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

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

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This is the list of poems as they appear in the edition I purchased. I believe it is the same edition listed above. If you are going to discuss a specific poem it will be helpful to list the poem title first, prior to beginning any comment. Page number may not be of any use since there are so many editions and collections of Dickinson's poems. This hopefully will make it easier for other members to refer to the poem and better understand what you’re commenting on.

Escape
Compensation
Playmates
Forbidden Fruit II
The Lost Jewel
Hope
The Sea of Sunset
Farewell
Clock
The Wind
Sleeping
Day’s Parlor
The Master
A Day
In the Garden
In Shadow
Memorials
The Soul’s Storm
The Battlefield
The First Lesson
The Wind’s Visit
Fringed Gentian
Retrospect
Dying
The Letter
Astra Castra
Two Voyagers
Griefs
Hunger
The Railway Train
Returning
The Journey
In Vain
Bequest
The Mystery of Pain
Choice
Ghosts
The Goal
The Chariot
The Wife
Disenchantment
Mother Nature
Enough
Summer Shower
At Length
A Thunder-storm
A Country Burial
Experience
The Sea
The Bee
The Lost Thought
Immortality
Contrast
The Snake
Beclouded
Evening
The Forgotten Grave
The Bluebird
The Show
A Book
March
Parting

Public Domain Poetry Home Page

This highlighted link above is to a Public Domain Poetry Library. You will land on the Home Page, in the upper left corner is the Main Menu. Select Authors by Surname, you will be taken to an alphabetical listing. On top select the letter "D" Then click on the name Dickinson, Emily,

The book edition listed above has one poem titled "Clock" the poetry link list this poem as "A Clock Stopped"-not the mantel's;

I understand that this link might not work for everybody, but I hope it works for most.

Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson, was selected as our Monthly Short Story for August 2020. The discussion thread is located in the Monthly Short Story Folder:



Beware Short Story Discussions will have Spoilers. This discussion will not be open till August 1, 2020

Welcome Adam!

Enjoyed the review. I too, have read all three sisters, and agree, Anne is the best, at least for me.

Eva, welcome to the group!

I can't believe the year is half over. You do have this well in hand, glad your enjoying them.

I've read Country of the Blind twice in the last month. It's amazing and thought provoking. I may read it again sometime, I'm sure to get something I missed the first times through.

As for Soft Rains, I've read it many times and I don't think I will ever forget the image of the shadows on the wall.

This is a nice list of both fiction and non-fiction given to us my Laurie in message #2, https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~immer/b...

If you have access to another list and prefer to use that list, it works just as well. My main thought when creating this challenge was to get an idea of what authors were writing about, that readers thought worthy enough to buy in large enough quantities to make a best selling list.

As for Angela's Ashes being published the year prior to your birth, if like the example of Peyton Place, it made a best selling list during the year you were born use it.

Congratulations!! I know it feels good to finish and you had some great books on your list. I hope things normalize and you can see your granddaughter as often as you want. I know certain family members more susceptible need to be protected. I'm overly cautious with my mother, but I'm glad my kids lightened up protecting us from the grandkids. We have had them over night some, a far cry from not seeing them at all. The phrase "new normal" when first coined, was never as scary as it is now.

Terry since you liked Lonesome Dove, you might like something else by Larry McMurtry. The Last Picture Show is not the cowboy type western but defiantly western flavor. Another of his is Horseman, Pass By. The movie Hud was based on this book, it was also McMurtry's first book.

On the Beach and A Town Like Alice both bt Nevil Shute are set in Australia.

Having read it last month I can give two thumbs up for Glimpses of the Moon.

The challenge is to read five of the top ten best-selling books the year you were born. The exception is a book published late in the year prior to the year you were born and didn't become a best-seller until your birth year. Example from message one, Peyton Place was published in 1956 it wasn't a best-seller till 1957.

If you are planning to use other popular selling books sold during the same time frame as illustrated above, I guess one can consider that keeping to the spirit of the original challenge. Using books published other than the year just before and the year of your birth, wouldn't be keeping to the concept of the challenge.

Always use the date the book was originally published. A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962. The 50th anniversary edition publish in 2012 doesn’t mean you can’t use it, but it is a book from 1962 not 2012. By the way, many of our challenges are not hindered by the group’s cutoff date of 1999.

As for The Popol Vuh use your best judgement, categorize it the way it benefits you the most.

As to the cost of books, I too don’t have excessive disposable money for expensive books. I use my library and I hunt Goodwill stores, thrift stores, used book stores, and online free sources for books I’m interested in. Sometimes a book I want is just not available, especially at a price I can afford. Many times I have to choose something other than the book I wanted. My advice, be flexible and patient, and never stop looking.

Good luck and have fun. Glad you liked Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute, he is a real favorite of mine. Sadly his books can be hard to get

Glad you are so close to a blackout. The Thorn Birds, it's on the list and I need the square. I'm glad it is so good.

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads wrote: "Column I done!"

Congrats!!

Looks like challenge #5 is almost history.