In case you wanted to find out more about Helena Blavatsky and her secret doctrine...
http://www.blavatsky.net/
Our first non fictional read!!!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
OUR TOP 5 READS SO FAR...
Considering our Global Average Scores so far, here is our TOP 5 so far:
1) What a Carve Up by Jonathan Coe (Anja's choice) 37.4
2) Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (Heather's Coice) 31.8
3) The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (Sara's choice) 31.5
4) The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble (Anja's choice) 28.5
5) Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese (Heather's coice) 28
1) What a Carve Up by Jonathan Coe (Anja's choice) 37.4
2) Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (Heather's Coice) 31.8
3) The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (Sara's choice) 31.5
4) The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble (Anja's choice) 28.5
5) Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese (Heather's coice) 28
ROUND 2: Our Global Scores....And the winner is...
FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen!!!!
Mira’s scores are missing for each book so /50 for each category unless *= Heather scores also missing
Rampire Readers Round 2 : FAMILY
Characters/50 Topic/50 Style/50 Plot/50 Global Score/200 Average Score
Where Angels Fear to Tread 37 32 37 18 * 124/200 24.8
Beloved 29 33 20 10 92/200 18.4
Winter’s Bone* /40 30 27 28 26 111/160 27.75
Freedom 41 41 41 36 159/200 31.8
The Children’s Book */40 31 33 22 23 99/160 24.75
The Peppered Moth 28 27 30 29 114/160 28.5
The Peppered Moth: Final Scores
Many thanks Anja for hosting such a lovely evening last night! It was great to discuss in great depth The Peppered Moth and analise characters and themes.
Here are our Final Scores for The Peppered Moth:
Here are our Final Scores for The Peppered Moth:
| Rampire Reader | Characters | Topic | Style | UPD* (plot) | Best Character | Worst Character | FINAL SCORE |
| Anja | 8 | 7 | 8.5 | 8 | Chrissie | Nick | 31.5 |
| Heather | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Mira | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Monica | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 7 | Chrissie | Bessie | 27.5 |
| Raka | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | Faro | Seb | 27 |
| Sara | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 26 |
*UPD = Unputdownableness
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Book Swap
Guardian launches national Book Swap with 15,000-volume giveaway
Thousands of books left in public places around the UK for curious readers to discover
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/sep/15/guardian-book-swap-15000-volume-giveaway?CMP=SOCNETTXT6967
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Children's Book : Our Scores
If only AS Byatt had been there...
Here are our scores fresh from last night:
Here are our scores fresh from last night:
The Children’Book : 31/08/11
| Rampire Reader | Characters | Topic | Style | UPD* (plot) | Best Character | Worst Character | FINAL SCORE |
| Anja | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Philip | Seraphita | 16 |
| Heather | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mira | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Monica | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | Elsie/Florence | Herbert | 34 |
| Raka | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | Philip | Herbert | 33 |
| Sara | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | Dorothy | Herbert | 26 |
*UPD = Unputdownableness
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