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[Brina]

Welcome Zuzana. So nice that you joined us to read classics. I am planning on a buddy read of Doctor Zhivago in November so feel free to join in. Looking forward to seeing you in the group.

[Lilly]

Welcome Marie and Zuzana!

This group offers quite a range of group and buddy reads, so I'm sure you will find something manageable for a start, Zuzana. ;)

[Hailee]

Welcome Zuzana. When I was just starting to read classics apart from Pride and prejudice two of the first books that really caught my attention were Animal Farm (which also has the benefit of being really short) and To Kill a Mockingbird. I think either would be a good introduction to classics - although neither are Russian of course.

[Pink]

Welcome Zuzana! I'm currently reading War and Peace, but there's plenty of shorter classics to start with if you want something less daunting! Maybe you could try The Death of Ivan Ilych which is also by Tolstoy and one of our current group reads :)

[Zuzana]

Pink wrote: "Welcome Zuzana! I'm currently reading War and Peace, but there's plenty of shorter classics to start with if you want something less daunting! Maybe you could try [book:The Death of Ivan Ilych|1838..."

Thank you for such a warm welcome! I noticed few mistakes in my writing, I am not a native English speaker so I do apologize. Feel free to correct me.

I looked at The Death of Ivan Ilych yesterday, the description sounds interesting, but maybe I should try something less depressing to start with :) I only decided on Russian classics because of Rory mentioning Gogol in one episode.

[Darren]

Welcome Zuzana! :o)
I would recommend Crime and Punishment - not as depressing as it sounds and I found it surprisingly easy/enjoyable to read

[Kathleen]

Zuzana wrote: "Pink wrote: "Welcome Zuzana! I'm currently reading War and Peace, but there's plenty of shorter classics to start with if you want something less daunting! Maybe you could try [book:The Death of Iv..."

Welcome Zuzana. Just this reader's opinion, but I found Gogol really hard to read and War and Peace surprisingly easy. Since you can often find classics online for free, you could read a little of them and see if you like the style. My suggestion is since there is so much out there to choose from--don't stay too long with anything you don't like!

[Loretta]

Zuzana wrote: "Hello,

I'm Zuzana and like Marie, I was inspired by Rory to read some classics! What a coincidence :) I'm looking into reading some Russian classics, I got War and Peace but I have a feeling it mi..."

Hi and welcome Zuzana! I've read a few books by Gogol just recently and very much enjoyed them! If you're looking to read more Russian literature might I suggest reading Ivan the fool and other tales of Leo Tolstoy and Russian Stories and Legends by Tolstoy. They're far from depressing!

Glad to have you in the group! Enjoy and happy reading! :)

[Loretta]

Abraham wrote: "Hello everyone. My name is Abe and I live in California and my goal is to read more. With my busy schedule and other commitments its a juggling act. But look forward to seeing other peoples reading..."

Hi and welcome Abe! Glad you've joined us to "juggle" reading the classics! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)

[Pink]

Zuzana, don't worry about any mistakes, we're not picky here and have lots of international members whose first language isn't English. I don't have the same excuse for when I get things wrong!

We have lots of classics on our shelves, both depressing and light hearted, so take a browse and see if anything grabs you!

Welcome to the group Abe! I hope you manage to squeeze some classics reading in, I know it can be a juggling act when you have a busy lifestyle!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Zuzana & Abe and welcome to our group.

[Brina]

Welcome Abe. Very busy lifestyle here so I know how hard it is to juggle reading along with everything else. Glad you joined and hope you can fit classics into your daily schedule.

[Hailee]

Welcome to the group Abe :-)

[Iain]

Hello. Just found Goodreads and thought this group a good place to start. Re-reading Candide (trans Theo Cuffe) at present. Enjoy not just classics but also sifi (many of which qualify as classics), poetry, popular science, music (including scores!), thrillers... No such thing as a bad book, imho. Every opinion counts and you can't help but learn from whatever you read. I also write poetry (any pointers on publishing?) and music. Love the countryside as I grew up in Yorkshire. Hoping to start volunteering soon as I'm not working for one reason or another. Hope to have some lively chats!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Iain wrote: "Hello. Just found Goodreads and thought this group a good place to start. Re-reading Candide (trans Theo Cuffe) at present. Enjoy not just classics but also sifi (many of which qualify as classics)..."

