Frozenwaffle's Book Challenge

[Frozenwaffle]

I've only read Pride and Prejudice, and it also took me ages to finish but I liked it - just not something to power read through, I guess.

[Nicolle]

Oh no, it takes me ages to read those kind of books. Took me about 4 months to plow through Jane Eyre, though it was well worth the effort.

[Frozenwaffle]

Jane Eyre completely won my heart! Best classic I've read so far, so beautiful *.*

[Martha]

JE is in my top 5 favorites. Love the gothic aspect. There's none of that in P&P ... just the dread of spending time with Mr. Collins. LOL

[Nicolle]

Lol mr Collins is a bit dire isn't he? I think the best thing about JE is that it is the whole story of her life not just the lovey-dovey bits (though if course we do like those bits very much especially the kiss under the tree).

[Martha]

The first time I read P&P even I dreaded Mr. C's appearance, but since then I've grown very fond of him. I laugh all the way through his scenes.

JE is such a strong character to have overcome so much. I don't think we could understand her strength later on if we didn't know of her history.

[Nicolle]

I agree Martha, I thought that bloke who was her cousin and asked her to marry him and travel or something like that was a bit of a creep though. Have you seen the recent movie?

[Martha]

I thought the movie was good, but I feel the 2 hour adaptations of these books feel like you are just racing through the story. I much prefer the BBC production from a few years ago with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens. I didn't like the cousin either. What a dreary view of marriage.

[Nicolle]

I went to see it with my friend at the time and we were the only people under 50 in the cinema.

I wasn't expecting to laugh but there was one funny bit. When she is in her cottage where she teaches (after she gets with her cousins) and there is a knock. Mr Rochester walks in the door and she runs into his arms and they kiss. At this point me and my friend looked at each other thinking it's not quite how we remember in the book, but it turned out she was day dreaming and it was the cousin guy. Doesn't sound so hilarious in my above reenactment but I thought it was so funny at the time. Got a few looks evil from the oldies though. :)

[Louise]

Eugh, the cousin was loathsome! I wasn't a huge fan of Mr. Rochester either, to be honest, but the cousin was a proper self-righteous creep.

[Nicolle]

Well put Louise, I couldn't have said it better myself. Did you not think Mr Rochester had this dark and tortured thing going on which for some reason is attractive?

[Louise]

Fraid not. I like the idea of Rochester more than the execution. Like, I could get why Jane and him worked in theory, but I just didn't find any chemistry in their actual scenes together.

Also the way he presents himself as the victim when talking about his past winds me up.

[Nicolle]

You should read Wide Sargasso Sea which is a prequel by another author. If you read that you'll HATE him.

[Martha]

It never came to a theater in my area. I bought a copy as I love to have these to watch. :-)

[Louise]

Nicolle wrote: "You should read Wide Sargasso Sea which is a prequel by another author. If you read that you'll HATE him."

It's on my wishlist :)

[Bev]

Nicolle wrote: "You should read Wide Sargasso Sea which is a prequel by another author. If you read that you'll HATE him."

I had to read that for a course and I enjoyed it although it is nothing like the other book.

[Nicolle]

Yes, nothing like it. I read it for a course too. I spent about three pages on my essay on the difference between a rock and a stone. I don't know what I was thinking, but the examiners liked it!

[Bev]

Nicolle wrote: "Yes, nothing like it. I read it for a course too. I spent about three pages on my essay on the difference between a rock and a stone. I don't know what I was thinking, but the examiners liked it!"

:)

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I have read while going through a drive thru!!! It was really slow and I was in a very good part of the book!! Wonder what the police would have done with that one!!!!!!!!!

[Nicolle]

I don't think there is a law against it, not over here anyway. :)

Reminds me of that scene in the film Bridesmaids when the leading girl tries to get the cop she fancies to arrest her by doing things whilst driving. So funny!

[Martha]

I always read in the drive-through, in the check-out line, anywhere I have to wait for longer than a few seconds. :-)

[Nicolle]

I don't really read out of the house except on commutes. I can read on public transport just fine, but when commuting in the car though (obviously when I'm not driving) reading makes me feel car sick. This is a bit strange that I don't get ill with buses and trains, but there you go!

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The really funny thing is that TODAY!! A lady came thru drive thru reading her KOBO!!! I laughed soo hard then I had to explain to her that I was talking about me reading in drive thrus on goodreads....then she was asking me about Goodreads...so I told her about this site and I think she might join!!!

[Frozenwaffle]

Good work Teri! :P Voracious readers of the world, unite! We have been misunderstood for too long :D

Unlike you Nicolle, I think my house is the place where I read the least:

- I read on every kind of line (everybody loves taking me to the supermarket, 'cause I don't mind standing in line alone while the others go out for a smoke xD);

- I read in the car as well as in public transports (I remember that I used to get car sick when I did it as a kid, but my body must have gotten used to it long since, lots of training :P);

- I read alot at work, I'm a recepcionist at a hair salon and there are many hours in the week when I have nothing to do besides standing there. Very useful for studying bits and reading lots!

- When class is so boring that I'm close to sleep, I read. I'm not proud...

When I'm at home I usually have so much more to do that I feel guilty sitting down and reading: there's always something to clean, something to iron, some pet that needs attention (I have 7 at the moment).

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I am the same...I remember I had a whole week to myself..my kids were at my parents for the week, and my husband was on afternoons so I thought wahoo!!! a whole week to read!! Ya that didn't happen!! I cleaned and did everything but read!! I do however read before I go to bed!!

