~~Right now my family is going through some hard times due to the fact my grandfather is in the hospital. for now Hanatarosan is in charge for my leave.-Jackie-chan

Note from Vice-President: To all members,
Feel free to start book discussions in this club. Don't join the book burners. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book.
Regards,
Hanatarosan

Welcome to the Literary Club. We welcome every book-lover to join this club. This is the club for those who share the same love for reading. In the time when more and more people are turn towards electronic media, books are still going as strong as ever. A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you (by Daniel J. Boorstin)

Although it's not the beginning of the year, we are launching the Reading Challenge for the Anniversary of the Literary Club.
Instructions are given in the forum below. Challenge starts officially on 27 February 2009 (1st anniversary). Please sign up and enjoy.


The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman


The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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1.Hyperion Series-Dan Simmons
2.The Code Book:The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptograph-Simon Singh
3.Oedipus Shoukougun-Kiyoshi Kasai
4.The Phenomenology of Spirit(Phanomenologie des Geistes)-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
5.The Woman in the Wardrobe-Peter Antony

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Manga (shoujo)

1.Fruits Basket-Natsuki Takaya
2.Hot Gimmick-Miki Aihara
3.Kare Kano-Masami Tsuda
4.Peach Girl-Miwa Ueda
5.Emma-Kaoru Mori
6.FUishigi Yugi-Yuu Watase
7.Paradise Kiss-Ai Yazawa
9.Vampire Knight-Matsuri Hino
10.Full Moon o Sagashite-Arina Tanemura

~Shonen~

1.Bleach-Tite Kubo
2.Death Note-Tsugumi Ohba
3.Full Metal Alchemist-Hiromu Arakawa
4.One Piece-Eiichiro Oda
5.Air Gear-Oh! Great (seriously thats his name)
6.Slam Dunk-Takehiko Inoue
7.Initial D-Shuichi Shigeno
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Romance Books

1.Twilight Series (also sci-fi)-Stephanie Meyer
2.The Host(some action)-Stephanie Meyer
3.This Lullaby-Sarah Dessen
4.The Truth about Forever-Sarah Dessen
5.The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series-AnnBrashares
6.The Au Pairs Novels-Mellisa de la Cruz
7.Atonement-Ian McEwan
8.The Notebook-Nicholas Sparks
9.Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte
10.Lock and Key-Sarah Dessen
11.Romeo and Juliet-William Shakespeare
12.How to Ruin a Summer Vacation-Simone Elkeles
13.How to Ruin My Teenage Life-Simone Elkeles
14.The Frog Princess Series-E.D Baker
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~Action Adventure~
1.Cherub Series-Robert Muchamore
2.The Lightning Thief(Percy Jackson Series)-Rick Riordan
3.Eragon(Inheritance Trilogy)-Christopher Paolini
4.Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment-James Patterson
5.Chronicles of Narnia-C.S Lewis
6.Evil Genius-Catherine Jinks
9.Nobody's Prize-Esther Friesner

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~Fantasy~
1.Lord of the Rings Trilogy-J R Tolkien
2.Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale-William Goldman
3.His Dark Materials-Philip Pullman
4.Blue Bloods-Melissa De La Cruz
5.Glass Houses-Rachel Caine
6.Artemis Fowl Series-Eoin Colfer
7.Harry Potter Series-J. K. Rowling
8.Warrior series-Erin Hunter (i am still reading them but so far so good!)
9.The Wizard, The Witch & Two girls from Jersey-Lisa Papademetriou (this could also be considered a comedy)
10.The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy-Clare B. Dunkle
11.The Chronicles of Narnia-C.S Lewis
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~Sci-Fi~
1.Ender's Game-Orson Scott Card
2.Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy-Douglas Adams
3.Sabriel-Garth Nix
4.Shade's Children-Garth Nix
5.Turnabout-Maragaret Peterson Haddix
6.The Graveyard Book-Neil Gaiman
7.Brave New World-Aldous Huxley
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Anime related to books:
Library War (Here's episode 1)

Library War - Episode 1

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The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.
~ Samuel Butler ~

A book is good company.
It is full of conversation without loquacity.
It comes to your longing with full instruction,
but pursues you never.
~ Henry Ward Beecher ~

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.
A C Grayling, Financial Times (in a review of A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel)

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
~Abraham Lincoln~

How my life has been brought to undiscovered lands, and how much richer it gets - all from words printed on a page.... How a book can have 560 pages, but in only three pages change the reader's life
~Emoke B'Racz, Writing in Malaprop's Newsletter~

The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out.
Only the copied text thus commands the soul of him who is occupied with it,
whereas the mere reader never discovers the new aspects
of his inner self that are opened by the text,
that road cut through the interior jungle forever
closing behind it: because the reader follows the movement
of his mind in the free flight of day-dreaming,
whereas the copier submits it to command.
~ Walter Benjamin ~

Some notable authors:
1. Khaled Husseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner)
2. Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children and The Enchantress of Florence)
3. Ken Follett (Pillars of the Earth)
4. Ian Mcewan
5. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Margaret Eleanor Atwood
7. Sir William Gerald Golding
8. John LeCarre
9. P. G. Wodehouse
10. Roald Dahl


Mystery Authors:
1.Ellery Queen
2.Graham Greene
3.Mary Higgins Clark
4.P.D. James
5.Raymond Chandler
6.Sue Taylor Grafton
7. Agatha Christie
8. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Lesser known Science Fiction:
Brian Stableford: "Mortimer Gray's History of Death"
Maureen F. McHugh: "The Lincoln Train"
Greg Egan: "Wang's Carpets"
Ursula K. LeGuin: "Coming of Age in Karhide"
Michael Swanwick: "The Dead"
Ian McDonald: "Recording Angel"
Tony Daniel: "A Dry, Quiet War"
William Sanders: "The Undiscovered"


Book Awards
1. Newbery Prize
2. Pulitzer Prize
3. Nebula Prize
4. Nobel Prize


Final Word: Don't be afraid to be the oddball. Reading gives you pleasure and comfort. Reading is more than a friend, a family member and even a part of yourselves. What more reasons for you not to read? Have fun.