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[Nente]

The group is reading Ivanhoe in January, where Robin Hood is also present. A bit earlier than Dumas, though not the original. Also, I think his proficiency in archery dates from the Scott's version.

[Abbey]

Bob wrote: "Abbey here is the link to the challenge- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I ran through the posts and did not see your name I can't tell you where it m..."

Perfect, thank you so much! I didn't have a chance to create my map at this point, so I hadn't posted in the conversation yet. I couldn't figure out how to get back to the thread to post.

[Brina]

I just deleted 100 books from my to read pile that I accumulated over the course of the year. It shows how my tastes have gotten more mature since joining this group and how I have varied my tastes in what I read. I look forward to next year's reading.

[Emerson]

Nente wrote: "The group is reading Ivanhoe in January, where Robin Hood is also present. A bit earlier than Dumas, though not the original. Also, I think his proficiency in archery dates from the Sco..."

Oh, I didn't know that, I'm away the whole month you're reading for the group but it'll wait for me when I get back.

Thank you Melanti, hope I'll be able to get them.

[Nente]

Set up the challenges. Done the planning. Now how am I going to keep my hands off all that treasure hoard till January? >:-(

[Pink]

Haha that's just how I feel, can't wait to get started on next year's books!

[siriusedward]

I know what you mean ..

[Jenn]

Nente wrote: "Set up the challenges. Done the planning. Now how am I going to keep my hands off all that treasure hoard till January? >:-("

Same here. I'm always tempted to start new books rather than stick with what I'm currently reading and finish them, lol.

[Brina]

Same here :)

[Lena]

Oh yes, currently reading tends to bulge, lol.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Nente wrote: "Set up the challenges. Done the planning. Now how am I going to keep my hands off all that treasure hoard till January? >:-("

Oh yes!! I have delayed planning my challenges exactly for that reason. I do need to get around to the planning eventually though.

[Judith Marie]

Hi, I'm looking for recommendations for poetry collections. :)

Preferably not just for one author, but several - something along the lines of "best english poetry" (in the sense of written in the english language, not necessarily the country.)

I would like to get to know the works of Byron, Shelley, Keats, Whitman and others, but since I haven't really read them before I'm hesitant to choose one of them. That's why I decided to start with a collection and afterwards I can pursue those I liked best.

I already did some research on google but I didn't quite find what I was looking for, so I would be grateful for recommendations. :)

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Marie wrote: "Hi, I'm looking for recommendations for poetry collections. :)

Preferably not just for one author, but several - something along the lines of "best english poetry" (in the sense of written in the ..."

I read this for the poetry square this year and enjoyed most of the book, 100 Best-Loved Poems

[Judith Marie]

Thank you, I will definitely check those out. :)

[Manas]

Finally managed to finish the Picture of Dorian Gray, group read of November if I remember correctly. I probably should devote more time to reading. Any suggestions for short classic novels, preferably Old School.

[Wreade1872]

Manas wrote: "Finally managed to finish the Picture of Dorian Gray, group read of November if I remember correctly. I probably should devote more time to reading. Any suggestions for short classic novels, prefer..."
here's a few short ones.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) [2/5]
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) [5/5]
The City of Dreadful Night (1873) poetry [5/5] so awesomely depressing!
The Blazing World (1666) [3/5]
At the Mountains of Madness (1931) [4/5]
Carmilla (1872) [3/5]
R.U.R. (1920) play [5/5] great version on Libravox.
The Warden (1855) [3/5]
Futility or the Wreck of the Titan (1898) [3/5]

[Lieke]

Hi everyone!
For a school project I am doing research on Blackwell's (a British book retailer) and I need some people who have been there at least once to fill in my questionnaire (who better to turn to than the book community!).
This only takes 2-3 minutes (I swear!) and it would help me out so much :) Would anyone like to fill it in? THANKS!
https://nl.surveymonkey.com/r/T2LZYPR

[Wreade1872]

So recently i added an extra image to my profile of Cthulhu to express my bah humbug! spirit. However things then spiraled put of control and i now have 7 photos, but each of them mean different things.

Now i know everyones images have meaning to them in some way but mine have gone a bit more deliberate. Its like i'm trying to play Dixit with the universe (Dixit is a game which requires players to guess which image represents a saying).

Anyway here's what i have so far:
Normal - default.
Grumpy - Self explanatory, not necessarily book related.
Creepy - Its halloween or i'm reading a creepy/horror book.
Feminine - I'm in touch with my feminine side, probably by reading something with a female main character.
Mirthful - I'm probably reading something funny.
Thoughtful - I'm probably reading something thats making me think.
Empathetic - Probably reading a tearjerker or something thats hitting close to home.

