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[Janice]

Reed wrote: "I'm reading Little Men by Louisa Alcott"

Some day I hope to read the series. So far, I have only read Little Women. :)

[Reed]

I never read that could the book i'm reading be a classic or not ?

[Janice]

Reed wrote: "I never read that could the book i'm reading be a classic or not ?"

Little Men is definitely a classic. :)

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the OG (Original Gothic) novel


The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories by Arthur Machen

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the fifth Discworld novel


Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the final installment in the Winternight trilogy started by The Bear and the Nightingale:


The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

[[deleted user]]

Is this chat only for when we are reading classics or any book that we are currently reading??

[Heather L]

Lizzieee wrote: "Is this chat only for when we are reading classics or any book that we are currently reading??"

Any books you are reading.

[J_BlueFlower]

J_BlueFlower wrote: "I started Regeneration a few days ago. "

I am well into number two in the series The Eye in the Door. This is an excellent series. Very rare that books can go into depth with so many teams at the same time.

[Janice]

I am rereading a favorite, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the Russian dystopian classic


We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the award-winning Aussie crime thriller


The Broken Shore by Peter Temple

[Graham]

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "I finished the fifth Discworld novel


Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and..."

I'm about to read Mort by Terry Pratchett myself and I have heard NOTHING but GREAT things about it. It's a shame that Sourcery wasn't up to that same standard. I had a similar experience with Equal Rites. It was good but wasn't great like I thought the first two were. Excited to see what you think about the others though!

Happy reading!

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Graham wrote: "I'm about to read Mort by Terry Pratchett myself and I have heard NOTHING but GREAT things about it. It's a shame that Sourcery wasn't up to that same standard. I had a similar experience with Equal Rites. It was good but wasn't great like I thought the first two were. Excited to see what you think about the others though!

Happy reading!"

Thanks Graham. 3 stars for me is a solid read, but just doesn't move the needle much. I rated Mort 3 stars too by the way. I've read the first 5 Discworld books and the only ones that have gotten 4 stars from me were The Colour of Magic (mostly for the first two sections; the book falls off steeply in the 2nd half) and Equal Rites, which I thought was clever and I really enjoyed the Granny Weatherwax character, but I understand that it's not everyone's favorite Discworld book. Hopefully you enjoy Mort and the other Discworld books. I understand that the series really takes off later on. In fact, some folks recommend different reading orders, but I usually like to read in publication order. I'm getting through the Discworld series slowly, about one book every year or two, while I also work on some other series.

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I recently finished reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, a booktok favorite if you will, and I was absolutely thrilled. It is not a classic, i think it came out in 2017. I couldn't put this book down, and it felt as if I was watching a movie. It is about the life of Evelyn Hugo, and old Hollywood star, as she reveals her past to a young interviewer in an attempt to write a biography. I thought it was so well written, and it elaborates on so many important themes and problems, such as patriarchy, sexism, homophobia etc. I couldn't help but love it! Although it doesn't really seem like anything more than your usual easy-to-read novel, I think that if you read it, you will be pleasantly surprised. I absolutely recommend it.

[Joe]

I‘m reading Gene Wolfe‘s Book Of the New Sun series, having read books 1 and 2 20 years ago, and now finishing off books 3 and 4. I love the narrator‘s tone of voice, as well as the world building, but the action is a bit slow, and there are many inserted story digressions told by others to the narrator.

[Wreade1872]

Finished The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge [3/5] review which was a disappointment overall and before that An Episode of Flatland by C.H.Hinton [3/5] review

Currently reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë . I just started it on my ereader when the battery died but i figured there must be a copy somewhere on the family shelves and i was correct. So now reading a 1965 edition.

[BurgendyA]

Now I am reading mystery-thrillers at the moment. The Alienist by Caleb Carr & The Housekeeper by Natalie Barelli. Has anyone read them or other books the the authors?

[Reed]

Now i am reading a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark📑 Twain

[Wreade1872]

Finished Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë [3/5] review

Currently reading another James Branch Cabell short story collection Chivalry and the utopian work
News from Nowhere by William Morris

[Hope]

I am a new to this group. I just joined the L. M. Montgomery Group and saw that your group has read Anne of Green Gables. I hope to read more books by L. Maud Montgomery.

[Natalie]

Hope - One of my all time favorite books is The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery. It makes me so happy. 🥰

[Natalie]

And welcome to the group! 😄

[Terese]

Re-reading Wuthering Heights for a bookclub, I still love it but each time I revisit it I’m surprised and appalled by how unlikeable about 90% of the characters are, haha. Good story, awful people.

[Natalie]

Terese - For reals! They’re all awful. 😂

[Wreade1872]

In case anyone's looking for some seasonal reads i've randomly stumbled into two christmas stories in the collection i'm currently in The Brick Moon and Other Stories (1899) by Edward Everett Hale.
The 2 chistmas tales are 'Bread upon the Waters' and '99 Linwood Street' . Possible there's more havn't quite finished it yet.

