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Hi, I'm Veronica, and I am delighted to be in this group.I'm an avid reader of fiction, non-fiction, magazines, etc. I prefer works of fiction with high literary merits, including my favorite genre, mystery novels.
I live in the Portland,Oregon area and in addition to reading I enjoy doing puzzles, watching and discussing movies, and spending time with my daughter and grandchildren, 9 and 5.
I look forward to participating in book discussions. Thank you for creating this group!
Hi Veronica, welcome to the group, I'm glad you've decided to join and look forward to discussing books with you too :)
Veronica wrote: "Hi, I'm Veronica, and I am delighted to be in this group.I'm an avid reader of fiction, non-fiction, magazines, etc. I prefer works of fiction with high literary merits, including my favorite ge..."
Hi and welcome Veronica to Catching up on Classics! I'm sure you'll love the books, discussions and members here! Thank you for joining the group! Enjoy and happy reading!
Hi everyone!My name is Giulia, I'm 20 from Italy and I'm currently studying Communications at university.
I love reading and i enjoy every kind of genre: fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, chick-lit, non fiction, biography, YA, etc. and obviously classics.
Favorite authors at the moment are Banana Yoshimoto, Haruki Murakami, Carlos Luis Zafon and Jane Austen.
I've just finished reading The Universe Versus Alex Woods and i'm about to start Love is a Four Letter Word.
I'm looking forward to participate in this group starting next month!!
Have a great reading month everyone.
Welcome Giulia, I'm glad you've joined us and hope you have fun with our group. You mention lots of great authors, I'm currently working through Austen, but am yet to read any Murakami! Hope you join in with some of our group reads; nominations are still open for December if you'd like to make a suggestion and I look forward to getting to know you more :)
Giulia wrote: "Hi everyone!My name is Giulia, I'm 20 from Italy and I'm currently studying Communications at university.
I love reading and i enjoy every kind of genre: fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, chick-lit, non f..."
Ciao e benvenuto Giulia! We're happy you're here! Enjoy and happy reading!
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Hi everyone! My name is Elisandra. I am from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My hobbies include reading, hiking, and traveling. I do aikido and I am a buddhist. Hope to share and learn a lot here!
Elisandra wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Elisandra. I am from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My hobbies include reading, hiking, and traveling. I do aikido and I am a buddhist. Hope to share and learn a lot here!"Hi and welcome Elisandra! Happy reading and enjoy!
Welcome Elisandra, what a beautiful name! Rio sounds rather wonderful to me as I sit in chilly England. I hope you enjoy our group and look forward to chatting with you more :)
Giulia wrote: "Hi everyone!My name is Giulia, I'm 20 from Italy and I'm currently studying Communications at university.
I love reading and i enjoy every kind of genre: fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, chick-lit, non f..."
Hi Giulia, welcome to the group. If you don't mind sharing, what region of Italy are you from?
I've been to Venice, Verona and Rome so far, but hope to see more of the country at some point.
My one set of great-grandparents came from Sicily so that is on the "must visit" list at some point.
Sarah wrote: "Giulia wrote: "Hi everyone!My name is Giulia, I'm 20 from Italy and I'm currently studying Communications at university.
I love reading and i enjoy every kind of genre: fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, c..."
Wow Sarah, my father's family came from Sicily too and my mother was born in Cosenza. She came to America with my grandmother when she was two.
No problem Sarah! I'm from Emilia Romagna, at the north/center of Italy.
Giulia wrote: "No problem Sarah! I'm from Emilia Romagna, at the north/center of Italy."Sounds heavenly Giulia!
It is, but, as it always happen, we don't realize the beautiful places we live in until we leave or someone mentions it.
Hello!My name is Megan, I live in The great Pacific Northwest in Washington State. I am 25 a at home caregiver. And I was looking for a new book club cause I got kicked out of my one in town cause I wasn't able to make the book chats, lol. So I figured I would give online a try. And I picked this group cause I want to read the classics but they seem to not make the cut when it comes to things I want to read. I want to change that and expand my reading. So here I am.
Megan wrote: "Hello!My name is Megan, I live in The great Pacific Northwest in Washington State. I am 25 a at home caregiver. And I was looking for a new book club cause I got kicked out of my one in town cause..."
Hi Megan and welcome! We're glad you picked our group for your online experience! This is definitely the place to broaden your horizons in reading the classics! Enjoy and happy reading!
Giulia wrote: "It is, but, as it always happen, we don't realize the beautiful places we live in until we leave or someone mentions it."Loretta wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Giulia wrote: "Hi everyone!
My name is Giulia, I'm 20 from Italy and I'm currently studying Communications at university.
I love reading and i enjoy every kind of genre: fiction, fant..."
Cool! My great-grandpa came over at 15. My great-grandma came over at 9. He went back to Sicily several times as an adult (the last being after WWII to bring his mother back to the states with him), she never did.
Giulia, that does sound absolutely beautiful. The countryside I saw on our drives from Innsbruck to Venice and then Venice to Verona and then Verona to Switzerland looked gorgeous. And yeah, it does often take someone else pointing that out to remind us how nice where we live is.
Sarah wrote: "Giulia wrote: "It is, but, as it always happen, we don't realize the beautiful places we live in until we leave or someone mentions it."Loretta wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Giulia wrote: "Hi everyone!
M..."
It sounds great indeed Sarah.
Hope you'll be able to come see your origins one day:)
Welcome Megan, I'm sorry to hear you didn't have much success with your real life book group. I hope you have better success with the online format. It works great for me, as you can choose groups to suit your specific tastes and there's no strict requirement to read any books within a certain timescale. As for our group, it's great if you have time to join in with any of our group reads, but pick what suits you, or sit out options that don't appeal or you don't have time for. All book discussion threads stay open afterwards, so you can continue to comment if you read a book at a different time. Anyway, I hope you find some classics to enjoy with us :)
Thanks! Yeah I am looking forward to it. I think doing a book club will end up working out better for me than having one in person. Online I can always make time to leave a comment or meet new people cause I always have my phone on me, lol.
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Yeah I am looking forward to it. I think doing a book club will end up working out better for me than having one in person. Online I can always make time to leave a comment or meet new peo..."
So true! Welcome Megan -- I hope you enjoy it here. It is a pretty fun group without any guilt, and we don't kick people out if they don't have time to be a part of the discussions.
Hello, I'm Erin from St. Louis MO. I tend to spend all my time playing catch up between work, marriage, household and my daughter and don't spend enough time on "me." So I wanted to join a bookclub to help motivate me to read more. I've always loved to read but just can't seem to find the time lately to do as much as I would like. I feel like I never did much with the classics, so this one caught my eye. Looking forward to reacquainting myself with them!
Hi Erin, welcome to the group! It sounds like you've definitely got your hands full, but I hope you find some free time to fit in a classic or two. Perhaps try some shorter classics if you're pushed for time, as they're not quite as daunting as the chunksters! Hope you find something that suits you and I look forward to discussing books with you :)
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So glad you chose this group to join. The classics are fun to read.
Erin wrote: "Hello, I'm Erin from St. Louis MO. I tend to spend all my time playing catch up between work, marriage, household and my daughter and don't spend enough time on "me." So I wanted to join a bookclub..."Hi and welcome Erin! This is definetily the place to "Catch up on The Classsics"! Happy reading and enjoy!
Hi, I'm Ramona from Guyana, South America. I did a year of Literature at University before switching to Law about a decade ago and am happy to get back to exploring the classics.
Hi Ramona, welcome to the group! I hope you rediscover your love of classics and find some interesting reads to join us with :)
Ramona wrote: "Hi, I'm Ramona from Guyana, South America. I did a year of Literature at University before switching to Law about a decade ago and am happy to get back to exploring the classics."Hi Ramona welcome!
Hello fellow classic book lovers my name is Rose and I live on the beautiful Oregon coast with my husband and the "evil twins." Since finding audiobooks I have become a voracious reader just as I was when growing up (well, I doubt I'm totally grown up yet ;) but audiobooks make it possible for me to read all the books I could ever want, whenever I want or can. I look forward to the books you offer up for discussions or just enjoyment. Thank you.
Powder River Rose wrote: "Hello fellow classic book lovers my name is Rose and I live on the beautiful Oregon coast with my husband and the "evil twins." Since finding audiobooks I have become a voracious reader just as I w..."Hi and welcome Rose to Catching up on Classics! I'm sure you'll enjoy the classic reads here along with discussions with our members who all happen to be "voracious" readers as well! Happy reading!
Welcome Rose, glad to have you join us! I love audiobooks too, they mean I can read a lot more books without needing to dedicate time. Certainly make the chores more bearable. I hope you join us for some classics and look forward to discussing some great books with you :)
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I tried listening to an audio book for these past few months. I have no idea what happened in the book...
Hey everyone I'm Imogen. I am a twenty something English teacher. I tend to write my book reviews as limericks, feedback is always appreciated . I love reading and getting through the classics is high on my bucket list!
Margo wrote: "Hey everyone I'm Imogen. I am a twenty something English teacher. I tend to write my book reviews as limericks, feedback is always appreciated . I love reading and getting through the classics is h..."Hi and welcome Margo! Will have to definetily read your reviews. Always love a good limerick! Happy reading and enjoy!
Powder River Rose wrote: "Hello fellow classic book lovers my name is Rose and I live on the beautiful Oregon coast with my husband and the "evil twins." Since finding audiobooks I have become a voracious reader just as I w..."Audiobooks definitely can be nice!
Since I started having to wear glasses, I get a bad headache if I try to read in the car or on a bus. Audiobooks solve that problem. Still get to pass the time when dealing with long hours on the road (interstates look surprising the same just about everywhere so you can only look our the window so much without something to occupy the mind), but without the headache. I also like them when I am sick and have a hard time focusing to read.
Hello! I am Graham and I LOVE classics! I joined this group to discuss and read some more from my favorite genre! Here are my favorite books.1984 by George Orwell
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
What are some other books that I can read if I loved these? Thanks and I am happy that joined!
Graham wrote: "Hello! I am Graham and I LOVE classics! I joined this group to discuss and read some more from my favorite genre! Here are my favorite books.1984 by George Orwell
Great Expectations by Charles Di..."
Hi Graham! We're happy you joined as well because this is the place to read and discuss classics! Our group will be reading 1984 as our November book. You should join in the conversations.
I think if you read and enjoyed 1984 you would also like Animal Farm. Have you ever read it?
In the meantime, happy reading and enjoy!
Loretta wrote: "Graham wrote: "Hello! I am Graham and I LOVE classics! I joined this group to discuss and read some more from my favorite genre! Here are my favorite books.1984 by George Orwell
Great Expectation..."
I have actually read Animal Farm and thought it was fantastic! I am actually going through Orwell's essays right now.
Graham wrote: "Loretta wrote: "Graham wrote: "Hello! I am Graham and I LOVE classics! I joined this group to discuss and read some more from my favorite genre! Here are my favorite books.1984 by George Orwell
G..."
Excellent! You should look over the groups bookshelves to get a feel of the books that are being read and read some group discussions on the books. :)
Tytti, I find that my comprehension of audiobooks depends on what sort of book it is and what I'm doing at the time. If I sit still and listen my mind wanders, if I'm doing anything that takes thought, I don't take the book in. Mundane tasks work best for me, such as washing dishes, or pulling weeds, which don't take any thought. Margo/Imogen, welcome to the group, I hope you enjoy it here :)
Graham, welcome also. My gut reaction if you like Dickens, Salinger and Orwell is to read more by those authors. I know Salinger wrote several books/short stories based around the same family, so they should be interesting. For non Orwell books similar to 1984, how about some dystopian classics such as We, Brave New World, A Clockwork Orange or Fahrenheit 451
Pink, I tried that but I would need to buy some kind of a headset for it to work and I don't think I'll bother.
Yeah I had to use my kids earphones, then listen from my phone, which I tuck in my bra, so not a perfect set up but it works!
Especially when they are as CD's and copy protected, so I need to use the stereos.
I have a set of classic audiobooks on CD, but I haven't listened to them as I don't even have a CD player in the house. I could probably upload them to my computer, but I have no idea how I'd convert them to listen from my phone. Technology huh.
I tried playing them on my laptop because it's easier to move but it didn't work.
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