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

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

Zuzana wrote: "May I suggest Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac for May?

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We will be reading The Age of Innocence for May, but I will put it on June's poll for sure!

Juanita wrote: "Last night I finished On the Edgeand I startedUnearthlybut I may put it on hold to readThe Hunger Games."

Have you seen the movie?

I just noticed that William Shakespeare was born and died in April. So in honor of The Bard, I thought that I would give him the honor he is due and declare April, Shakespeare month! Ok, that is a bit grandiose, but since most of us had to read him at some time in our educational careers, I thought I would open a discussion for the wonderful Bard. Do you have any fond memories, favorite plays, sonnets or quotes from this writer? Any ideas on the controversy surrounding who actually wrote those works? Let's give a wonderful round of applause to a writer who changed the literary world!

Hello and welcome to the group Epic! I hope that you enjoy it!

I also just finished this(late again)and I enjoyed it also. It was a very fast read and it would be fun to follow this adventure on a map. The scene where the group gets on a sledge and goes across the Plains, just made me want to dig out the heating pad and extra blanket since that would be really cold. The opium den was a interesting part also, I wonder if that is edited in the kids version? Overall, it goes really fast and the pace of the story makes you feel like you go on a trip around the world.

Hello and welcome to the group Hiba! I hope that you enjoy it!

Well Ellie, good luck on that one! Did you win that as a firstreads here on Goodreads?

I was quite surprised at how rollicking it is towards the end. I was wondering while I was reading this, if duels were so common during the time period? I rather related it to the Wild West here in America, it has become so romaticized that the true history of it becomes rather cloudy.

Hello and welcome to the group Juanita! It sounds like Sherlock Holmes should be a fun group read for next month, I can't wait for it. I hope that you enjoy the group and that shelf shrinks a bit in the future. However, I have noticed that the shelves just tend to get bigger instead of smaller!

I just finished the book and enjoyed it immensely. It was full of twists and turns that seemed to speed up toward the end of the book. Good choice everyone!

Hello and welcome Sadeem! I hope that you enjoy the group and find lots of wonderful classics to read and enjoy.

My the Lady de Winter is quite the cunning, devious woman isn't she? She is quite the master of finding and exploiting people's weaknesses. Another great villian!

Yes, that is surprising! Just wait, it keeps getting more and more interesting. I didn't think of D'artagnan becoming more adult, but that seems to be happening. I guess when you live a life that can end violently at any moment, the idea of saving for the future seems rather silly.

What did everyone think of the incidents with the horses? When Athos was explaining how he started gambling away the horses and the diamond ring, I probably got more angry than D'Artagnan! I could not believe all three of the older Musketeers sold their horses. It just surprised me. Help me get this!

I must say that I'm enjoying the heck out of this book! It is fast paced and interesting. I like the descriptions of the characters and the history is fun(probably not very historical, but it does add to the story.) I do feel bad for the mercer that is stuck in prison while D'Artagnan's wooing his wife. However, I find him rather odious right now so my sympathy is limited.
The Cardinal seems like a "likable" villian. I like intelligent and shrewd bad guys! I seem to have a hard time remembering which Musketeer is who. I know that they explain Athos, Orthos and Aramis, but for some reason, I can't seem to keep them straight.

Hello and welcome to Leona and Sushrut! I'm glad that you joined our group and I hope that you enjoy it!

Hello and welcome to the group Rachel! I hope that you enjoy it! Happy reading!

This is the children's read for April. It is also part of the author challenge. Post comments here and be ever mindful of spoilers.

I don't have a problem with people discussing the book before the posted read date, just be careful with spoilers.

This is the group read for April. Please post all discussion comments here. Enjoy and happy reading!