Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion
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Welcome Amy. I also live in Ohio. I joined this group to read more classics because I generally also read contemporary, mystery, and middle grade fiction with my kids. I hope you read more classics now that you've joined here. Looking forward to seeing you in discussions.
Amy wrote: "Hi, I'm Amy and live in Ohio. I have a personal goal to read classics that I've not read. I started last year, so this is my second year. I also read contemporary fiction, YA, and Middle Grade fict..."Hi and welcome Amy! What a great personal goal to read more classics! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)
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Welcome Renee and Amy, I'm glad you've joined our group and hope you find some fun classics to read with us :)
Hi, I'm Leah. I'm not sure what to say.
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Welcome Leah -- glad you joined us.
Leah wrote: "Hi, I'm Leah. I'm not sure what to say."Hi and welcome Leah! Enough said!!! Enjoy and happy reading!! :)
Welcome Leah. This group has gotten me to branch out in my reading and read more classics. Enjoy.
Hello everyone! I'm Alessandra, I'm 21 years old and I'm from Brazil. So, this is the reason why my English may not be so good.Unfortunately, I grew up in a city that the schools don't help students to read classics. Even brazilian classics. So, I decided to start a journey to read classics and others kind of books.
I like fiction, fantasy and romance's books, but I'm open for all kind of reading.
Oh, this is my first time here in Goodreads. I'm so
excited! Yay!
So, this is it. Bye bye guys!
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Welcome Alessandra, your English is very good & I hope that you can introduce us to some Brazilian classics too! So excited to have you as part of our group.
Alessandra wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Alessandra, I'm 21 years old and I'm from Brazil. So, this is the reason why my English may not be so good.Unfortunately, I grew up in a city that the schools don't help studen..."
Welcome! I didn't get many classics in school either and feel I need to get some read. Have read many since joining in January.
Welcome Leah, haha, introductions can be strange can't they. We're glad to have you here, whether you're new to classics or if they're your favourite type of book. I hope you find something you enjoy. Hi Alessandra, welcome to the group! How great that you've decided to take your own classics journey. I hope you like the group and Goodreads. It's a great place to discover new books and focus on your personal reading.
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Alessandra, I am trying to read more from international authors. I am pretty well versed in English and American ones. I will love having your opinion on what to read as we go along.
Hiii. I'm Paula. Been here in the group for about a week but only got around to introducing myself now, haha. I'm also Brazilian. Definitely feel what Alessandra said, books aren't really addressed properly in schools here in general. But I go to a bilingual place, so in English class we do dissect novels and it's beautiful. Over the past school year, we read In Cold Blood, Brave New World, Huck Finn, and Julius Caesar, all of which are established classics and all of which I really really enjoyed. So, lately, I've been fostering this growing appreciation of the "originals." Recently borrowed Gatsby and Dubliners from my grandfather. But my feed here tends to revolve around YA and fantasy, so I thought I'd join the group and see what classic-readers are up to. :)
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Welcome to the group Paula -- looks like you have a nice introduction to classics already. I look forward to reading books with you.
Hey, I'm Malavika, and I live in Chennai, India. I am a college student. I adore classic literature and I hope to discuss, and discover a lot of stuff with you all! Cheers!
Alessandra wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Alessandra, I'm 21 years old and I'm from Brazil. So, this is the reason why my English may not be so good.Unfortunately, I grew up in a city that the schools don't help studen..."
Hello and welcome Alessandra to Goodreads and Catching Up On Classics! You're in good company here because we all want to read more classics! Enjoy and happy reading! :)
Welcome Paula, they are some great books you studied in school and a good foundation. I hope you find some more classics to your taste with our group :) Welcome Malavika, I'm looking forward to discussing classics with you too :)
Welcome Malavika! I look forward to discussing books with you in the future!
Welcome Alessandra and Malavika. Glad you joined and I hope that you enjoy reading the classics in this group.
Paula wrote: "Hiii. I'm Paula. Been here in the group for about a week but only got around to introducing myself now, haha. I'm also Brazilian. Definitely feel what Alessandra said, books aren't really addressed..."Hi and welcome Paula! :)
Malavika wrote: "Hey, I'm Malavika, and I live in Chennai, India. I am a college student. I adore classic literature and I hope to discuss, and discover a lot of stuff with you all! Cheers!"Hello Malavika, welcome! Glad you've decided to join our classics reading group! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)
Welcome Paula and Malavika! And thanks guys, I'm happy to be here :)I just started a "hunt" for classic books in the library of my university! There's a lot of teasures here, yay!
Hello!!I'm Sara from Orlando, Florida:) A couple years ago, I set a goal for myself to read as many of the Classics as I could. I've always loved reading, but I usually kept the reading very light (romance and young adult).
At some point, it suddenly hit me that I was in my 30's, claimed to be a "reader," but I spent all of my time reading "fluff" (which is fine!)
However, for me, I have a deep desire to always keep learning and growing. And so I started reading Classics. I started with To Kill a Mockingbird (yes, sadly I never read this one while in school). After that first book, which I loved, I knew that I had to keep going. I've made some progress, but I'm hoping this group will help me continue working on this goal:)
Sara, welcome. I lived in Orlando for a few years and two of my kids are native Floridians. This group has definitely encouraged me to read more classics which I also hadn't read since school. This is a fun group and between the group reads and buddy reads you should find some books that you enjoy. Looking forward to seeing you in the discussions.
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Sara wrote: "Hello!!I'm Sara from Orlando, Florida:) A couple years ago, I set a goal for myself to read as many of the Classics as I could. I've always loved reading, but I usually kept the reading very ligh..."