Images:
Normal - My default Humphrey Bogart image.
Grumpy - My glow-in-the-dark Cthulhu doll.
Creepy - A scan of Dracula from my 1959 paperback edition.
Feminine - Louise Brooks, also the photo used as the cover of the book The Invention of Morel .
Mirthful - A laughing Great A'Tuin, the Discworld turtle.
Thoughtful - The logo of the Thinkers Library, actually a scan from my 1932 edition of The Martyrdom of Man.
Empathetic - Ratty comforting a homesick Mole.

Anyway there's a look inside my head :) . I'm not sure what it says about me that these are the only things i wish to express ;) but maybe i'll add some more at a furture dat.

[Darren]

ah Louise Brooks... (drifts off)... - Good Choice!

[Terris]

I have a quick question: Do you consider The Blackboard Jungle a classic? Trying to put it in the right list for my 2016 reading, and I think it is a classic. What do you think?

[Lena]

It's had 21 editions - I think staying power is part of being a classic.

[Terris]

Lena wrote: "It's had 21 editions - I think staying power is part of being a classic."

Thank you, I agree. I just needed a little validation :)

[Lena]

You said it yourself, fifty years later and it's still relevant.

[Andrea]

Hey everyone! Just a quick question, I'm not sure where to post this, I just joined :)
Has anyone watched Love and Friendship? I live in Germany, and I just saw it will finally be released here after Christmas. I was wondering if anyone can tell me if it's just the plot of Lady Susan they adapted, or if there's anything else I need to re-read before I see it. I have a collection of JA juvenilia that's called "Love and friendship", so I'm a bit confused there :)

[Andrea]

Becky wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Hey everyone! Just a quick question, I'm not sure where to post this, I just joined :)
Has anyone watched Love and Friendship? I live in Germany, and I just saw it will finally be r..."

Thank you!

[Melanti]

Andrea wrote: "Hey everyone! Just a quick question, I'm not sure where to post this, I just joined :)
Has anyone watched Love and Friendship? I live in Germany, and I just saw it will finally be released here af..."

Someone else in the Lady Susan thread last month also confirmed it's only Lady Susan and didn't have anything to do with the juvenilia. The title change wasn't the best idea - it just creates confusion.

[Christine]

Melanti wrote: "Someone else in the Lady Susan thread last month also confirmed it's only Lady Susan and didn't have anything to do with the juvenilia. The title change wasn't the best idea - it just creates confusion."

I noticed that this Love and Friendship film is available for free streaming with Amazon Prime. I might have to check this one out for myself. :-)

[Andrea]

Melanti wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Hey everyone! Just a quick question, I'm not sure where to post this, I just joined :)
Has anyone watched Love and Friendship? I live in Germany, and I just saw it will finally be r..."

Ok, thanks. I'll re-read that then. If I can find a cinema that'll show it in English... Otherwise I'll just wait for the DVD :)

[SherryRose]

I binged on Netflix The Medicis masters of Florence. I got hooked.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

First let me state up front this is not a criticism. We’re finishing the first year of the Women's Century Challenge and it seems to be enjoyed. For the last two weeks a couple of dozen members have been preparing for the 2017 challenge. Planning and thinking about books authored by women, creating new lists and posting them for the group to see. It may be of interest to know that this extra awareness of books authored by women is not migrating to group nominations. Here are the results of this months nominations making it to the polls that open tomorrow.

Short Story-one book by a female author out of eight books going to the poll

New School- one book by a female author out of fourteen books going to the poll

Old School- two books by a female author out of nine books going to the poll

Total 4/31 books are women authors in this months polls.

Again this is just for information.

[Lena]

That's a good point. Let's remember that the next time we nominate.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Lena wrote: "That's a good point. Let's remember that the next time we nominate."

Yes! Agreed!

[Melanti]

Bob wrote: "First let me state up front this is not a criticism. We’re finishing the first year of the Women's Century Challenge and it seems to be enjoyed. For the last two weeks a couple of dozen members hav..."

That's really interesting - and odd.

Several people in Old & New made lists full of women authors too.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

I saw "Love & Friendship" this past summer in the movie theater after 2 days spent reading "Lady Susan."

I had to spend 2 days because I had to read evenings of Friday and Thursday--workdays and I wanted to see the movie on Saturday asap because I thought the movie might stop viewing in my city.

