Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2012 discussion
Mount TBR Buddy-Reads
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Would you like to read with me?
My paperback copy has 352 pages. I didn't count the Afterword. It's a reasonable length.
Tenant has around 500 -- have you read it?
Tenant has around 500 -- have you read it?
No, haven't got to Tenant yet.Okay, around 350 pages sounds reasonable. I actually thought it was longer than that. My partner has a leather bound copy somewhere and if he can find which box in the garage it's buried in, I'll read that instead of the Kindle edition. At least we've got a few days to work on it :-).
I figure you have until September when the next big buddy-read is scheduled. ;)
Oh good! I thought it was really good fun :-).
Thanks all for the replies and suggestions. I will probably start over the weekend and am looking forward to it.
Catie wrote: "Dawn (& Ron) wrote: "We are still trying to find my hardcover copy but I have checked my Kindle version and book III has chapters 11 - 15 separated out. "Hi Dawn, I'm not quite sure I follow you ..."
Yes, Katie, you have it correctly. There are several lines between chapter 10 and 11, the sane space as the book sections, which is why I asked. It just looked curious to me.
Hayes wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "You and Dawn can be the rearguard! I hope it's a fast and interesting read."I too am a slowpoke, don't forget!"
All we slowpokes can have nice chats along the way as we watch everyone else pull away. The fun is in finishing, I joke a lot about being envious of these fast readers (well, maybe it's not all joking) but it is simply about the joy of reading, no matter ones pace.
Jeannette wrote: "If I finish To2C early, I'll still jump into the discussion when the 3 of you catch up!"
Jeannette, if you can still remember the plot points from so far back by the time we catch-up, LOL. Seriously though you have been good about continuing with the buddy chats which I for one greatly appreciate.
Jeannette wrote: "I figure you have until September when the next big buddy-read is scheduled. ;)"It won't, or shouldn't even take me that long!
BTW, my hardback is around 450 pages. Too heavy so I'm sticking with the Kindle version. It's the first or second one in this photo, so no wonder I referred to it before as a longer read.
I'll change that for the buddy read post to avoid confusion.
For those not yet aware here is the buddy read thread for A Tale of Two Cities http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9... You can join in the discussion now even though we haven't started and we welcome all lurkers to come join us too!
You were pretty quick with the Oscar Wilde mystery story, Dawn. I only passed you with a last minute burst of speed! :)
Funny that your big hardcover has more pages than my paperback. It must have a more normal-sized font.
Funny that your big hardcover has more pages than my paperback. It must have a more normal-sized font.
It has some of the original Cruishank (sp) illustrations. It's an early 20th century copy which has lots of filler pages, including lists of other books available. Yes, the font size is normal with wide side margins, especially compared with today's books. That race is on for the final finisher! I wish I could think of something to award
You mean like the fancy jersey in the tour de france that goes to the leader each day?Maybe a virtual fast finisher's t shirt?
Yes, something like that in a virtual way but something for the last finisher instead. I meant it jokingly but if everyone comes up with something, we could reward 1st and last in some way.Book section threads have been posted. There is one other thing I would like to mention. It would be nice if all the fast readers would continue to stay active in the discussions, even after they've finished. This way the slower readers, like myself, don't feel like they are missing out on some of the discussions with some of the other readers.
I'll come back, as long as anyone has something to discuss. :)
Jeannette wrote: "I'll come back, as long as anyone has something to discuss. :)"Jeannette, you've been very good about that and I for one very much appreciate that.
I'm a little worried since we haven't heard from a lot of the people that have signed up for this buddy read so if everyone here can help to get the word out, many thanks in advance.
I may forget some of the details if you take toooo long! lol
Thanks for being open to all of my suggestions about the discussion details, Dawn. I'm a bit of an organizer, but don't mean to be bossy/a pain/ an insufferable know-it-all! (Hermione Granger is my alter-ego.)
Thanks for being open to all of my suggestions about the discussion details, Dawn. I'm a bit of an organizer, but don't mean to be bossy/a pain/ an insufferable know-it-all! (Hermione Granger is my alter-ego.)
Jeannette wrote: "I may forget some of the details if you take toooo long! lol"That sounds like a challenge, hopefully I am up to it.
BTW, you are more than welcome to help me with this, especially with it being my first try. I'll accept all the assistance I can get.
Signing off for the night, so good night and enjoy having your (probably very tired) daughter back under your roof.
Not a challenge -- I tend to forget things about a book after a few weeks. It happened with Count of Monte Cristo, and it was hard to go back and find details in the 1000+ pages. I promised Kim an example of something I got from the story, and couldn't find it. Another reason to make status updates.
The girl is still sleeping, so I have time to catch up on GR.
The girl is still sleeping, so I have time to catch up on GR.
I meant for me not to take too long in straggling to the finish of the book. But yes, that is a good reason for status updates (which I tend to use probably too heavily), or notes, which I now have for all reads, whether electronic or regular.
I have two copies of ATo2C, one is antique and the other is leatherbound. The leatherbound has a key to the characters in the back and also just a smidgeon of literary criticism and also Dickens' own preface to the book. I think I'll just read his note to the reader and the key to the characters tonight. Then tomorrow I'll use my antique (*and only you would understand, Dawn* I'll "read along with Elsie Campbell", circa 1924) to read the actual novel.
