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

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

This is not my area of expertise here, but I figured I'd get a folder up and running.
For those of you who don't know, I hate scary stories and horror movies. Very rarely does one come up that I enjoy.
I think all of my spooky habits were worn out when my friends and I had annual Halloween parties when I was younger, and all of my scary story nerves are still repairing themselves. Ha.


So how do you guys plan on going about picking up the book? Did you buy or borrow it? Is it a physical copy, ebook, audio version?
I think a lot of people have probably seen the movie version of this book, if you have how does that affect your approach to reading it?

Hello Nikita!

I'll be honest; I've yet to finish. Occasionally I power through a book just to do it, but it is rough going when it comes to dialect and a rather rough subject matter to get through as well.

Mark wrote: "Hi! My name is Mark and I am from Grand Rapids, Michigan. I love me some cherry (or apple) pie! I enjoy books by Kent Haruf, John Williams, Jon Krakauer, and Tom Perrotta. Yo, guy stuff!"Hello Mark!

Where do you read? In a chair, in bed, on the floor? I've read entire books standing up at a counter before, so a comfortable position depends on your body and your location. It's hard to give advice without a bit more particular information.
I usually have a variety of hard copy, audio books, and e-books going at the same time, but I find it easy to balance a lot of information in my head, personally. I only read about ten books a month anymore, because my life is a train wreck, but audiobooks help me "read" more books and not be bored doing necessary but not fun tasks. I live alone, so frequently while putting the dishes away, cleaning this, organizing that, I'm listening to an audio book rather than music, silence, or a family member or friend to talk with. Speed reading I can do, but it can be harmful excessively, and as I don't need to meet many goals and absorb information quickly, I tend not to any more.

If your goal is to set up the habit of reading every day or week. Literally set an alarm for when you are going to read, and when you are going to end, and just read for that time period. Start with 5 minutes a day, or whatever seems achievable, and add thirty seconds until you are at the level you want to be at.
If you want to just read more books, it would be good to find/make a list of ten or so novellas or short story collections that you can keep with you to pick up when you find yourself with an extra five minutes. It can be pretty impressive what you can manage to do in two weeks in the time you used to spend staring at a wall in an office or a line.

Hello all!

Robin wrote: "Just one more question, I don't think I received any group messages since I joined the group. Where are these messages send to, to my e-mail or my Goodreads inbox? Do I have to adjust my settings t..."

There are settings, yes. If you go to the down arrow on the right hand side of the header it gives you an option to edit profile. After clicking that you will be prompted to enter your password and then be brought to your account page. A couple of sections down there is a section about group email preferences. Below that there should be a list of all of the goodreads groups that you are involved in, and options for each group. You should make sure that the filled in spot for CWAC is not on the "none" bubble.
As for Facebook and Twitter, the algorithm on Facebook really works against groups such as ours, so the more activity on the posts we do(likes, comments, etc.) the higher the likelihood of people coming across the messages. Twitter is just synced with Facebook, with occasional extra tweeting. I did delete the poll earlier when I was going through a massive reorganization overhaul while listening to an audiobook, so I didn't even think about people revisiting it.

Robin wrote: "Can anyone tell me how I can see which book we are reading next month? I thought it would appear at 'currently reading' or at the polls, but I can't find it anywhere. Thanks!"

Trainspotting is next month's read. Trainspotting
It was in the last group message and it is announced on our social media as well.

Omaid wrote: "Greetings from Pakistan! I'm very glad to be a part of this group. I'm a student of English literature, but pretty much new to the world of classical literature; However I was always fond of readin..."

Hello!

Cheryl wrote: "Hi there,

Im Cheryl living in Manchester in England. Im not going to do our reputation much good when i say my favorite beverage is red wine. Or a really nice cocktail.

Im really glad ive found..."
Hello! The worst part about a long list is just looking at this ridiculous number and not knowing where to start.

Historietime wrote: "Hello,
My name is Elyse. My favorite drink is any kind of smoothie. My most read author is Lurlene McDaniel. I have no preference between cookies, cake, or pie. I am currently living..."

Hello!

Amber wrote: "Hello! I'm Amber, and I'm from California. My favorite drink depends on the time (and temp) of the day, but I normally prefer tea over everything else. As for the deserts, I prefer pie, but am also..."

Hello Amber. I feel like Shakespeare is an easy takeover for your most read pile, whether you want it or not. Writing a lot is great, there is just more to inspire people to respond.

Carole wrote: "G'day all from down under Australia :)

I'm Caz (Carole usually when I'm in trouble and haven't figured out how to change my darn name in here yet :p)

I live in Wild West Australia after moving ..."

Hello, ans welcome.
A horrible, exhausted-Shea version of how to change your name follows.
Click on the down arrow next to your picture, on the right, then click edit profile, enter your password, and you're there.

Sterling wrote: "Hi! My name is Sterling, but some of my friends call me Silver (not very creative, I know). I am from Denver, but I spend most of my time in Huntsville, Alabama. My favorite beverage is a cold Coke..."

Hello!

Abigail wrote: "Hi, Shanea, if you like Jane Austen you will probably like Georgette Heyer. She invented the genre of Regency romance, and did it better than anybody since (IMHO). She writes vividly realized novel..."

Thanks for the info. I had never come across her at all, but I'm not a big Austen fan, so I guess that's not surprising.

Oh dear. I have never heard of Georgette Heyer before! Is there a gaping hole in my life knowledge I need to fill?
Conveniently, I'm already on the internet, I guess.

Robert wrote: "Hi. My name is Robert Ambros, I’m 56 years old, and new to Goodreads. People call me Bob. Favorite beverage? I drink sparkling spring water and a lot of it. No cakes or pie: ice cream. Most r..."

Hello Bob!

Cecily wrote: "Jeane wrote: " I feel as though the fashion represented where an individual was on the monetary social ladder."

And where you wanted to be seen to be on the social ladder (Winifred)."
I thought this as well. I wish I had remembered to bookmark one of the statements about Winifred. Perhaps I will find it later.

Cecily wrote: "Interesting. I didn't notice the fashion a great deal (except Winifred), but fashion's not really my thing. I did, however, notice many specific mentions of green: mostly, but not entirely, relatin..."

Always the weather, yes, as well.

I find it interesting how a lot of the expression of people in this novel involves their initial or day to day clothing choices. The reader will only know what the narrator observes about people, and a lot of what Iris observes in life is what people are wearing and how they are wearing the item. Does this make sense to anyone else, or am I way off in left field here?