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[[deleted user]]

Congrats Lori, I know Bros. enveloped you for a while..haha. Interested to get your reaction to Turn of the Screw.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Will let you know as I finish it. I take it you have read it? It sounds a bit to me like the movie "Others" (staring Nicole Kidman) just based on the synopsis on the back cover...

[[deleted user]]

Yes, "The Others" is based on it, I believe. I read it for a gothic lit class I took as an undergrad. Have you read James before?

[Lori, Super Mod]

No, I get the feeling James is gonna be hard work, even tho its short.... He doesnt seem like a light easy read. But now that I know "Others" is based off it, I might find it easier to follow. I liked that movie... a bit creepy at times, but now I am even more excited to start the book!!!

[[deleted user]]

Well, I've read two stories by James and they were difficult for me to get into. Once I did, however, I thought the stories were quite good. Having said that, I don't know If I would've had the patience if I wasn't reading both stories for a class. And I seriously don't know if I could handle a full-length novel by James. But you seem to like gothicism and TOTS is certainly that.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I guess with Henry James it depends in part on what period of his writing the book comes from. (My mother, the English Ph.D, calls his periods "James the First," "James the Second," and "James the Old Pretender," which has always amused me.)

Apparently the earlier ones are easier.

[Donna]

Joanie, I am still in the process of reading Hegi's book so far I like it but I def think that Those who Save us was great! You will see. Let me know what you think scome winter

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Lori (and other Blindness lovers), I have just got back from my book club this evening and told them about Blindness and they are all so excited that we are putting it on the table for next month even though I've just had my turn at picking. That's another 15 people to read it. Will let you know what they think when we're done. I'm loving the Saramago love!

[Charity]

Yay Boof! They will be so grateful (especially with the movie getting ready to come out). Lots to discuss with that book. :-)

[Sherry]

Imagine how much this club alone is responsible for getting the love for Blindness spread around .I tell everyone about Blindness.Friends,family,complete strangers in supermarket lines...

[JT]

Lori, Congrats on finishing Brothers K. I know I'll feel similarly when I finish plowing through Anna Karenina.

Currrently in Part 2 of Edgar Sawtelle and I'm just savoring every sentence. It is so wonderfully written and completely riveting.

[Sherry]

I would second the congrats Lori.How'd you like it?

[Lori, Super Mod]

Sherry, I really enjoyed Bros Karamazov... Its a long rewarding novel to be sure! The author really fleshes out his characters and pulled me right into the book. Its funny, not too much was spent talking about the climate or scenery (which is all the better for me, really).. I guess because everythings always so cold and white... haa haa

I just read the chapter before the first chapter of Turn of the Screw (and fought the temptation to read the introduction, tho I really, really wanted to) and I have to ask... Is Henry James English? I hear a very pronounced English accent as I read the book. Or maybe it is just my brain messing with me :)

[Charity]

He would be an American-born British writer...does that make any sense?

[Lori, Super Mod]

really strange. His writing is really rather choppy. So let me go back and try to read it with a New Yawk accent instead. (Should be easy, considering my fathers family is from Yonkers and Mt vernon)

[Charity]

He spent most of his life in Britain and actually died there, so that is probably what is seeping into his writing...

[Heather]

My understanding is that James is claimed by both the British and the Americans. Glad to hear you liked the Bros.K Lori. I'm hoping to read this fall/winter - I love Russian books in the winter. Anna Karenina is one of my favorite books.

[Lori, Super Mod]

ok, makes more sense, since I really cant seem to read it without hearing that English accent in there. Even when I tryed to read it aloud, haa haa...

[Charity]

Turn of the Screw is set in England, isn't it?

[Lori, Super Mod]

Charity, I would say yes to that. Plus, where else do you have a governess? I was just struck by the obvious accent from the first sentence...
Usually I can read a book in my own voice, regardless of setting... ya know? Or am i just nuts?

[Charity]

I'm with ya...sometimes my brain gets overtaken by a British accent.

[Heather]

I have the British accents in my head when I read. Well, when it's appropriate to read with a British accent. I guess it'd be kinda odd to read a James Patterson book with a British accent. I don't read with other accents though and was very grateful for this when I read The Book Thief. Don't think I could have handled a German speaking English accent!

I listen to a lot of audiobooks while driving to work. The fact that I'll intentionally get one with a British narrator doesn't help :) I love the narrator for Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair series.

[Chloe]

He would be an American-born British writer...does that make any sense?


So he's like the 19th Century version of Madonna? I always laugh at how she ended up with an English accent.

