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In Wodehouse Territory
@Ruchi, I haven't read any Wodehouse before. Any suggestions on which series we can start with? I was planning to get started on the jeeves series, Right Ho Jeeves in particular since that was most recommended by a friend.
@Smitha, your favourite Wodehouse? I see that you have read a whopping 49 of them!
Final, have read most or all ofmWodehouse. Was crazy about him in my teens. Love Wooster/Nerves series, and PSmith series. Landings series are one of the funniest. I didn't like his short story collections and standalone as much as the above few series. Nerves made him famous, but I equally like the absentminded gentle Earl of Blandings.
Awesome Smitha.So Jeeves made him famous and Blandings is his funniest. The number of standalones he has also seems staggering.I just read a few pages from Leave it to Jeeves and am finding the subtle humour to be very much appetizing.
I'll have to go to my college library first...to check out all the books they have. Is that okay with you?
Your choice Ruchi. I have close to 50 of his books gleaned over the years, so what you lay your hands on should most likely be there with me. Libraries usually have the Jeeves ones and some of his standalones as far as I have seen.
Ok so I'll just check out whatever books they have and issue one. I'll reply in the evening.
Heyy. I went to the library today. Issued Right Ho, Jeeves. Actually there were so many books and I had no idea about the order of series, so I just picked one in random. Is that okay?
That's fine with Jeeves series, the books are not connected through the storyline. So here we go, I'll start with it too :)
Vimal wrote: "That's fine with Jeeves series, the books are not connected through the storyline. So here we go, I'll start with it too :)"Ok yayy :)
Bertie is sort of a flakehead, Jeeves , his much Coventry extremely brainy buTler who reads Spinoza and eats fish, which he accounts for his intelligence is always helping Bertie come out of troubles, most involving the fair sex. Those books are so funny, but you shouldn't read with an analytical mind.
Thats cool Smitha, exactly the kind of light read that am looking for at the moment. It needs to be engaging, and not necessarily analytical.
Yeah a light read will work fine with me...I'm also reading the fifth book of ASOIAF series so this book is just perfect as a side-read :)
Cool.. I'm side-reading it with Old man and the sea, and Mysterious Affair at styles
Woah! That's my favorite Agatha Christie book :))
Good to know :) I'm taking that book very very slow since that's my first Poirot and I'm over-analyzing each and every paragraph :P That's why a light side-read is a good thing for me now
never expect too much from Poirot too... -_-He's good as long as you don't take him seriously.
When I was young, I used to wonder how nice it'd be if Christie and Poirot hitched up. :-P
Ha ha up until now Poirot seems not the one for hitch ups, but not in a Holmesian way though.No I'm taking Agatha seriously, not Poirot :P
oops. Not Christie and Poirot. Wanted Christie and Wodehouse to hitch up, with due apologies to their respective spouses.
I read the first 50 pgs last night. Love the sarcasm. Hehe.
Wow cool. I just got started too. Bertie seems to be a man of dialogues and internal monologues, and Jeeves is a man of terse and precise words. Nice combo :)
This Newt thing is getting quite comic isn't it :P Gussie Fink-Nottle is as weird as his name
Yes...the newt thing is funny...and weird :P I'm done with the first 100 pgs...couldn't read anything yesterday...neither Jeeves nor Dance with Dragons :/
Actually my test series start from today so i may be a little busy...but I'll complete it by monday I hope.
Well, that gives me time to catch up, I'm only at page 40! Hoping to make some good progress this weekend
feel like reading it now. So abundant to visit Bertie, Jeeves, Gussie and Madeleine Bassett
@Smitha, that's true. The characters r getting glued to the mind. Got to feel for Bertie when the Basset asks him if had ever thought if the stars were God's daisy-chain.Goodness.
How much have you read? I could barely read today :(I'm just beginning with chp 11.
I didn't progress much either :( At around 20 % of the book now. Thoroughly liking it thus far. How about you? Liked it until chapter 10?
Yeah.. But Bertie seems to be at sea with her first name's homophone :P
How much have you read? I'm totally loving the book...read till chp 17. Bertie is so messed up but actually thinks himself to be so smart :P In fact...all the characters are weird and outright hilarious! What about you? Liking it?
Yeah, Bertie has stolen the show so far, by far :P It perhaps helps him more since its his memoir.I'm at Chapter 9. Enjoying the fine humour, and besides that finding the prose utterly captivating. I think I'll keep this book running through this week. You are nearing completion?
Yes, the book is very well written. It's different, and I had thought that I may not like it much, but now the major forte of the book is it's prose. I've another 100 pages to go.
Hey...I finished the book! Amazing, really :D How Bertie messes up everything, literally, every single thing but at the end, everything is sorted out :))I returned the book today and issued Full Moon. I think it's the 7th book in the Blandings Castle series. Do you have it? Also, I'll begin that book in September, not before that.
You will meet the sweet doddering old man, Lord Blandings, who is lorded over by his two fearsome sisters.
Awesome Ruchi, Glad that you enjoyed it throughout :)I'm at about the halfway stage now. Not getting sustained reading time :(
Cool, I'll check if I have Full moon. If I have, I'll begin it after completing Right Ho!
@Smitha, I can't begin to think that the Blandings combo can be funnier than the Bertie - Jeeves combo :)
It is, in a different sir of way. :-)
My bad.Not even one book in the Blandings castle series is in my collection. Will check if it is there to borrow.
Vimal wrote: "My bad.Not even one book in the Blandings castle series is in my collection. Will check if it is there to borrow."Hmm okay. Or I'll read Full Moon quickly, and issue something else then?
Ruchi wrote: "Vimal wrote: "My bad.Not even one book in the Blandings castle series is in my collection. Will check if it is there to borrow."Hmm okay. Or I'll read Full Moon quickly, and issue something else ..."
Yeah that may be prudent. Not finding Full moon anywhere.I'll join you in time for your next issue.Btw the shark has caused too much trouble here for Tuppy Glossop and co.
Vimal wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "Vimal wrote: "My bad.Not even one book in the Blandings castle series is in my collection. Will check if it is there to borrow."Hmm okay. Or I'll read Full Moon quickly, and issue s..."
Yeah okay, I'll read Full Moon and issue something else :))
And yes...the shark created trouble. But I found Tuppy to be a really stupid guy :/
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Mating Season (other topics)Jeeves and the Tie That Binds (other topics)
Right Ho, Jeeves (other topics)
The Code of the Woosters (other topics)
The Goldfinch (other topics)
P.G. Wodehouse
Ruchi and I are planning to get started on this, but anyone interested can join in and make this an engaging journey.