Danielle The Book Huntress ’s Comments (group member since Jan 22, 2011)

Danielle The Book Huntress ’s comments from the Classics for Beginners group.

35.Mere Christianity by CS Lewis (N)

Ironically (with the thread title), I had to put down Great Expectations. I'll try again, one day...

Welcome, Shannon!

I used to buy classics a lot when I shopped at the used bookstore, especially classic horror collections. Now, I download a lot of classics for free now off Amazon Kindle. It's great. Although it takes me forever to read them on my Kindle....

Welcome, Katy!

Welcome, Tiziana.

Hi Naomi.

The way to learn Goodreads is to dive in. Look up reviews on books you enjoy or intend to read. You can start adding books to your own account and over time, you get a feel for the different things you can do on this site.

That is a great observation, Nicolle. I think there is a huge tendency to feel the need to be pretentious when writing a review for a classic book or a book with assumed literary merit, when honestly, our opinion is equally valid for whatever kind of book we read, and not moreso based on what we read.

Janice wrote: "Not only touches art and literature each person differently but it also touches the individual person at different times differently, that is at least the way it works for me. It always depends on ..."

Good point, Janice.

Welcome, Lucy and Amy!

It touches each person differently, and that's the joy of the arts.

That's exactly how I see it, Lucy. Art is inherently subjective.

Here's a thread to discuss how we want to accomplish the group watching of classic movies:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

That's a good idea, Namida! I'll create a thread to discuss how we want to do that.

I had an English teacher who would ask what we thought of the books and then tell us we were wrong. I personally believe that each work of literature has a meaning that is unique to the reader. Maybe the author meant something in particular when they wrote the book, but an evolving process occurs when a person reads that book and integrates the words into their individual thought processes.

Welcome to all the new members!

Amanda, I don't think you should put yourself down by saying you have nothing to contribute. Everyone has thoughts and opinions to offer because reading comprehension is a very subjective process.

I liked Once Upon a Time for the same reason, Jonathan.

I think it's up to parents to make sure that their children's exposure to legendary tales and fairy tales doesn't end with Disney. I know that I was disappointed at the Disney version of more than one fairy tale, since I had grown up being read fairy tales by my mother.

Welcome, Leigh!