Bob’s Comments (group member since Jun 22, 2011)

Bob’s comments from the Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) group.

Hello Victoria, welcome!

Welcome, Kenzie!

Siena, welcome to the group!!

After your mention of Jury of Her Peers, I just had to reread it. It is truly a great story.

I'm glad you liked it. I got hooked on Collins when I read The Woman in White. Since then, I have managed 3 more, including Moonstone. Oh, if I could only read faster, a magic potion maybe?

The poll winner The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges

Results 26 members participated.

5 votes - 266. The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges
4 votes - 353. The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
4 votes - 397. Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
4 votes - 293. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2 votes - 69. So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
2 votes - 377. The Ballerina and the Body by Alfred Döblin
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1 vote - 31. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov
1 vote - 47. A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin
1 vote - 131. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
1 vote - 15. The Garden Party in The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
1 vote - 161. The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
0 votes - 9. The Jewbird by Bernard Malamud
0 votes - 254. Haircut by Ring Lardner
0 votes - 356. The Chase by Alejo Carpentier

Jenny, welcome to the group/

Welcome, Susan!!

I have read a good bit by Jack London, including two short stories this year. I have yet to read Martin Eden, thanks for the reminder.

I also agree, True Grit was excellent.

I see you visited Georgia, come back anytime.

Good luck, Tim!

Congrats on finishing #4. I also read The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress last month, hope you enjoyed it.

Sara wrote: "A new author I am very excited about having read Chaim Potok - My Name Is Asher Lev. I was reminded of finding Stoner and thinking how such a quiet and simp..."

I haven't read him yet. I do have The Chosen on my shelf. It has been there for years.

You read some really good books. I hope March is a good.

A great month and year so far.

Congrats, on a terrific February!!

Kathleen, I read The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey last year, you won't be disapointed.

I nominate On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 296 pages, published in 1957, Goodreads rating 3.96

I nominate Watership Down by Richard Adams, last read May 2016.