So for our first book club the winner is The Master and Margarita
https://www.amazon.com/Master-Margarita-Mikhail-Bulgakov/dp/0802130119
https://www.paskvil.com/file/files-books/bulgakov-master-and-margarita.pdf
Here’s a free pdf, different translation though.
This is the first time we’re doing this so is kind of messy. But I think this format should work from now on. We’ll have a nomination thread, then a voting thread with the most votes one wins by plurality (voting should be on Saturday and then close by midnight), this first time we did both in a single thread, but next one should be divided.
The book club discussions will be hold every Sunday, I’ll post them around noon E.T.
Now I have to ask, is 100 pages a week fine? Or 50 pages?
If it is 100 we could agree to read up to Chapter 7, which ends at page 97. If is 50, until page 53, that is, the first 3 Chapters.
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100 is the best way to get through books or they would take forever, but 50 is best for discussion and lazy people.
For a book you have to think about that's max two hours but probably a lot less.
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couldnt they have found better cover art holy hells
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This is why the brazilian 🇧🇷 version wins
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i love this book, one of my fav russian books
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This is a very popular and mainstream book so if anyone wants a hard copy just go too any used book store and ask for a copy, should only be like 5 bucks, and if you don’t have the money I’ll pay for it just @ @Eatprayspazz
Trans lives matter
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I think I’m buying this one
Or the Kindle so everybody reads it in English, I haven’t decide it yet.
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You really shouldn't bother paying for kindle when it's such an old book, and you could always just go to the library
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This book is not famous in Brazil, I live in a medium sized city and I don’t know if our Public Library has it. A local bookstore has it though and I like to buy physical. I typically use Kindle for English Language books in order to read the original, but this one is Russian, so a Portuguese translation would be fine.
I buy most of my physical books from my city’s bookstore and from Argentina, where I get Spanish language books for a good price.
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Can't you import pdfs to kindle?
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Yes, but I hate the format of Pdf’s on Kindle, and after converting they become a mess.
Guttenberg project has many old public domain books on Kindle Format, I normally download those.
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You have to convert them to .mobi first then they are way better on kindle.
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You need to find ePubs, which are very prominent on book piracy/torrent sites fortunately.
Everyone uses kindle apparently
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My local library has this one in danish but i think i'll just read the PDF so it's to discuss.
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The answer is basically no
You can convert them but typically you need to find ePub versions which convert cleanly to kindle / mobi
That said the internet has tons of epub books around if you look. I basically found every book I wanted when I used to do that
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Kindle oasis / Paperwhite is the best way to read a book imo
As much as I love old used books having something so lightweight(especially for large
long books) and changing the font / spacing / lighting etc while also getting to swap out translations until you find the one you like for free (via instantly downloadable samples) is why I stick with it even when I have the paperback version
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I own a Kindle Paperwhite since 2017 and I love it
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They seem to last forever too if handled properly
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Sim, eu baixei uma versão em português, obrigado
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Or go to your local library and get a copy for free
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Luckily I already have this book
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We should do a poll for best cover of the book, I like this one
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Tem esse aqui também
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International covers
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love the master and margarita
good choice
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Thanks! I have the best ideas
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Sounds r-slurred.
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Lol the slurfilter messed it up, it's actually
@gayr-slur
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In the final chapters, Margarita, the novel's protagonist, is presented with an opportunity to reunite with the Master, a writer who has faced persecution for his controversial work. She is invited to attend the devil's extravagant ball, where she confronts a range of supernatural and fantastical characters. The devil, Woland, presents her with a choice—to remain in this world of chaos and darkness or to leave it behind.
Margarita chooses to sacrifice her own happiness and freedom to save the Master. In an act of love and redemption, she becomes a witch and flies with the devil and his entourage, embracing a life of eternal servitude in return for the Master's release from his torment.
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Só não vou ler o teu post porque não quero spoiler kkk.
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pode ler, não tem spoiler
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Tu ja leu esse livro?
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não, vale a pena?
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Eu gostei. O livro começa com a expedição de Diogo Cão e vai até um pouco além da conquista de Goa (acaba por volta de 1520). Apenas um capítulo sobre Pedro Álvares Cabral fala sobre o descobrimento do Brasil, o resto e enfocado na África e a India, as viagens do Vasco da Gama e tem bastante sobre Afonso de Albuquerque (quem eu achei um “badass”).
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ele era sim mas mais baddass acho o Francisco de Almeida e a Batalha de Diu
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Também fala muito dele, e de como ele ficou putasso depois da morte do filho mandando o D. Manuel I se catar e se vingando de qualquer jeito.
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Portugal era realmente foda
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I have a question: do we want to make a telegram channel for our book discussion?
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No? Just do it in next weeks thread lol, that's kinda the point.
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That's a fair point. I don't know what I was thinking
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I've been meaning to read this one actually do I need to do any special incantation to join in or can I just shit up the discussion thread next week?
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Join ! bookworms. First discussion thread hasn’t happened yet, it will be held on Sunday. Chapters 1-7.
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Pls add me to the ping list
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Since this book is a parody of Faust, do I need to read Faust?
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I mean Goethe's Faust (pt 1) isn't long at all.
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Keine ahnung. I haven’t read Faust neither, so I’ll just go with this one for the time being.
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epub:
https://annas-archive.org/md5/8aa25e8c0eed98db2f21b51ec0c5f7a6
Some redditor said that Burgin & O'Connor was the best translation
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Oh cool! Can I get added to the book club pings? I'd like to join
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Vote on the pinned comment. Then I’ll ask
@Mikaela to give me the voters list for the ping
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https://www.amazon.com/Master-Margarita-Mikhail-Bulgakov/dp/0802130119:
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https://www.paskvil.com/file/files-books/bulgakov-master-and-margarita.pdf:
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