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[Lori, Super Mod]

Hi Kehinde. Welcome to the group. We have a recommendation folder specifically for people who are interested in hearing what the group thinks you should read (if you set the stage as far as genre or setting)....

[Donna]

I am now reading Thirteen Reasons Why

[Sasha]

Hi Kehinde! Lori, I hope it's okay if I say this: The Classics Book Club is planning to read Anna Karenina in April, so if you'd like to talk about it, stop by. My wife and I are looking forward to starting it.

[Joel]

Kehinde, there's a newer translation of AK (from 2000; Oprah chose it for her book club) that is supposed to read more easily. Do you know which translation you are reading?

I just bought a copy of the new one and plan to read it in the near future. Maybe I should do it in April for the Classics Book Club.

[Sasha]

Yeah, I bought the new one too. I couldn't find anyone who didn't like it. It's by Pevear and Volokhonsky.

[Michelle]

I am still trying to get through Bleak House and Watchmen but also started Foundation. I like to have at least one easier read on my list when I'm struggling with the tough ones. I thought Watchmen would be it but maybe I'm just not a graphic novel person.

[Karla]

I'm tackling the beginning of a long saga with Outlander by Diana Gabaldon I'm about 300 pages in and its really won me over. Hope it can continue like this.

[Sasha]

Michelle, as graphic novels go, Watchmen is one of the densest. You're not the first to think "How hard can a comic book be?" The answer to that question is Watchmen.

[Michelle]

Alex wrote: "Michelle, as graphic novels go, Watchmen is one of the densest. You're not the first to think "How hard can a comic book be?" The answer to that question is Watchmen."

That is exactly right. I now feel really stupid in grouping the Archie comics I read when I was 10 in any way with this type of book. Here's to broadening my horizons and finding myself totally unprepared. :)

[Bridgit]

Currently reading: Unwind which at about 60 pages in is really fun so far. Also listening to Brideshead Revisited.

[Karla]

Those both look interesting Bridgit haven't heard much about them but gonna have to put them on my TBR list!

[Liz]

I just finished A Great and Terrible Beauty & am starting Jane Eyre today.

[Debbie]

I AM READING THE POWER OF ONE RECOMMENDED ON GOODREADS WHERE SOMEONE SAID IT WAS THEIR ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK. I LIKE IT . REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER GREAT BOOK. SHANTARAM. ANYONE ELSE SEE IT?

[Sasha]

NO.

[Donna]

I Read Shantaram and really enjoyed it. Someone too, here on GR, isisted that I read The Power of One but I have not yet got to it.

[Mary]

Alex wrote: "NO."


**chortles**

[Cathy]

I'm almost done with The Good Thief, it's been so-so.

[Jeane]

Susanna wrote: "Reading Labyrinth, by Kate Mosse. Sufficiently interesting so far."

Susanna, I hope you get to like it more. I lvoed this book, especially the two epriods which I lvoed how she did.

[Jeane]

Lori Ann wrote: "I'm reading Atonement, so far I am liking it much more than other books I've read by Ian McEwan."

I am reading Atonement too at the moment Lori Ann. I am almsot finishing part two and I am so surprised that for this unknown rason I am liking it a lot. A bit like with Pride and Prejudice!

[Jason]

Read quite a bit of Paremenides by Plato tonight and was very impressed by it.

[Leanna]

D., I adore YA lit. Right now, amidst a couple of other heavier books, I'm reading 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson and I'm loving it. I actually think I've read more YA as an adult- I'm 20- than I did when I was in Jr. High and High School. Anybody else find that true with them as well?

I'm also reading Roadwork by Stephen King and am on hiatus with a couple of other books. I'm also getting ready to start reading Orwell's 1984 for my history class. I'm pretty excited about that one...it's been on my TBR list for a while, but I never got around to it.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

What history class are you taking that you're reading 1984?

[Jason]

Susanna wrote: "What history class are you taking that you're reading 1984?"

Just guessing here but 1984 was written in 1948 so you could study it as the attitudes of a writer in the forties to a vision of society in 36 years time. You could also as an example of political/social futurology use it as a depiction of an extrapolated view of life in an imagined totalitarian state verse the reality of life in 1984.

[Jason]

Jason wrote: "Susanna wrote: "What history class are you taking that you're reading 1984?"

Just guessing here but 1984 was written in 1948 so you could study it as the attitudes of a writer in the forties to a ..."

Another idea would be as a starting point to discuss the contrasts between life in the Western block and life in the then Eastern communist block in 1984. For instance the power block called Europa in 1984 could be likened to the EU as it was in 1984 and the other power blocks could face similar examination.