Hi and welcome Iain. I love your attitude about books. Happy reading.

[Iain]

Thanks Kathy!

[Loretta]

Iain wrote: "Hello. Just found Goodreads and thought this group a good place to start. Re-reading Candide (trans Theo Cuffe) at present. Enjoy not just classics but also sifi (many of which qualify as classics)..."

Hi and welcome Iain! Welcome to Goodreads and to Catching Up On Classics! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Jump in and happy reading! :)

[Iain]

Thanks Loretta. And thanks for being my first friend! (Not "ever", obviously...!)

[Pink]

Welcome to the group and to Goodreads Iain! It sounds like the right place for you to dive into more reading and make some bookish friends! I hope you enjoy it here and look forward to chatting with you soon :)

[Iain]

Pink wrote: "Welcome to the group and to Goodreads Iain!

Thanks Pink! Still getting oriented but it all seems fairly intuitive. It'll probably become easier when I get my laptop back from my mum's, where I left it last time I was down. I've read some of your reviews in passing btw and they are very insightful. Hope to chat soon.

[Hailee]

Welcome to the group Iain. I'm a big sci-fi reader myself - especially space opera. Hope to chat with you in the various discussion threads.

[Iain]

Hailee wrote: "Welcome to the group Iain. I'm a big sci-fi reader myself..."

Thanks Hailee. Asimov is my favourite, but more of that in the proper place.

[Manas]

Hi everyone, Manas here from India. I am new to Goodreads so I hope to learn from you all. Just found this group, this instantly reminded me of my school library, where after finishing all the Famous Fives, the Secret Sevens and the Agatha Christie's and the Sherlock Holmes I was looking for a book to read and in the innermost recesses of the bookshelves I found a classic, I believe it was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I got instantly hooked. Hope to read some more. It has been years since I read a classic. Currently thinking of picking up Moby Dick maybe.

[Hailee]

Welcome Manas. I loved Famous Five and Secret Seven as a kid. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun in this group.

[Loretta]

Manas wrote: "Hi everyone, Manas here from India. I am new to Goodreads so I hope to learn from you all. Just found this group, this instantly reminded me of my school library, where after finishing all the Famo..."

Hi and welcome Manas to Goodreads and to Catching Up On Classics! I'm sure you'll find some classics and discussions here that you'll enjoy! Happy reading! :)

[Manas]

Thanks Hailee. I am sure I will have tons of fun. Ought to say, the community here looks awesome.

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Manas, I'm glad you've joined us :) I read Moby Dick a few months ago and loved it! Good luck with whatever you decide to read next!

[Brina]

Welcome Iain and Manas. Glad you found us and joined to read classics here. Looking forward to seeing you and enjoy.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Manas. Hopefully this group will help you to read more classics.

[Celeste]

Hello all! I'm Celeste from Louisiana. I have severely neglected reading any classics since graduating from college five years ago. I've read a few, but I never have anyone to discuss them with, so I've had a hard time maintaining interest. I'm hoping that being a part of this group changes that. I'm looking forward to reading a least a couple of October's reads! Since I'm a fantasy buff, I'm incredibly excited to have joined in time to participate in the quarterly read of Lord of the Rings!

[Pink]

Celeste, welcome to the group! It looks like you've joined just at the right time for LOTR! Hopefully you'll find some more classics to enjoy with us. Good luck with your reading :)

[Lilly]

Welcome to the group Abe, Iain, Manas and Celeste!
Hope you all have happy reads and discussions with us ;)

Celeste, there is a request for "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion" on the buddy reads thread - so you could join there as well ... ;)

[Brina]

Welcome Celeste. Glad you joined so you could get back to reading classics with us. Hope you find books you enjoy here and look forward to seeing you in the group n

[Susan O]

Welcome to all the new folks! Celeste, I waited much longer than 5 years after college to get back to classics. One nice thing is it's never to late to join this party! :)

[Hailee]

Welcome Celeste. I just started LotR today. Having people to talk to about any genre of books makes it a lot more fun. I'm looking forward to talking to you in the discussion threads :-)

[Eoinda]

Hello everyone! I haven't posted here before today, even though I joined the group a week(?) or so ago. Anyway I read basically everything, although I have a particular weak spot for sci-fi. I have read quite a few classics, but hope to read more of the heavy stuff. The older I get the more I appreciate books which are somewhat more challenging.

