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[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Cool, Pam!

[Doreen]

Nice relaxing night reading with fresh coffee and a beautiful breeze coming through the windows. Just perfect.

[Bkwmlee]

Pam wrote: "Thanks to this group, I've read a Nobel prize-winning author before they won the Nobel Prize.

Just announced: Kazuo Ishiguro won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. One of the fi..."

I sadly haven't read it yet but it's one of the books on my A to Z challenge so I have it down to read for next month. I've heard so much about Ishiguro and this book in particular so I can't wait to get to it! :-)

[Sarah]

I just finished reading Julius Caesar, so I decided to watch a production of the play on my tablet. Apparently neither my cats nor the dog is a fan of Shakespeare, LOL. The cats went running when they heard shouting from the actors and the dog went to the window barking in pursuit of my Shakespearean intruders! Now back to reading The Haunting of Hill House…which seems like a good book for the blustery fall day we’re having here.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Can someone kindly tell me the the thread in this group where members post free audiobooks classics?

Thanks!

[Melanti]

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Here you go.

But it's possible Amazon/Audible has ended this promotion. They haven't posted a classic the last couple of months.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Thanks Melanti!

[Francisca]

The google doodle today is celebrating Fridtjof Nansen's 156th birthday; he explored the North Pole and wrote Farthest North, which I think a few people mentioned reading recently. :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Francisca wrote: "The google doodle today is celebrating Fridtjof Nansen's 156th birthday; he explored the North Pole and wrote Farthest North, which I think a few people mentioned reading recently. :)"

I saw that and now I've moved Farthest North up on my TBR list!

[Francisca]

Back on the Nobel Prize, I found this great interview in the Paris Review with Kazuo Ishiguro about his work (it's a bit dated, it was published before his last book, The Buried Giant): https://www.theparisreview.org/interv...

[Kayla]

I'm so bummed tonight. I have so many great reads I want to finish- but I have a brief due tomorrow so I will be up late writing, instead of reading. :(

[Loretta]

Kayla wrote: "I'm so bummed tonight. I have so many great reads I want to finish- but I have a brief due tomorrow so I will be up late writing, instead of reading. :("

Books will be there when you're finished Kayla! Work comes first! 😠

[GW]

I've been using my new kindle, where I've got two check-outs from my local library's Overdrive. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst and The Sun and Her Flowers are both perfect for a wet cold fall day. I'm slowly getting through Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as well. It's time to get out the umbrella and rubbers.

[Jim]

I've been working 20-24 hours a weekend of overtime for the past six weeks and continuing, as I am one of 700 people at my USA government agency who have been taking FEMA disaster registrations over the phone in the wake of all the storms that have hit the southeastern USA and Texas.

Because registration intake calls during the weekend are averaging 6-10 per day, and we are allowed; nay, encouraged, to read between calls, I've been on a reading tear. Since 24 August, 2017 I have read:
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan (24-28 August); Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes (28 August-5 September); The Tell-Tale Heart & Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe (5-10 September); Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (10-22 September); Moby-Dick by Herman Melville (22 September-1 October); Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (1-5 October); Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle (5-7 October); The Awakening and Selected Stories by Kate Chopin (7-9 October); Llano River by Elmer Kelton (9 October); Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (9-10 October); and am 60 pages (of 1,045) into the 2003 Bantam Classics reissue of The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (started 10 October).

Jim

[Cynda]

Jim wrote: "I've been working 20-24 hours a weekend of overtime for the past six weeks and continuing, as I am one of 700 people at my USA government agency who have been taking FEMA disaster registrations ove..."

Thank you for your service. I know you get paid for it, but you dont have to do it. Rockport, TX is on the other side of Corpus Christi Bay. Long-time friends live there. I have visited there and weekended any number of times. Your work is important. Thank you.

[Jim]

You're welcome, Cynda. I want to help my fellow citizens in what little way I can.

Jim

[Melanti]

Jim wrote: "I've been working 20-24 hours a weekend of overtime for the past six weeks and continuing, as I am one of 700 people at my USA government agency who have been taking FEMA disaster registrations ove..."

