Lucy’s Comments (group member since Sep 08, 2014)

Lucy’s comments from the Discourse in a Digital Age group.

Well, I'm on pg. 196, and it's starting to feel like I'll be reading this book forever. Not that I'm not (mostly) enjoying the many digressions and leaps around in time, but I keep having to quash the urge to yell "alright already -- get on with it!".
I do very much like Palmer's descriptions of Sean as a baby & growing child and Rebecca's & Philip's reactions to him.

OMG, this book is, like, so-o-o relevant! (Excuse me for mimicking my millennial granddaughter).
I'm in the part about Becca's 'blackout period', her core group of girl BFFs, and their experiences with online dating -- very funny and reminiscent of the Aziz Ansari bk we read. Tho' this section is a little discordant with the preceding chapters on Philip & Rebecca's marriage, the lab and the 'causality violation device'.

I watched the film this afternoon with girlfriends, and really loved it. Good acting, they stuck very close to the book, and the setting was so picturesque (just wish it'd actually been filmed on Guernsey). I did miss all the letters between Juliet & Dawsey and others in the Society.

I just saw a notice of the film on Goodreads, and here you've already watched it! Yes, we did it in bk club, and it remains one of my all-time favorite books. And with half the cast of Downton Abbey, how could the movie fail? Only wished they'd released it in theaters so we could've all gone together.

Still a few chapters to go; I found it slow-going at first, didn't really get into it (beyond outrage) until "The Evidence Man" section. I feel beaten down by the proof, not just in this story but everywhere we look, read, view and listen, of Americans' greed, venality, corruption, prejudice, intolerance, cruelty and indifference to the feelings and rights of others!

Did everyone get a copy of the book? The County Library still has some available, if not; let me know.

Anyone besides the 4 of us and Ken participating tomorrow? Lori and Cheryl?

Shall I bring something?
Has anyone heard from Kim?

Spoiler alert, for those not yet to Chap 28. I just finished the section about Roxie's skein being removed to be implanted in her brother. Horrible! knowing it was going to happen and not being able to stop reading. In general not enjoying the sexual and other violence, but I appreciate what Alderman is doing with the story, the inevitability of it.
Can't stand, tho', being kept in the dark about the hinted at apocalypse coming (Cataclysm Era?).

See you at BU Mon. at 12:45 (inside, in the AC!)

I have a class @ Carondelet Y Mon 11:15-12:15. We could meet at the Buder branch lib, say 12:45? Or ?

Teresa - I have a copy for you from the County, checked out thru 7/13. Meet somewhere Monday?

Teresa, I think my local County branch has a copy in -- i'll let you know ASAP of I can get it for you.

Welcome baby Emory, and congrats to the whole family!!

Hi all, very sorry to have missed last nite. I cringe to confess I didn't even get to read "My Brilliant...", what with a very hectic past month. The Jun 1 weekend in Detroit for my brother's memorial that I've been working on for a yr went wonderfully, with family & friends from all over, lots of happy & funny stories shared about Chris, and all of us rediscovering Detroit where we grew up.
Then my sis & I drove back to StL for a few days before leaving to drive her home to Durango, CO. We've been savoring the mountain scenery while anguishing over the wildfires that have raged there since 6/1. Now i'm sitting in the Phoenix airport waiting to fly home to StL.
I will definitely be at July's discussion of The Power", probably with my daughter, a major fan.
Anne, let me know if you need a baker.

I have a copy coming from the County lib, so I'm taken care of. Also, I'll be out in CO with my sis and will gave to miss the discussion but will try to post on Goodreads. The next mo.is crazy-ville for me, as the memorial for my brother that I've been working on since last Sept is finally happening Jun 1-3 in Detroit, with relatives/friends coming in from all over. I'll breathe again when it's over!

I'll be there; haven't finished yet, but savoring his voice and the mix of ethics/philosophy/medical brilliance and personal courage.

Did everyone who needs a copy get one?

I've read 51 of them, tho' I freely confess to not finishing some, like War & Peace or Heart of Darkness, the latter turgid & overwrought in my opinion (probably because I read it in a lit class with a teacher who dragged us thru its "rich symbolism"). And for some authors I would've substituted a different bk by them: Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye for Beloved, for example.
The list is an odd mix of popular books with absolutely no literary distinction: 50 Shades...(ugh), Hunger Games (I loved the series), Twilight, etc, and bona fide classics. As for my favorite, as much as I loved Game of Thrones (and wish to throttle GRR for not finishing it once TV seduced him), I wouldn't call it literature (how many times can an author use the phrase "boiled leather" describing some guy's outfit?!!), have re-read P. & Prejudice twice yearly since high school, love Jane Eyre, adore Harry Potter, I guess my all-time favorite is Lonesome Dove.
And yes. the excellent later tv adaptation with Rob't Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones as Woodrow & Call only made me love it more. Call me shallow...

Thanks, Teresa. Isn't the Arnold branch of Jeffco Lib pretty?

Has anyone read anything by Ben Aaronovitch? Just read an enthusiastic capsule review of his Rivers of London (Titan Comics).