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

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

Jazzy wrote: "I also had Astro Boy manga as well as the comics Superman, Superboy, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olson, Weird Tales, Justice League, Spiderman, and tonnes of others. I had a large box under my mam's bed and w..."
Is Astro Boy good?

I thought some Smurfs would be cool. I loved the cartoon when I was a kid and I'd like to check out the comics.
The Smurfs Anthology #1 is pretty darn expensive but it can be read on kindle and comixology(which I have no experience with but I guess I can figure it out).

Also, we need some manga.

The Festival has always been a favorite of mine. I really like spooky Christmas stories for some reason. :)

That's kind of funny since Holmes is so completely against a supernatural explanation in the book.

Sweet Ermengarde is some genius comedy.

In The Picture in the House:(view spoiler)[ "A moment later came the titanic thunderbolt of thunderbolts; blasting that accursed house of unutterable secrets and bringing the oblivion which alone saved my mind." So...he died? Just the old guy died? Could have used more explanation. (hide spoiler)]

Jazzy wrote: "for those who were surprised by the gloriously, shall we say 'cheeky', content, I guess you never really understood Shakespeare!

:)"

This is pretty funny. https://www.bustle.com/p/7-times-the-...

Alicia wrote: " I'm very excited though to see if any of my Scandinavian friends can recommend some books."

This is a great place to start:
The Sagas of Icelanders
Njal's Saga

I just have a problem with it because it doesn't seem to take place in the dream world like The White Ship.

Graphic novels are definitely books and have value but I really think kids need to be taught to appreciate the written word more than ever these days. Not just the words typed on their cell phones.

I've only read a couple so far.
Question: Does Polaris really belong in the dream cycle?
It talks about 26,000 years ago and the ice descending from the north. And the Inutos they're afraid of are Eskuimaux-Eskimos-Inuits.
I think it was supposed to be something that happened 26,000 years ago and he was either remembering a past life or living lives in different time periods simultaneously.

It's great if you don't have a problem with lots of sex and violence. I'd compare it to something like a Tarentino movie.

I'm not that big on superhero comics.
My favorites are:

Sin City
Watchmen
Locke and Key
Star Wars Legacy

I don't know of any graphic novels that would be considered classics.

Patrick wrote: "Why do I feel like there's a few missing?"

There are some well known stories that are collaborations. Also you may be thinking of some by August Derleth.

I'm going to read them in chronological order throughout the year.

By the dugong? Maybe. It was acting completely unlike it's species anyway.
A human definitely wouldn't have had the strength.

One thing I didn't get. (view spoiler)[Why did Top come flying out of the water when he was fighting a dugong(Which don't really fight anyway)? Nemo apparently saved him but what, then he threw him out of the water? (hide spoiler)]

The biggest change, of course, is that (view spoiler)[Oz is real. It's also interesting to get the tin man's backstory. In the movie I always just assumed he was a robot somebody built to chop wood. (hide spoiler)]

I just listened to it. Nice little ghost story. Christmas needs more scary stories.

That was a really good one.

The ending was (view spoiler)[a lot like the ending of The Fur Country but pretty cool. I'm glad the gave Captain Nemo a proper send off. (hide spoiler)]

Patrick wrote: "Did I read that a few people wanted to read all of HP Lovecraft's stories next year?"

That's a goal. They're mostly short stories so I figure I can read a couple on each of my days off in between books.