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

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

The winner for our May 2023 Short Story/Novella read is---

The deadline for nominations left us with three tied for sixth place, I seconded The Aloe, this gives us six for the poll rather than five.

These six are moving forward to the poll

The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck, 130 pages, 1942

A Jury Of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell, 48 pages, 1917

Recitatif by Toni Morrison, 19 pages, 1983

Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave: Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave by Sojourner Truth, 128 pages, 1850

The Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 48 pages, 1876

The Aloe by Katherine Mansfield, 112 pages, 1930

Short Story/Novella Poll

You sure are busy. Three challenges finished, congrats!

Congrats on finishing your new author challenge.

Current Nomination Status please check for errors

The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck, 130 pages, 1942
Lynn - Dave, Jen, George P, EvenB, Sara,

A Jury Of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell, 48 pages, 1917
Marilyn - Laurie, Wobbley, Ila, Shaina,

Recitatif by Toni Morrison, 19 pages, 1983
Carolien - AiK, Michaela, Chuck,

Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave: Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave by Sojourner Truth, 128 pages, 1850
John_Dishwasher - Paula W, Aprilleigh,

The Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 48 pages, 1876
J_BlueFlower - Jeffery, Cynda,
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Judas Iscariot and Others by Leonid Andreyev 76 pages, 1907
Darya Silman - Klowey,

The Aloe by Katherine Mansfield, 112 pages, 1930
Wobbley - Janelle,

Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy, 130 pages, 1912
AiK - Greg,

Welcome to the group, Nancy.

Congrats on finishing the new author challenge and good luck with your 1930's author search.

Welcome, Karen I'm glad you have joined us.

For me it is rare when the book doesn’t out do the movie. I think I will steer clear of this one, thanks.

I enjoyed your review. I will have to add Zweig to my authors list.

Current Nomination Status please check for errors

The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck, 130 pages, 1942
Lynn - Dave, Jen, George P, EvenB, Sara,

A Jury Of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell, 48 pages, 1917
Marilyn - Laurie, Wobbley, Ila, Shaina,

Recitatif by Toni Morrison, 19 pages, 1983
Carolien - AiK, Michaela, Chuck,

Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave: Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave by Sojourner Truth, 128 pages, 1850
John_Dishwasher - Paula W, Aprilleigh,

The Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 48 pages, 1876
J_BlueFlower - Jeffery, Cynda,
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Judas Iscariot and Others by Leonid Andreyev 76 pages, 1907
Darya Silman - Klowey,

The Aloe by Katherine Mansfield, 112 pages, 1930
Wobbley - Janelle,

Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy, 130 pages, 1912
AiK - Greg,

I read this a few years ago, for one of my challenges, and agree it was excellent.

So far this has been a good reading year. I also have had quite a few 5 Star reads, 4 so far, and several more that I marked as 4.5. I hope it keeps up for both of us, congrats on completing two more for your challenge.

Congrats!!

I also read The Red and The Black this year. I thought it was really good. I hope to try Charterhouse of Parma, someday???

I really like the idea of the personal challenge, congrats on finishing yours.

Looks like you almost have challenges 4 and 7 done, congrats. Middlemarch has been on my TBR for years, hope you are enjoying it.

With the exception of “A Horseman” these five stories are not the ones I first selected last week. They have already been listed above. I went back to my list and came up these.

The Furnished Room by O’Henry – A sad tale of loss
The Lady or the Tiger? By Frank R. Stockton – Love and Trust, what would you decide.
A Horseman in the Sky by Bierce Ambrose – Duty and the most shocking story ending I’ve ever read.
2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut – Love and Justice, at least to me.
Love of Life by Jack London – A gritty tale of survival, just how far can a man go in order to live.

Here are a few excellent short story authors Ambrose Bierce, Jeffery Archer, Kate Chopin, Jack London, O’Henry.

Sticking as close as possible to each posts five asked for short stories I am making a list of all the mentioned short stories. As of message 22, errors aside, I have read 22 of the 46 stories so far listed. Lucky me I now have a great list of unread stories. I wonder how many more I’ll have by months end.

Luffy wrote: "I nominate Matilda by Roald Dahl, 240 pages."

Luffy, this was a group read in November 2015, it's only eligible as a revisit nomination.