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

Matthew’s comments from the Reading List Completists group.

Lots of reflection on parental relationships around 100 pages in!

Number of times King uses the word "pissant" in the first 70 pages: 3

Number of times I have heard the word "pissant" in the past 20 years (including this book): 3

Justin wrote: "Read through all the intro and prologue stuff tonight. Looking forward to meeting the cast of characters again. Just one question....

Baby, can you dig your man?"

I have that song stuck in my head, and I don't even know what it sounds like!

Yes! I have been looking forward to a really involved discussion in this group. We did pretty good with Lord of the Flies, but I found myself singing "All By Myself" a lot while I was reading War and Peace.

I have both, but I am sticking with the unabridged for now!

I thought it would be cool if there was a version where the differences were highlighted with notes in the margins.

I really enjoy meeting a large cast of characters spread all over the country and then getting to watch what brings them together.

Do it! Do it! Do it!

I read to page 11, but there were several pages of prologue all numbered with Roman numerals. I felt like I was doing pretty good and then noticed I was only on page 4!

I am starting today!

Yes! We have some takers! :)

Holly wrote: "This is so awesome! I was planning on starting this one this week and a friend let me know that this group was doing a group read for it. So glad to be able to join in a discuss this!"

Yes! The more the merrier! I have been meaning to read the Unabridged version - I read the Abridged more than 20 years ago!

Discuss the section of The Stand "The Stand" here.

Discuss the section of The Stand "On The Border" here.

Discuss the section of The Stand "Captain Trips" here.

Please feel free to have general discussion about The Stand here. Please mark spoilers. I will be creating folders for the specific sections - that will allow everyone to read at different paces and still discuss. This is a big one so it will need the section discussions.

I have noticed a lot recently where Hollywood waits to make movies about things until years after they were at the height of their popularity. While Ender's Game is already a modern classic, we did not see it on the big screen until last year.

I thought the same thing about Angry Birds. I am guessing that people still play it, but I was surprised they did a movie now and not 4 or 5 years ago when it was super big.

I wonder why the wait on these things? I suppose with Ender's Game the special effects are better now than they would have been if they made it when the book first came out . . .

I need to go and read up on the movie trivia and see if they discuss why they waited.

Discuss The Blind Assassin here

The winner for July 2016 is The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

Wow! We are getting close to a 3 - possibly 4 way tie! These group polls are awesome - I love to see the diversity of interests!