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

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

Welcome Debra, I hope your retirement and move go smooth.

Mandy, welcome to the group.

Welcome Mostafa.

Welcome Catherine!

The Last Question by Isaac Asimov is our November 2021 Short Story/Novella Read.

This discussion will open on November 1

Beware Short Story Discussions will have Spoilers

Joe, I'm glad you are with us, welcome!!

Don't you just hate to pick only one? I have read 57 reads so far this year. Six I have reated 5 stars and twenty-seven I have rated 4 stars. Going over the 4 star reads for this post I found that perhaps I am a little stingy with that fifth star. A good many of my 4 star reads are worthy of five stars.

Five Star Reads so far this year-
Wives and Daughters
Tarzan of the Apes
War and Peace
Angle of Repose
A Horseman in the Sky
Love of Life & Other Stories

And the winner is War and Peace

Joseph wrote: "I got nothin"

Me either, nothing comes to mind.

I rarly read a book more than once, even so there is a growing list of books I have now read twice, mostly since joinning this group, ten years now. I have gone back and reread lots of earlier read classics.

If I disregard childrens books I read as a child, then read to my children and now read to my grandchildren. The only book I can think of that I have read more than three times is still A Cry of Angels. I have no idea why this books means so much to me, I just love it.

Welcome Madelyn and Eugene!! I'm happy you both are with us and look forward learning more about you all and the books you like.

Welcome Matthew, good luck with War and Peace. I finally checked it off my list this year, it’s worth the effort.

Joseph wrote: "On the Road UGH!!! You cannot read a review of this without the phrase "book that defined a generation"

Which is utter nonsense. At BEST, it defined a tiny little subset of a generati..."

I agree, I posted this as worthless on message 7 eight years ago. I haven't changed my mind. I can add others, but this one is at the top of the list. I did not define a generation it slandered one.

Welcome Eleanor!

Welcome Armin!

Congratulations!! I'm still working, I still think I have time to finish, fingers crossed.

Due to water damage, I’ve been forced to go through closets getting rid of damaged items. Sometimes there is nothing wrong with the contents of a box and I have come across some long-forgotten things. I just found two books that I do not remember buying or recognize ever seeing before.

One is Ghost Stories from the American South. It does not look like a collection of anything published, but a collection of handed down folklore and legend. It could be really interesting.

The second is Stories of the Modern South. This is a collection of twenty five stories by twenty five different authors. I am super happy about finding this one. I am familiar with eight of the authors represented, but I have not read any of the stories.

I have already finished my Short Story challenge, but I'm sure I will add some of these new stories before the end of the year.

Congratulations!! You selected and read some really great books.

The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe is our October 2021 Short Story/Novella Read. The shirt story read is for the title story only.

This discussion will open on October 1

Beware Short Story Discussions will have Spoilers

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is our 2021 Fourth Quater Long Group Classic Read .

This is the No Spoiler Thread

The Spoiler Thread will open on October 1st.
Please note that this was a past Buddy Read. The Buddy Read discussion thread will become the Spoiler Tread

This early posting of the No Spoiler thread is to discuss any non-plot issues pertaining to the book.

Appropriate Posts can contain:
1. Information about the author.
2. Compare editions/translations.
3. Any historical or background information
4. Are you familiar with this author’s work? Do you have any expectations going into the book?
5. What made you decide to read this book?
6. Any fan fiction that you have read or would like to read? Just link the books.
7. If you loved the book and want others to share in that experience, use this thread to motivate others, again save plot specifics for the Spoiler thread
8. If you hated the book, it would be best to keep that for the spoiler page

The most important thing to remember is no plot discussion. Any post that contains plot information or spoilers will be deleted.

The Decameron was the winner of our 4th quarter 2021 lnog read poll. Please post Spoliler messages here. This started as a buddy read and looks to have been popular based on the above discussion. This may put a damper on further disculssion since this was a recent buddy read. Time will tell.