[CindySR]

I'm almost done with The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America with Taste: My Life through Food on deck. That will take me into 2022, my "year of classic and retro lit".

[Nente]

Looks like I've started a tradition. The end of last year went with The Dream in the Red Chamber, and now I'm reading The Three Kingdoms. Might not manage to finish it in December, but going fine so far.
I'm not sure that the Four Chinese Classical Novels have all that much in common, but look out for The River Margins and Journey to the West in 2022 and 2023. Here's hoping.

[Luke]

Nente wrote: "Looks like I've started a tradition. The end of last year went with The Dream in the Red Chamber, and now I'm reading The Three Kingdoms. Might not manage to finish it in December, but going fine s..."

Haha, you're not the only one in this! I started a personal yearly long read for myself after getting through Proust, and have gotten through three of the Chinese classic novels so far (JttW, TSotS/TDitRC, TTK).

I've been focusing on other long reads the last couple of years, but I do have a copy of 'Outlaws of the Marsh' on hand for when I'm in the mood. I also have 'The Scholars' and a chunk of 'The Plum in the Golden Vase', but I'm going to need better/more complete editions before I try for six after finishing four.

Hope your reads go well with you!

[Rae]

I’m reading Watership Down right now. Really digging it so far!

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I finished the novel that inspired the film classic


Laura by Vera Caspary
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading another novel that inspired another (less) classic film


Get Carter by Ted Lewis

[Cynda]

The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie


Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson

[Nente]

Thank you Aubrey.
I'm also going to get paper editions for all of these sooner or later, because reading ebooks with all those footnotes is a big pain.

[Natalie]

Cynda - love Agatha Christie! ❤️

[Luke]

Nente wrote: "Thank you Aubrey.
I'm also going to get paper editions for all of these sooner or later, because reading ebooks with all those footnotes is a big pain."

I can imagine! I've been pretty lucky when it comes to coming across decent treebook editions at my local sales, but 'The Plum in the Golden Vase' has been pretty uncooperative so far. Good thing then that I'm in no hurry to read it.

[Noor]

Currently reading Crime and Punishment. Hoping it picks up soon!

[Jess]

I'm starting 2022 by going back to two long reads that I started a few weeks back.

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

and

The Overstory by Richard Powers

[Brian E]

Jess wrote: "I'm starting 2022 by going back to two long reads that I started a few weeks back.

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
and
The Overstory by..."

I recently mentioned both novels as examples of novels where the first third of the novel introduces a lot of characters and the reader is unsure of how they all will interact in the last two/thirds of the novel. Hopefully, the interactions will be quite interesting to you.
I enjoyed how The Overstory turned out and have hope that Our Mutual Friend also satisfies.

[Erin]

Rae wrote: "I’m reading Watership Down right now. Really digging it so far!"

This has been in my TRB for years - I might give it a try based on your enthusiasm. Thank you.

[Richard]

I've finished all three volumes of Alms For Oblivion Volume I, and am presently on Bk5 of Paradise Lost.

[Natalie]

Paradise Lost is on my plans for this year. I’m excited to read it. It’s been on my list forever!

[Richard]

This is actually my second reading of Paradise Lost; I read it the first time at school 40 years ago.

[Janice]

Cider with Rosie: A Memoir by Laurie Lee

[Darren]

I read Cider With Rosie recently and loved it - it took me a while to realise that it is effectively all prose poetry: the sentences all scan/flow beautifully, and it benefits greatly from being read out loud(!)

[marine ♡]

Hi^^ I am reading The Importance of Being Earnest and loving it!

[Rae]

I’m reading Dune and Seven Years in Tibet. Really enjoying Tibet…less enthused about Dune.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

hedwidgebook wrote: "Hi^^ I am reading The Importance of Being Earnest and loving it!"

Yes, it is good. My favorite is An Ideal Husband If you haven't read it yet, I bet you would like it.

[Natalie]

Lynn - I love An Ideal Husband too.

Rae - I read Dune last year. I wouldn’t say I loved it, but I’m glad I read it.

[CindySR]

I'm on chapter 5 of North and South . It's good but quite wordy.

[Natalie]

I feel the same way about Gaskell - very wordy. I’m reading her bio of Charlotte Brontë right now. Im nearly at the 10% mark and she just barely started mentioning the Brontes. 😆 I struggle with her writing but I keep trying again because I do enjoy her stories.

[Wreade1872]

Finished the 4th (and for me, last) Mary Poppins book. Mary Poppins in the Park by P.L.Travers [4/5] review

Currently reading a sci-fi book Sundiver by David Brin, thats threatening to turn into space version of 'In the Name of the Rose', or a more over the top version of 'Solaris', we'll see.
Also an interesting suspended animation story The Man with the Broken Ear by Edmond About, a french novel from the 1860s.

[ALLEN]

Two movie tie-ins: Finally read M*A*S*H, which I've been intending to read since the Seventies, and picked up Vera Caspary's LAURA.