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Ilaria wrote: "Hello, my name's Ilaria and I live in Italy. For me, the best way to spend the time is obviously reading a good book or watching a good film. I used to take piano and ballet lessons but stopped bec..."Hi and welcome Ilaria! We're happy you're here too to join in reading and discussing classics with us! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)
Welcome to the group Ilaria, we're excited to have you here too, I hope you find some new favourite classics with us :)
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Welcome Ilaria. Glad you joined and looking forward to seeing you discussing classics in the group.
Hello, my name is Krista. I live in the USA, Midwest area. I like to read historical fiction and the classics.
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Welcome to the group Krista. So glad that you have joined us & I look forward to reading classics with you.
Welcome Krista, I hope you enjoy our group :)
Krista wrote: "Hello, my name is Krista. I live in the USA, Midwest area. I like to read historical fiction and the classics."Hi and welcome Krista! This is the place to read classics and have discussions with members of the books that we read! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)
Hello all. Tara here - like Krista above I live in the Midwest (Ohio), love reading (and re-reading classics) and really enjoy historical fiction. I also read a fair amount of ancient and medieval history. I think this group is just what I've been looking for. The October group reads look fantastic! September looks great, too, but I have the next few weeks already teed up, book wise. I'm especially excited to re-read LoTR, as I've been itching to pull that one off the shelf again lately.
Bryo4 wrote: "Hello all. Tara here - like Krista above I live in the Midwest (Ohio), love reading (and re-reading classics) and really enjoy historical fiction. I also read a fair amount of ancient and medieval ..."Hi and welcome Tara! Glad you've joined us to Catch Up on Classics! You have obviously seen our monthly group reads and have noticed that we have something for everyone (well, almost!). I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)
Thanks, Loretta! I'm very happy to be here. I see we share a love of historical fiction, as well!
Bryo4 wrote: "Thanks, Loretta! I'm very happy to be here. I see we share a love of historical fiction, as well!"Yes, I like all sorts of books! :)
Welcome to the group, Tara and Krista! I'm originally from the US Midwest too, though I've lived down in Texas for quite some time now.
Loretta wrote: "Yes! I do like historical fiction but of late my heart belongs to classics! :)"
Well, then, obviously, you should be reading classic historical fiction.
Welcome to the group Tara, I'm glad you've decided to join us :)
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Hi, I'm Portia. I joined when I saw the list of books the group is reading this month. Great list!
Portia wrote: "Hi, I'm Portia. I joined when I saw the list of books the group is reading this month. Great list!"Hi and welcome Portia! Enjoy and happy reading! :)
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So glad that you like the list and decided to join us. Welcome to the group.
Welcome to the group Portia! I'm glad that you like the books we're reading this month and hope to discuss some of them with you :)
Welcome, Portia! Did you take your screen name from Merchant of Venice or is that just a happy coincidence?
I took my screen name from my cat who is a rescue The quality of mercy ...
Is twice blest:
It blesses [the one] that gives and [the one] that takes ..
MOV 4.1.181-182
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Her name is Portia, nothing undervalued
To Cato's daughter, Brutus' Portia.
MOV 1.1.165-166
With age, good care, and a happy home, she now resembles the Latin origin of her name: a round, happy little porker.
Hi everybody! I joined after finding about the Bingo challenge, which is super fun. Nice to see everyone! I'm Alex - I probably know some of you from, y'know, around. I'm 42 and I live in Brooklyn with my wife, dog and baby; I read a lot of classics.
Alex wrote: "Hi everybody! I joined after finding about the Bingo challenge, which is super fun. Nice to see everyone! I'm Alex - I probably know some of you from, y'know, around. I'm 42 and I live in Brookly..."
Hi Alex! Welcome! Glad you joined to read more classics with us! Enjoy and happy reading! :)
Welcome Alex. I have "seen you around" goodreads and am glad that you decided to read more classics here.
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Hey everyone, Matt here. I am currently in Virginia. I've been on Goodreads for a while and just happened to find out about the reading groups. After doing some browsing, I decided this is the one for me. I definitely need to catch up on classics and saw some good ones in the history here. Hopefully this group will keep me reading. I signed up at the end of August so I was only able to get through Pride & Prejudice (first time for me). I am moving on to We Have Always Lived in the Castle now. Hope to chat with some of you about it!
Welcome, Matt. That is definitely a good start. This is a great place to read classics and I look forward to seeing you in the group.
