Stephen Chbosky: The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Groups

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If You Only Had One Book... 15 books / 73 members / 26 posts In the words of Amy Tan, "Finally, we get to the cliched litmus test of literature...if stranded on a desert island, what book, other than "How to Get off a Desert Island", would you want?"

Come on. You know you expected it. It is the inevitable question for all book lovers. If you could only have one book, what book would it be? Or, to make the question more interesting: If you could pick, and had the ability to make it happen, what book would you make everyone in the world read?

Please share your opinions - and possibly your reasons why. What book makes you tick?

YA Books that Adults Should Read 693 books / 1775 members / 3964 posts Some of the best literature is written for young adults and children. This group is for sharing titles that are often overlooked because they are marketed to younger people.

Brilliant Babes (And Dudes) Who Read Selectively 641 books / 166 members / 7797 posts So, what makes you a selective reader? If you like Dan Brown, Danielle Steele, Nicholas Sparks, or similar works, you MAY not be into this club. We are a group of intelligent persons who love both thought-provoking literature and quality brain candy. Actually, I mainly started it for myself and my friends, but anybody can apply if you think you're down with the Brilliant Babes--just send someone a note explaining why YOU think you are a brilliant babe (or dude) who reads selectively. This is a super-casual group. Anybody can suggest a book to read, anybody can add books to the reading list. We welcome any and all intelligent book discussion (not to mention whining about books we hated or gushing about books we loved). And don't worry if you have a really embarrassing book on your shelves...we all have skeletons in the closet.

To ask for an invite please DO NOT use the admin message box, leave a note on the profile pages of either rob or Suze...we will get back to you as soon as we can...thanks for your patience...and if you insist on asking for an invite via the group admin message box you will be ignored...so don't. Also, please remember that, although we TRY to get to everyone's requests in a timely manner, we do have other responsibilities that sometimes delay us from looking at your shelves. Your patience will be rewarded

A note about being snobs: As hard as it is to believe, with all of the nice people here on Shelfari, we get an e-mail once every week or two saying that we are snobs. That really just depends on your definition of a snob. Yes, this is a private group. Yes, we jokingly call ourselves brilliant. Yes, we have rather defined reading tastes that cut out a lot of mass-market fiction. Does that truly make us snobs? We hand-picked many members of our initial group around what we like to read or think we'd like to read. I don't think this makes us so much snobs as "people who want to discuss the kind of stuff that they like to read and don't care to discuss stuff that they don't like to read." (shrugs) We're pretty accepting. So, before sending us mean e-mails, see above for the joining process. And just remember: If you don't make it in, you probably haven't read the same books that we've all read and we'd have nothing to talk about!

A special note from the admin: We want everyone to have a great time here. All we expect is that everyone plays nice! Good-humored sarcasm is in; putting down or harassing our members is not, and we won't hesitate to remove a repeat offender from the group.

Note on the threads: please feel free to go back and resurrect any of the earlier threads that you find interesting...

Our One and Only Love List...

Love in the Time of Cholera...Gabriel Garcia Marquez (J.M.)
Pride and Prejudice...Jane Austen (littlemom)
Jane Eyre...Charlotte Bronte (AthenasDaughter)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...Betty Smith (Dana)
A Room With a View...E.M. Forster (Kiki)
To Kill a Mockingbird...Harper Lee (unfinished woman)
The Virgin Suicides,,,Jeffrey Eugenides (ballroom pink)
Dragonfly in Amber...Diana Gabaldon (Aimeesue)
Watership Down...Richard Adams (rob)
Persuasion...Jane Austen (AvidReader)
The Once and Future King...T.H.White (Alicia)
The Sound and the Fury...William Faulkner (katie)
Gone with the Wind...Margaret Mitchell (dickensfan)
The Forsythe Saga...John Galsworthy (cubachick)
Catcher in the Rye...J.D. Salinger (gbett)
Fall On Your Knees...Ann Marie MacDonald (HemingwayHeroine)
Return of the Native...Thomas Hardy (Aaro)
Fight Club...Chuck Palahniuk (Tania B.)
The Great Indian Novel...Shashi Tharoor (ophelia)

Reading The Three Musketeers: The Serial Schedule

Part/Chapters/Start Date/Discussion Date
one/author's preface, 1, 2, 3, 4/17th May/25th
two/5, 6, 7, 8/26th/1st June
three/9, 10, 11, 12/2nd/8th
four/13, 14, 15, 16/9th/15th
five/17, 18, 19, 20/16th/22nd
six/21, 22, 23, 24/23rd/29th
seven/25, 26, 27, 28/30th/6th July
eight/29, 30, 31, 32/7th/13th
nine/33, 34, 35, 36/14th/20th
ten/37, 38, 39, 40/21st/27th
eleven/41, 42, 42, 44/28th/3rd August
twelve/45, 46, 47, 48/4th/10th
thirteen/49, 50, 51, 52, 53/11th/17th
fourteen/54, 55, 56, 57, 58/18th/24th
fifteen/59, 60, 61, 62, 63/25th/31st
sixteen/64, 65, 66, 67, epilogue/1st September/7th

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Poulios/Whipple 9 books / 3 members / 3 posts

McMickin's bookworms 63 books / 44 members / 325 posts READ THIS BEFORE YOU START POSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a private group for my seniors who are completing their second book project - which brings them all one step closer to passing my class and, hopefully, graduating! Students are to start a post with their book title in the subject line. Pose a question or make a comment about your book within one week of joining. Then, over the next two weeks, respond to at least three other people. Finally, post a brief review of your book when you complete it - do this under your original post. All 3 of my classes will be under the same group; therefore, it is very important that you put your book title in the subject line. Also, keep all posts relevant to the subject! I am going to start one post about something random - you can use this to talk to each other about how much you hate all this work I am assigning- or anything else random. I won't be mad....say whatever you want to each other as long as it is here and not under a book post! : )

MCAS teachers 52 books / 4 members / 9 posts This group is for the teachers of Michigan City Area Schools.

Words are our World 129 books / 598 members / 7765 posts Welcome all Shelfari users... For a whole world of fun...
Our Motto: "We are born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race." -Cicero
Let's create a world of our own here, a world full of words.....a world we all dream about, a world our very own....

MASH Literature Club 5 books / 3 members / 0 posts Mechanicsburg Area Senior High's Literature Club. Overseen by Mama Ash.

GONE CRAZY GROWN UPS!!! 29 books / 338 members / 522 posts Hey guys lets go crazyyyyy! Boinggggggggggggggg hehehehe. Actualy let this be a place where we forget all the egos and become children again. After all it is our childhood that we miss the most so why dont we try to be kids again and see the world as we did then??? This group is for all those grown up kids:)

WTHS Book Club 25 books / 20 members / 15 posts

Mrs. Grieb's British Literature Class 18 books / 8 members / 0 posts This is for PALCS students to display the books we love and are reading!

THE BLAH BLAH BLAH GROUP FOR TEENS WHO LOVE GOOD BOOKS :P 3 books / 3 members / 0 posts ANYTHING YOU LOVE TO READ AND THINK OTHERS WOULD TOO

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

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