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Cleo the Cool replied to marklee3d's discussion 'Mariette in Ecstacy - reviews'

I give it two and a half out of five stars (just to use an alternate rating system). Marriette is well outside of my normal fiction genre of the “run & shoot” type book. Therefore, I really enjoyed it. And by saying I enjoyed it, I…

Aug 10, 2009

Stephanie Fowler replied to Cindi Knell's discussion 'Emmaus Reader - has anyone continued on?'

I've ventured onward too. Like Traci, I am not going in order. Bought them in order but was more interested in other titles. When I finished Mariette, I moved on to Children of men but it took awhile. Didn't really dig it. I read Atonement…

Jul 15, 2009

Amy Johnson replied to Cindi Knell's discussion 'Emmaus Reader - has anyone continued on?'

I have read the first three and am almost finished with the fourth. Will post more comments later...have to run to work now. Have a good day all!

Jul 9, 2009

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Traci replied to Cindi Knell's discussion 'Emmaus Reader - has anyone continued on?'

I have. =) Since I had read Children of Men a few years ago, I sort of skimmed it. I also finished Atonement. Next on my list is The Life of Pi. I'm not reading them in the order of the list, but I can't see that makes much…

Jul 8, 2009

Tina Winters replied to Cindi Knell's discussion 'Emmaus Reader - has anyone continued on?'

I haven't yet, but will be getting the books real soon.

Jul 8, 2009

Tina Winters replied to marklee3d's discussion 'Mariette in Ecstacy - reviews'

I did like the book but only gave it about a C+. I'll probably read it again just to make certain - I tend to like the books best the second time around. I wanted to focus more on Mariette and her experience more than the sights and sounds…

Jul 8, 2009

Emmaus Reader - has anyone continued on?

Has anyone else continued on with the books listed in the Emmaus reader? I have read, ok listened on audiobooks, to Children of Men. Was wondering if anyone else journeyed on to the other books listed.

Discussion posted by Cindi Knell Jul 8, 2009

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Carol Lightcap replied to marklee3d's discussion 'Introduce yourself!'

Hi Terry (ATR), Welcome to the bookclub. I have no idea how this works either so we're in it together. I know the feeling of being a non-traditional student and reading textbooks all the time. I went back to school in my 40's and pursued…

Jun 25, 2009

Terry Kelly replied to marklee3d's discussion 'Introduce yourself!'

PEACE2U ALL. I am Terry but I'm also known as apostlethatroks Gomer. I'm a 44-yr old woman who is back in college, studying Mechatronics Engineering, and joined this book club as a welcome distraction from textbooks. I'm also enjoying…

Jun 25, 2009

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Mariette in Ecstacy

Thank you guys for bearing with my crazy schedule the last couple of weeks. We had a great time on our European tour. With there being SO many flights, I was able to finish Mariette in Ecstacy (along with a couple of other books!).

Thanks to Traci for kicking off our discussion :)

Over the next few days, I'll be discussing the book in the forum below. I'll start with a general review, then I'll start working through the discussion questions in The Emmaus… Continue

Posted by marklee3d on June 10, 2009 at 10:49am — 1 Comment

The best laid plans...

Well, I made the big announcement a few weeks ago that we would try to acquire Mariette in Ecstasy by today so we could begin reading and discussing. Hopefully you have your book and are well on your way.

As for me, my book hasn't arrived in the mail yet, even though I ordered it a couple of weeks ago. Oh well.

Feel free to start discussing the book. I will jump in and discuss when I get my copy!

Posted by marklee3d on May 25, 2009 at 10:17pm — 8 Comments

How organized is this thing going to be?

I got this question, more or less, in my inbox today. Figured I'd share the answer with everybody:

Still waiting for my copy of Mariette in Ecstasy :)

I'm planning on letting the book club unfold organically. I'm not going to have any official pace because we're all probably going to be reading at different speeds. If you finish a section of a book and have a comment, start a thread in the forum if there isn't one already.

I'll probably use the blog to post… Continue

Posted by marklee3d on May 23, 2009 at 3:49pm — 7 Comments

Stories Matter

I just re-read the introduction to Emmaus Readers, and it rocked me to the core. Pages ix-xi in particular - the section starting with "stories matter" - pretty much sums up my thoughts on reading fiction. There is some real gold there. Literally. Here are a couple of quotes:

"Stories matter. They can speak truth...When readers learn [this truth] that love is of God; that the Lord our God, the Lord is one; and that while we consider the vastness of all the works of God's fingers, we… Continue

Posted by marklee3d on May 18, 2009 at 6:07pm — 5 Comments

Setting a pace

This is about the fifth incarnation of my online book club idea. Thanks to The Wards and Wendy and Stephanie Fowler who, to my knowledge, are the brave souls who have stuck it out for all of them. One thing that sometimes bogs us down is the pacing.

Bottom line: some people plow through the books, while others take their time. And then there are people like me who read about 6 books in 2 weeks and then don't pick up another for months.

The thought I had this time around is… Continue

Posted by marklee3d on May 15, 2009 at 7:30pm — 7 Comments