HeatherIlene’s Comments (group member since Nov 27, 2012)

HeatherIlene’s comments from the Classics Without All the Class group.

Karena wrote: "This one isn't funny, but they do post T.S. Eliot quotes. https://twitter.com/TSEliotDaily"

Ooh! I hadn't seen that one. I have to go check it out!

I was thinking something similar this morning while reading the book. There have been so many words I have never heard of or didn't know the definition to. I'm really grateful for the dictionary feature on my Kindle.

I'll have to post a few words when I run across them again.

I went to a write-a-thon event at 826 Valencia last year and was in the same room as Dave Eggers. Way too nervous to actually approach him.

I've come across some silly/fun Twitter accounts and thought others might enjoy them. A few of the accounts haven't been updated in a while, but they are funny all the same. Here are some that I've found:

http://twitter.com/shakespearesays
http://twitter.com/suckitahab
http://twitter.com/HalfPintIngalls
http://twitter.com/jonathanswift79
http://twitter.com/dickenssays
http://twitter.com/edgar_allen_poe
http://twitter.com/msaustenregrets

Please feel free to post ones you have found!

Rebeca wrote: "It's been a few years since I was in highschool, and since I am portuguese, the reading plan here is very diferent. We only read portuguese literature, which includes:

Os Lusíadas, Luís de Camões
..."
I took two Brazilian Portuguese language classes in college and we read A Hora de Estrella
( The Hour of the Star ) by Clarice Lispector. Our professor mostly had us watch Brazilian films (Cidade de Deus, Pixote, Centro do Brasil, Abril Despedaçado, etc.). Wish we had read more books in Portuguese. I'll have to check out some of the ones that you listed.

PS - I realize that you're talking about Portugal, but I got excited when I saw Portuguese!

Louise wrote: "I just discoverd this. I want them all so much!"

Oh goodness! I think I saw that site a few years ago and forgot all about it. Once I have a house (with a library, of course!) one of these is going in there.

Ha! Sorry about that. This is the version I'm currently reading the version with the forward by Robert Ryan. (I couldn't find the link quickly via "add/book author" so here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Sh...)

Karena wrote: ...

I think they make for a great pair! I find Cumberbatch very convincing -- moreso than Lee Miller, but it's all a matter of perspective.

Ha! I know! So many books! :)

Thanks for posting the information. I was in bed last night and picked up this story again and was a bit confused at all the characters. I'm sure it didn't help that is was 4 am!

There are some books where I've read the Spark Notes in conjunction with the book as I read it to make sure I was on the right track with the story, and in that way, I've found SN helpful.

I'm interested in Mary Roach's new book, Gulp -- I read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers last year and loved it. Anne Carson's red doc> -- because I love experimental writing. Definitely interested in Dan Savage's book and curious about the ICP book.

Thanks for sharing the link!

Nathalie wrote: "Finished Heavy Rain a couple of weeks ago and thinking of checking what other endings I can get in the end."

I did the same thing after I finished it! I had a lot of fun with the different challenges and endings.

Crystal wrote: "My interest in these stories has been rediscovered because of the BBC's taken on them with Benedict Cumberbatch. I've been reading them lately, so I'll be happy to discuss them, as well."

For some reason, I never read the stories until after I started watching the BBC/Cumberbatch series. I found the show so inspiring -- I started reading as many stories as I could! I'm glad I did, too. I love crime stories and Conan Doyle's are my favorite!

I don't know if anyone has a Kinect, but if you do Kinect Party is free for a little while longer: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Pro...

I didn't see The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America in the bookshelves and I really loved it. I'm not interested in architecture but I became interested thanks to that book. I also loved that it incorporated American history well.

I would like to stay up-to-date reading the book group's books and I would like to read more classics in 2013.

Monsters University! http://monstersuniversity.com/edu/

Travis of NNY wrote: "RL Stine and his Goosebumps series was the most popular series on the planet when I was a kid."
Same here! I was so shocked when my husband told me he hadn't read them. When I was looking for Halloween stickers back in October to put on Halloween cards, I found a few sheets of RL Stine/Goosebumps stickers I must have saved from when I was a kid!

I grew up reading Agatha Christie books. I think the reason I'm such a fan mystery novels is because of her!

I heard that House of Leaves is supposed to be terrifying but I haven't read it yet myself. I look forward to reading it next year.

I couldn't help myself and started reading The Complete Sherlock Holmes - the new one that came out with the forward to Robert Ryan.

I'll have to agree with Jcurtis: Of Mice and Men. But Donna also gave some great ideas for book comparisons! (And mentioned one I've never heard of but am now going to put on my to-read list! Wide Sargasso Sea)