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

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

Rosemarie wrote: "I suggest The Terror by Arthur Machen. It's a novella length book and sounds intriguing."
I'd like to read that.

Canavan wrote: "Book Nerd said (in part): I don't know about this because it's really long but I've been wanting to read Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer for years now.

I managed ..."
Yeah, I figured it wouldn't be good for a group read, just mentioned it. I'll probably keep putting it off lol.

Donna wrote: "I didn't know this was a book! I must look for it. it sounds like it would be a very interesting read!"
It is a good and pretty short read.

That sounds interesting. I'll check it out.

Yes! I second Carrie.

Some Algernon Blackwood would be good. I want to read The Wendigo and The Centaur by Algernon Blackwood, Fiction, Horror. We read The Willows a few years back but new members might want to read it and I wouldn't mind a reread.

I don't know about this because it's really long but I've been wanting to read Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer for years now.

Hobbits live a long time so they get to have a longer childhood.

People pretty much have much longer childhoods these day than they used to because of the world's obsession with college.

Samantha wrote: "Nora, if you end up loving LOTR, the recently released illustrated editions of it, Hobbit, and Silmarillion are not super expensive. The only prices I paid as each released was only $45. The retail..."
Lol there are way too many nice editions of LOTR.

I'm glad you're continuing with LOTR. Everyone should read it at least once and preferably more than once.

Nora wrote: "Book Nerd wrote: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is his best known and still my favorite.

There's ANOTHER new movie? Ugh, just leave it alone already!


I just read The Witches and that was a l..."
The only good thing about the 2005 movie was that they got the squirrel scene right. That wasn't really an option in 1971.

In The Witches the grandmother tells him not to bathe too much and offers him a cigar. One of the many bad examples in RD books.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is his best known and still my favorite.

There's ANOTHER new movie? Ugh, just leave it alone already!


I just read The Witches and that was a lot of fun. I like how older kids books don't feel the need to set a great example.

John Dishwasher wrote: "I expect this is a stretch but it occurred to me this might be a portrayal of the schizophrenic justifications we go through to justify war. “Mother” being the “motherland” we “protect” with our sh..."
Yeah, I doubt there was any real meaning to it. Also the "mother" was the one doing the killing.

I read it last night and I enjoyed it. Very gothic and spooky. It doesn't seem like anything you haven't seen before but that's because it's one of the first. It must have been great to read 150 years ago.

Welcome Daniel.

I enjoyed it though I'm sure everybody's somewhat familiar with the story.
Of course the psychology of it is sixty years old so it seems pretty stupid but I image in another sixty years today's psychology will look ridiculous.

Question: I've seen a skeleton key but is that basically a pretty universal key for old locks?

Pam wrote: "I’m in for this one! Perfect for October. 👻"
It should be. I'll read it tomorrow.

Welcome, Jennifer.

Wijdan wrote: "Book Nerd wrote: "I didn't really care for The BFG. The character just annoyed me for some reason."

May I ask why? I was choosing between The BFG and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator but I wen..."
I don't know. He was just annoying to me. Let me know what you think.

I'm reading The Witches soon. Sounds like a great one and I vaguely remember enjoying the movie.

I'll have to see what I think about it.

I didn't really care for The BFG. The character just annoyed me for some reason.

In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest – the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion.
But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day… Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.

A little bonus read I felt like throwing in. :)
Here's a free ebook: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10007...

It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy at the Bates motel. Exhausted, lost, and at the end of her rope, she was eager for a hot shower and a bed for the night. Her room was musty but clean and the plumbing worked. Norman Bates, the manager, seemed nice, if a little odd.

We seem to be reading a lot of famous movies lately. Psycho should be an interesting read and it's pretty short.