Janine’s Comments (group member since Jan 02, 2013)

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

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I liked a Woman in White as suggested by Shannon, and Rebecca is a good read - both have a bit of classical gothic mystery in them. I thought Crime and Punishment was a fabulous read. That one stuck with me for quite awhile afterward. Happy Reading!

I just finished The Swan Thieves and really enjoyed it. I also agree with Bianca (#6) - loved the Book Thief and Shadow of the Wind.

I'm reading Walking the Camino and House of the Dead by Dostoyevsky. A lot of you are reading A Study in Scarlet so I might give that one a go next.

Do I just keep copying and pasting to add to my list or is there another way to do it? Thanks!

A - Alcott, Louisa May - Little Women (TBR)
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D - Dostoyevsky, T - The House of the Dead (currently reading)
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F - Fitzgerald, Scott - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (TBR)
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R - Remarque, Erich Maria - All Quiet on the Western Front (TBR)
S - Steinbeck, John - Of Mice and Men (TBR)
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Wilde, Oscar - An Ideal Husband (TBR)
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I've given myself permission to quit a book just within the last couple of years. Like Inge said, life is too short for a bad book.

I will quit when the reading gets immorally questionable (for me) or if I haven't been able to grasp the story (or care) within a few chapters. I have done my share of skimming, trying to hang onto a book that I should have given up on hours before!

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Marwa wrote: "Alessia wrote: "Is there anyone interested in reading The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with me? I started reading it a few years ago and got as far as the third book; I enjoyed a lot o..."

I'd be interested in re-reading The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide and continuing on with the series. I found that the local library seemed to carry them or I could order it in. Would you like to give that a go?

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button-mushrooms

Little Women

My first required reading monster book was Roots and that was fantastic (although I liked the mini-series better).

My first non-required monster book was The Stand and that started my love affair with Stephen King books during my 20s. I read Crime and Punishment a few years back and I still find myself thinking about it every so often. Amazing writing!

Les Miserables was last year's tackle and I loved it. Many parts made me cry. Now on my list is Gone with the Wind and a re-read of Tale of Two Cities.

I've just finished Girl with a Pearl Earring and I'm re-reading Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. A few people are reading A Golden Age - I might have to give that one a look.

Great game! There are some clever girls out there.

How about:

1) Demise of a door-to-door solicitor
2) Female with a oyster-created piece of jewelry
3) Stealer of a paper-bound volume of words

The Avengers was greatly anticipated, and looked forward to Argo.

Les Mis, definitely.

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Green. Simply delightful.

I don't think in my intro I said Melbourne (Victoria) in Australia. Thanks for doing this!

Hi, Im Janine and I'm an American living in Australia. I like reading classics but I also like to read a variety of other types of books. I tend to choose books off the Top 100 books of the Year to start out, and if I like an author I'll read another one of theirs.

I have read all of Jane Austen's, a couple of Charles Dickens (loved Tale of Two Cities), recently finished Les Mis (loved it!), Crime and Punishment (great!), and also like Alexander McCall Smith. One of my favorite books I read in the last couple of years is The Book Thief.

If I could have a super power, it would probably be flying so I wouldn't have to pay so much to fly home and see my family!