https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/ The Lion's Call Discussion Board en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:15:12 +0000 wpForo 60 https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/the-fairest-book-club-of-them-all/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:28:40 +0000
....And I should have posted this earlier but I forgot to go scrounging up my copy.

Still need to find my copy.

As such this week's reading assignment is to read roughly a quarter of the book.

Questions-

1. What do you think of the characters so far? Do any stand out to you?

2. What do you think of the standards of beauty introduced in the book so far? Do they line up with current standards of beauty?

3. What do you think of the singing customs of the country?]]> Book Club Cafe Lucy Took https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/the-fairest-book-club-of-them-all/ https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/what-shall-we-read-next/ Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:51:57 +0000 The Hobbit this week, I thought we ought to start figuring out what we want to read next. Here are some options that have been suggested! You may vote for two of them :) I've also listed book reviews for each of these so you can get an idea of the plot and content if you haven't heard of them before :)

Fairest, by Gail Carson Levine http://squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=476
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo http://squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=3627
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol http://squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=116
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery http://squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=51
The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien http://squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=59]]> Book Club Cafe Tenethia Brandybuck https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/what-shall-we-read-next/ https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-bookclub-march-2016/ Mon, 29 Feb 2016 22:22:47 +0000
We'll be reading about five chapters a week and then discussing the chapters. Questions will be posted each week which you can either answer or offer your own observations. If you get behind, no worries this is the forum not chat and you can catch up whenever you want.

Disclaimer. I chose the discussion questions and wrote some of them, but others are from scattered places across the internet. I do not claim to own these questions. If you truly care where I got them you may ask me.

The reading schedule is

Week 1: 1-4
Week 2: 5-9
Week 3: 10-14
Week 4: 15-19


Questions for Week 1

1. Have you read The Hobbit before? If so how many times have you read it? Have you read Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion?

2. Do you like Tolkien's writing style?

3.Tolkien intended The Hobbit to be read by both children and adults. Do you think that it's suited for one age group more than another? What do you think appeals to each group?

4. There are lots of songs in the book. Do you skip over them, just read them, or try to sing them in your head?

5. Why do you think that Gandalf picked Bilbo to go on the quest with the dwarves? He lies and tells them that Bilbo is a burglar, but adds that hobbits can often go unnoticed. Why include a hobbit at all since they hate adventure?]]> Book Club Cafe Lucy Took https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-bookclub-march-2016/ https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/the-coffee-shop/ Sun, 14 Feb 2016 22:24:33 +0000
Are you excited for our first book? Do you have questions? Let us know! :)]]> Book Club Cafe Tenethia Brandybuck https://www.thelionscall.com/community/book-club-cafe/the-coffee-shop/