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Internet Police Flagged Me For Buying Pre-Teen Fantasy Literature, Heads Up!

In the spirit of Denny Green, "you were what we thought you were! You were what we thought you were!" Thanks, Luke, for the opportunity to buy underaged Fantasy Literature(at least now I have a reason other than compulsion).
A few comments:
1.I figured it we're going to be stuck with Archetypes, why not own it? With that in mind, I bought the book, but the audio version(i'm pretty skeptical of the wrote word) as read by Big Papi. Should be awesome..and just a heads up, there's a vast library of audio books as read by Dikembe Mutumbo for you Houston Rocket enthusiasts.
2.When I bought the book on amazon, my screen swirled into a black cloudy spiral, and I was transformed into the 6th interwebs where I battled warlocks for what seemed to be hours. As I was about to defeat the 7th level pygmie elvish wren, I was knocked out by a Gremlin of Harming. I woke up at my desk, and less than 3 seconds had gone by. Weird. Exciting. Confusing. This should be great!
3.I've never been in a book club(don't/can't read), but the majority of the book clubs seem to have a common theme: women reading cheesy novels. To avoid that association(Pre-teen male fantasy literature will help) I have a few suggestions:
A.Let's have accountability on when we need to finish each book. I'd say a month starting today(so the 16th of each month) we need to have it finished and comments ready for sharing.
B.For those in town, a meeting to discuss the previous month's book appropriate to the topic/theme of said book(no strip clubs, Budinger). Since we won't meet at a Jr. High, suggestions are welcome for this month's entry. If the weapon store on 400 north in Orem, or the Asian weapon store on University would have us, that would be amazing. The food should always be BBQ. No exceptions.
C.Punishment for not reading-Further setting us apart from the female based book clubs, will be a punishment affixed to not meeting the deadline. Not some mamby pamby "you lose 5 points!" but a real punishment. I'm thinking something akin to Brazier's mancation punishment, with Photographic or video proof of completion.

I'm looking forward to this journey, if only as a vehicle to introduce my collection of Bernstein Bears(Josh, you'll love them, they're Jewish!) books.
Peace and Love,
Dan

Did you know what you were getting into?

Guys, I would apologize for what I am about to do, but in the spirit of an old seminary video that really helped me as a teen: "You knew what I was when you picked me up!" There are consequences to inviting Luke to be part of a book club.

So, in the spirit of reading things that have pictures (Dan) and scanty clads (J-Bu), I have decided on beginning the brotherhood with Darkwalker on Moonshae by Douglas Niles. I picked this title for a few reasons.

1. It was the first Forgotten Realms title ever published, not to mention the first one (of many) that I ever read (special thanks to Mike Van Dyke at Tierra Bonita Middle School).

2. It has everything you would want in a tale: "A bold but reckless prince, a beautiful young druidess, and their companions both magical and mortal do their best to protect their cherished homeland. If only their best was good enough." (Forgotten Realms website)

3. Sequel potential: Book Two - Black Wizards; Book Three - Darkwell.

4. From what Brazier has told me, the objective of this Brotherhood is not only to stay in touch, but also to get a feel for what sorts of texts we brethren are interested in. This means we can count on future titles like:
It's Easy Being Green (Brazier)
or PowerPrinciples: Do You Have The Winning Edge? (Dan)
or Scarface: The World is Yours - Prima Official Game Guide (Jimmy)
or I Take Long Showers, What Of It? (Matt)
or Smart-Economics-Book-that-Everyone-Except-J-Bu-Pretends-to-Understand-So-That-J-Bu-Won't-Think-We-Are-All-Idiots (J-Bu).
(I was going to include a book that I thought Willis would like, but I don't know what Willis likes to read. Willis, do you like to read? Cause if so, have I got the book for you...(Darkwalker on Moonshae). )

My point is, if I am going to suffer through a book about the memoirs and meanderings of Big Papi (Dan) then you're all stuck with "the sacred realm of the Goddess Earthmother shudder[ing] under [the denizen's] vile onslaught." (Forgotten Realms website)

Wait, Dan is in this book club, isn't he? Who's going to be our whipping boy if Danimal's not part of the fun? (Brazier)

That's all I've got. What's the timeline on this?

Welcome my Brothers!

This idea came to me while in Africa. I always see/hear all of us reading different books. I have also enjoyed our friendly, sometimes outrageous banter from Mancation emails so methought we could have a little fun with this blog.

Here is the premise:

One book a month.

We can each post whatever, whenever, however we want as long as it pertains to the book.

The books can be about whatever--I feel the need to broaden my horizons.

This is like the refuge-- no more h... no more h... it is after all a BROTHERHOOD!

Let's have fun with it. It will also help us keep in touch, etc.

Luke is in charge of picking the first book...

So here we go!