[Jason]

Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "Susanna wrote: "What history class are you taking that you're reading 1984?"

Just guessing here but 1984 was written in 1948 so you could study it as the attitudes of a writer in the..."
You could use it to pull apart the political views of Orwell against totalitarian regimes and contrast those views, with the views of other mainstream intellectuals in the late 1940's. You could discuss it as a thinly veiled critique of Stalinism and as a sequel to 1984.

[Jason]

Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "Susanna wrote: "What history class are you taking that you're reading 1984?"

Just guessing here but 1984 was written in 1948 so you could study it as the attitudes of a..."
You could use it as the basis to writing an historical study of the life and work of George Orwell and discuss the place the writing of it took in Orwells life and work.

[Jason]

Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "Susanna wrote: "What history class are you taking that you're reading 1984?"

Just guessing here but 1984 was written in 1948 so you could study it as the ..."

Then again what do I know ???????

[Leanna]

On the syllabus, he has "Disillusionment with Communism" written on the days when we are discussing 1984. It's Western Civ. III (1848-Present) and we aren't starting discussion for another 2 weeks or so, so he hasn't really told us what type of discussion we're going to have.

[Marti]

I am reading Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman

Jason - it looks like the correct answer was a combination of answers 2 and 3..

[Amber]

Pumpernickel wrote: "Lori Ann, Atonement is McEwan's masterpiece IMHO... I've read other books by him too; no terms of comparison... I absolutely LOVE this book, and when it first came out, it was in all lists of best ..."

Atonement is now on my "to-read" list ... thanks!

[Melanie (aka DarkBeauty73)]

I am currently reading New Moon. Bit behind I know.

[Suzanne]

for Jason...have you read a Russian Diary by Anna Politkovskaya. I have it on my bookshelf but haven't read it yet.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Leanna wrote: "On the syllabus, he has "Disillusionment with Communism" written on the days when we are discussing 1984. It's Western Civ. III (1848-Present) and we aren't starting discussion for another 2 weeks ..."

Interesting.

[Eden]

Reading Weird Pennsylvania by Matt Lake.

[Liz]

Donna wrote: "I Read Shantaram and really enjoyed it. Someone too, here on GR, isisted that I read The Power of One but I have not yet got to it."

I was just looking at Shantaram the other day, & it looked really good. I haven't read The Power of One, but I saw the movie years ago & loved it! I'm pretty sure it's on my tbr list.

[Chantelle]

I've read Shantaram and liked it very much. :)

[Donna]

I am now reading The Book of Lost Things

[Lori Ann]

Finished Atonement and really enjoyed it. Now reading Skeletons at the Feast, I guess I'm on a WWII kick!

[Karla]

Lori Ann it seems like all the books I pick up lately are somehow linked to WWII even by accident.

Donna I've had that book on my TBR list for quite some time and am excited cause my PBS list is showing me to get it in 2 or 3 weeks!

[Donna]

Karla, It has been sitting on my shelf for some time! I just had to get to it sometime!

[Karla]

I hope its worth the wait. Hope you enjoy it Donna.

[Chrystal]

Just finished Winter Garden...now starting Second Glance by Jodi Picoult.

[Michelle]

Donna wrote: "I am now reading The Book of Lost Things"

Donna, what do you think of it so far? I've heard mixed reviews.

[Liz]

Just started reading Jane Eyre last night. I was going to limit myself to one chapter because it was so late, but I was hooked & couldn't put it down. I'm really excited about this book!

[Allison]

Donna- the Book of Lost Things is one of my favorite books. I hope you enjoy it!

[Donna]

Michelle, It is starting to pick up. The beginning was a lil dry but it's picking up and I am only about 50 pages in so that's good.

Allison, I hope I do too!

[Lekeshua]

Just started Oryx and Crake by Margret Atwood. It's okay, different than what I normally read but interesting.

[Marc]

I'm now reading Dark Fire by C.J Sansom the 2nd in the historical thriller series set during the reign of Henry VIII. Very good read.

[Alisha Marie]

I finished The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton last night and thought it was great! However, I felt that it a bit too long and I had to read Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday while I was in the middle of The Forgotten Garden just to sort of move it along. Still, great book.

Now I'm reading The Spellmans Strike Again from Lisa Lutz. I absolutely love The Spellman series and am a bit sad to see it end.

[Maria]

Eden wrote: "Reading Weird Pennsylvania by Matt Lake."

this book is pretty cool. a number of my students own it and have brought it in to class. however, there are some things that i think are left out, but other than that i think it's a rather interesting book!