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

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

This is the group read for November. Surprisingly, I never had to read this book during school, although I have heard other people's account of it which are not positive. Happy readng!

This is the group read for October.

This is the group read for October. This will be another reread and I'm looking forward to it also.

This is the children's group read for September. I have read this before when I was a kid, and I remember thinking that it differed greatly from the great movie. I can't wait to reread this one!

How about reading Oz for September and Little Prince for October?

This book won the group read poll for the fall! I have seen the play and movie, but never read the book. I hope that you enjoy it and happy reading!

The three winners are: The Phantom of the Opera, One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Scarlet Letter. These will be September-November group reads. Thank you everyone for nominating and voting in the group read poll! Happy reading!

I sent out the poll today except to the last 338 people in the alphabet. Apparently, I can only send out 1000 invites per day, unless someone can tell me how to override that option. It should be featured on the bottom of the home page. Thanks for nominating some great books and happy reading!

Yea, I will give it until the 10th, if we don't get any new nominations then I will send it out at that time.

Condensed version for September:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Little Prince

Maria wrote: "I would like to nominate Robinson Crusoe or the last of mohicans"

The group actually read Robinson Crusoe as one of it's first books. I think that the thread is still in the group discussions.

Condensed version
The Scarlet Letter
The Phantom of the Opera
Candide
I, Robot
Wuthering Heights
Madame Bovary
Last of the Mohicans
The Mysterious Island
One Hundred Years of Solitude

I have never heard of it. Might have to look for it. Thanks for the heads up!

It is time for some more nominations for the fall reading season! No more than two books per person if you are nominating and depending upon how many books that are nominated, I will have a poll/executive decision around August 15th to determine the next group read. Thanks for participating and happy reading!

Laura wrote: "I thought it was an interesting psychological unfolding as Charlie's intelligence increased. The new and improved Charlie refers to his old self in the third person but old Charlie affects his deci..."

It does give you that uncomfortable feeling about how you treat people that are different or lower in the intelligence scale. It is similar in how The Metamorphosis made me think about how we can dehumanize people even when they are family. Charlie started realizing his humanity and that he does matter, so I can understand that he wouldn't want to feel like just a research subject.

I would say "Bravo", you have started a discussion marvelously! Thank you, would any of you be interested in a co-moderator position? :)

I would have to agree with you. I keep picking this one up and then when it doesn't keep my attention, picking up another book. Still trying to finish it though.

I like that it made the story flow. It was quite quick, but I liked the story for it. Not realistic maybe, but easier to read. I have to admit the part about commas and punctuation made me laugh out loud. I have a terrible time remembering the correct placement of commas, so I'm sure that there are times, that my, writing looks, like that! Ha!
I thought that it was realistic of his struggle to transition from a "boy thinking" to a grown man. Charlie's struggle to come to terms with real world problems in context of being 32 was really interesting.

I'm going to bow out of this one, so would anyone would be interested in leading the discussion this time?

This is the group read for August. Please remember spoiler alerts and the "nice" factor. Be nice to others! Happy reading!