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

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

Hello and welcome to the group Kyle! Hope that you enjoy it!

What a interesting catch! i never noticed that. The father's have different roles in their children's lives in TKAM and PG, I have to plead ignorance on TY, I did not read it. It is interesting how the children in each story treat their father and show their respect and disrespect.

I really need to see the P&P version with Collin Firth. I noticed that a couple of you have mentioned it.

Hello and welcome to Zuzana! Hope that you enjoy the group!

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

I found this one on my recommendations under classics and thought it might be a good one for next October, provided I can remember it that far into the future!




Even the cover is creepy!

I have been trying to think of some creepy Halloween stories but an drawing a blank. Still looking though!

Did some research on GR and it said that The Human Comedies make up about 100 stories and plays written by Balzac over his lifetime. Wow!

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

Is there going to be a children's classic read for October?

Oh, I'm so sorry about your little one. I hope that she is feeling better. I must say though, it is nice when they just want to huddle and cuddle with you all day, it seems to only happen when they are sick though. Hopefully, no one else gets it either, that is always a drag.
I read about 20 pages last night and must say that Rastignac is making me cringe. He is so out of his element. He is like a minnow swimming with the sharks!

I find it hard to read Southern dialogue and certain Scottish and Irish dialogues. Sometimes it is easier to say the words out loud, although my hubby and kids find that strange even for me! :)

Sorry about the lag in reading. I started to read other stuff and got sidetracked. How many other books are there?

Beth A. wrote: "I'm also reading The Four Feathers. Lisa, what do you think so far? I had a hard time getting into it, but now that I'm half done I'm really enjoying it.

I just finished [book:The H..."

Ok, Beth you caught me. Technically, I have not "started" The Four Feathers, but I picked it up from the library yesterday. Ha, I planned on starting it after the Skein book, which I finished this afternoon. My bad on that one! I'm glad that it gets better though!
The Housekeeper and the Professor sounds interesting, almost like the Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore movie.

I'm glad that you enjoyed it Vicky! Kerri, way to go on the reread! We should start a bookshelf for books that we all reread and REALLY enjoy! Hey, that might be a good idea for a new thread-hmmmm.

Let see at this time, I'm reading Père Goriot, The Four Feathers, and Skein of the Crime. I'm trying to catch up my series!

I found this today on Yahoo and thought that it was an interesting side note to the upcoming book. I had heard something similar to this on the History Channel, but it was discussing the Little Ice Age and it was talking about how cold and dreary it was the summer. I think it was considered "the year without a summer", but I could be wrong. Anyway, thought this was interesting.

news.yahoo.com/scientist-sky-confirms...

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

Rastignac is an interesting character. He is like a compilation of the "growing up" that people do in their early 20's. He suddenly realizes all of the sacrifices that his family has done for him, yet still has the naivety of someone who has no experience in the world, yet thinks that he does. Does that make sense? He seems to be on that precipice of young and old. I hope I don't have to cringe too much at his mistakes.
Efficient is a wonderful word for Balzac. Some authors seem to introduce a mass of characters and for most of the book, I have no clue who they are. These characters are much more rich and individual in my mind. I also realized that most of the "aristocrat" names are part of the world that Balzac created in his other books. So, do some characters show up in other books?

Beth A. wrote: "The writing seemed difficult and the pace slow, especially compared to more modern children's books. And it had a pretty serious theme.

I'm not saying that it's not a children's book, because it..."

I was just curious since there are some books that surprise me when they are called classics. Maybe, now a days it would be considered a Young Adult theme book?