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

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

Another check mark and a five star read, life is good. I enjoyed your review.

I enjoyed your review!

You're doing great. I see you need one for the 40's, take a look at Pied Piper, 1942. I think might like it.

Ouch! The reason I considered trying again was I too abandoned it very early. I will be giving this a new home at the thrift store. Thanks, your insight I do trust.

I think you will like A Town Called Alice. As for Lonesome Dove, it's a top ten favorite of mine and for a big book it reads very fast. A blackout isn't far away.

Three left to go? I'll see you at the finish line, congrats!

Congrats, two bingos you just keep moving forward. I tried Ship of Fools last year, it became one of my very rare DNF's, maybe I'll try again some day.

It looks as if a glitch is not allowing us to edit our posts. I’ll update my posts when the glitch demon moves on. I hope it is fixed soon. I just finished Barchester Towers and that leaves me with 8/10 finished for challenge #2. I have the last two books for this challenge picked, and I should finish this one before mid October. I also finished Sweet Thursday and am about halfway finished with The Talented Mr. Ripley which will complete challenge #5 in the next few days.

Just two and a half books left and all challenges except #8 & 9 will be finished. Not going to hold out a lot of hope on those two. I can only see a small chance to finish the A-Z challenges, a very small chance

Sorry Anne, I don't have a clue, just tried to edit a post, nothing. I guess we will have to be patient till it's fixed.

Welcome Clara, glad you are with us.

Good luck with your challenge. I have read several of your possibilities, and Ruth, The House of Mirth, Silas Marner, and Huck Finn are all really good. Have fun.

I can see no rules broken, enjoy.

Anne wrote: "I would like to sign up for a century challenge. Do I do that under "Personal Challenges?""

You can start your own challenge thread in this folder.

To Create your challenge thread simply go to the top of this folder click on the title (Challenge Buffet). Then look to the right for the words (new topic), click that, a new screen will open. In the box (topic) type the name you wish to give your challenge. In the (comment) box list your books chosen for the challenge. Use the (add book/author) link so that others can link to your choices and learn more about the book you have selected.

I posted the spoiler thread for review. I hope it will allow time for members to decide how they want to read this book. It will be locked until it is moved to the Current Reading folder on the 1st.

Our 2020 fourth quarter long read is The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

**Spoilers Ahead, Proceed at your Own Risk**

There is only one spoiler thread and this is it. If you are overly sensitive to spoilers you may not want to view this thread until you are finished reading.

Our long read books are set up to last for three months. There is no formal reading format or schedule. Everyone reads differently, some fast some slow, some like structure others don't. There is no right or wrong way to read this large book. So do what you feel is the most comfortable for you.

There are 57 chapters in the book which divides out to being 19 chapters per month.
October 1-31, chapters 1-19
November 1-30, chapters 20-38
December 1-31, chapters 39-57

It has been suggested that one option for reading this is to follow the original schedule as first published. It is listed below in bold and non bold type.

Non-bold print is the original reading schedule by chapters, when published in 1836-1837
Bold print can be used as our reading schedule for October 1-December 31, 2020

I – March 1836 (chapters 1–2);
Chapters 1 & 2 October 1-3
II – April 1836 (chapters 4–6);
Chapters 3, 4, & 5 October 4-7
III – May 1836 (chapters 6–8);
Chapters 6, 7, & 8 October 8-11
IV – June 1836 (chapters 9-11);
Chapters 9, 10, & 11 October 12-15
V – July 1836 (chapters 12–14);
Chapters 12, 13, & 14 October 16-20
VI – August 1836 (chapters 15–17);
Chapters 15, 16, & 17 October 21-25
VII – September 1836 (chapters 18–20);
Chapters 18, 19, & 20 October 26-30
VIII – October 1836 (chapters 21–23);
Chapters 21, 22, & 23 October 31-November 4
IX – November 1836 (chapters 24–26);
Chapters 24, 25, & 26 November 5-9
X – December 1836 (chapters 27–29);
Chapters 27, 28, & 29 November 10-14
XI – January 1837 (chapters 30–32);
Chapters 30, 31, & 32 November 15-19
XII – February 1837 (chapters 33–34);
Chapters 33 & 34 November 20-22
XIII – March 1837 (chapters 35–37);
Chapters 35, 36, &37 November 23-26
XIV – April 1837 (chapters 38–40);
Chapters 38, 39, &40 November 27-29
XV – June 1837 (chapters 41–43);
Chapters 41, 42, & 43 November 30-December 4
XVI – July 1837 (chapters 44–46);
Chapters 44, 45, & 46 December 5-9
XVII – August 1837 (chapters 47–49);
Chapters 47, 48, & 49 December 10-14
XVIII – September 1837 (chapters 50–52);
Chapters 50, 51, & 52 December 15-19
XIX-XX – October 1837 (chapters 53–57);
Chapters 53, 54, 55, 56, & 57 December 22-31

Welcome Renee, I hope you'll find we do both.

P. Welcome to the group.

Welcome Tomás.

Congratulations Anne!!

BAM wrote: "I have been very lucky that I’ve read everything already in the last several months that’s been picked, so I only have TWO BOOKS on the shelf left to read: Vindication’s and that recent Ray Bradbur..."

Wow!!