Piyangie’s Comments (group member since Feb 03, 2017)

Piyangie’s comments from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis

I started reading Crampton Hodnet. It's hilarious. I hope the humour will continue.

I finished Part One. I'm a fan of Virginia but I'm really struggling with this one. It somehow doesn't interest me much.

The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

Lesle wrote: "John I found a coloring book of Jane Austen when I was out shopping yesterday!!

I have a book that I have not read yet that I hope to get to and share with everyone.
[bookcover:Jane Austen on Lov..."

Wow, a colouring book! You have some Jane Austen treasures with you, Lesle. I'd like to check out the book.

Welcome to the group, Anusha!

Plane

Dangerous Liasons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

I hope to read War, So Much War by Mercè Rodoreda. Both authors are new to me, but I'll read Rodereda for now. I'll start later this month.

Great to have you, John. And NN, hopefully we'll have you as well.

Thanks for the positive update, Lorraine. I hope that'll encourage our members. For my part, it's too lengthy to attempt at present. But I'll keep a note of it.

Anyone planning to read this?

Shōgun by James Clavell is our second Hefty read for the year.

It chronicles the end of Japan's Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568–1600) and the dawn of the Edo period (1603–1868). Loosely based on actual events and figures, Shōgun narrates how European interests and internal conflicts within Japan brought about the Shogunate restoration. (Wikipedia)

The story follows the fate of John Blackthorne, the navigator of the shipwrecked Dutch vessel, Erasmus. He is caught in a political strife, and his life hangs by a thread as the Catholic Regents, urged by Portuguese mercenaries, seek to execute him. To save him, he must negotiate with unknown people of foreign language and customs.

According to the Goodreads blurb, Shōgun is a story "powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan." It is "a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion."

Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell (10 October 1921 – 7 September 1994) was a British and American writer, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known for his Asian Saga novels, several of which have been adapted for television.

I started and read the first 10 pages of Part One. I figure this part is focused on women's education. There are a lot of quotations. I feel I have to go really slowly.

The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Excitement

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Judgement