Shanea’s Comments (group member since Dec 02, 2012)

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

Martin wrote: "Shanea wrote: "Ha. This is what happens every time I tell readers about this weakness of mine.
My old boss was nearly ready to take away my nerd badge when in the same conversation I admitted this..."

You are not alone. He's a bit of a prick, and considering that he basically is the novel, it can get quite grating.

Ha. This is what happens every time I tell readers about this weakness of mine.
My old boss was nearly ready to take away my nerd badge when in the same conversation I admitted this and the fact that I hated his favorite book ("Catcher In the Rye", for those who wish to know).

Martin wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Shanea wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Kat. Military brat and then spouse, so I'm not really "from" anywhere. I like all things fiction, currently enjoying the Game of Thrones series. I j..."
It is so rare that the casting is agreeable when a book is turned into a movie, when they get right on everybody's amazed. Personally, I haven't seen much of the series, but I love the random people who are now reading epic fantasy novels who never would have thought they would be interested in it. I was reading them before the series started and then it took over. Then people who know my natural level of nerdiness were interrogating me about it.

This might be cheating. As a major fantasy fan, the fact that I fell asleep reading the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and never completed them has been held against me many times. Out of any book that I wish I could just force into my brain, it would be them.

Beth wrote: "In Cold Blood by Truman Capote"

"In Cold Blood" is Capote's only non-fiction novel, so it doesn't count.

Kathleen wrote: "Kat. Military brat and then spouse, so I'm not really "from" anywhere. I like all things fiction, currently enjoying the Game of Thrones series. I joined for book recommendations and discussions. D..."

Hello! Just about anything counts as pop culture, which is why I think it is such a good question. Everyone has to have an answer, and it usually shares something that most people would not think to share about themselves first off. Have you read all of the Game of Thrones series, or are you going off of the tv series, or both?

Charles wrote: "Hunter
Bensalem, PA
Lord of the rings and Stephen King
To get suggestions on what to read.
Just finished Margaret Atwoods "A handmaids tale " and about to finish re watching breaking bad."

Hello Charles. You must be enjoying the Hobbit's popularity right now. Welcome, and you've already started on some of our past reads with "A Handmaids Tale", but if you want more suggested reads there are tons threads of our past reads in the forums, as well as a variety of suggestion threads.

Slightly late, but I figured it is about time for a fresh introductory discussion for the new year. Feel free to use this as a guideline or suggest a new question.

Name:
Where you are from:
Favorite books/author/genre:
Why you're here:
What is the last piece of pop culture you consumed:

Sister Bonjela Bonjela wrote: "Hi, I'm Liz "

Hello Liz. Welcome, and if you haven't done it yet, you can do the 2014 Book Challenge and that would do all of the counting for you.

Looks like a lot of people have reading as a resolution!
Hello Sherita, Marnie and Kai. I hope you guys can meet your resolutions, and discover some great reads along the way.
It seems like getting the idea of reading every day or week is the right start for you, Sherita.
Marnie, you're in the right place for 12 books a year, at the very least.
I hope you won't catch some of our enthusiasm for book suggestions, Kai. Our giant and still grown to-read lists need to be culled soon, or they will begin to organize and start their own army. So much to do and so little time.

Erica wrote: "Hi all, just joined in time for the Jan pick!
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Lisa wrote: "Hey there! I'm Lisa from the US of A.

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Hello Lisa, Erica and Jason and welcome.

While I completed my book goal, I totally failed at the Classic Author Challenge. The letters I and U are now the bane of my existence.

The Master and Margarita

Dorottya wrote: "Shanea wrote: "It looks like half of my reading goals are going to be complete. There are four left of my overall goal for the year (104) and have four left in my classic author challenge as well. ..."
I know what you mean, it can be hard to get motivated if you don't like it. I had never done one before though, so I figured it would be fun to try. On second thought it would probably be best to start with a smaller group.

It looks like half of my reading goals are going to be complete. There are four left of my overall goal for the year (104) and have four left in my classic author challenge as well. I'm probably going to finish at least four books, but I have to be in the mood for certain books, and I'm just not motivated enough to determine a classic author who has a U in their name whose book I want to read, and then hunt the book down. This is probably the worst time ever to try to squeeze in "Bleak House," but in my defense it seemed like a good idea at the time. Nearly every time I read Dickens I need at least two light novels or autobiographies to clean my brain.

I didn't see a review topic, so I decided to just make one.
This is a Donation box book for me. I feel like I haven't posted anything in the forums in ages, but I honestly don't have that much to say about "Persuasion." If I could think of one word to describe this book I would have to go with tepid.
Jane Austen is not one of my favorite authors, but even knowing that it just left me bored for the most part; most of the characters were not that interesting, and the ending was predictable, leaving me very few reasons to feel invested in the story. Maybe the other ending that I've read mentioned is better, but the version I read was just bland.

Library Bag. This is one of those books that I enjoyed while reading it, but didn't really think about afterward, unless someone mentioned it. It is good, but it didn't really stick with me.

I didn't get much from Phantom, but some parts did get me thinking.
What struck me at the end of the novel was the discovery of the barrels. The idea of Christine unknowingly having to choose between living a life of misery with a man obsessed with her, or him exploding a large group composed of herself, her friends, coworkers, and some of the largest movers and shakers of her country got lodged in my brain on my walk home from the grocery store.
To be honest, I probably would have taken her route and tried to kill myself as well, because I don't know that I could have lived through it. Anyone else think of this at all?

This is a library bag for me. It wasn't painful, but I'm probably never going to want to touch it again in my life.

I'm American, but I find I like British classic authors more in general.