Mark Minyard > Recent Status Updates

Having to take it slow. Kuhn is so worth the effort though.

I can tell there is some serious plot unfolding with the Dedlocks/Tulkinghorn but I can't keep up with everything. Still enjoying it though! Love Esther's Narratives.

Big reveal. Kind of saw it coming? