Sean’s Comments (group member since Jan 30, 2019)

Sean’s comments from the Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die group.

Welcome Mel. I think you will find many here happy to discuss books with you. It can be a lot like a book club. Certainly a good addition to one if/when you are able to get out into FL and find something local as well.

I am part of two book clubs. We took precautions and began meeting again after the first 6 months or so of quarantine. What can I say? we all missed it...

Time to discuss!

Welcome Sid_rw,

I also like that the LIST allows me to prioritize my reading choices. One reason I like lists in general.

Update - 12/26

H - Heart's Rock - The Cider House Rules - 3/13/21.

Starting Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust. Book four of In Search of Lost Time.

Finished my second reading of The Cider House Rules by John Irving. It's a great book. Also a good choice for a book club if your other members don't mind a long read. So much to talk about in this book.

Fishy wrote: "Oh my gosh, thank you!! I was just wondering if there was a list for shorter books. This group really is so nice! ^__^"

I don't know about that. Karen is overdoing it on the niceness... making the rest of us look bad... :P

Welcome Kimberly. Glad to have you on board. The prior discussions will stay active so post on them whenever you have thoughts.

Haha. I like that. We will likely actually be on the same page at some point.

Update

N - New York - Chess Story - 3/9/21

For such a short novel it sure has a lot of settings. Especially considering the bulk of the action takes place aboard a ship on the Atlantic Ocean (Scavenger Hunt qualifier!) But they start their journey in New York.

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig. A very short and easy to read piece. It didn't grab me the way some of the shorter works on the list did. But I still enjoyed it.

Book club chose The Cider House Rules by John Irving this month. So am beginning my second read.

Gravity's Rainbow and The Rainbow qualify.

Hamida in Midaq Alley. I found her irritating. Then I felt sorry for her. Then I found her irritating again.... You will see. Wonder if you will agree

I finished March's read, Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz. More about that later.

Today I am starting Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

Jamie wrote: "The Wasp Factory was disappointing."

That's too bad. It's on my VSTBR list.

Bob wrote: "Amadis of Gaul: Books I and II and Amadis of Gaul: Books III and IV by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo"

I had not really paid any attention to this book. These two volumes total about 1300 pages right? Should this be added to the list of 1000+ page books? Is the whole thing on Boxall's LIST? the one I was tracking is a 336 page (apparently) EXACT reproduction. Anybody shed some light for me?

Alice wrote: "I'm Alice from Dallas, and I found the list in 2015. I've always been an avid reader and am sitting at 319 as of today. I try to read an epic in the evening while reading something else during the ..."

I never realized until just now that Alice and Dallas rhyme!!

Welcome Alice!

And The Godfather. First book I thought of although there are many. BTW Debbie, You can start a thread... this might be very interesting.... go for it!

Frezita wrote: "Hi Sean,
I just joined the club bit I'm excited to finally read this book. I have lots reading to catch up."

Welcome to the fun Frezita. That's no problem. all the threads will be open all year (and beyond), Feel free to pop in and post your thoughts even if you are a little bit behind us. We will be going back in and still discussing to be sure.