Book Club November - Monster Month
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monster
noun: monster; plural noun: monsters
1. a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.
"a monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf"
synonyms: fabulous creature, mythical creature More
giant, mammoth, colossus, leviathan, behemoth, titan, Brobdingnagian, monstrosity;
informal
an inhumanly cruel or wicked person.
"he was an unfeeling, treacherous monster"
synonyms: brute, fiend, beast, ogre, devil, demon, barbarian, savage, villain, sadist, animal, bogeyman; More
humorous
a rude or badly behaved person, typically a child.
"he's only a year old, but already he is a little monster"
synonyms: rascal, imp, wretch, mischief-maker, rogue, devil; More
2. a thing of extraordinary or daunting size.
"this is a monster of a book, almost 500 pages"
3. a congenitally malformed or mutant animal or plant.
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This thread was a bit delayed because we're trying a new format this month. (Exciting!) Instead of nominating and going forward to a vote and a long read, we thought we'd try just having discussion and reviews in the thread, followed by chats around the theme. (We'll post a thread later for feedback and discussion on this new format.)
So, here's what we want to know:
What makes a monster? What is your favourite monster or monster book? Are there any writers that do this really well? What's your go-to recommendation on the monster theme?
If you want to do reviews in the old nominations style (Title / Synopsis / Review) for comment, please do. You can talk about fiction, non-fiction, whatever you like.
noun: monster; plural noun: monsters
1. a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.
"a monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf"
synonyms: fabulous creature, mythical creature More
giant, mammoth, colossus, leviathan, behemoth, titan, Brobdingnagian, monstrosity;
informal
an inhumanly cruel or wicked person.
"he was an unfeeling, treacherous monster"
synonyms: brute, fiend, beast, ogre, devil, demon, barbarian, savage, villain, sadist, animal, bogeyman; More
humorous
a rude or badly behaved person, typically a child.
"he's only a year old, but already he is a little monster"
synonyms: rascal, imp, wretch, mischief-maker, rogue, devil; More
2. a thing of extraordinary or daunting size.
"this is a monster of a book, almost 500 pages"
3. a congenitally malformed or mutant animal or plant.
--
This thread was a bit delayed because we're trying a new format this month. (Exciting!) Instead of nominating and going forward to a vote and a long read, we thought we'd try just having discussion and reviews in the thread, followed by chats around the theme. (We'll post a thread later for feedback and discussion on this new format.)
So, here's what we want to know:
What makes a monster? What is your favourite monster or monster book? Are there any writers that do this really well? What's your go-to recommendation on the monster theme?
If you want to do reviews in the old nominations style (Title / Synopsis / Review) for comment, please do. You can talk about fiction, non-fiction, whatever you like.
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