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Favorite Character
| Brandy Alexander/Shane |
  
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43.8% | [ 7 ] |
| Manus/Seth |
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6.2% | [ 1 ] |
| The Rhea Sisters |
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12.5% | [ 2 ] |
| Shannon McFarland |
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18.8% | [ 3 ] |
| Evie Cottrell |
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18.8% | [ 3 ] |
| Total Votes: | [ 16 ] | ||
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[11.09.06] Back from haitus; put up Invisible Monsters
[08.03.06]Set up for Wicked
[07.28.06]New site design
[07.23.06]New banner for shop
[07.16.06]Began voting for August's book
[06.30.06]Set up thread for July
[06.16.06]Decided The Giver for July's book
[06.02.06]Opened Thread - Memoirs of a Geisha
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November
She's a fashion model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden freeway "accident" leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful center of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better. And that salvation hides in the last places you'll ever want to look.
From the inside front cover
She's a fashion model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden freeway "accident" leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful center of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better. And that salvation hides in the last places you'll ever want to look.
From the inside front cover
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1. Since Invisible Monsters employs a kind of hyper-narrative that's probably new to anyone who hasn't read Palahniuk before, I thought we'd start off easy by sharing general impressions of the overall book. What do you think of the work as a whole? Is there anything in particular you like or dislike about the writing? Have you read any other books written in a similar style? Is the writing style integral to the telling of the story or could it be handled more effectively in another way?
2. What did you think of the characters Palahniuk created? Were they believable? Which character did you like the most and why? The least? Was Shannon a reliable narrator? Which character do you think had the most impact on the story?
3. By the end of Invisible Monsters, we've been subjected to so many plot twists and turns that it's hard not to walk away from it without a severe case of whiplash. Brandy is Shane. Seth is Manus. Evie was a man. Shannon shot herself. What's your take on all the nothing-is-as-it-seems stuff? Too many twists? Just right? Did you figure any of them out before the truth was revealed?
4. In particular, how did you feel about Palahniuk's handling of the Seth/Manus deception? When the narrator reveals Sean's true identity, we aren't given much of an explanation for it other than that she couldn't tell us about it earlier. Could the author have written it in a different way to make the reveal more satisfying/surprising?
5. one of the themes in Invisible Monsters is "beauty is power like money is power like a gun is power." What do you think of this statement? Do you agree or disagree with it? Why or why not? Can you relate this theme to your own personal experiences? What are some of the other themes?
6. At the end of the book, Shannon gives Shane her identity in order to allow him to start a new life. What do you think of the ending? Is Shannon's act selfless or a means of setting herself free of her own identity? After finishing Invisible Monsters, did you learn anything about yourself from it? Why do you think Palahniuk wrote this book?
Refernece: http://bookblog.net/bbarchives/categories/invisible_monsters.html
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"The person you love and the person who loves you are never the same person."
Here we will put the quotes from the current months book - feel free to PM them to me.
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Before voting, I would suggest you find a website, amazon.com might work well for this, and read the synopsis for the books. Also, the books will remain on this list and every month we'll pick 5 to be voted on. The one's with hearts will be one of the month's five.
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Slave by Mende Nazer
Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Woman Warrior by __ Kingston
Things They Carried by Tim O'Brian
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbozky
Princess Bride by William Goldman
Pretty Things by Sarra Manning
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Slave by Mende Nazer
Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Woman Warrior by __ Kingston
Things They Carried by Tim O'Brian
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbozky
Princess Bride by William Goldman
Pretty Things by Sarra Manning
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
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December
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Favorite Character: Sayuri)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (Favorite Character: Jonas)
Wicked by Gregory Maguire(Favorite Character: Elphaba)
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