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White Fang - How are you getting on?
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Audrey (Seaholly)
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Aug 01, 2011 04:40PM
Oh dear another insomniac
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Audrey (Seaholly) wrote: "Oh dear another insomniac"
I've read the first part now and it was great. I remember that I tried to read either White Fang or Call of the Wild (can't be sure which) when I was about 10, but didn't get very far. With hindsight I can't say I'm surprised. It's certainly not a children's book, both in content and in style. I imagine I would have needed a dictionary at that age! I did read Black Beauty though at the time, so I wasn't completely defeated on the classic animal stories front.
I started it lst night but quite late (for me - NOT an insomniac!) so I haven't got very far. I'm really impressed by the style though. Modern 'children's books' can be rather pedestrian in their determination not to baffle the little souls with hard words. I don't believe in talking down to children!
I would never have guessed that this is aimed at children if it hadn't been mentioned on here. I'm about 45% through and getting a bit angry at the mo (don't want to say why cos of spoilers!) It is very well written.
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Edited cos I misguessed how far I'd got with the book!
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Edited cos I misguessed how far I'd got with the book!
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Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo)
(last edited Aug 02, 2011 02:42AM)
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Perhaps we should call the book of the month Sleepy Hallows for all the insomniacs here.Books Without Bindings?
Bibliophilic Bonding?
Geoff
I would never have chosen this book were it not for Goodreads as I mainly read crime thrillers,autobiographies and horror stories however I am currently 50% through and finding it difficult to put down.Great choice.
It's compulsive, isn't it? I'd have put it in the category of those books I should have read when youg but I missed them. It's not true that you should never go back.
I have finished Ulysses as of this morning :o) YAY! so gonna try and finish Madam Bovary on my laptop and i have a paperback to read in work and then i'll get round to White Fang... doesnt seem to be taken other people too long to get through it so hopefully i'll make it for 1st August. Although reading 2 books at once is not good. I keep mixing the stories in my head
p.s. Ingnite the lavender cupcakes are amazing! its a bit weird at first cause i'm not used to eating it but still really good. Put in way less than the recipe said, on your advice, and its still pretty strong!
I'm making lavender scones tomorow morning. 3 years ago (on my retirement) I started the village Cake Club - First Thursday of the month in the village hall. We take turns to make cakes, buns etc. Saves all the guilt of baking and eating it all yourself! Lavender is a strong flavour but if you use it sparingly it's subtle and really good.
Back on topic - I'm 50% through the book now. It's quite compulsive reading.
Still struggling with being called Philip as my name is Sarah,even more reluctant to change it though as When Phil(my husband) gave me my Kindle he also gave me a years use of his Amazon account to purchase books!I too am a compulsive baker,my specialities are carrot cake and an unusual chocolate cake that includes "mashed potato".I am now 70% through the book choice and don't want to finish I am enjoying it so much.
Sarah you can change your name or add (Sarah) on your profile page in here.Click on the drop down menu next to your name on the top right of this page. Then click on my profile.
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i love baking, almost as much as i enjoy eating the baked goods. i do tend to palm the results off on my collegues in work and i've not had a complaint yet!Chocolate potato cake... have to admit i've had potato cooked in many ways but never with chocolate. Sounds worth a try though :o)
edit: oh yea back on topic... i've downloaded it but not started reading yet still waiting for that kindle. Good news is my pal might be getting out tomorrow so good cause she'll be getting home but also cause i can get my kindle back
Patti (P E) wrote: "Sarah you can change your name or add (Sarah) on your profile page in here.Click on the drop down menu next to your name on the top right of this page. Then click on my profile.
Your profile pag..."
Patti (P E) wrote: "Sarah you can change your name or add (Sarah) on your profile page in here.
Click on the drop down menu next to your name on the top right of this page. Then click on my profile.
Your profile pag..."
Thanks Patti,my identity crisis is over.
we just need to remember now that your Sarah named Philip and not Philip called Sarah...Edit: try and make sense of that!
Jud (judder) wrote: "I have finished Ulysses as of this morning :o) YAY! so gonna try and finish Madam Bovary on my laptop and i have a paperback to read in work and then i'll get round to White Fang... doesnt seem to ..."Well done Jud with Ulysses. Don't know if I even want to start it.
At this time of year a Chocolate Courgette Cake is a blessing. Like potato and carrot, courgette keeps a cake lovely and moist and in August you can't shift for courgettes if you grow them at all!As to the topic!(We need a baking thread!) I'm 80-odd % through and have a fair bit to say about it but I'll wait till I've finished and put it on the Spoiler thread so as not to ruin anyone's future enjoyment.
Trust me Audrey, you really dont. Just let it gather dust in the corner
Think you might have just persuaded me there Jud. That really didn't take much.Did it?
I read this book years ago and at the time I didn't like it as much as Call of the Wild. I'm going to start reading it again tonight - many years on my tastes have changed considerably so I may well enjoy it more now.
Audrey (Seaholly) wrote: "Think you might have just persuaded me there Jud. That really didn't take much.Did it?"Ulysses... Even on my English degree course they let us read Dubliners instead when it came to the James Joyce tutorial...
finished white fang, im afraid to say wasnt really my kind of book but i did like the fact it was a happy ending. it was a good book but not one i would read again. never really liked the classics.
