Kaseadillla’s Comments (group member since May 04, 2016)

Kaseadillla’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

Welcome, Alagu! From practically the opposite side of the world from me - glad we could connect!

Welcome, Nika! Felt the same way - only read classics for school and hated most of them because of that. Now enjoying it much more.

A late welcome to you, Kelly!

ahhh so glad to hear it I can't wait to read this

Hello all - starting up discussions for the March 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: 1984 by George Orwell.

This discussion will be FULL OF SPOILERS. If you haven't read the book and don't want to ruin the ending, hop on over to the spoiler-free discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the March 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: 1984 by George Orwell.

This discussion will be SPOILER-FREE. If you have read the book and want to discuss, hop on over to the spoiler-filled discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the March 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSIC/POPULAR reads category: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

This discussion will be FULL OF SPOILERS. If you haven't read the book yet and don't want to ruin the ending, hop on over to the spoiler-filled discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the March 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSIC/POPULAR reads category: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

This discussion will be SPOILER-FREE. If you have read the book and want to discuss, hop on over to the spoiler-filled discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

haha I know we got deep in metaphors here.

It's fascinating that there is so much symbolism and political commentary in a children's book. Reminds me of Wizard of Oz - how the yellow brick road was a metaphor for the gold standard or how the Emerald city, home to the fraudulent "wizard" of Oz, symbolized green paper money and its lack of true value.

At the end of the day, I didn't read Alice in Wonderland for the symbolism, which may have been to my detriment. Interested in your group, Cosmic! Sounds like you've done a lot of analysis on this book as well as others.

Not really a fan of the "nonsense" genre I guess... frankly never heard of it until now, probably for the better in my case.

I read this a few years ago and remember really enjoying it. I found it clever and whimsical. I wish I had known the layout of London, or just London in general, better before reading it as I feel I would have gotten even more out of the story.

I loved the magic and Door's character. I thought it was perfectly equal parts humorous and fanciful magic (ex. the King's Court) with horror and intensity (ex. the bridge that people disappear on).

Wasn't life changing, but felt smart and believable. Better than Stardust, the only other book by Gaiman I've read so far (seriously behind in reading the other group books), but that's probably b/c I saw the movie first and was expecting way more out of the book.

I was meh on this. I read when I was 7 maybe? and quickly remembered why it wasn't memorable for me... if that makes any sense. No plot, just wandering through the story. I feel like there were better whimsical stories that I read back then that I loved, most likely because I felt more of a connection with the main character. I remember thinking as a kid, "Alice... sucks". Haha

To Cosmic's point, I think there were parts where you could read more into this. Particularly, the point about animals/people being treated as objects and vice versa. Gave it 3 stars for this and the cleverness of some of the lines. But overall, a miss for me.

Anyone see that they're making a show out of this? Haven't decided if I'll watch...

Thanks for the suggestion, Marcos! I agree with Leesa here, I think it's important to refresh every month.

That being said... hopefully this helps. I have a nice big excel file that has all old recommendations and polls. Anytime a book is recommended, I look to the file - if it's shown up before, I consider it automatically having a second, therefore eligible for polls.
Essentially, if it's been recommended before, the book is more likely to make the month's polls.

Welcome, Carrie! Looking forward to talking books =)

Welcome, Tori! I've kind of just discovered Neil Gaiman through this book club - love his books so far. Hope you're doing some skiing in Colorado!

Welcome, Koen, as well! Looking forward to your recommendations!

Welcome, Katheryn!!

Suggestion discussions for April BOTMs will be open for the entire month of February, so you have plenty of time!

Hi Marcos - voting for the BOTMs for the following month will take place over the first week of the preceding month (aka March BOTMs will be voted on the first week of February). Current polls will be open until end of day February 6th.

You can also see this if you click into the poll - the bottom of the poll provides details on when it was opened and when it will close. Once the polls close, the winners will be added to upcoming reads.

Hope this helps!