this tomorrow night.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 13, 2013 18:58:15 GMT -5
Hello there guys
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 13, 2013 18:59:18 GMT -5
Either way works for me
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 13, 2013 18:59:40 GMT -5
I'm glad it went great moon |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 13, 2013 19:00:55 GMT -5
I'm sorry your friend didn't show up Chloe.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 13, 2013 19:03:59 GMT -5
Eight is good for me tomorrow so I can do either tonight or tomorrow
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Apr 13, 2013 19:05:20 GMT -5
Thank you, friends. Giving the speach was crazy, scary, amazing, and transcendant all at the same time.
What more could you ever ask for?
I'll post more about it tomorrow, and I'll ready for our discussion tomorrow night! Let's just read as much as we can till then.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 13, 2013 19:09:07 GMT -5
Ok sounds good ill be reading up then but one funny thing to post for the guy with the Freetos all I could think was I hope he washes his hands first |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 13, 2013 19:11:49 GMT -5
Chloe I am on chapter 31
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Post by Watchtower on Apr 13, 2013 20:07:23 GMT -5
I'm glad the speech went well, Moon.
Jen, I'm not sorry that my friend did not show up. I'm used to that kind of thing.
I will be sure to read as much as I can and I'll be here tomorrow.
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Apr 14, 2013 17:53:18 GMT -5
I felt Ray Flowers was sort of a hero what did you think of what he did I did too. As a former radio guy it really hit home when the army burst in during his talk show and the sergeant shot him. I was happy that his own men then mowed the sergeant down. The whole scene really amped up the danger, when you realized that not only had the United States government created the super-flu, but in spite of most of the population dropping like flies, were more concerned with covering it up than anything else. In fact, earlier in that chapter (26) we also saw the army take down and execute reporters at a Boston television station and the Los Angeles Times. At this point our own government seems more evil than Randall Flagg. |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Apr 14, 2013 18:17:02 GMT -5
Ok sounds good ill be reading up then but one funny thing to post for the guy with the Freetos all I could think was I hope he washes his hands first Chance of a lifetime, man!  That was pretty funny. And scary at the same time. You just hope that guy was affected by the flu, but we all know there are people out there just as crazy without it. I also liked the monster-shouter guy. |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Apr 14, 2013 18:25:31 GMT -5
In chapter 27 I think we get a pretty good clue that Frannie is one of the good guys, by the kindness she shows to Harold, a guy she formerly despised, and her struggle to get her father buried. She seems to be shaking off the flu, or she would have never have gotten it done.
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Post by Watchtower on Apr 14, 2013 18:34:18 GMT -5
Ok sounds good ill be reading up then but one funny thing to post for the guy with the Freetos all I could think was I hope he washes his hands first Chance of a lifetime, man! ![]() That was pretty funny. And scary at the same time. You just hope that guy was affected by the flu, but we all know there are people out there just as crazy without it. I also liked the monster-shouter guy. The monster-shouter guy was pretty funny. |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Apr 14, 2013 18:41:54 GMT -5
I have been trying to figure out what book it could be that Nick Andros is reading at the beginning of chapter 33 which is described as "a gothic novel about a frightened governess who thought the lonely estate where she was supposed to be teaching the handsome master's sons was haunted. Although he wasn't even halfway through the book, Nick already knew the ghost was really the handsome master's wife, who was probably locked up in the attic, and crazy as a loon."
An Edgar Allan Poe story, maybe?
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Post by Watchtower on Apr 14, 2013 18:49:43 GMT -5
I think it may have been an Edgar Allen Poe story.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 14, 2013 19:02:22 GMT -5
That def sounds like Poe's work
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 14, 2013 19:03:15 GMT -5
Where to begin where to begin I have many notes |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 14, 2013 19:03:51 GMT -5
I think maybe I was the only one scared of the monster shouter
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Apr 14, 2013 19:09:20 GMT -5
In the chapters we have just read we see the spread of mass panic and how it causes people to react in ways that only make the situation worse
What do you guys think of each of the main characters we are following what do you like and dislike about them
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