I agree with Cynda!
As someone who has had to talk to FEMA and the SBA a lot lately, all your hard work and OT is greatly appreciated!

Sounds like a good selection of books too.

[Sabrina]

Gary wrote: "I've been using my new kindle, where I've got two check-outs from my local library's Overdrive. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst and [book:The Sun and Her Flowers..."
Gary, I just finished Ben-Hur by General Lew Wallace. I thought it would be exactly like the movie, but I was so pleased to discover that it's much more than that - and goes much deeper. I enjoyed every single page.

[Sabrina]

Cynda wrote: "Jim wrote: "I've been working 20-24 hours a weekend of overtime for the past six weeks and continuing, as I am one of 700 people at my USA government agency who have been taking FEMA disaster regis..."
Yes, I too would like to thank you for your service ! That's quite an impressive list, so many great classic novels and all worth reading even more than once. As an historian by profession though, I feel bound to tell you that Reza Aslan's "Zealot" shouldn't be taken too seriously. He has a tendency to make up so-called "historical" facts, as he goes along, just to fit his personal narrative. These facts have been proven wrong, again and again. But to each their point of view, I guess.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Thank you all for whatever you do to make this world a better place and to help those in need. I always knew we had wonderful people in this group.

[Sabrina]

Katy wrote: "Thank you all for whatever you do to make this world a better place and to help those in need. I always knew we had wonderful people in this group."
So true ! I second that.

[Wreade1872]

I posted this in another group but since it is nearly Halloween i thought i'd repost here:

I was just looking at my shelf (my real shelf) and remembered this book Usborne Guide to the Supernatural World: Vampires, Ghosts and Mysterious Powers. Took me quite a while to figure out the name as when i found it as a child it had no cover or binding :lol.
Anyway heres some of the vampire related lore. All real... real folklore i mean not real vampires ;) .
Nachzehrer is obviously my favourite, doesn't even say if it kills people :lol .

[Loretta]

Wreade1872 wrote: "I posted this in another group but since it is nearly Halloween i thought i'd repost here:

I was just looking at my shelf (my real shelf) and remembered this book [book:Usborne Guide to the Supern..."

So cool Wreade1872! 👽☠️💀👻

[Jane]

Wreade1872 - thank you for sharing. I've just added it to my list as it sounds exactly the type of thing i would like!

[GW]

As what seems to happen to my reading material choices this year. I shelved Ben Hur and went hole hog for a greatest courses class. I'm 50 % done with The History Of World Literature and 25 % in on Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst I'm stimulated and feeling less agitated in fact I'm more empathetic to people I know are struggling these days. I might be broke, but it makes me feel really good to be in learning mode and this makes for an instant win. I am also, reading a hard copy of Stanislavsky Directs for an out product delivered by the end of the year. Just in time for my college reunion at my Drama school.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

I love Great Courses. Haven't listened/watched the two you listed.

[GW]

Katy wrote: "I love Great Courses. Haven't listened/watched the two you listed."They are both older library editions, and I've found at least a dozen available in my Library regional catalog. I also, occasionally buy one. My last one was on constructing great sentences. If I received college credit for all the classes I've listened to I'd have another BA. I'm glad you like them too.

[Kathleen]

Gary wrote: "Katy wrote: "I love Great Courses. Haven't listened/watched the two you listed."They are both older library editions, and I've found at least a dozen available in my Library regional catalog. I als..."

I have that constructing great sentences course and learned so much from it! I love Great Courses too, and will look for the Literature one you are reading at my library--it looks fabulous. Enjoy the second half, Gary!

[Nente]

A bit of unsolicited praise for Google Translate.
I just saw an English-speaking friend's comment on one of my Russian-language reviews, and wondered if I should try and make more of my reviews bilingual (I very rarely do now). So I went and pasted the text of my review into Google Translate, and it gave out a very reasonable translation! Hardly any meaning lost, and as to the rest, let's face it, my reviews aren't epitomes of style in the original either.
I know this group has quite a lot of native speakers of other languages - do you folks use the translation features, either Google's or other? How do you find they perform?

