MobileRead April 2010 Book Club Nominations

[JSWolf]

It sounds like the best one of the bunch so far.

[Sparrow]

Do you have to read the Bible first?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Do you have to read the Bible first?

Nah! Just watch Jesus Christ Superstar and you'll be fine.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Do you have to read the Bible first?

I'm sure it would be more humorous if you did, of course there's some real thigh-slappers in The Book as well.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

My nomination is... Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore.

Originally Posted by Zipr

I just started that yesterday! It is a riot. I second this.

Originally Posted by ficbot

Third it. I have it and have not read it yet.

I would have gladly given my last remaining vote to that, but you folks beat me to the punch. It sounds interesting. I'm always interested in learning more about what Jesus' life was like while he was still living at home with his parents, Mary & Joseph Christ.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I would have gladly given my last remaining vote to that, but you folks beat me to the punch. It sounds interesting. I'm always interested in learning more about what Jesus' life was like while he was still living at home with his parents, Mary & Joseph Christ.

And who better than Biff to tell that story!

I actually suspect this book is one of the Gnostic Gospels so should be required reading.

[Katti's Cat]

Originally Posted by kennyc

The thing that is interesting though is they don't have a Kindle edition....in fact I'm not even finding it as an ebook edition anywhere.

So sorry - I thought I had checked it out. Went back and discovered my mistake - darn google search. After searching I couldn't find it as eBook either so I have to withdraw my nomination.

[Katti's Cat]

Originally Posted by Zipr

I just started that yesterday! It is a riot. I second this.

It's a good book - funny and easy to read. I have read it a few times (diff languages). Might be time to pull it out again.

[cearbhallain]

Originally Posted by Ea

Rita Mae Brown is lesbian, but most of her books (as far as I'm aware), do not have 'gay' themes. It's no risk reading this.

Rubyfruit Jungle, anyone....

[Katti's Cat]

Originally Posted by cearbhallain

Rubyfruit Jungle, anyone....

EA said 'most' of her books. And the book I suggested (and by now withdrew as it's not available as eBook) has homosexual characters. I don't consider it offensive or over the top. I don't see much of a difference between a book describing heterosexual or homosexual encounters - either flavour can grate on my nerves, depending how it's handled. The 'Runnymede' series is foremost a description of the lifes of the main characters in a small town.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

EA said 'most' of her books. And the book I suggested (and by now withdrew as it's not available as eBook) has homosexual characters. I don't consider it offensive or over the top. I don't see much of a difference between a book describing heterosexual or homosexual encounters - either flavour can grate on my nerves, depending how it's handled. The 'Runnymede' series is foremost a description of the lifes of the main characters in a small town.

Exactly.

My reaction was due to the strong negative bias expressed by the poster.

[Zipr]

Okay, I think I've been misunderstood a bit. The reason I asked the question was because Amazon had it listed in the "Gay and Lesbian" category. That implied to me that it might be a book that was written for that community, as opposed to a mainstream book that might have gay characters.

Despite the trouble that kennyc is trying to stir up by assuming he knows what I'm thinking, I do not have a "strong negative bias". I simply didn't want to read a book that was written solely for the gay community. Because of Amazon's characterization, I was thinking it might be a gay erotic book.

After reading about Rubyfruit on Wikipedia, I see I was justified in my caution. Does anybody know what "Rubyfruit Jungle" refers to? (it's on Wikipedia).

[Katti's Cat]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Exactly.

My reaction was due to the strong negative bias expressed by the poster.

Well, it's sad that one book defines an author for some people. Talk about open minds and that reading is alleged to broaden the horizon

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

EA said 'most' of her books. And the book I suggested (and by now withdrew as it's not available as eBook) has homosexual characters. I don't consider it offensive or over the top. I don't see much of a difference between a book describing heterosexual or homosexual encounters - either flavour can grate on my nerves, depending how it's handled. The 'Runnymede' series is foremost a description of the lifes of the main characters in a small town.

Too bad it's not available as an ebook. It sounds like it's a lot of fun to read. Interestingly; study guides to the book are available in ebook form.

Go figure!

[Ea]

Originally Posted by Zipr

Okay, I think I've been misunderstood a bit. The reason I asked the question was because Amazon had it listed in the "Gay and Lesbian" category. That implied to me that it might be a book that was written for that community, as opposed to a mainstream book that might have gay characters.

Despite the trouble that kennyc is trying to stir up by assuming he knows what I'm thinking, I do not have a "strong negative bias". I simply didn't want to read a book that was written solely for the gay community. Because of Amazon's characterization, I was thinking it might be a gay erotic book.

While I think Kenny did jump your throat a bit, I also think you jumped to conclusions rather quickly. For one thing, how would you define a book written for the 'gay community'? I don't even think it makes sense to talk about a gay community in the sense that you could aim books at them. Secondly, all that m/m romance you see are (almost always) written by straight women for straight women - are they the 'gay community'?. Finally, Amazon's defintion og 'gay and lesbian' is far wider than 'gay romance' as you seem to think. To be quite honest I thought it was an odd question.

Originally Posted by Zipr

After reading about Rubyfruit on Wikipedia, I see I was justified in my caution. Does anybody know what "Rubyfruit Jungle" refers to? (it's on Wikipedia).

I'm sorry, but now I'm beginning to feel you are biased as well. Rubyfruit Jungle is mainstream/drama/bildungsroman, not genre romance/erotic fiction. And if you've read the first two lines of the Wikipedia article, you'd know what title refers to.