My parents live 4 hours away so I do read the whole way up and home!!!

I love reading outdoors so when we go to our cabin or camping I read a lot then!

In the summertime I love reading in my hammock so I must admit the house isn't always spotless but sometimes my gardening gets in the way of that!!

There is just not enough time in my day!!!!!

[Nicolle]

Oh I agree about reading in the sun, I love it, except when I end up squinting as I'm not a big fan of wearing sun glasses. :)

[Bev]

Nicolle wrote: "Oh I agree about reading in the sun, I love it, except when I end up squinting as I'm not a big fan of wearing sun glasses. :)"

Nothing like a read in the bath!!

[Nicolle]

I rarely take baths so wouldn't know, and reading in the shower I imagine would be a task"!

[Bev]

Nicolle wrote: "I rarely take baths so wouldn't know, and reading in the shower I imagine would be a task"!"

Ah well I had years of quick showers due to young kids but I now get the odd bath nowadays. :)
Showering and reading would be possible. I had to have a shower after an operation and had to wear a plastic apron so maybe a clear plastic bag over an ereader???

[Nicolle]

Ah there is the problem. No ereader for me. :/

[Frozenwaffle]

Almost done with the Poisonwood Bible. Cried like a baby already :'( what a good book this is.

[Martha]

I remember listening to a book about WW2. I listen to & from work for about 25 min each way. For the last 2 weeks I cried all the way home every day! Had to quit listening in the mornings so I wouldn't show up at work with red, puffy eyes. :-)

Guess I'd better add this one ... if I haven't already.

[Frozenwaffle]

Eheh! I imagine your work colleagues wondering why you were so miserable every morning xD

Although this one is set on a factual political war as background, the drama of it is very personal and not so much as a result of whats going on. But the woman is a great storyteller, thats for sure. It was slow to pick up but once you are engrossed by the particularities of each point of view (its told by 4 women, a mother and 3 young daughters) its hard to put down.

I like Adah best, (I'm guessing thats the case with most of the readers of this book?) she reminds me of Merricat, from We Have Always Lived in the Castle, one of my favorite book characters ever - they both live inside their heads alot, and according to very personal "rules" no one else is aware of.

[Martha]

Yep, I've been guilty of crying at work over a book. I can listen while doing some tasks at work. I usually stop listening if I think I might cry, but sometimes it sneaks up on me. I was at a stoplight once and listening to a book about Crazy Horse. I was pretty proud that I hadn't cried during this one as there were many sad parts, as there usually are in books about Native Americans. WRONG! There I was in the turn lane, sniffling & wiping tears. LOL

[Frozenwaffle]

Well, were you at least alone in the car?

I also try to keep the crying at home, but its exactly like you say: at times its so sudden you can't help it. But you see, I take the subway to work and back. xD

I remember this one awful moment a few years ago, reading Crime and Punishment on the way home, I cried and sobbed til I choked. And I get red and swollen so easily, omg - it was mortifying, the way everyone was eyeing me O.o Damn woman control your emotions! lol

[Martha]

Yes, I was alone in the car, but got some concerned looks from those in cars around me. I cry ugly. Not a pretty sight. :-)

I've never read C&P ... guess I should add that one, too. I'm a bit intimidated by the Russians, I admit it.

[Nicolle]

Oh I try to avoid books and films that make me cry. I hate the feeling of crying and like yourself Martha, it isn't pretty! The last film I cried watching was Love Actually (God knows why it isn't the saddest film in the world) and book would be The Book Thief when I read the end. War books seem worse to me because it really did happen.

Martha and Frozenwaffle, that is why I DON'T read in public! It's not just that, when you laugh hysterically at a book you get a few funny looks too. And when I'm reading a rom-com apparently I have a goofy dreamy smile on my face whilst I'm reading (according to my dad) and I now feel really self conscious.

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I will read anytime anywhere!!! I have no shame...people around here already think that I am crazy so it doesn't matter!!!!!

[Nicolle]

I have to agree with you there Teri-Lynn.




Only kidding :)

[Frozenwaffle]

Finished nº 31 - The Poisonwood Bible (my review here) AMAZING or GNIZAMA, as you promised Nicolle :D

I keep on laboring in Sense and Sensibility :P

[Nicolle]

I ALWAYS keep my promises!! :0

[Frozenwaffle]

Finished with the borefest: 81.Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Holy goldfish, I don't think I want Austen in my life again anytime soon.

Gonna start Gone With the Wind, which I predict might me a slow read :P

[Nicolle]

"Holy goldfish", I haven't heard that expression before.

[Martha]

Me, neither, but I like it! :-)

[Nicolle]

Yup love it!

[Frozenwaffle]

Hum, my english vocabulary is almost totally made of videogames dialog, so I probably I saw that in a Final Fantasy somewhere ^^

[Nicolle]

lol that's so funny :)

[Frozenwaffle]

Finished 62.Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella:

Well, who knew a bit of "light reading" could piss me off so much. xD

I despised the main character , and so her ways of being an absolutely mindless idiot but getting away with it all, didn't strike me as funny. :/

Anyway, 32 books read, 68 to go, yay! :D

[Nicolle]

Awwwww no I love that book.

[Frozenwaffle]

Sorry Nicolle! Its just too much mindless self indulgence for her to get away with. She reminded me of my sister ( and not in her best) so its something personal maybe. :-)