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[close] This book club was started at the Thunderbird School of Global Management to promote books about international themes and cross-cultural understanding through book discussions. It is a social, non-academic group that meets casually during lunches.

[close] Welcome to Shine & Shadow. We are a group focused on monthly group reads and discussions. We have 3 group reads per month: 1 'Dark' read, 1 'Light' read, & 1 'World Tour' read. Choose which group read to participate in depending on your mood for the month. Join us and jump into the discussion! Genres enjoyed: General Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, "Slice of Life", Memoir, Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Queer, Historical Fiction, Horror Genres (typically) not enjoyed: Romance, Young Adult, Self-help, Cookbook, How-To Guide, Ancient Untranslatable Tome Written In Dead Language *In this group we welcome everyone and so wish to keep the group public. However, due to some adult themes discussed in our group reads, we would like to request all members are over the age of 18. If you are found to be under 18, we may remove you from the group.

[close] •The challenge will run from November 1, 2012, to February 1, 2013. No books that are started before November 1 or finished after February 1 will count. •No re-reads! We want you to experience new books with this challenge. • Each book must be at least 200 pages long. Audiobooks are fine, as long as the print versions meet the page requirements. •The books can be fiction or nonfiction, unless a particular category specifies one way or the other. • A book can only be used for one category. If you want to switch the category later, that’s fine, just be sure to account for that in your point total. • You can read more than one book in each category, but to be eligible to win you need to read at least one book from at least 6 categories. • Any one of any age is welcome to participate. • You don’t have to buy the books from us, but if you do we’ll give you a 5% discount! • The aim is to get as many points as possible. The winner will get a selection of books and the three runners up will get a book each. Bonus Points: Every extra 100 pages over the required 200 gets 5 bonus points. Every Australian title that you read earns an extra 5 points, (excluding the Miles Franklin category). How to keep track: Register in store. We’ll need your full name and a contact number. Then, collect a score card from us in store. Fill in your name, the book title and the number of pages. We’ll keep score  The Categories: 10 points – Miles Franklin 10 points – Back to School 10 points – Non Fiction 15 points – A book a day 15 points - Classics 20 points – Teen Reads 20 points – Culture Shock 20 points – Staff Picks 25 points – Film Stars 25 points – Lucky Dip 25 points – Don’t Judge a book by its cover 30 points: Read a trilogy

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