I'm a bit of a stickler about reading a book before I see film or TV movie/miniseries.

[Andrea]

Andrea (Catsos Person) is a Compulsive eBook Hoarder wrote: "I saw "Love & Friendship" this past summer in the movie theater after 2 days spent reading "Lady Susan."

I had to spend 2 days because I had to read evenings of Friday and Thursday--workdays and I..."

Me too. I need to able to complain about all the good stuff they left out and/or changed :D

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Same here Andrea!

[Wreade1872]

I was just looking at the books i've read this year, i like to look at the number of pages rather than the number of books.
Then i remembered that not all book entries are done properly, not all editions have the page numbers included. When i checked, as i suspected i had about 5 books without any pages numbers.

Anyway if you like to have that accurate view of how many pages you've read make sure to double check that number of pages is listed on the edition you've selected.

[Melanti]

I usually correct the book records as I add editions to my shelves, but even then - since I whispersync so much, and audiobooks are listed by hours rather than pages, any sort of page count for the year is going to seem way off.

[Brina]

If I read 75 pages a day for the rest of the year, I will have averaged 100 pages a day this year. Seems about right.

[Andrea]

Can someone PLEASE help me? I can't seem to manage my notifications for this group properly. My notifications feeds gets flooded with every single discussion from this group instead of just the ones I actually commented on. It's becoming a real problem, because today I had like 30 notifications and when I clicked on "view all", it only showed the first ten. I didn't even see ones where people actually commented on my reviews! All I have been able to find is a page with "Topics I'm following in this group" and all I can do is choose from "get emails" and "notifications". Does anyone have ANY idea how to fix this???

[Pink]

Sorry, but I think someone else might be better able to advise with this. I always have such problems with GR notifications myself that I turn everything off and just check in with the unread group posts.

[Andrea]

Pink wrote: "Sorry, but I think someone else might be better able to advise with this. I always have such problems with GR notifications myself that I turn everything off and just check in with the unread group..."

Thanks anyway :)

[Melanti]

It sounds like you're subscribed to every post.
With as active as this group is, that's probably not a useful setting - though it's great for less active groups.


To change it, you need to be on the desktop version of the site (not the app) and go into your account settings, in the email tab.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?t...

This lets you pick what things you get an email in by default and which you get notified...

Scroll down to the "Group Email Preferences" section, find this group, and select "None".

This means that you'll not get any notifications about a post in the group unless you've subscribed to the thread - which happens by default when you reply.

[Tytti]

Melanti wrote: "This means that you'll not get any notifications about a post in the group unless you've subscribed to the thread - which happens by default when you reply."

But it doesn't... Or at least you would need to have something selected, though maybe she has. But I don't get any notifications unless I choose "Notify me when people comment" when commenting.

And actually all of those settings at the link don't work, either, I don't get the notifications that I have subscribed. I have complained about it but GR doesn't care.

[Melanti]

Tytti wrote: "But it doesn't... Or at least you would need to have something selected, though maybe she has. But I don't get any notifications unless I choose "Notify me when people comment" when commenting. ..."

There's another setting for that. Just below the group email preferences section, there's another box that says "When I leave comments on other items, follow discussions by default." If that's checked, the "Notify me when people reply" box will be checked automatically.

Since Andrea mentioned seeing a list of topics she was subscribed to, I just assumed she had that box checked... Though I guess I should have mentioned it anyway.

Goodreads notifications can get kind of flaky sometimes, especially when you have a ton of them at once.

[Tytti]

No, this is constant. I never get notifications from comments to my recommendations, only if people also like them which they don't always do. There might be some other instances, too, but I'm not sure. But there are so many bugs on this site, I wonder if the programmers ever even test them. Some are the type that I wouldn't even dream of letting them go live, and I have studied programming.

[Melanti]

Ah. That's a feature I don't use myself so I can't say. All you can do is complain in the Feedback group and hope they eventually fix it.

[Andrea]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Hopefully that'll work :)

[Tytti]

Melanti wrote: "Ah. That's a feature I don't use myself so I can't say. All you can do is complain in the Feedback group and hope they eventually fix it."

I did, probably a couple of times, and I have complained about other things, too, without much success. And if I dare to suggest something new, one non-staff member starts arguing with me even though it doesn't concern her in any way, so I just rather keep away.

[Andrea]

Ok, so now I didn't get a notification, but at least I could check a box that said "notify me when people comment". Progress!