Book Nerd’s Comments (group member since Dec 20, 2018)

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

Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth and is determined to get even.
The horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror-or is he out for revenge?

A Charlie Brown Christmas! Now that's a classic!

Yes, Fahrenheit 451. The theme of "censorship because it makes people feel stupid" is so relevent today.

Yeah, it was definitely a memorable ending.

Welcome NN!

Hey everybody. Vote for any sci-fi/fantasy or horror you want to read in the nomination threads.

I'm okay with grim. :)

Some would, just trying to live their regular lives up to the end but the book didn't cover how many people would be just going crazy. It only had people who were drinking a lot.

Lesle wrote: "Book Nerd
I had not thought about Youtubing them!! Great idea"
I've watched a couple. One with Patrick Stewart. But they're usually about three hours so it's hard to find the time to watch them straight through.

I also found a video of She Stoops to Conquer that I want to watch next.

I want to read more Algernon Blackwood. The Willows and The Centaur is all I've read so far. The Willows was great but The Centaur was a major miss for me.

The Boats of the Glen Carrie is nominated for next year.

Chad wrote: "I really like these types of books. Why? I have no idea. This one started out slow for me but has picked up quickly. I think books in a military setting sometimes start off slow for me because things are very dry and impersonal in a military setting. That’s the way it’s supposed to be. But, again, this one picked up quickly. I like it."
It's kind of slow because it's really just people's daily lives with no major events but it is a really good book.
I finished and it's definitely a book that will stay with me. Technically it's not science fiction but I really enjoyed it.

Piyangie wrote:You could join us, Book Nerd! 😀"
Maybe.
I was just saying they're some good books.

Great hefty choices. I haven't read the huskies.

This is very depressing in a very compelling way.

That Hideous Strength was great overall but the ending was kind of anticlimactic.

I'm way behind. I'll start this soon.

I finished Vathek a while ago.
It was definitely interesting. Great writing and it was almost an anti-hero's journey.

Welcome to the group Daniela.

Nancy wrote: "I've read:

The Lathe of Heaven
her novella Vaster Than Empires and More Slow
The Left had of Darkness
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia"
Of those I've only read The Left Hand of Darkness but I want to read all the Hannish series eventually.
Suggest anything you want to read in the nominations thread.

Mbuye wrote: "'Vathek' is a marvellous fantasy, if you can get past the obsolete style and language. It is a cautionary tale, like most novels produced in the late eighteenth century, but it is also very entertaining and enlivened by a streak of humour. Since you like science fiction and fantasy, you might like this too. Mercifully, it is fairly short."
I'm enjoying it so far. It reminds me a lot of Faust.