Game / activity
monthly book club
How this one works
How it works
- So to let you in on our more intellectual side, we thought we could use this time to host
- our monthly book club that we do.
- As such, each of us has read a book and is going to give a little summary for the group
- and their review.
- We all read different books.
Recorded activity context
So to let you in on our more intellectual side, we thought we could use this time to host; our monthly book club that we do.
RESULT STATUS
The recorded result is unresolved.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Book Wrap
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- Ending or payoff: Well, like many books, this was a segment that was probably better on paper than it was in actual experience.
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Prepared Books
Source excerpt ↗ 46:42As such, each of us has read a book and is going to give a little summary for the group; and their review.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
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Summary Assignment
As such, each of us has read a book and is going to give a little summary for the group
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Review Assignment
and their review.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Pride and Prejudice
I was surprised the prejudice wasn't so bad.; It was the pride that I really did not love.; The parade in Chapter 8.; It was too long.
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- Summary: Some people were all like, they hated a bunch of gays.; And then they put on a parade.
- Submission type: comic synopsis and review
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Dante's Inferno
...is even though this feels like a hypnotic fever dream, it really is a true story of growth; and exploring your moral compass.
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- Summary: And as you guys know, it is about a male strip club.; Guided by his smooth-talking, you know, club promoter.; We're going to call him Virgil.; Dante descends floor by floor through the nine increasingly bizarre and symbolic levels of this nine-floor strip club.; Each level represents a different vice, you know, greed, envy, and beyond,; What begins as a curious knight quickly sprawls into a psychological journey.
- Answer qualification: Of Dante throughout the nine levels of stripping.; Oh, you have to watch it.; You have to read the book to find out.; Now watch it.
- Submission type: comic synopsis and review
RECORDED EXCHANGE
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Inferno Growth Question
What's the growth?
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Inferno Motive Question
Why is he going through the nine levels?
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Presentation Reaction Prompt
Danny, what do you think of these so far?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Presentation Reaction
These are wild.; I can't believe I've read the same books and did not pick up on the same things.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Finnegan's Wake
Dear Professor Jones, I like Finnegan's Wake.; The book is very good and very fun.; I hope Jane Joyce soon writes a sequel.; Finnegan 2, Finnegan's Break.
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- Summary: Finnegan is a really fun guy who does fun Irish things like being friends with a leprechaun and dressing in green.; I think it is really cool that he is a surfer and rides the waves.; It was really scary when the wake created such high waves, but exciting when he rode them well.
- Submission type: comic synopsis and review
Round context
- Method: We all read different books.
Book Test
Source excerpt ↗ 51:24Should we just test ourselves?; Should we go around and name some books and see if we've read it?
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Mice Prompt
What do you think that's about?
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- Prompt item: Of Mice and Men.
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Mice Abstention
I didn't read it.
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Mouse Answer
No, I know that one.; That one is about a little mouse who rides a little car and his name's Stuart, I think.; Yeah, joins a family, wears a red sweater.
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- Curtis: “No, I know that one. That one is about a little mouse who rides a little car and his name's Stuart, I think.”
- Dani: “Yeah, joins a family, wears a red sweater.”
RECORDED EXCHANGE
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Bible Prompt
Brad, hit me.
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- Prompt item: The Bible.
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Bible Answer
It's just a guy lost in the desert and he's just, you know, making his way through life.
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Rivalry Prompt
He did Rivalry.
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- Answer qualification: Is that a book?; That's definitely a movie, isn't it?
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Rivalry Answer
It's just gay hockey.; Two people, two guys, different teams.; They get it on the ice and then in the locker room.; That's my understanding of it.
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Mockingbird Prompt
But what is the plot?
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- Prompt item: To kill a mockingbird.
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Mockingbird Answer
It's really pronounced tequila mockingbird.; It's about a Mexican restaurant.; It's about the staff of a Mexican restaurant who just go throughout their day and they have; to deal with crazy customers named Boo Radley and certain issues like that every single; day at this Mexican restaurant.
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Mockingbird Twist
Well, in the day it's a Mexican restaurant, at night it turns into a gay strip club.
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Dorian Prompt
The picture of Dory and Gray.
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Dorian Literal
It's about a man named Dorian Gray.
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Dorian Doctor
Yeah, because he's like a doctor and he's working in the big city and he has lots of drama; with his colleagues.
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- Response context: Is that the book Gray's Nanities based off of?
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Twilight Prompt
Like, Curtis, Brad, have you guys actually seen or read any Twilight?
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- Prompt item: Twilight.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Twilight Familiarity
I've seen the Hunger Games one, but not Twilight.
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Twilight Potter
I've seen Harry Potter, so I'm pretty good.
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Twilight Plot
I know there's a love triangle.; Kristen Stewart's trying to get with a werewolf and a vampire, but for four books, I don't see it.
Round context
- Method: Ryan, do you have any books that you've read that you want us to tell you what it's about?
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Ending or payoff: Well, like many books, this was a segment that was probably better on paper than it was in actual experience.