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(group member since Dec 20, 2018)
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from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.
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Rosemarie wrote: "The author was only nineteen years old when he wrote this. It's a really good gothic novel and reads quickly, even though it's long."Yeah, that's impressive.
Jen wrote: "This one is appealing but I won't have time to add it in this month. Glad to have learned of it though"
There are always too many books. Hopefully you can get to it later.
The story revolves around a devoted monk, Ambrosio, who is tempted to break his sacred vows when a young man, Rosario, reveals that he is a woman, also known as "Matilda," and comes to the monastery and disguises himself as a nun to become closer to him. Caught between two strong plotlines—one being a struggle between sexual desire and religious integrity—Ambrosio soon succumbs to the temptations he has sought his entire life to shun. It is one of the most important Gothic novels of its time, often imitated and adapted for stage and the screen.
Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter who made her home in Mexico City, was also a writer of extraordinary imagination and charm, and The Hearing Trumpet is perhaps her best loved book. It tells the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that her family has been plotting to have her committed to an institution. But this is an institution where the buildings are shaped like birthday cakes and igloos, where the Winking Abbess and the Queen Bee reign, and where the gateway to the underworld is wide open. It is also the scene of a mysterious murder. Occult twin to Alice in Wonderland,
There are thirteen of them so I put one up every four week. I'm weird.
Hope you like it. These juveniles keep getting better.
I'm really enjoying this. I actually read it as a kid so some things are familiar. I'm pretty sure these are the same Martians from Stranger in a Strange Land.I love the line "Every law that was ever written opens up a new way to graft." lol.
Heinlein was really antiauthority. The more I think about it the more I think Starship Troopers was satire.
day Willis unwittingly tuned into a treacherous plot that threatened all the colonists on Mars, and it set Jim off on a terrfying adventure that could save--or destroy--them all!
Yeah, it was her first book so it may not be as good as the later ones but I like the fantasy feel of the sci-fi story.I want to read all the Hainnish stories. I should read Planet of Exile soon.
I wanted to start getting through some long books so I'm reading Anna Karenena. It's definitely not my favorite so far. Anna isn't really the main character, there's a cast of characters, all pretty obnoxious. Levin is the only one I like at all.
I finished it. Really enjoyed the reread.
Just about everybody in the world knows this is a vampire story so I forgot that until the end of part one it tries to make this seem like a ghost story or murderer. There's only that one mention of anemia as a clue, easily overlooked.
Yeah, King's not known for amazing prose, he's known for great stories, great character work, and portraying real life. He's also often criticized for his endings but I usually don't agree, keeping in mind that I read a lot of these in high school.Jen wrote: "I guess this is his second novel so maybe not much development between the two. Book Nerd, you had said later works are written better, no?"
I think he's written muich better stories than Carrie. I'm sure his prose improves as he writes but I'm really not sure when.
I'm about a quarter of the way through. It's been a looong time since I read this so a lot of it is practically new. It's really Stephen King's Dracula.
Jen wrote: "I loved this book! Wouldn't call it horror but I guess it's akin?My copy had an afterword by author Jonathan Lethem which I found very insightful and deepened my appreciation all the more. How sad she died at 48 so we have only so much work from her. I will go through her oeuvre slowly to make it last :)"
I liked it a lot too.
We're reading The Haunting of Hill House in May.
Jen wrote: "Oh- question... perhaps it escapes me because of my reading pause- anyone know or remember how old the narrator is? I've just learned Constance/older sis is ~28. Cousin who has just arrived is a bit older than her, 32, I think. Disregard. I've read she's 18, so.. she's kinda eerie since her behavior seems much younger."
Yeah, she's clearly stunted by what happened.
"cozy-creepy" is a great descriptrion.
Welcome to all the new members.
A sci-fi book that starts off with a fantasy quest.I didn't realize how short this one is. Reading slowly I'll be done in a couple of days.
