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[The Pirate Ghost]

Hi, Shirley. Glad your here.

[kwesi 章英狮]

@Em: Haha! Stalking is bad to your health! Anyway, feel free to join the monthly read anytime and nice meeting you here.

@Shirley: Hello dear, welcome to the group! I love Little Women and I read it when I was in high school, I wish you like it too. Unfortunately, I did not like Pride and Prejudice and prefer Emma.

[Nicolle]

Hi Shirley, Little Women and Pride and Prejudice are two of my favourite classics! Enjoy :)

[Em]

Hello Jonathan and Nicolle! :)

@Kwesi: Don't worry I have a health card LOL Yes, thanks! I'll join the group read as much as I can. I'll be joining the Jane Eyre in TFG.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Welcome to all the members.

[kwesi 章英狮]

@Em: I've read that book last year with the other members of this group. You might join next month's group read and I'll expect you to join! Haha. Frustration.

[Em]

@Lady Danielle: thanks!

@Kwesi: Yes, I will join. I just need to get a copy. hmp! LOL

[kwesi 章英狮]

@Em: Haha. I'm sure those books are available in the local bookstores. Anyway, suggest a book to read this summer in April Group Read Nomination . I'm sure you have lists of books to be read this coming April.

[Ashley]

Hi, I'm Ashley from the U.S. I really don't read that many classics, but I want to start! The best I've read is Of Mice and Men. I really want to get to know some of Charles Dickens books!

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Welcome, Ashley. This is a great group to get your foot wet in the classics genre.

[The Pirate Ghost]

Welcome Ashley. Glad to see you.

[kwesi 章英狮]

Hi Ashley, welcome to the group! I'm not a Dicken's fan but I think most of the members here love him so much. Haha.

[Carrie]

Welcome! :)

[Nicolle]

Hello Ashley! Glad to see you want to get to know more classics. We read A Christmas Carol in December which was my first Dickens novel and I loved it!

[Elisha]

Hi! I am Elisha. Just joined the group and currently searching for a classic read. Any recommendations?

[kwesi 章英狮]

Hi Elisha, welcome to the group! Have you tried browsing some of our monthly reads? Maybe you'll like to read one of those books. Hehe.

[The Pirate Ghost]

Hi Elisha. Welcome! Hmmm... differing tastes here, but lots all classic. I'm about to start 20,000 Leagues under the sea, but, there's some Jane Eyre fans and lots of other ways to go.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Welcome, Elisha.

[Nicolle]

Hiya Elisha, if you have any specific requirements then make a post in the recommendations folder.

[Jhecca]

Hello everyone! I'm Jhecca from the Philippines. I'm not into reading classics because I'm afraid to try. But I hope by joining this group, I would muster the courage and eventually learn to love reading classics. my friends and I will be reading Jane Eyre next month. so there :)

[kwesi 章英狮]

Hello Jhecca, welcome to the group! Haha.

[Nicolle]

Hi Jhecca, hopefully our encouraging group will help you fall in love with classics.

[Jhecca]

@Kwesi: thanks! em is here too :)

@Nicole: thanks! i'm sure i'll love it. :)

[Nicolle]

Hope so!! Join in with our group reads if you feel like it. It seems easier to read classics when other people are reading along too.

[kwesi 章英狮]

@Jhecca: Aye! I was so shocked when I saw her post last week. Haha. Anyway, if you want, join the April's BOM, ha?

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Welcome, Jhecca!

I think the key to enjoying classics is finding classic books you that you would like to read. There are so many out there. The folks on this group have varied tastes, so we can help you out in exploring this new territory.

[Sabrina]

My name's Sabrina and since I've got a lot more time on my hands due to some unfortunate circumstances, I'm ready to read, read, read again!

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Welcome Sabrina.

[Carrie]

Welcome Jhecca! I'm sure you will find a classic to love.

Welcome Sabrina! I was laid up for several months a little while ago and reading is the only way that I could get through it. How you feel better! This is a great group, I'm sure you will love it. :)

[Nicolle]

Hello Sabrina!! :)

[The Pirate Ghost]

Hello Jhecca and Sabrina. Welcome!

[Kim]

Hello all! New to the classics. In fact I just read my very first (Jane Eyre) and I LOVED it. I couldn't put it down. My employer said if I loved Jane Eyre then I needed to read Wuthering Heights...which is on my long list of must reads.

[Nicolle]

Hiya Kim, so glad you enjoyed Jane Eyre, you will probably like Jane Austen's works too if you are in to the romance genre of classics.

[Jonathan]

Hey Kim yes Wuthering Heights is one book that I think should be read although it's not enjoyable like Jane Eyre and not as passionate. I hope you find some great books here to read.

[Heather L]

Welcome, Kim. I hate to tell your employer this, but liking Jane Eyre is NO guarantee that you will like Wuthering Heights. I've read Jane Eyre twice and loved it both times, whereas I have tried to get through Wuthering Heights twice and failed. I would recommend Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë, though. I just read that one and loved it.

I also recommned Jane Austen's works. I've enjoyed everything read by her except Emma.

[Nicolle]

Why didn't you enjoy Emma??

[Ashley]

Hello. I am Ashley, I'm 25 and I'm from Ohio. I like most genres and I do enjoy classics. I haven't read too many classics yet but so far I enjoyed Anna Karenina the most. I hope to have some great chats with you all about the books we're reading. :)

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Welcome, Kim. I love Jane Eyre. I haven't worked up the courage to read Wuthering Heights yet.

Welcome, Ashley.

[Heather L]

Nicolle wrote: "Why didn't you enjoy Emma??"

I had a difficult time getting through that one. Didn't hold my interest, and didn't like the characters. This seems to be the one work by Austen that most divides readers -- either they really like it, or really hate it.

[Kim]

Hi, I'm Kim, and I'm from Texas. I have been trying to catch up on reading the classics and my favorite book of all time was Tess.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Welcome, Kim!

[Sadeem]

Hello everyone. My name is Sadeem. I'm Egyptian, and I am currently living in Louisiana, US with my husband. I have a lot of catching up to do on the classics,and I am glad to have found a group that would help me.

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Welcome, Erica and Sadeem.

[Jonathan]

Hey Erica and Sadeem I hope you find some cool novels here. @Erica - My experience at school got me onto the classics.
@Sadeem - I'm sure you'll find some classics to get you on the path. I myself have heaps to read too.

[Sadeem]

Thanks Johnathan and Danielle, I am looking forward to reading cool novels and catching up. I think school made me have a bit of a weird relationship with classics; it's like I don't read them unless I have to (unless they're relatively modern or contemporary). It's like they're in the "homework" section of the big world library.

[Nicolle]

Hiya Erica and Sadeem, welcome to the group. :)

[Danielle The Book Huntress]

Sadeem, I felt that way for a while, until I discovered all the classic gems that were like books I wanted to read in my spare time.

[Jonathan]

As a kid I liked the classics. Then school came and I began to think of the classics as slow and boring. Then I had lit and it showed me the power and beauty of words and how the books had something else without needing super fast plots.

[Carrie]

Welcome Erica and Sadeem! You will love this group! I agree with you both Lady and Jonathan. Classics are gems! I always enjoyed them but I read faster paced novels when I was younger. Eventually I got bored with them and I needed more from a book. Classics fill that need. :)

[Sadeem]

Thanks Carrie. I agree with you and Lady,of course. Classics are sublime, there's no question about it.They tend to have a depth that is usually missing in more modern books.I actually spent a good deal of my time reading classics when I was younger, maybe that's why I stray to faster-paced books more often now, lol.