Reading and Post Schedule

A Four and a Half Week Literary Journey

Hey Everyone!

I'm really excited to begin our readings! Here is the schedule for a suggested reading timeline. Of course, you don't have to follow it and may read at your own pace. This is just so everyone knows when there will be discussion posts. We'll have a week and a half for Life of Pi and three weeks for The Help. This means, we'll be averaging 30 pages a day if you want to follow the schedule.

Schedule:

Life of Pi By: Yann Martel

319 pages

30 pgs / day

Dec16 – Dec23: 210 pages (p.210)

Dec23 – Dec27: 109 pages (p.319)

Dec28: Final discussion of Life of Pi

The Help By: Kathryn Stockett

530 pages

30pgs / day

Dec29 – Dec30: 60 pages

Dec30 – Jan6: 210 pages (p.270)

Jan6 – Jan13: 210 pages (p.480)

Jan13 – Jan15: 50 pages (p.530)

Jan16: Final discussion of The Help

You may go as fast or as paced as you'd like. The discussion posts will be posted on Dec 23, 27, 28, 30, and Jan 6, 15, and 16. This will keep people in the know of the future spoiler alerts in case anyone wants to take it a littler slower.

How Discussions Will Take Place
On the discussion days, I will post a question or a thought about the book and everyone can answer my response or contribute their own thoughts. This blog is meant to be a place that people can say what they got from the literature. Literature is beautiful because it is so interpretive. No one will have the same reading. This element of literature is what will make these discussions so interesting. I look forward to all of your thoughts.

About Our Readings

This Winter Break we are going to be reading two books.
1. Life of Pi
by: Yann Martel
2. The Help
by: Kathryn Stockett

Reasons to Read These Novels:

Life of Pi is a literary piece that I'm told many students should know. I and many other students have heard numerous professors reference it and rave about its quality. This book is especially good to know for students thinking about Grad school! It will be interesting to explore this book with you all.

The Help has many reviews that state it was the best book of the year and that everyone should read it. I understand that The Help is a very influential book and that Stockett speaks on the importance of black women in the 60's. I believe this book will be an interesting read and will take us places this bleary winter.

You are welcome to join us in reading both books or you can choose one. A few of you have already indicated that you've read one of the books. Please still join our discussions. It will be interesting to have everyone's takes on these literary pieces.

Below are some links to the Amazon pages where you can purchase your copies. Life of Pi is relatively cheap to purchase. :)

Life of Pi
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322031406&sr=1-1

*Seriously, the cheapest one is $4 with shipping!

The Help
http://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0399155341

*Cheapest copy is available for free Amazon shipping (for orders of $25 or more) for $6.97

Both books are available for Kindle or Ebook Readers if you prefer that format.

Welcome!

Hey English Society Members!
Welcome to the Book Club's blog! Please join in our conversations about The Life of Pi and The Help as we read them this Winter Break. If you have a google account, you can follow the blog. If not, you can follow through email on the sidebar. Thanks!