Finished it too. It did make me think. Not something I would have read but glad I did.
It does make you think Audrey, I have always thought of it as one everyone should read but not many people do, guess there are a lot of books like that out there.
hmmm...I have downloaded this, but I dont feel any 'pull' towards reading it at all .... I will have a go soon but its just not doing it for me, maybe I need to leave it for a few days and try again.
Freddiesmum wrote: "hmmm...I have downloaded this, but I dont feel any 'pull' towards reading it at all .... I will have a go soon but its just not doing it for me, maybe I need to leave it for a few days and try again."I'm glad there's someone else who feels like this. I have started but cannot get into it at all, will give it another go before the closing date.
If this is a childrens book then no wonder they have nightmares!Actually I think I am enjoying this a little more now than first time around as I can now accept the nastier side of nature, although the descriptions can be rather gruesome. Or is it just my mind that is visualising the scenes a little too realistically?
I've just started. Its not a book i would have been interested in normally, only reading because its this months read. No idea whats going to happen so looking forward to it. Have already realised my expectations were wrong and only in chapter 2
I'm afraid life has been so busy lately that I've only managed to get about 70% read. I'm going to try to get it finished tonight so I can post about it before we leave for our holiday tomorrow.Must say some of it is much different to the memories I had of it...
there's been a couple of bits where i'm thinking "this is a kids book?!" think someone else has mentioned something similar, but i'm enjoying it so far. 27% in so far so much i want to type but it kinda spoiler so will have to wait till i'm finished an put it in spoiler thread!
At the moment I can't get into this book...maybe another time.
I am just about to start White Fang, I have had a sneaky read of the first page, looking good!
I finished it! I really enjoyed it though don't think it's quite a five star (though I did feel quite emotional at the end...).
i thought i'd be finished it by now but i'm not i'm still halfway through. Stupid people talking about interesting things at lunch time and not feeling well grrr....
Jud (judder) wrote: "i love baking, almost as much as i enjoy eating the baked goods. i do tend to palm the results off on my collegues in work and i've not had a complaint yet!
Chocolate potato cake... have to adm..."
I have made a chocolate potato cake, had a potatoe recipe book, its nice makes quite a sticky rich consistancy definately worth a try :D
Chocolate potato cake... have to adm..."
I have made a chocolate potato cake, had a potatoe recipe book, its nice makes quite a sticky rich consistancy definately worth a try :D
80 odd % through and LOVING IT. Good choice Patti! I really would never have read this if you hadn't picked it so thank you!!
I've just realised we're nearly half way through August and I haven't started it yet!
Started mine yesterday, steady 13% so far. Don't really like how it's all compacted - not even a new page for a new chapter.... aAAAARRRRGGGHHHH it's really irritating the routine/habit freak monster inside of me !But so far so good, I like the story - can't remember if I did read it in the past or not (or watched the movie, which is more likely) I can remember lots of movies with animals in the cold, not sure which one it is lol !
But then that's coming from a girl who believed until quite late in her teens that Jack London was the guy who played Mr Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie... yeah I don't get confused very easily !
Chookgate wrote: "I've just realised we're nearly half way through August and I haven't started it yet!"not meaning to rub it in or anything but I have finished it and now i can catch up on my tbr pile in a relaxed fashion :o)
T'was most delightful
This was one of the first I downloaded for my kindle. So read it back then, also Call of the Wild. Enjoyed them both. Yes, they can be brutal in places, so is real life.
Well, I have tried again and after a couple of hours of slogging away I have decided its not for me at the moment. I will try again in a day or two but I doubt if its going to grab me. I had started to speed read it and still nothing is holding me. Maybe its just the wrong book for me right now, maybe it never will grab me, but at the moment its good for getting me off to sleep!! I will try once more.
Freddiesmum wrote: "Well, I have tried again and after a couple of hours of slogging away I have decided its not for me at the moment. ..."You're not alone, I've got just over quarter of the way through, but it's a struggle, it's boring me - not because it's rubbish, but because since it was written, the subject has been done to death.
I'm another one who is not getting this at all, I'm afraid I shall have to pass on this one.
Thats me done...given up. My reading time is precious, and this is boring me to sleep! Waiting for the next readalong now....
I started reading last night, I've read one chapter & then put the kindle down............not a good beginning because I usually read until I find myself falling asleep.
Having finally finished In The Blood just before the end of its official bookclub month (and I greatly enjoyed it), I'm about to begin White Fang. I had downloaded it some time ago but not got round to reading it, perhaps not enthused enough to start. So thanks Patti for the push to begin it.But it seems from some of the recent posts here that it's not for everyone - at least that should generate some discussion. (I haven't looked to see the other threads, to avoid any spoilers.)
Let's see what it's like........
Haven't read this thread for quite some time. Glad I did as I started it and decided it wasn't for me after about two hours. All my other books were calling me. A sure sign that perhaps it wasn't meant to be. I did appreciate how well written it was but the story and pace were simply not for me. Glad I wasn't the only one as I was feeling a little bit of a numpty at that stage. The good thing about reading is there is something out there for everyone. I am looking forward to The Chrysalids though.