[Mallorie]

i just took epic reads which ya villian would be your fictional nemesis quiz and i got maven from red queen as my nemesis. i have the red queen book on my want to read list because it seems like it would be a good book to read.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft is the the daily deal today at Audible for $1.95.

If you are NOT an Audible member, you can still buy this.

[siriusedward]

Nente wrote: "A bit of unsolicited praise for Google Translate.
I just saw an English-speaking friend's comment on one of my Russian-language reviews, and wondered if I should try and make more of my reviews bil..."

after seeing this I copy pasted this para and tried google translate. As you said ,it is fairly ok for Hindi Malayalam Kannada and Urdu.And I do use it when I come across languages I don't know ...esp in case of books like ..

[Mallorie]

just took epic reads how would you die in a ya horror novel quiz. it said that i would dig to deep and become a casualty that matches the very past i'm investigating.

[Melanti]

Nente wrote: "A bit of unsolicited praise for Google Translate.
I just saw an English-speaking friend's comment on one of my Russian-language reviews, and wondered if I should try and make more of my reviews bil..."

I remember not so long ago that any sort of machine translation was somewhat of an art to decipher. It's gotten a LOT better.

Coincidentally, I just ran across a news article on the subject that linked to a Google blog post explaining how it updated their translation algorithms about a year ago. The early translations did one word at a time, but the new models do whole sentences at a time, which makes it more likely the translation will make sense in context. And, it seems, they now translate directly from language A to B without using English as an intermediary.

Sadly, it doesn't cover all languages - not even all languages that Google Translate supports in general. But they're already supporting more languages with the new algorithms than they did when it launched a year ago.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Today our group is 7 years old. Seven years ago today give or take a day our group started its Goodreads journey. I think we have grown into one of the best overall Goodreads groups and in my opinion we're the best “classics” group on Goodreads. So Happy Birthday Group!!

[Loretta]

Bob wrote: "Today our group is 7 years old. Seven years ago today give or take a day our group started its Goodreads journey. Personally I think we have grown into one of the best overall Goodreads groups and ..."

Totally agree Bob! The group has definitely got me reading classics that I never thought I would before, can you say The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka? 😜

Happy Birthday to our group and to all members too! Let's continue reading wonderful classics together! 🎂🎉🎈

[Laurie]

Bob wrote: "Today our group is 7 years old. Seven years ago today give or take a day our group started its Goodreads journey. Personally I think we have grown into one of the best overall Goodreads groups and ..."

How awesome. I agree that this group is one of the best. Happy Birthday to us!!

[MKay]

Happy birthday group!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Happy Birthday to us!

[Sarah]

Bob wrote: "Today our group is 7 years old. Seven years ago today give or take a day our group started its Goodreads journey. I think we have grown into one of the best overall Goodreads groups and in my opini..."

Happy Birthday, group!

This group has certainly encouraged me to start reading classics again. I kind drifted more to just sci-fi/fantasy books since I finished school, but always kept meaning to read more of the classics I hadn't gotten to.

[Brina]

I've only been here a little under two years and this group has gotten me to read books well beyond my comfort zone. Happy birthday 🎁🎂🎉 🎈 group. Here's to many more years!!!

[Rosemarie]

I just joined a couple of months ago because your group was reading books on my to-read list. I have been enjoying the discussions because I think they enrich the reading experience. And they're fun!

[Pink]

Happy birthday to us 🎉 🎈

[Sarah]

Happy birthday to my favorite Goodreads group!

[Renee]

I only joined last year, but I've read books here that I had never even heard of before. This is the best group on Goodreads! Happy birthday to a great group, with a wonderful group of people, and very hard working moderators!

[siriusedward]

Happy Birthday to such a great group.. 🎁📚📖

[Kathleen]

Happy Birthday and Hooray for this group!

[Milena]

Seven cakes for the group's seventh birthday and seven stars for our moderator's great job!
🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Mallorie]

just took the which ya character would be your bff quiz on epic reads, and it said my ya bff would be lysandra from throne of glass.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is the deal of the day today at Audible.com for $3.95. The regular price is $27.99.

No membership is necessary to take advantage of the deal of the day specials.