Lisa’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2009)

Lisa’s comments from the Should have read classics group.

I FINALLY received another book in the giveaways! Today I learned that I won The First Phone Call from Heaven. Amazing!

So far it is Macbeth and The Great Gatsby as nominations. I would like to add Catcher in the Rye.

I'm so glad that I reread this book. I forgot completely about the bear man, Beorn and his friendly animals. I laughed at the description of the dogs walking on their hind legs and serving dinner to the group. The spiders in Mirkwood remind you of Shelob in the last ring book-yuck.

Hello and welcome to the group Tiffany! I'm amazed that you have ANY extra time for pleasure reading while you are in law school! Hopefully, we can help you find some wonderful classics to fill that time up! Happy reading!

I have been reading some of the other threads and since we need a new group read after Martin, I wanted to run with the original theme of this club. Think about high school and middle school, and what books left a mark on your memory, good or bad. Some ideas: Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, The Scarlett Letter, Romeo and Juliet, The Grapes of Wrath, Macbeth..... I have learned that my earlier experiences with these classics, have been horrible, but I would like to learn to appreciate them. Any ideas from the group? Nominations open until Nov. 1st.

I like the idea of the reluctant hero. The hobbits in this book and TLOTR, all just want to go home, yet, they do what they must do to get the job done. These books also remind people that just because a person does not look imposing, they can still do great things. I watched the movie this last weekend and it was interesting to see the variation from the parts of the book that I have read.
What do you think about the dwarfs and dragons obsession with gold?

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I might have to reread this one! I still need to see the first movie.

☯Emily wrote: "Finished Trollope a long time ago. I am not reading Dickens. I will be reading The Moonstone in October for another group, so I am booked."

I really enjoyed The Moonstone, I hope that you like it! Wilkie Collins has become one of my favorite authors. Have you read The Woman in White?

Casceil wrote: "Polo. I seem to have stopped in the middle of Trollope. I keep thinking I'm going to go back to it, but at any given time there always seems to be something else I need to read first. I am curio..."

Your comment is exactly what has happened to me concerning Trollope. I still plan on getting back to it, but other things keep pushing it to the back burner. I was hoping that some other members might want to read some smaller book during the interim, but I'm guessing not!

Marco? Anyone?

September has come around and I was wondering if any of the members that are not currently reading Martin Chuzzlewit and Trollope, would like to quickly nominate a book and read it for September? I'm rather bogged down reading the other books, so I was also wondering if someone would be willing to take over the discussion for this read?

This is the final discussion thread for Martin Chuzzlewitt. This is the discussion thread for Chpts 44-54.

This is the discussion for chpts 33-43.

This is the thread for chapters 22 - 32. I started with 10 chapters this time to finish this book up before the end of the year.

This is the thread for chapters 20 and 21.

This is the discussion thread for chapters 18 and 19.

Samantha wrote: "I'm around chapter 27-29 but am having a hard time sticking to it."

How come?

I have to admire all of you that read this long of a book to your kids! Bravo!

How is everyone doing with this? I'm behind, but still reading it, at least, once a week. I will continue to post on chapters that I have read, hopefully, will catch up soon! Tell me how is going!