Litsy

Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card

Here are the books I picked for Jumpstart January w/ @tbrgirlies_bookclub 📚📖
1 Forgotten Find - Ender‘s Game by Orson Scott Card
2 Page to Screen - The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
3 Gifted Read - Since You‘ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
4 Local Lit - Tablay by Katrina Olan
5 Waiting Shelf - The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
6 Tiny Tale - Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

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Butterfinger

Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quintet | Orson Scott Card

so-so

Way too philosophical for me. I enjoyed the plot...a planet's inhabitants are working quickly to prevent a catastrophic end to all species on their planet of Lusitania. When they started talking about physics and what created what, my mind wandered. I'm still glad I read it. For 30+ years, I wondered what became of Ender. #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

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Butterfinger

Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card

pick

Low pick. It was very tied to religion for my taste. You can't help but to adore Ender with all his compassion and grace when he travels to the planet "Lusitania." He wants to study a new alien species and to locate the perfect place for the Queen of the Buggers. It ended with humans preparing a war with the rebellious Ender and his new home planet.

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Butterfinger

Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card

pick

I should not be reading a dystopian sci-fi in this day and time. It still kept my interest. And, validates the notion that leaders should have compassion while being bred to kill for the future to exist.

#LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

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Rob2586

Ender's Shadow | Orson Scott Card

pick

I loved Ender‘s Shadow just as much—if not more—than Ender‘s Game! Bean‘s journey from the streets to Battle School was riveting, his genius and growth fascinating to watch. His rivalry with Achilles was chilling, and the moment he realized the final battle was real gave me chills. What struck me most was how he embraced Ender‘s shadow with loyalty, not resentment. This book was unforgettable.

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Octoberwoman

Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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Susanita

Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card

I can‘t even with this list. Some choices, sadly, are obvious. Some choices are head scratchers. Some are completely unknown to me, so I guess the bans worked? I‘ve read 24. Take the survey at https://shorturl.at/EHil3.

These are my picks from the irony division.
1. Mark Twain - I only even read TS & HF because they were assigned IN SCHOOL .
2. Ender‘s Game - problematic author part one.
3. Harry Potter - problematic author part two.
#TLT

dabbe

Susanita TKAM wasn‘t an assigned book for me in high school BUT we did the play my senior year. 1y

BkClubCare Of Mice and Men?! We studied this in 9th grade. I don‘t recall much Twain in school nor TKAM, but it‘s been a long time ago. Actually surprised Romeo & Juliet wasn‘t on the list. 1y

dabbe @BkClubCare Oh, but that\'s SHAKESPEARE. He must be okay because we don\'t really understand what he\'s saying. Forget all of his puns and double entendres. (a wee sarcastic rant here). The sheer breath of the type of books is staggering, too, from picture books to LOLITA. 😳 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 1y

BkClubCare @dabbe IKR?!?! 😅 I just watched a bit from the Leo D‘C Baz version of R&J ❤️ ♥️💖💝👩‍❤️‍👨 I have fond memories of being a substitute teacher for HS Engl and reading/watching. Good Times (the T that I subbed for was terrific- she had those kids in the palm of her hand. It was an honor to sub for her) 1y

dabbe @BkClubCare Those are the kind of teachers that are worth subbing for! 🧡🤎💛 1y

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TieDyeDude

Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

1. I was named after a character on General Hospital. My mom used to love soap operas and liked the name "Andrew"

2. Ender's Game. That's not even the name he's known by, though. I don't come across "Andrew" often (Andy and Drew don't count ?)

Amiable I‘m named after a character on “Secret Storm,” which was my mother‘s favorite soap opera at the time! We should start a club for “people named after soap opera characters.” Or a support group. 😀 2y

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