Matt wrote: "Hey everyone, Matt here. I am currently in Virginia. I've been on Goodreads for a while and just happened to find out about the reading groups. After doing some browsing, I decided this is the one ..."Hi Matt! Welcome! I'm glad your browsing led you to our classics group! This is definitely the group to catch up reading classics! Pride and Prejudice is a fantastic start, it's one of my favorite books, with Wuthering Heights being my absolute favorite! I'm also reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle! I'm almost finished! Can't wait to read your thoughts on the books that we read! Meantime, enjoy and happy reading! :)
Hey. I'm Elena, 23, and from Germany. Until a few months ago I more or less simply read and re-read the same books again and again (until I'd read them far over 50 times in some cases). Then I decided that, while I loved those particular books as though they were old friends, I'd really LOVE to finally get around to reading the classics. So I ransacked my parents' library and took home dozens of books. Needless to say: I LOVED THE CLASSICS (okay, most of them ;) )
I'm over 200 books in by now and simply can't stop or slow down. By now I've found out quite a few authors I LOVE (Dickens, Tolstoy...) and some I really have to struggle to get through every page (Austen, Milton).
I've joined this group to talk about some of the classics I loved and to get new ideas on what to read.
Uff! This has turned out a rather longer post than I intended... anyway, I just wanted to say "hi" and thanks for creating/maintaining this amazing group =D
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Welcome Alex, Matt and Elena, I'm glad you've joined and hope that your discover some new favourite classics with us :)
Welcome, Elena. Glad you decided to join this group to read more classics. Looking forward to seeing you here.
Hi everyoneI'm Viv from England. I joined the group because I am trying to get a better balance with my reading between contemporary & genre versus classics and thought I would find ideas and reading buddies here! I can see that quite a few of my GR friends are members.
I am currently reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and loving it. In the next month or two, I plan to read some Virginia Woolf and am considering Les Miserables too.
I'm not sure how many group reads I'll fit in over the next few months, thanks to a reading challenge over at the Roundtable group but if I can fit any into my categories I may join in. I'm in it for the long haul :-)
Welcome Viv :) I love The tenant of Wildfell Hall, I think it's my favourite Bronte book. Feel free to join in with whatever you find time for. We have a short story read each month if you're looking for something more manageable in length. Otherwise hopefully you'll find some crossover with our group reads and your current plans! Good luck with whatever you choose to read :)
Elena wrote: "Hey. I'm Elena, 23, and from Germany. Until a few months ago I more or less simply read and re-read the same books again and again (until I'd read them far over 50 times in some cases). Then I deci..."Hi and welcome Elena! Glad that you ransacked your parents house and found some new favorites, like Tolstoy, who is one of my new favorites too, especially his short stories and tales! Sorry you're struggling with Austen, though that's the way it goes with her writing. People either love her (like me) or, not so much! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)
Viv wrote: "Hi everyoneI'm Viv from England. I joined the group because I am trying to get a better balance with my reading between contemporary & genre versus classics and thought I would find ideas and rea..."
Hi and welcome Viv! Enjoy and happy reading! :)
Team Wuthering Heights over here! HELL YEAH EMILY!
Welcome all the new folks! Elena, I am hoping my children and grandchildren will do the same with my collection some day. One son is a reader, but work keeps him too busy, the other loves the Harry Potter series, but not so much anything else. So far I have 2 big readers out of my grands, but most of them are too young to read yet.
Alex wrote: "Team Wuthering Heights over here! HELL YEAH EMILY!"And over here Alex! :)
Hello Everyone I am Cindy from South Dakota. I have been on Goodreads for awhile. I was part of another classic group that folded. I love to read any kind of classic book. Your bookshelf looks like mine. I am so excited you are group reading my all time favorite story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It will give me an excuse to read it again.
Welcome Cindy. Glad you are here. I am excited to be reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and am interested in seeing your thoughts.
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Cindy wrote: "Hello Everyone I am Cindy from South Dakota. I have been on Goodreads for awhile. I was part of another classic group that folded. I love to read any kind of classic book. Your bookshelf looks like..."Hi and welcome Cindy! Sorry about your other group, it happens sometimes but I'm glad you're here and like our book shelf and the books that we are currently reading. Jump in and enjoy! :)
Hi! I'm Melora, and I was getting ready to comment on the We Have Always Lived in the Castle discussion when I realized I hadn't yet introduced myself. So...I live in North Carolina and have for ten years now, but I was born in Florida and spent my first forty years there, so really I'm a Floridian. I have two kids, one husband, one golden retriever, and two cats. My kids are transitioning this year from homeschooling, which is what we've done up to now, to being more traditionally educated -- my son is finishing his senior year of high school at the community college, and my daughter is a freshman at the high school -- which means that I have a bit more time for reading than I have for quite a while! I read all sorts of things. I tend towards nonfiction, but I also love fantasy, classics, short stories, etc.
I look forward to being encouraged by this group to read a few things I might otherwise have missed, and to having a friendly community with whom to exchange thoughts on books! Thanks so much for having me!
Hi Melora,I'm looking forward to discussing classics with you!
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I saw that Lolita is in your favourites. I love that book . Have you ever came across a book similar to it?"
Not really, at least not on the same subject matter,..."
Oh, thank you so much.I'm adding them to my list.