Matthew’s Comments (group member since Mar 08, 2015)

Matthew’s comments from the Reading List Completists group.

Marlise wrote: "I'm about 1/3 of the way through. And funny coincidence... I'm also reading The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien and it mentions Wuthering Heights at one point."

I love when connections like that happen! It can be kind of creepy when someone mentions something you have never heard of and it shows up in your book the next day!

Despite my slow movement through the book, I am actually liking it quite a lot! But, still not sure I will finish this year . . .

~☆~Autumn♥♥ wrote: "The second time I read it I liked it even less but hope you have a different experience"

Hmmm - interesting! One day we shall see!

Completist Big Read Poll - January to March 2020

The Poll for our next Big Read is posted - criteria is basically that it is on one of our lists and it is over 500 pages.

We already have a regular sized book (Turn of the Screw) for January.

Click Here to vote!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

I am still plugging along in book one. I am enjoying it - actually more than I expected. I am just having a crazy fall and finding time to fit in all of my planned reading has been tough!

My hope would be that before 2020, I can binge this through to the end!

Not planning to re-read this book this month as it has not really been all that long since I read it. Below is the link to my review. I enjoyed it, but it was not what I expected. I do think that if I reread it someday, I will probably like it more.

Click for my review

Starts today!

Discuss the January 2020 Completist selection here

Discuss the December 2019 Completist selection here

Looks like Wuthering Heights for December, Turn of the Screw in January.

Today is the last day to vote - and it is a close one!

December 2019 - Classic Classics Poll

This poll us up and ready for your vote! For December, I tried to pick the "Classic" classics: ones that everyone thinks about when they think "if I read these titles, I have read the classic of the genre", or "mandatory school reading", etc. Hopefully we can help some knock a long standing "To Read" book off their list! Also, showing up for the holidays with a leather bound copy of a famous classic will make you look super sophisticated!

Click here for the poll

I am not doing a reread at this time - here is the link to my review a few years ago. I was not super impressed. It was okay

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I am finally starting!

I noticed the discussion above and I am confused. My edition doesn't appear to be divided into books - at least, it doesn't call the divisions books. It has 4 parts

- The Sword in the Stone
- The Queen if Air and Darkness
- The Ill-Made Knight
- The Candle in the Wind

Sorry for the delayed announcement!

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon is the winner of the poll and we will be reading it this November!

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon is our November 2019 selection. Discuss it here!

Marlise wrote: "Starting this tonight!!"

Already finished? Must have been good! :)

Jessica wrote: "I finished book some weeks ago but haven't yet made my way back to the next book... Anybody else persevering with it?"

I am having problems getting to my October Book Club Books . . . I am a bad book club leader this month! :)

Jessica wrote: "What are you doing to me? I cannot possibly choose between those! . Will wait for the tiebreaker. Haha"

:)

Yes - keep an eye on it an maybe throw your support towards one at the very end! :)

Back in August we had a close runner up race between 4 books. I promised a showdown between the 4 for our November selection. Here it is!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...