Liz's comments (member since Sep 21, 2008)

Liz's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.

I love reading these answers! I keep seeing Shutter Island on people's favorite lists so I should probably try to get my hands on a copy.

Jeane wrote: "Liz wrote: "I've just finished The Last September and will now be primarily working on Lady Audley's Secret and a re-read of Pride and Prejudice."

Yayayay Pride and prejudice!!!! Another one. Li..."
They are, although I still have homework. I'm re-reading P&P for a paper.

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Dracula by Bram Stoker
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Those are the big ones I can think of for now. If I think of more I'll post them :)

44.) The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

I've just finished The Last September and will now be primarily working on Lady Audley's Secret and a re-read of Pride and Prejudice.

Everyone's got such adorable pets!

Jeane wrote: "Liz wrote: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson arrived at my local bookstore for my Vic Lit reading group so I picked up a copy."

Liz..."
I haven't seen it but am excited to read the book!

I'll start us off!
This year has been full of good books for me! I was able to get in a lot of reading over my summer (about 12 books in 3.5 months, which is good for me).
I think I will reach my goal--I've got 43 or 44 books read and I want to get 50. I think by the time I polish off some for school and some I've been working on for fun, I'll be there! I'm planning on finishing The Last September today. I've read a lot of books this year that many people would define as classics--The French Lieutenant's Woman, Dracula, etc. Since I've been taking classes in them, a fair amount have been Gothic, American Lit (Jazz Age), and Irish Lit (not all of these are up because some are poetry/drama anthologies). I've read a lot of YA.
New authors? I've discovered Neil Gaiman, whose work I adore! I also discovered Alan Moore. I can't wait to read more. I've loved Coraline, Stardust, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Dracula, but honorable mention goes to I Capture the Castle and The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats (haven't quite read them all). I think the stinker award goes to Beyond Ragnarok.
It's been different from the year before because I just got a lot more books read. Yay!
I don't remember how long I've been a GR or TNBBC member, but I've become more active in this group and made more GR friends because of it. I've started following some awesome blogs of people in this group and my TBR is waaaaaay longer.
Totally psyched for another awesome year of reading!

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson arrived at my local bookstore for my Vic Lit reading group so I picked up a copy.

22. I love losing myself in an author's prose and hearing a story in beautifully crafted sentences and paragraphs.

JG wrote: "Ugh. Fall On Your Knees. I pretty much loathed that book. I felt bad about it because that was one of the first books my husband ever bought me as a gift. I've since decided that Oprah and I do..."

I always ignore the Oprah stickers that are placed on books (although it's annoying when the label is on the cover and not a sticker). I can't say that I particularly care what she thinks--I'm way more likely to take a recommendation from a friend!

I've never heard that, but it's an unpleasant thought! Oh well, at least they're not arctic lice. Maybe we all need separate freezers to ensure that there are no bugs in our books?

I was at Barnes and Noble today and picked up The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie.

Awesome splurge, Cheri! I really enjoyed The Handmaid's Tale and I Have Lived A Thousand Years.

43.) The Big Money by John Dos Passos

Awesome splurges everyone!

Maicie wrote: "Just finished Look Again. Way too predictable. I should probably wait until morning to write my review on GR's until I've calmed down.

Started [book:The Boy Next Door A Novel|651..."
That's very good of you, as waiting until one calms down is the hardest part! I like to write my reviews right away, and when I go back to look at them later, I agree with myself (phew) but sometimes realize I left a few things out.

Eclipse has been calling to me and I was in a bad mood last night so I decided to start it.

So there is literary festival going on at my school this weekend and I picked up 2 literary magazines and 3 books for $12.
Lit mags:
The New England Review Vol 30, No 2 2009
Agni Magazine 69
Books:
Pink Elephant by Rachel McKibbens
Life as It Is by Nelson Rodriguez
Wider than the Sky: Essays and Meditation On the Healing Powers of Emily Dickinson ed, Cindy MacKenzie and Barbara Dana

Julianne wrote: "This was much easier for me to read than Pride and Prejudice. I feel like more actually happened in this story (much more suspenseful) than Austin's books.

Enjoy everyone! I just read this for THE..."
Julianne, that's a great point, but Austen's stories are also meant to be largely character driven.

Oh, I need to re-read Jane Eyre soon. I really enjoyed it the first time around and it's been calling to me lately.