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

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

How is everyone liking this one?

Welcome to the group Mary Beth and I'm glad that you are going to join us! I'm not very far and have just started reading about Rearden and his family dynamics. They would drive me crazy!

Eileen aka "Lee" wrote: "Ellie wrote: "I've finished reading Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon and now I'm a couple of chapters into Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James."

Ellie:

How do you get your book titles unde..."

If you click on the add book/author icon a screen will pop up that will allow you to enter books. Hope that helps.

I have been reading this slowly and have been struck by how this book chronicles how books started to be burned. The parts about how people had to be the same and being exceptional was considered a bad quality, seems to harken to the "let's give everyone a trophy" idea today. The idea that society became split into different groups that no one wanted offend was eerie also. I wonder what Bradbury thought about his books and how some aspects of them seemed to come into fruition.

I enjoy how Guy has an awakening to his world. It reminds me of The Giver, when the world starts to become colorful to the main character in snippets at first.

Nell wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I read today about the newest edition of Huck The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnand they are taking out the "N" word and the word "injun". It created quite a stir on the web and I was..."

They are replacing the "N" word with "slave" and "injun" with "Indian". I think that was the major changes to the text.

Brooke wrote: "I don't know if it's just because we read them back to back, but I keep thinking about the parallels between Newland Archer from Age of Innocence and Guy Montag.



Both are dealing with the disti..."

I did not read Age of Innocence, but I like how you compared the two. It was a wonderful way to think about two books that seem to have nothing in common.

I started this Friday night and am so far pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to read. I really like Dagy, she is an interesting heroine. I was wondering if we want to split this by sections of chapters? It is so long that one of those ways would probably be the best.

Zuzana wrote: "I'm reading The Works of Edgar Allen Poe Volume 2.

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Are you doing the Buddy read for this?

Jim wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I just started last night and it caught my attention so far. I was wondering how a salamander would be a badge for a firefighter?"

The mythical salamander was a creature associated w..."

Thank you for that. I had no idea that it was linked to fire.

Here is the link from Yahoo.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/s...

I have not read this in quite awhile, and I'm going to try and fit it in this month. We started a thread sometime ago about the selective editing of Huck Finn to take out any offensive language. Might be nice to revisit that one also with this book.


http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

I found this while I was perusing Yahoo and thought that it was funny. Sometimes technology gets a bit overboard!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technolog...

Emily wrote: "Finished the book today. Had never read it before and don't usually read dystopian literature. Except for the wordy and excessive descriptions, I thought it was well-written. The futuristic soci..."

I have always enjoyed dystopian literature, except I tend to read them sparingly since they are so heavy and melancholy. It is the one of the few genres that really make me think about how rapidly circumstances can change based on different choices. They make me realize how fleeting things like freedom, individuality can be. I also tend to put myself into the main characters life more. Trying to figure out how I would react in those situations. Basically, these kind of novels make me think, which is what a good book is supposed to do!

I just started last night and it caught my attention so far. I was wondering how a salamander would be a badge for a firefighter?

This is the children's read for July. Please remember to post spoiler alerts and happy reading! I can't wait to read this one, never heard of it before.

This is the children's read for June. Please remember to post spoiler alerts and happy reading!

Hello and welcome to the group Melissah and Michael! I hope that you enjoy it and find some wonderful new classics to enjoy and some favorite old ones that you pick back up again!

Nell wrote: "PBS Masterpiece Mystery broadcast "Sherlock: The Hounds of Baskervile". It's a modern interpretation: Not only is there television, Holmes has a computer, website & blog. The hounds are genetically..."

It looks interesting. When I have more time I will have to watch the whole thing, thanks for the link!

This is the discussion thread for this story in the Poe buddy reads.