[Brina]

Officially welcoming you Eoinda. Glad you joined and jumped right into the discussions. Hope you are enjoying being in the group.

[Loretta]

Celeste wrote: "Hello all! I'm Celeste from Louisiana. I have severely neglected reading any classics since graduating from college five years ago. I've read a few, but I never have anyone to discuss them with, so..."

Hi and welcome Celeste! You'll definitely meet members here to have discussions with on the classics that we read! So enjoy and happy reading! :)

[Loretta]

Eoinda wrote: "Hello everyone! I haven't posted here before today, even though I joined the group a week(?) or so ago. Anyway I read basically everything, although I have a particular weak spot for sci-fi. I have..."

Hi Eoinda! Glad you finally decided to introduce yourself to the group! Happy reading! :)

[Hailee]

Eoinda wrote: "Hello everyone! I haven't posted here before today, even though I joined the group a week(?) or so ago. Anyway I read basically everything, although I have a particular weak spot for sci-fi. I have..."

Hi Eoinda and welcome to the group. Reading more challenging books is a great goal and will be a lot easier in this group with lots of like-minded people to talk to.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Celeste & Eoinda. I'm glad that you introduced yourselves so that we can get to know you a bit. I look forward to reading classics with you.

[Tasha]

Hi. I'm Tasha. I saw Hailee post something earlier this week on status thread so I thought I'd come in a check it out. I think I may have been here a few years ago but I'm back, or here now.

I've been reading classics slowly over the years and really feel drawn to them at different times. I'm looking forward to seeing what's coming up in the next few months. I currently have plans to read Jane Eyre (again) and have recently finished Northanger Abbey. I'm glad to see you revisit books you've already read, makes me feel like I'm not too late to join!

Looking forward to getting to know you all and it looks like a fun group. I love challenges and I see you have many to choose from here. I can't wait to join in!

[Brina]

Welcome Tasha. Glad you joined and enjoy reading the classics in this group.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Tasha, and welcome to our group. I'm glad you decided to revisit us.

[Loretta]

Tasha wrote: "Hi. I'm Tasha. I saw Hailee post something earlier this week on status thread so I thought I'd come in a check it out. I think I may have been here a few years ago but I'm back, or here now.

I've..."

Hi and welcome Tasha! We do read an array of classics here so I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here with reading and discussing books with members! Happy reading! :)

[Hailee]

Hi Tasha nice to see over here or should I say nice to have lured you over here. Now we can talk about Jane Eyre in two different groups :-D

[Sandro]

Hi there :) My name is Sandro and I'm a student of English studies and Linguistics&Phonetics at the University of Cologne in Germany. I actually just discovered my passion for reading (especially historical fiction, classics, and postmodern british novel) and I would like to push myself to read on a more frequent basis which is why I joined the group. I'm so looking forward to all the book discussions. They'll surely be most interesting.

Atm I'm reading 'The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down' by Anne Fadiman but I'm planning on reading more classics soon.

These include Jane Eyre, Northhanger Abbey, Oliver Twist, literally 95 % of Shakespeare's plays, etc. But I am also trying to catch up with my German classics such as Thomas Mann 'Buddenbrooks' or Berthold Brecht 'Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan'.

Looking forward to getting to know some of you! If you have any questions or recommendations, please don't hesitate and just leave me a msg.

[Hailee]

Welcome to the group Sandro. I know there are a lot of Shakespere buddy read threads that are active at the moment that you might want to check out.

[Sandro]

Hailee wrote: "Welcome to the group Sandro. I know there are a lot of Shakespere buddy read threads that are active at the moment that you might want to check out."

Ahh that's great!! Thanks a lot. I will definitely check them out asap.

[Loretta]

Sandro wrote: "Hi there :) My name is Sandro and I'm a student of English studies and Linguistics&Phonetics at the University of Cologne in Germany. I actually just discovered my passion for reading (especially h..."

Hello and welcome Sandro! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! We read many of the authors you like so I'm sure you'll fit right in! Happy reading! :)