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

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

The Age of Innocence is our December group read. This is the spoiler free discussion thread.

Please feel free to add your spoiler free thoughts about The Age of Innocence.

The poll is up. Thanks for nominating!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

The thread is closed for further nominations.

Okay, I am posting the poll. Please remember that we ask you to post a Goodreads link for your selection. It's pretty easy. Click on 'add book/author' above the box where you write comments. You can type in the book title and it will provide a link to the book. It makes the moderator's job much easier, and it's facilitates members going to the book and reading about it. This time, I went ahead and add the book titles for the people who didn't post links. Next time, they might not make it on the poll. Thanks!

Don't forget your Goodreads links. Thanks.

Hello, Fellow Classics Fans!

It's time to nominate our December group read.

Nomination Rules
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old).
3. Books can be of any length, but if a book wins and is over 600 pages, we will read it over a two month period.
4. No book we have read before as a group read.*
5. No book from an author who we have read in the last 10 months.†
6. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
7. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.

*For a full list of books we have read before please check the master-list:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(Note: lists sorted by book title, author surname, or date read)

†Authors not to nominate:
Elizabeth Gaskell (November 2017)
Grahame Greene (October 2017)
Madeleine L'Engle (September 2017)
Agatha Christie (August 2017)
L.M. Montgomery (July 2017)
Malcolm X (June 2017)
Yevgeny Zamyatin (May 2017)
Victor Hugo (March-April 2017)



You have until October 16th to nominate, when the poll will go up.

I started this a couple of days ago. I'm listening to the audiobook narrated by Hope Davis. I am enjoying this even more as an adult.

I definitely see some Christian themes, but I can also see that it would not fit into a narrow view of Christianity.

Since I'm horrible at coming up with discussion questions, I borrowed some from the Multnomah County Library Page:
https://multcolib.org/wrinkle-time

1. A Wrinkle In Time is very much a novel about good vs. evil. Who in the book represents good? Who represents evil?
2. How does Meg feel about her father and his work?
3. Imagine living in a community that mistrusts and resents you. What is it like for the Murrys to live in a community that doesn't understand them?
4. How is Charles Wallace like Meg? How is he different?
5. How would you describe tesseracting? Would you want to do it?
6.What are Meg's faults? How do they help her in the end?
7.Meg experiences various types of love throughout her adventure. How does her understanding of love develop over the course of the novel?
8. Who is the most courageous character?
9. Would you define this story as fantasy or science fiction? What are the differences between these two genres?
10. If you had the opportunity to time travel, would you? If you could chose the time, what time period would you travel to? The past? The future?
11.Would you recommend this book to others?

Questions I added:

12. What are some other classic or new books you would recommend to readers who enjoyed this one.
13. How does this stand up as science fiction compared to newer stories?

It looks like people are reading and discussing. I downloaded the audiobook file, so I will dive in and post my thoughts when I start listening. This would be a reread for me.

It's actually one of my favorites as a child.

This is the spoiler thread for our A Wrinkle in Time discussion. You may post comments about the book as you read it. You can but are not required to use spoiler tags. You can click on the "some html is ok" tag about the text box for information about posting spoiler tags.

If you would like to post discussion questions for the other participants, feel free.

Here are some discussion questions I found on the Multnomah County Library Page:

https://multcolib.org/wrinkle-time

1. A Wrinkle In Time is very much a novel about good vs. evil. Who in the book represents good? Who represents evil?
2. How does Meg feel about her father and his work?
3. Imagine living in a community that mistrusts and resents you. What is it like for the Murrys to live in a community that doesn't understand them?
4. How is Charles Wallace like Meg? How is he different?
5. How would you describe tesseracting? Would you want to do it?
6.What are Meg's faults? How do they help her in the end?
7.Meg experiences various types of love throughout her adventure. How does her understanding of love develop over the course of the novel?
8. Who is the most courageous character?
9. Would you define this story as fantasy or science fiction? What are the differences between these two genres?
10. If you had the opportunity to time travel, would you? If you could chose the time, what time period would you travel to? The past? The future?
11.Would you recommend this book to others?

Questions I added:

12. What are some other classic or new books you would recommend to readers who enjoyed this one.
13. How does this stand up as science fiction compared to newer stories?

Our September group read is A Wrinkle in Time.

This is the non-spoiler thread/general discussion thread. Please use the spoiler thread to discuss plot details.


The author is Madeleine L'Engle. Here is her bio:

https://www.biography.com/people/made...

Here is her official website:
http://www.madeleinelengle.com/

If you would like to post some non-spoilery information about "A Wrinkle in Time here, feel free.

The nominations period is officially closed.

The poll is up. It will close on July 26th.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

I would like to nominate A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. It was published in 1962 so it should fit the bill.

I listened to this on my Kindle and I loved it. I admit I did cry on one part. I don't know how I got through girlhood without reading this.

Dear Classic Read Enthusiasts:

It's time to nominate our September group read.

Nomination Rules
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old).
3. Books can be of any length, but if a book wins and is over 600 pages, we will read it over a two month period.
4. No book we have read before as a group read.*
5. No book from an author who we have read in the last 10 months.†
6. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
7. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.

*For a full list of books we have read before please check the master-list:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(Note: lists sorted by book title, author surname, or date read)

†Authors not to nominate:

Agatha Christie (August 2017)
L.M. Montgomery (July 2017)
Malcolm X (June 2017)
Yevgeny Zamyatin (May 2017)
Victor Hugo (March-April 2017)
Theodore Dreiser (January-February 2017)
Daniel Defoe (December 2016)
Albert Camus (November 2016)
MR James (October 2016)


You have 2 weeks to nominate. The poll will go up on July 19th.

Nominations so far:

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (Emily lead)
I am a Cat by Soseki Natsume (over 600 pages so would be two month read if voted in).
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Danielle lead)
Irish Journal by Heinrich Böll (Nina lead)

Thanks for setting up the discussion threads, Biblio!

Here's the poll. It will close on March 20th.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

I'm sorry about the poll being late. I'm posting it now!

Happy March, Classic Lovers!

It's time to nominate our May Classics Group Read.

Nomination Rules
1. One nomination per person.
2. Classic books only (over 50 years old).
3. Books can be of any length, but if a book wins and is over 600 pages, we will read it over a two month period.
4. No book we have read before as a group read.*
5. No book from an author who we have read either in the last 10 months.†
6. To facilitate poll creation, please use a Goodreads link to add the nomination by clicking on 'add book/author' above the text box.
7. Please indicate whether or not you would be willing to lead the discussion if your nomination is chosen.

*For a full list of books we have read before please check the master-list:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(Note: lists sorted by book title, author surname, or date read)

†Authors not to nominate:
Victor Hugo (March to April 2017)
Theodore Dreiser (January 2017)
Daniel Defoe (December 2016)
Albert Camus (November 2016)
M.R. James (October 2016)
Jack London (September 2016)
Mark Twain (August 2016)
Truman Capote (July 2016)
Henry Miller (June 2016)
Rebecca West (May 2016)
Anne Brontë (April 2016)
Charles Dickens (October-December 2016)
James Joyce (July-September 2016)
Wilkie Collins (April-June 2016)

The poll will go up on March 11th.

Nominations So Far:

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz
The Wreath by Sigrid Undset
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun

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