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

Matthew’s comments from the Reading List Completists group.

Marlise wrote: "This was my 3rd time reading it. I read it in my teens, then in my 20's and now in my 40's. I have to say I remember loving it when I was younger and feeling sympathetic towards Humbert. My daughte..."

Thanks for sharing your different perspective during a variety of eras of your life! Very interesting!

Unfortunately, I did not care for this one and much as I hoped I would:

Click here for my review

Lolita starts today. Feel free to discuss here

Glenda wrote: "So, I will admit I could not get past chapter 4 after two different starting attempts (a rarity for me). I don't know why, I just couldn't do it. However, about a week after I returned my library c..."

I remember it being a bit of a challenge, but I am glad that I read it!

I am not rereading this book now as it has only been a few years since my most recent read. But knowing this was the selection this month caused me to go back and update my review with my thoughts (at the time, I only gave it stars)

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I will come back and comment when I finish! Might be a few more weeks . . . But I'll definitely be back!😃

Feel free to share your thoughts on Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises which we start reading as a group today.

Thanks for sharing these great quotes! I need to do better at marking some!

Scarlett wrote: "So far I am really liking this book. It is very different from what I usually read and I welcome that. The mix of characters and settings make it easily engaging and interesting. The elements of ho..."

Very cool, Scarlett! I am enjoying the book as well. It definitely has the same feel as some other Swedish books I have read.

Well, it was a close one with The Sun Also Rises beating out Lolita by one vote!

Because they both had such a dominating lead over 3rd place - 12 and 11 votes to I, Claudius' 5 votes - these books will be our next two selections.

The Sun Also Rises - May
Lolita - June

I will be back with more polls in mid-June!

Jon wrote: "I first read this for the pop songs ("Lucy in the Sky," "I am the Walrus," "Go ask Alice," etc.) in high school; then for the symbolic logic with the Martin Gardner annotated edition in college; bu..."

Very cool! Great way to describe it!

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Feel free to share quotes from the book here

Feel free to discuss the characters here

Feel free to discuss the story here

This one did not take long at all!

Click here for my review

Very short so I am already almost through it. Three words:

SO

MANY

DRUGS!

It has been a little slow going for me so far - not because I don't like it, but so many other reading obligations are getting in the way!

This is a general discussion thread for our April - June 2019 Big Read. I will post some more specific discussion threads later.

Alice starts today!