Should have read classics discussion
What else are you reading?
I went to a book sale at a library and picked up THE STEPFORD WIVES by Ira Levin. It is a very short book so I'll probably finish it today.I also picked up a hardback book of THE SHINING by Stephen King. When I looked at the first page of the books he had written there were only two: CARRIE and SALEM' LOT. I thought that was cool.
I am still reading CATCH 22. I read it years ago. Now it doesn't seem so funny.
The one classic that I really loved when I was in school was TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
I have not checked in with this group for quite some time, and thought perhaps I would enjoy some of the challenges and group reads here again. January was my month for cleaning up my currently reading list. I read several good books, including Tipperary by Frank Delaney ... and finally (after almost a year) finished Don Quixote! Now in February I am reading some love stories ... a couple Debbie Macomber, a couple of my favorite author, Robin Jones Gunn, and I re-read The Great Gatsby. In March I plan to read as many of the Irish books on my shelf as I can get finished.
Lisa wrote: "Prashant wrote: "while going to office in the cab I read ,Malgudi days by r.k narayan, in the one hour lunch break I read to kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee.
While going back to home in cab I am..."
No Lisa not very fast..but I like spawning multiple threads. :) how about you???
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Nice to have you back Joy! I'm also trying to clean up my series shelves. Rather fun to catch up on series.
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in the one hour lunch break I read to kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee.
While going back to hom..."
I agree! I have a very bad habit of starting multiple books at once! Most impressive being able to read in a cab though, the one time I rode in a cab, I was grabbing the oh s*** bar above the door the entire time. Sorry forgive my language, but not sure what the technical term for that thing is!
In reference to 'Prashant" who reads in the cab ... I have a delightful picture of my daughter, on a subway, in New York City, holding onto the pole and reading a book. She can read anywhere! And I, too, always have multiple books going ... one for my devotion time, usually a Chicken Soup or other book of compiled short things to read at bedtime or in the bathroom :), and the novel I'm working on. I also sometimes have a deep or difficult book, that I read so much of each week ... took me over a year to finish Don Quixote that way. And then, I have extra books in my car, so if I am waiting somewhere, and forgot the book I'm currently reading, I can pick up something and at least have something to read. So I end up with a huge list of "currently reading" ... was so glad to get it all cleaned out in January!
Finished re-reading Where The Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
and HIGHLY recommend it! Have many tissues ready! Now I'm enjoying God Drives A Tow Truck
by Vicky Kaseorg
-- it's very good.
I finally started The Catcher in the Rye last night. It's pretty interesting so far, though I am less than 30 pages in..I'm also re-reading A Clash of Kings!
I went to the library and got some books. I immediately did not like a couple of books The Name of the Wind Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children dnf,dnfI'm currently reading
awesome,awesome,awesomeI read the preview of
both are eh so far, probably going to start them after finishing The Hate List.Other those books I also got
and
I got a lot of really big books. I did not really think about the time it usually takes for me to read books of this size. I kind of regret getting so many books especially the big ones at the same time.
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I am currently reading Deep Survival: Who lives, who dies, and why.
Just finished "The Moon Is Down" by John Steinbeck. Highly recommend.....
Kerri wrote: "I had to read Hate List for a class I took a few years ago. It was better than I thought it would be. I am currently reading Deep Survival: Who lives, who dies, and why."
It really is especially in the beginning. I am into it still but am getting annoyed with a couple of things right now.
What a difference a couple of days make. So I decided after some thinking and reading of The Tea Rose,The Dark Queen,The Inn At Eagle Pointand The Poyson Garden to dnf them.
So I am basically still reading my three awesome books and Afterschool Charisma.
is a book I will never forget. Wow is this good. I am also just starting a First Reads book that I won here on goodreads.com and received in the mail two days later,
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still. I will hopefully finish this by the end of the week.
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"Have you read King before?
Currently I'm roughly 47% into The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and plan on embarking onDon Quixote tomorrow, for a group read. Can't wait!!!
Reading The Passage. I didn't know what I was grtting into when I jumped in on this group read, but I am digging it so far. I was surprised to learn what the book is about as it unfolded at a leisurely pace throughout part 1.
Adam wrote: "Reading The Passage. I didn't know what I was grtting into when I jumped in on this group read, but I am digging it so far. I was surprised to learn what the book is about as it unfolded at a leisu..."I hope it continues to entertain you, Adam!
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. Just the latest batch from the library! Love that interlibrary loan! It seems that this thread does not come to my email updates, does this happen to anyone else?
Lisa wrote: "I have an obsession with trying to get my series that I read in a current status. I have never realized how many series that I read. So, the other books that I'm reading, besides Macbeth: [bookco..."No, I just drop by the group and check out the latest posts.:)
I'm 5 chapters into Don Quixote, and I'm really liking it so far!
Wow, Don Quixote is a challenge. I finally read it last year, all 1118 pages of my paperback edition, and of course there were enjoyable parts, but there were also some very tedious parts ... when he took a page and a half to basically say "Sancho fell asleep." Veeeerrrrry descriptive, sometimes very boring, but all in all, a good one to have under my belt.
Thank you for the insight, Joy! I'm up to ch. IX now, and really liking it so far.:) I love a good challenge!
Lisa wrote: "It seems that this thread does not come to my email updates, does this happen to anyone else? "Check your group settings. You can set notifications differently for each group you're in.
On the group home page, at the bottom of the group description box you'll see "you are a member" followed by Edit.
Click on Edit. At the bottom of that page is alink to group Discussion Update Emails
Under that is a link to "edit group discussion updates." Click on that, and then choose the level of notification you want. You probably have none checked at present, which would explain why you aren't getting emails.
