You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Woooohoooo! I'm on a voyage to the Antarctic. Or will be.

I purposely didn't start reading today even though I finished another book last night. I want to be "official" for the challenge :-)

I am going to read The Glass Castle for this challenge .... starting tomorrow. Took a day off from reading today :-)

ACCCCKKKK...tomorrow is the first and I haven't selected a book yet lol Shame on me...I have been anxiously awaiting the 1/1/2012 to get started on the January challenges and I am not even prepared..Pooooo...will search for something tonight : )

I am going to read A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France. It looks like a very serious and tough read but I hope to finish it by January end and in the instance I end up abandoning it, I will pick up another.

i know the theme sounds self explanatory.. however im having a hell of time trying to figure out what it really means.. i guess the first thing that comes to me would be a book about ppl living in the woods and off the land.. Or a dystopian book.. Or maybe a book about an abusive relationship and over coming it.. anyways if im on the right path please HELP!! lol or if you could point me in the right direction :)

Autumn, I think that this is EXACTLY the point - you are allowed to make anything fit the theme. When you report you are just supposed to write/explain why/how the book you chose fits the theme and then link to your review. The idea is to both help people find/get new/other/different book recommendatons and also to get through their own TBR pile.

A while back there was a discussion about people reading dog related books for this month ... "Ruffin' It" :-)

Autumn wrote: "i know the theme sounds self explanatory.. however im having a hell of time trying to figure out what it really means.. i guess the first thing that comes to me would be a book about ppl living in ..."

I had the same issues : ( so you aren't alone. Once I started searching for books I had an "A HA" moment and then I had 3 or 4 picked out and now can't decide which one I want to read.

and are a couple of books that I have contemplated that I own.

I think I'm going to read for this challenge...I think surviving Aushwitz is definetly the epidome of "roughing it".

Well i went threw some of my books and as part of ONE of my new years resolutions to read more books that i actually own and im thinking or or .. now which one to pick..

Children of Men!

lol it is the shortest one haha.. i wish i had the book with that cover so i could stare at Clive Owen..

He is nice to stare at!

He definitely is..

I'd say The Children of Men - I read it very recently and it was really good - and there's definitely some Roughin' It going on!

I finished my book for the challenge 4 stars...I'll have to write my review later after I've thought it over some.

Kimberly wrote: "I finished my book for the challenge 4 stars...I'll have to write my review later after I've thought it ov..."

Oh I have that one from NetGalley too - I'll be interested to hear what you think of it!

Whats netgallery?

Autumn,
NetGalley is a service for people who read and recommend books. Publishers upload their galleys, plus any marketing and promotional information; then invite contacts to view their title on NetGalley. Readers can also find new titles through NetGalley's Public Catalog, and request to review those titles from the publisher.

interesting.. i most likely wont use im horrible at reviews plus im gammars arch nemesis haha.. i always want to review books in snippets like amazing.. what a ride.. well ill never get that time back.. things like that hehe..

I will be reading a biography of Daniel Boone.

When he was a teenager, his family moved to NC, near where I grew up.

Kimberly wrote: "Autumn,
NetGalley is a service for people who read and recommend books. Publishers upload their galleys, plus any marketing and promotional information; then invite contacts to view their title on..."

I signed up for that, but all of the book's I've requested are ebooks, even though the description doesn't always state that. I don't have an ereader yet, so I'm going to hold off on requesting any more.

Judy wrote: "Amber wrote: "Judy wrote: "Amber, it looks like you have got the idea. Kate is 100% correct in her assessment. The idea of the theme is to expand the selection of what we can read for the monthly r..."

i actually get called Amber all the time.. ive been answering to it for years :)

My review for is found on my blog http://turningthepagesx.blogspot.com/... I tried copying it onto here but it wouldn't copy the whole thing since the trackpad on my laptop isn't as easy as doing it on a desktop.

That looks like it was a heavy read, Kimberly.

I just finished . Actually started it before January 1. Early in the book, it was definitely "roughin' it", late 1800s in Arizona, fighting Native Americans, living off the land, etc. Excellent book.

I just finished
I'm counting this as my 'roughin' it' selection. I can't imagine a more rough setting. He spends some time in a Mexican prison which is beyond rough. I felt this book fits the theme prefectly!

