MobileRead April 2010 Mobile Read Book Club Vote

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Was there a chicken farm craze in the first half of the twentieth century?

P. G. Wodehouse's 'Love Among the Chickens' is another comic novel on the theme.

Thanks, Sparrow! I plan to read both for this month's discussion, since they're on similar themes.

Originally Posted by dreams

Here are some links to the book.
[This book is a picture of the era from 1927 to 1931 in Washington state, USA.]

The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald Lit - lrf - imp - mobi/prc by Patricia and ePub by weatherwax



Found this one at manybooks and a mp3 from librivox


[The above book is a picture of life a few years earlier (1906) in the UK.]

And thank you, Dreams, for those links.

[kennyc]

Yes thanks Dreams for the links and everyone for the Eggzelant voting!

[BenG]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

And I think the only reason the egg won was because of the price even though it's not the funniest one in the bunch. Heck, even Topper is better.

So, why did The Eyre Affair beat it too?
The Egg and I was one of the few on the list that I haven't read yet.( though I have seen the movie)

[Sparrow]

Nothing beat the Egg!

[kennyc]

An Egg Story:

http://icelandreview.com/icelandrevi..._0_a_id=360221

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Have you already read it?

BOb

Already seen Green Acres.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by BenG

So, why did The Eyre Affair beat it too?
The Egg and I was one of the few on the list that I haven't read yet.( though I have seen the movie)

Cause people voted incorrectly.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Already seen Green Acres.

I'll take that as a no. I don't expect that you can say which is funnier unless you have read them both.

BOb

[thinkpad]

Is there a link to a thread for discussing this book, or is the discussion taking place in this thread?

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by thinkpadx

Is there a link to a thread for discussing this book, or is the discussion taking place in this thread?

BOb will start a separate thread when he feels we're ready.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

BOb will start a separate thread when he feels we're ready.

Will we ever really be ready?

[thinkpad]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Will we ever really be ready?

I'm ready, haven't read through the whole book yet and I'm starting to wonder when the comedy will show up. Reading about chickens has a somewhat limited fun factor
I'm also having a hard time to relate since I'm not from the U.S. The surroundings of the book are unfamiliar to me.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Will we ever really be ready?

Well, my money is on the "Jon will not read this book" side. So no, you may never be ready, but the rest of us will.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by thinkpadx

I'm ready, haven't read through the whole book yet and I'm starting to wonder when the comedy will show up. Reading about chickens has a somewhat limited fun factor
I'm also having a hard time to relate since I'm not from the U.S. The surroundings of the book are unfamiliar to me.

Just pretend it's Iceland then. Like in the link I provided.

[thinkpad]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Just pretend it's Iceland then. Like in the link I provided.

Iceland might be hard sell, I thought they were more into Icelandic horses and fish . The closest I've gotten to a chicken farm was when I worked on a Kibbutz for 5 months. I saw the big barn where they kept all the the chickens but that was about it. I was tremendously releaved that I wasn't the one who had to chop off there heads.