I got it Margaret, I didn't realize this was one you got from the Campbells as well. What year is the book itself? You'll have to let me know what Elsie thinks of it too. That is neat that you have a character key in the back of your newer version, that may prove helpful to others here. Does it give an historical background about the events within the novel?
When Dickens wrote this story he relied historically on Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution: A History. He heavily relied on this book for the events he portrays in this novel. He also was falling in love with an actress at the time and his marriage was pretty much over. It is one of only two historical fiction novels he wrote.
No historical background; that would add some serious flavor to the novel, wouldn't it?
That's an interesting aside, Marialyce, both the actress, and that this is one of his two HF novels. Which is the other?
I believe it was Barnaby Rudge. The actress's name was Ellen Ternan and he met her while performing in a play written by his very good friend Wilkie Collins.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Te...
Some scholars blame Collins' influence for Dickens leaving and then sending off his wife into seclusion in the country and falling for Ellen. I don't know enough to make an informed decision but I just don't see Dickens being a person easily swayed to do something he didn't want to do. I do find their friendship fascinating, kind of like recently learning of the mismatched friendship of Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Yes, well, Collins was a real free spirit....lived with a few women, had illegitimate children, and also believed in a more equal standing for women. He always seemed quite kind and understanding to the heroines of his books, while Dickens was not always so forgiving.Yes, the Wilde/Doyle friendship was news to me too!
Laura, Misfit and I want to know if anyone here would like to join us in an upcoming buddy read of Thomas B. Costain's Ride With Me? It will be the first Costain for Laura and I and ironically I don't think it will count towards the TBR challenge for any of us, except maybe Misfit. This may be in July or August, but we are all flexible.Also, anyone want to join Sandi (AKA the Pirate Wench), Ron, and I for this female pirate adventure, Fire on Dark Water by Wendy K. Perriman? It is supposed to be more historical fiction than historical romance, which is why Ron has signed on. No date set yet.
To update Upcoming Buddy Reads, here in the TBR challenge, that Ron or I, or both, have agreed to.
July Hunger Games, with Hayes
Possibly set for July/August, Thomas Costain's Ride With Me, with Dawn, Laura, Misfit and Sandi
September, A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry, with Chrissie and Barbara (non TBR challenge read)
No date set yet, sometime in 2012 Fire on Dark Water by Wendy K. Perriman, with Sandi, Ron, and Dawn.
Moved to September In August, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, with Marialyce, Laura, Geevee and Ron.
In November, Vanity Fair, with Chris, Marialyce, Hayes, Sera, Kate, Jeannette, and Dawn.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell aiming for January, 2013 with Kate, Chris, Catie, Hayes, Jeannette, Geevee, Marialyce, Ron and Dawn.
Add me onto the Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell book please, Dawn.Hmmm plus maybe Ride With Me. It sounds great but I have my daughter's wedding in July sooooo perhaps I have to pass this one up.
Marialyce wrote: "Add me onto the Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell book please, Dawn."
I added you to the list on the top of this thread.
I added you to the list on the top of this thread.
Jeannette wrote: "Marialyce wrote: "Add me onto the Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell book please, Dawn."I added you to the list on the top of this thread."
Thank you!
It's hard to believe that I am planning reads out into next year! :)
It's not a job, it's an adventure! ;-)
I still can't believe I am actually thinking that far ahead.....
I know what you mean. I often have a hard time planning what's for dinner tomorrow night.
What's for dinner tonight? lol
Dunno...
We may grab a slice of pizza. We're going to The Beast's Jazz recital this evening and I don't think there's time to prepare and eat before he has to be there for the sound check.
We may grab a slice of pizza. We're going to The Beast's Jazz recital this evening and I don't think there's time to prepare and eat before he has to be there for the sound check.
I think we are making pizza -- it's movie night. We invited Lea's BFF, and her younger sister over.
Lea cooked dinner for me last night (I was working), and she put garlic in it, and Andreas turned up his nose at it!! It wasn't that much garlic, and it tasted great.
Lea cooked dinner for me last night (I was working), and she put garlic in it, and Andreas turned up his nose at it!! It wasn't that much garlic, and it tasted great.
*gasp* Andreas doesn't like garlic!
Nothing better than a bruschetta:
rub some garlic on a piece of toast, add salt and oil... *slurp*
Nothing better than a bruschetta:
rub some garlic on a piece of toast, add salt and oil... *slurp*
I don't get it, either. He sits in an office all day, alone, but he didn't want to have garlic breath.
That looks yummy; I haven't eaten breakfast yet....
That looks yummy; I haven't eaten breakfast yet....
mmmm... garlic for breakfast!
That's maybe too hardcore for me. lol
I firmly believe that you can never add too much garlic to anything! Left over garlic bread is wonderful for breakfast :-).
The man and I had onion sandwiches for dinner last night. Dark bread, butter or oil, Bermuda onion, salt and pepper. Very yum. But you can't eat alone... it's lethal!
The Italian version of the Bermuda onion is the "Cipolla di Tropea", it's not round but oblong, and it's so sweet and tasty.
The Italian version of the Bermuda onion is the "Cipolla di Tropea", it's not round but oblong, and it's so sweet and tasty.
Jemidar wrote: "I firmly believe that you can never add too much garlic to anything! Left over garlic bread is wonderful for breakfast :-)."
Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!
Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2012
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How short (or long) is AToTC? My Kindle copy gives me no idea and when I just checked some of the page counts on GR they varied wildly, anything from 150 pages to over 500!! Anybody got any idea of actual page count?