{ABC Book Club} Theme#2: Diseases | Feed

[Anndrea Chan]

Hello everyone! Happy (belated) Canada Day to you :) 
I had this email drafted and forgot to send it out.

Anyway, it's time for the last book for the second theme!! 

Feed by Mira Grant

The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED. Now, twenty years after the Rising, bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives - the dark conspiracy behind the infected. The truth will get out, even if it kills them.

I could not find any discussion questions so you will receive them two weeks prior to the meeting.

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Question for you

I propose August 4th as the next meeting. Please let me know if this works for you.

Amanda to choose the venue for this meeting.

Reminders:

• Meeting to discuss Scarlet Plague will take place on July 18, 2013 - 6PM - Songcooks
  
• Please provide me with your book titles for the next theme: Crime fiction
  
• Frances to choose next theme

Thank you :)

Anndrea Beatriz Chan
www.originalcolor.net

[Anndrea Chan]

Good morning,

Just following up if August 4th works for everyone as the next meeting. 

Thanks a lot :) 

Anndrea Beatriz Chan
www.originalcolor.net

[Sein Regina Jung]

Can't do August 4. Sorry.

[Anndrea Chan]

What are my options?

Anndrea Beatriz Chan
www.originalcolor.net

[Sein Regina Jung]

Are you guys free on August 11? 17?

[Anndrea Chan]

I'm free on the 11th! ;) 

I'm sure that's sufficient time for you to read the book, Frances. 

17th, we will still be in WDW. 

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Anndrea Beatriz Chan

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[Amanda Lan]

The 11th before our bright ass morning fight.... Hmm  0_0

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[Anndrea Chan]

Are you able to read it off ibook?

Anndrea Beatriz Chan
www.originalcolor.net

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Frances Ng <france...@hotmail.com> wrote:

My kindle is under the couch. No one is helping me get it. I'll update you on the situation as it develops.

Sent from my iPad

[Amanda Lan]

We are eating at the tofu place at Finch <3

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Your questions for this book:

1) Do you find this portrayal of zombie apocalypse realistic?

2) In the book, the "reporter" (blogger) became a breed of celebrity, which one would you most likely be and why?:

  a) the Newsies, who report the unvarnished truth;
  b) the [Jon] Stewarts, who are more commentators than reporters;
  c) the [Steve] Irwins, who court danger for vicarious thrills; (poke with stick and run)
  d) the Aunties, responsible for soothing recipes, remembrances, etc;
  e) and the Fictionals, who provide a steady diet of escapism. (creative writing)

3) "What's really funny is that you can blame this whole thing on the news. One reporter heard a rumour that Dr. Kellis was intending to sell his cure [for the common cold] to the highest bidder and would never allow it to be released to the man on the street. This was ridiculous if you understand that the cure.. based on the exact virulence that enabled the common cold to spread so far and so fast..it was going to "infect" the world, and no amount of money would prevent that.Those are the facts, but this guy didn't care about the facts. He cared about the scoop and being the first to report a great and imaginary injustice being perpetrated by the heartless medical community. If you ask me, the real injustice is that Dr. Alexander Kellis is viewed as responsible for the near destruction of mankind and not Robert Stalnaker, investigative reporter for the New York Times." - Georgia Mason

^then a bunch of activists or something broke into his lab and stole the cure and released it from the crop duster, which mixed with the Marburg Amberlee (cure for cancer) that was being tested on at the same time. There is more to read but telling you the page number would be pointless so with this, you should have enough to search it.

So my question is: Who would you blame for the zombification virus outbreak? Do you agree or disagree with Georgia?

4) So we see how important the news plays a part in this novel. How do you feel about the news today? Is it trustworthy? Is it beneficial? Would you prefer bloggers to report the real news?

5) How do you feel about character deaths? Did you see it coming? Do you miss them? Do you feel betrayed as a reader?  [highlight here for ending spoiler] For example, do you think the author had to kill off Buffy and Georgia? [to here]

6) Will you read the rest of the trilogy?


7) You think Senator Rick Ryman is going to be the next President?

-Amanda

[Anndrea Chan]

Good morning everyone,

August was a busy time for all of us and September seems like the better choice to continue this.

Let us discuss Feed on September 15? Same place same time.

Does that work for everyone?

Anndrea Beatriz Chan
www.originalcolor.net

[Amanda Lan]

Yup, I'm good with Sept 15 at Tofu place :D

[Sein Regina Jung]

September 15th works for me, too!