This month, I have read Tinkers and The Giver. I just started I Heard the Owl Call My Name. Next on my list is Winesburg, Ohio.
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, plus still trying to catch up on my series reads. 
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are just a few that I'm trying to read this month.
I Just finished Moloka'i and thought it was absolutely breathtaking. Started reading The Perfume Collector and am really enjoying it so far.
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I have wanted to read Moloka'i for quite some time. Most people really like it.
Lisa wrote: "Jenna wrote: "I Just finished Moloka'i and thought it was absolutely breathtaking. Started reading The Perfume Collector and am really enjoying it so far."I have want..."
Highly recommend reading it. Very heartbreaking tho so have the tissues ready!
I'm currently reading I Capture the Castle by Dobie Smith and The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker
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How are you enjoying I Capture the Castle? We read that as a group read last year.
Lisa wrote: "Sara wrote: "
"Have you read King before?"
I've read Carrie, Cujo, and a bit of The Stand. Misery was really really good.
I started reading
on my ereader. I couldn't find it at my library but I did see
so I will start this soon. I'm also going to read
I had
to read also from the library but it turns out it is the second in the series. I will probably read
instead. I might
also.I really want to some good science fiction in my life. I just thought of a challenge I could do for reading both of these big books: Go Epic or Go Home.
Sara wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I've read Carrie, Cujo, and a bit of The Stand. Misery was really really good."Cujo isn't one of my favorites, but love the others you mentioned. I've been on a S King re-reading project, following along with one of the bloggers on the Guardian. Reading in chronological order, I'm up to Four Past Midnight.
I just finished The Call of the Wild, a classic that I originally read when I was just a kid.
I'm currently reading Bitterblue as my main read. I absolutely adored Gracelingand Fire. My before bed book of the moment is Rebel Buddha: A Guide to a Revolution of Mind. I've always found Buddhism as a philosophy really cool and I studied it a lot in college. We shall see how this goes!
I recently just started reading Ender Games. I was told to read it by a few of my classmates and I am really enjoying it.
Has anyone read animal farm before? I was told that it is a great book that reflects politics and stuff. Also, I have the Great Gatsby, I watched the movie and someone told me the book is worth reading. Which one should I start first? Or any other recommendations?
Jia wrote: "Has anyone read animal farm before? I was told that it is a great book that reflects politics and stuff. Also, I have the Great Gatsby, I watched the movie and someone told me the book is worth rea..."I personally liked Animal Farm better. I don't exactly remember all the political stuff because I was ignorant of politics when I read it in high school.
Jia wrote: "Has anyone read animal farm before? I was told that it is a great book that reflects politics and stuff. Also, I have the Great Gatsby, I watched the movie and someone told me the book is worth rea..."I read Animal Farm in high school and don't remember anything about it, but I love Gatsby and re-read it every couple of years.
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Animal Farm was an easier read for me than 1984. It is short and having it set on a farm, made the book go faster for me. It is a book about politics. If you start The Great Gatsby, you could join in with the group read this month!
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My before bed book of the moment is [book:Rebel Buddha: A Gu..."
I just got done with Bitterblue and really enjoyed it. Loved that whole series!
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Cujo isn't one of my favorites, but love the others you mentioned. I've been on a S King r..."
Funny, I don't think that I have ever read a King book, what would be a good one to start with that is not too long? I have a huge check out pile from the library and I'm pretty sure that The Stand would eat up way too much time.
Lisa wrote: "Funny, I don't think that I have ever read a King book, what would be a good one to start with that is not too long?."King doesn't do many not-long novels! But his best of those are older. Probably The Shining and Misery would be best, but those are classic King and are probably pretty dated. For an intro to King, you might want to start with his short stories. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales and Just After Sunset are the best of his more recent short story collections.
I am reading Shadow of the Hegemon , Confessions of a Murder Suspect , Romeo and Juliet , The Picture of Dorian Gray , and Brave Story, Volume 1: A Retelling of a Classic right now, and they're all great. I seriouslly reccomend the Ender's Game series for science fiction nerds, and, A Brave Story, for a fantastic, sweet coming of age story, and also, The Picture of Dorian Gray, as a good classic read.
Zoe wrote: "I am reading Shadow of the Hegemon , Confessions of a Murder Suspect , Romeo and Juliet , The Picture of Dorian Gray , and [book:Brave Story, Vo..."I am starting Shadow of the Hegemon tonight! Have you read the Ender series?
The Picture of Dorian Gray was a good read, I hope you enjoy it. :)
Jaemin wrote: "I recently just started reading Ender Games. I was told to read it by a few of my classmates and I am really enjoying it."I just finished the Ender Series...If you ever want to talk about it while you are reading it let me know. :) Have you looked into the Bean series? parallels the Ender books. If you like Ender's Game, look into Ender's Shadow - it's really good too.
This month I have read: The House of Seven Gables, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, Oliver Twist, and the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. All of which were good reads. I am going to begin The Shadow of the Hegemon tonight - and I am really excited about it :D Does anyone in this group do buddy reads on the side of the group read? I've already read the feb. and march books for the group read..but if anyone wants to do a buddy-read I'd be down for it - though I admit I only have about 50 classics to pick from right now...it's possible I could have some in common with other people though :D
This month I have read Zeno's Conscience and Love in the Time of Cholera.The first one is an Italian Classic: when I was in High School I read only a few parts, but finally I've gone through the complete reading and I've enjoyed it a lot. Zeno is a good character: I really couldn't help becoming fond of him (I can also say that there is a piece of Zeno in everyone).
Now I think I'll start reading The Catcher in the Rye... only few days before the beginning of the group's reading...
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in the one hour lunch break I read to kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee.
While going back to home in cab I am reading, Tuesday..."
Wow, you read incredibly fast! Good for you!