Hello and welcome Sara! My story is quite similar to yours. I liked reading mysteries (still do, on occasion!) but I kept hearing about different classical books that I also never read in high school so I set out to read them and read them I am! You'll find this group very helpful because the members really motivate you to read books you'd never think you'd read! So enjoy yourself and happy reading! :)
Hi Sara, Welcome to the group. I have found that Goodreads in general has helped me to branch out in the kind of reading that I do. I used to just read novels, but now I read other genres of fiction and some nonfiction as well based on other readers recommendations. This group in particular is very inspiring for reading classics.
Hi Sara,I'm looking forward to reading with you.
Since I've joined this group, I've greatly increased my reading of classic titles, but I still read "lighter" or "fluff" titles to.
I like to read during my bus commute and sometimes some classic titles require a level of concentration that I can't achieve on a bus with crying babies and people jabbering loudly on their phones!
I got hooked on classics way back when I was in school. I loved A Tale Of Two Cities and the Count of Monte Cristo. I've read all sorts of books over the years but lately have gone back to the classics. Just finished Of Human Bondage. I enjoy these posts and seeing what others are reading.
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Welcome Phyllis -- I loved The Count of Monte Cristo! So glad you joined the group and I agree the fun is in seeing what everyone is reading.
Phyllis wrote: "I got hooked on classics way back when I was in school. I loved A Tale Of Two Cities and the Count of Monte Cristo. I've read all sorts of books over the years but lately have gone back to the clas..."Hi Phyllis and welcome! Enjoy and happy reading! :)
So I started another topic accidentally! My apologies! I tried to delete it but didn't know how. Anyway, my name is Saige and I'm a songwriter who found my muse through great literature. I can't wait to discuss my favorites with everyone! Been looking for a group for awhile. It's great that something like this exists!☺️
My name is Linda. I'm so excited about reading the classics. Many titles I've seen here I've never heard of so I'm getting new ideas. Most of what I read are classics but my sister gets me books in other genres she thinks I'll like and I usually do. I always return to classics though. Looking forward to reading more (and learning how to use this app!)
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Anyway, my name is Saige and I'm a songwriter who found my muse through great literature. I can't ..."
Welcome Saige -- I've deleted the other for you. We are glad you figured out how to comment here. And very glad to have you in the group.
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Hi and welcome to the group Linda. So glad to have another classic lover in the group. Happy reading.
Welcome Saige and Linda. Glad you both joined to discover and read the classics in this group. There are a variety of books in the group and buddy reads so there should be something for that you enjoy. Looking forward to seeing you in the discussions here.
Thank you Kathy, Pink, Loretta, and Alessandra! I'm hoping to start Dubliners soon. And welcome Malavika, Sara, Phyllis, Sage, and Linda. :)
Saige wrote: "So I started another topic accidentally! My apologies! I tried to delete it but didn't know how. Anyway, my name is Saige and I'm a songwriter who found my muse through great literature. I can't ..."
Hi and welcome Saige! Glad you found our group! We read an array of classics here so I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)
Linda wrote: "My name is Linda. I'm so excited about reading the classics. Many titles I've seen here I've never heard of so I'm getting new ideas. Most of what I read are classics but my sister gets me books in..."Hi Linda! You're not alone in the fact of not knowing some of the titles of the books here! I sometimes feel the same way but it's great to see different classics besides the titles everyone knows! So sit back and enjoy and good luck getting to learn how to use the app! :)
Welcome to all new members, I hope you find something to read with us, whether you're new to classics or not :)
Linda wrote: "My name is Linda. I'm so excited about reading the classics. Many titles I've seen here I've never heard of so I'm getting new ideas. Most of what I read are classics but my sister gets me books in..."Welcome Linda! I just joined last week so I'm new here also, and this seems like such a great group of people! I know what you mean about finding new books on the shelf. Since joining the gropup I have added a few to my TBR list (off the shelf or that have been nominated) that I have never heard of before. Mainly new classics and short stories and I look forward to reading some of them.
We're still choosing our reads for September so if you want to look at the nominations or nominate a book please check out the threads under Current Nominations.
Saige wrote: "So I started another topic accidentally! My apologies! I tried to delete it but didn't know how. Anyway, my name is Saige and I'm a songwriter who found my muse through great literature. I can't ..."
Welcome to the group, Saige. Good luck with your song writing. I look forward to reading about it.
Hi everyone! I'm Lauren from Los Angeles. I'm a month and a half shy from graduating with my Bachelor's in Media Communications. I adore reading and writing. I took AP Lit in high school and read a lot of classics in a very short amount of time, but did not get to enjoy them as much as I would have liked to. My mother has an amazing personal library and owns just about every one I can think of. This summer I actually decided to reread as many classics as possible, and then I found this group! It's my first group so I'm excited to learn how it all works and join everyone on the same journey!
I just loved the quotes in A Tale of Two Cities.
Lauren Taylor wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Lauren from Los Angeles. I'm a month and a half shy from graduating with my Bachelor's in Media Communications. I adore reading and writing. I took AP Lit in high school and read a..."Hi Lauren and welcome! Glad we were your first group to join! What a great goal to read or re-read classics this summer! You've definitely come to the right place for that. Enjoy and happy reading! :)
Welcome Lauren. I made it a goal to reread classics from school this year and you are in the right place if you want to expand your reading of classics. With the group and buddy reads you should find some classics that you enjoy here.
Welcome all our new folks! I think we are mostly the same with not reading enough in school and now feeling the need to learn and read more of the classics. Happy reading!
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You are correct (and Warner too) that any book on our shelf can be nominated for the Revisit the Shelf category.
The Quarterly Reads are nominated two months in advance for the quarter; so August for the 4th Quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec read). Only the past Long Read Books listed below are not eligible, and the books must be at least 600 pages in length, and a classic of course.