I had no idea this novella was the basis for The Others. Now I finally have an excuse to see it! I'll be picking up Turn of the Screw tonight. I can't wait!

[Sherry]

Henry James had a very interesting family.His brother William,Harvard educated,respected scholar and scientist tried to prove scientifically in life after death.Their sister Alice's diary has been published as well and I'd love to get my hands on a copy.

[Sherry]

If it's not to difficult to get into I may give it a try as it sounds interesting,both in subject matter and in relation to his brother's work.

[Charity]

So he's like the 19th Century version of Madonna? I always laugh at how she ended up with an English accent.

Guess it depends on how loose your definition of 'English accent' is. Ha!

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

I read books in Brisith accents too :o)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Sherry, happy to see the old avitar is back :)
hee hee

[Sherry]

It was so aggrivating!!!Had to change it. :)

[Chloe]

Sherry, I had the same problem. I couldn't remember who I was without it.

[Lori, Super Mod]

oh dear... identity crisis...

[Sherry]

Things are confusing enough without an identity crisis.

[Charity]

I'm still trying to make sense out of Choke (if that's possible). I was laughing hysterically when he called street kids, prosti-tots.
lmao

[Lori, Super Mod]

Are you not enjoying it Charity? I thought the whole concept was a bit weird... but overall I enjoyed it as only one can with good ole Chuckie-poo...

[Charity]

I am enjoying it, but I'm pretty sure I'm over thinking it. Like the first time you watch Fight Club and keep asking, 'What in the hell is going on?' Then, when it's over you say, 'That was bloody brilliant!' (or something to that effect) Well, I'm hoping that is how Choke turns out.

[Sherry]

prosti-totsLOL

[Charity]

I know, that's great, huh?

[Sherry]

It is.Sounds like fun.

[Marion]

Hi Everyone, I'm a newbie. Just read "Three cups of tea", by Greg Mortenson. I believe he should get a nobel prize for peace. Quite an amazing story about a mountain hiker that never got to summit.
I'm using a library for the bulk of my reading. I have a good library here, and if I'm too impatient for a bestseller, I buy it and donate. (speaking of which, I'm supposed to clean out my office this week if it rains.) I have a slight problem with collecting books, and I need to weed them out.
Ok, my next book is "the Millionaire's Vinegar" by Benjamin Wallace. Has anyone read it? I just started it tonight, then I found this website and put it down. I promise to give a shout when I finished.
I'm reall glad to have found this website.

[Sherry]

Hi Marion,if you are consistently able to leave this site to read then you will be managing something many of us have trouble doing.Once started it's hard to get off this site.

[Marion]

I think I know what you mean.!

[Mandy]

Hi Marion, I agree with what Sherry said, once you're in you're hooked and strangely we all love reading but this bookclub starts to take up valuable reading time!

[Sherry]

If I actually spent as much time reading as I do on this site posting about reading then I would actually be able to get through my very long TR list,which of course continues to grow the more time I spend on here.

[Mandy]

Absolutely, Sherry, and I'd also get more work done in work hours and not have to make up for work I didn't do in after hours, which of course bites into my reading time. Ah, the dilemma!!

[Sherry]

LOL,I have to do the same even though I work at home.

[Mandy]

Yeah, I work at home too. Luckily, otherwise I might get fired! Working at home is soooo good but can be bad with things like this :-)

[Lori, Super Mod]

Hi Marion, thanks for finding us. I agree, if you can get off this site and actually read, you are much more disciplined than we are!

[Sherry]

Sometimes,if I've been on all day I race around like hell before my hubbie gets home to make sure it looks like I've been very productive when in fact I've been a total slacker.

[Val]

Welcome, Marion. I agree with your comment about Greg Mortenson. Everyone should read his book; hopefully some of his views of other people of the world would get through.

I must admit that I am unlike most people in this group in that I don't spend a whole lot of time online. I think I just get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of posts and so just drop a line here and there, then get back to reading. (Actually, then I have to get back to my children and husband and...oh heck, who am I kidding? I get right back to READING!)

Glad you're here!

[Kirsty]

Hi Marion, welcome to the group!

You all make me laugh when you talk about reading in a British accent... is that an American thing? I don't read in an American accent when I read books by American authors, lol.

Also I'd be interested to know WHICH British accent you read in, because the 'posh' southern accent that would have probably been used in Henry James work, is nothing like my Lancashire and Boof's Yorkshire accents, lol :) And then you have the scousers... (Liverpool) who go into a whole league of their own!