I've just finished A High Wind in Jamaica and it's a very entertaining story. I felt a bit uneasy at the start of teh story as lets just say it's a book of it's time and includes racist language and views about formerly enslaved Jamaicans. However, the story quickly leaves behind Jamaica as a group of children are shipped back to England by their parents, to a life supposedly safer than the hurricane swept island. The children find thenselves in an extraordinary adventure, kidnapped by pirates, the children's reaction to which is quite bizarre. I laughed out loud several times and finsihed the book in a day.

Wow a lot of ppl finished with their read and its only the 3rd.. yayy motivated bookclub memebers.. your making me feel lazy haha..

Janice wrote: "That looks like it was a heavy read, Kimberly."

It was, but it had a nice ending :)

Autumn wrote: "Wow a lot of ppl finished with their read and its only the 3rd.. yayy motivated bookclub memebers.. your making me feel lazy haha.."

I have noticed that too...guess I better get started reading my selection but I am trying to finish up some of these books that I started and never finished that are just laying around haunting me lol

Pragya wrote: "I am going to read A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France. It looks like a very serious and tough read but I hope to finis..."

So am I.

I probably won't start mine for another week.

Janice wrote: "I probably won't start mine for another week."

Me too, Janice. I already have 10 books started, which is a record for me. So may be I will finish one or two before starting for this.

Alison, I just read A High Wind in Jamaica a few weeks ago. I liked it pretty much the same way you did.

I've heard it compared to Lord of the Flies (which I need to re-read because I don't remember well), but I'm not sure that makes a lot of sense. Do you think it's just because they both are about children set free of parents and living more on their own terms?

I hope it's okay I jump in on this month's reading! It will be my first time. I just finished a book for the January challenge, but would like to do this one as well. I am thinking of reading . It looks like it might fit Roughin' It.

Jump right in Jennifer. :)

I've finally finished my first book for 2012 and it's perfect for the Roughin' It theme - The Jakarta Pandemic.

Set in 2013, a global flu pandemic drives one family to set up a self-imposed quarantine in their home, and have to deal with desperate neighbours and strangers, no electricity and severely depleted emergency services.

Here's my review http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Kat wrote: "I've finally finished my first book for 2012 and it's perfect for the Roughin' It theme - The Jakarta Pandemic.

Set in 2013, a global flu pandemic drives one family to set up a self..."

That one looks really good.

I really liked it - it's primarily focused on the one family and how they organise themselves, but has a lot of information on what is also happening outside the family and neighbourhood - really interesting!

I've added it to my tbr pile, which is looking less like a mountain and looking more like a mountain range.

Jennifer wrote: "I hope it's okay I jump in on this month's reading! It will be my first time. I just finished a book for the January challenge, but would like to do this one as well. I am thinking of reading [b..."

I hope that one is a good read as I downloaded it on my kindle : ) I am anxious to see your opinion of it.

Kimberly wrote: "I've added it to my tbr pile, which is looking less like a mountain and looking more like a mountain range."

I keep adding to mine too lol on a daily basis as I scroll through all the free kindle books : )

At least on a kindle they don't take up room. My owned books are physical and we live in an apartment....

Thank heavens for e-books...I also live in an apartment - if all my books were paperbooks I wouldn't be able to get out my front door!

Robin wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I hope it's okay I jump in on this month's reading! It will be my first time. I just finished a book for the January challenge, but would like to do this one as well. I am think..."

Robin, I was just about to stop reading it and I'm only on chapter 8. It did start to get better. I also just spent hours categorizing all my kindle books and while doing that noticed a few others that I'd rather read for Roughin it! I'll let you know if i finish it and give a better review if I do!

Jennifer wrote: "Robin wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I hope it's okay I jump in on this month's reading! It will be my first time. I just finished a book for the January challenge, but would like to do this one as wel..."

Ok...I have a few others I want to read first but if I get to it I will let you know what I think too. : )

I read The Glass Castle for this theme. This is a memoir of Jeanette Walls' life. My review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Is my choice for this months theme. Being honest I did start reading it in December, but not much and it fits in with the theme in my opinion.

Marcella's brother hates her and consigns her to a series of terrible fates. Without giving too much away, she ends up in several places, shut off from the world and imprisoned. The second half of the book is about her efforts to escape.

Judy wrote: "I like your review, Kate.

Hannah, that's quite some brother Marcella has! How many stars did you give the book?"

4 stars. Its written from several perspectives. One is a low born servant, and its almost illegible. Very hard to read Gianni's parts, otherwise it might have got a five.

Have finished Gypsy Princess. Just two stars. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Romany families have a hard time with the prejudices of others and therefore this fits with Roughin' It.