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

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

This book is rather hard to get a handle on. I get the sarcasm and the humor, but there are times that the insane dialogs just get to me. I wonder if I could promote such dialogs with other people in my daily life? I feel like I'm reading a book when Bugs Bunny tricks Daffy Duck into saying the opposite thing that he means to, ok maybe I'm bringing the book to life with this post. Forgive my ramblings, I think that I have a fever, doctor! Lol!

I thought that it was rather spooky how Bradbury was able to "predict" things that seem such common place nowadays.

Hello and welcome to the group Createjoy! I'm glad that you will be joining us on our Les Mis adventure! Should be interesting! I hope that you enjoy the group and happy reading!

I have only gotten a few pages into the book, but it has made me laugh so far discussing his censorship of the letters that are being sent home.

I have my copy and have read a few pages, see how it goes.

I enjoyed it also. I will say it again that I really liked this book, so glad that it won!

Ella's Gran wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Please excuse this non literary statement, but every time Cathy's small, sharp, white teeth is mentioned, I get the mental picture of a blond Gremlin smiling at me. Not very deep, I k..."

LOL! Now you can have a different picture of Cathy in your head. My apologies to the lady on the tv, did you start to laugh when you saw her?

Ella's Gran wrote: "East of Eden, the story of sin perpetuated through generations, consequential guilt, redemption and forgiveness.
Cal is the only one left alive at the end. When Adam, finally understanding that Ca..."

love your summary! Tishmel, that was hard for me to wrap my head around for quite awhile.

This is the children's group read for February.

This is the children's group read for January.

This is the children's group read for November and December. Since it is rather late for this month to get started, Kerri wanted to let it go into next month to give everyone time to read it. Thanks and I hope that you enjoy it, I have never heard of this one.

Please excuse this non literary statement, but every time Cathy's small, sharp, white teeth is mentioned, I get the mental picture of a blond Gremlin smiling at me. Not very deep, I know.

Yes, it is sad when Adam finally realized that he was a terrible father when he was speaking to Cal. At least, Cal seems to have a conscience unlike his mother, who has nothing. Can I say it again-I like this book!

Just saw the trailer for the movie which comes out in December, so I must say this group is on top of things!

I rather think that he was happy to rub Adam's nose in it. Rather like sleeping with Cathy on the wedding night, it was a callous act that was able to show how Adam was a fool and naive about his wife. Although,that money did allow Adam to realize that Cathy did not have much of a hold on him anymore.

What do you think of the twins?

*Spoiler alert* How about the revealing of Charles's will?

Granted, I have not gotten that far, but I would say that she is against a government that forgets about private property rights and the rights of individuals. She is railing against the rights of the collective and the power that comes with a government that becomes too large and intrusive. I'm not sure how she feels about other govermental entities like the military and such.

I did pick up my copy from the library and will start as soon as I finish EOE.

I'm still reading this one, and it has gone to some interesting places. Is anyone else still reading this one?

After watching the two before-mentioned shows, I can see that unfettered capitalism is not a good system and complete government control is not a good system either. I think that the hard part is finding a mixture that works, with freedom for people and still regulations that keep some control. Sorry this might just be my rambling and I realize that politics is a touchy subject, but this book puts it right out there and I hope that we can discuss it fairly without malice and pettiness. So far, everyone has been great and the comments are wonderful, so thanks to everyone for that! Gives me hope!