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.

Hello all - starting up discussions for the February 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSIC/POPULAR reads category: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

This discussion will be full of spoilers. If you have not 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 February 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSIC/POPULAR reads category: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

This discussion will be spoiler-free. If you have already 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 February 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

This discussion will be full of spoilers. If you haven't read the book already and don't want to spoil the ending, hop on over to the spoiler-free discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the February 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

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

Happy reading!
Kasey

I just... struggle with Picoult's books I think. I can totally see why people love and enjoy her writing. Don't get me wrong, I do too... and then about half way through, EVERY time, I lose my interest in the story.
I don't know what it is. I think at some point maybe the dramatics turn into a melodrama for me that just can't hold my attention? And I feel like some of the things that happen are just... I don't know how to explain it other than calling it a "cop out". Two examples. First, the whole build up of the son's emotions and downward-spiraling actions, leading up to the climax of the graffiti incident and arrest. And then the issue just disappears. Wait, what? That was it? Second, the wife of the white supremacist turning out to be of black decent. Okay, interesting twist I guess? Shock factor? I don't know, but it felt like a cop out for the antagonist, like it all needed to be some big trick for him to see the other side as opposed to living through a terrible experience and coming out the other end a better person; like it needed to be a big reveal "by the way, you actually love someone black so you're a hypocrite" that forced the issue. I don't know, it made the last chapter for me dissatisfying. Would he have gotten to the same place without the big media reveal of his wife being black?

That all being said, I think there are a LOT of really important and revealing issues brought up throughout the book that I commend Picoult for. They are hard issues to discuss, and I thought she did a very good job explaining and navigating that difficulty. Example of one thing I think Picoult nailed on the head - white people claiming they aren't racist and "don't see color" and how that's actually an insulting thing to say.

Overall, good not great in my eyes. It's why I keep trying her books.

Marcos, wow, really close to Rio de Janeiro. Hoping to travel to Brazil someday.
As for your question, usually on the right side of your screen there should be a bunch of hyperlinks under the group's name: "Group Home", "Events", "Discussions", "Challenges", etc. Yours might be in Portuguese? Select the one called "Bookshelf". This will take you to all books read by the group, as well as books we are currently reading and anything upcoming.
I can also start a discussion with a running tally of books already read - might still be helpful regardless. Thanks for the suggestion!

About halfway through. Have to admit wasn't really a Picoult fan before this (read a few of her books: Nineteen Minutes, My Sister's Keeper, and Second Glance) but I'm into this book.

same same on Alice

WOOOHEEE das a lot

Welcome, Marcos! really into the polls, if you couldn't tell. Glad to get your perspective!

Where in Brazil are you from?

How long is it I don't even know. Sounds like it's way longer than I anticipated.

Mary - I felt the same! I was afraid the writing would turn me off, as does a lot of classic books, as they tend to feel wordy to me (with a lot of lengthy and unnecessary description). But I was very pleasantly surprised by the voice of Dickens as a writer. He was witty, sarcastic even at times.
For example, love this line: "it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would unquestionably have done it too." because at that precise moment, I was thinking "why doesn't he just walk into the other room? why can't he figure this out?" I literally laughed out loud, you caught me Dickens.

I'm excited, been on my to read list for forever.

Welcome, Tina! Glad to have you on board!

Welcome, Therese!

My grandmother has two christmas trees... one dedicated solely to Steelers ornaments. My fam's all Pats now though.

Welcome, Paul! Steelers or Eagles?

Hello all - starting up discussions for the January 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSICS/POPULAR reads category: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.

This discussion will be spoiler-filled. 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 January 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSICS/POPULAR reads category: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.

This discussion will be spoiler-free. If you have already 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 January 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: Dune by Frank Herbert.

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

Happy reading!
Kasey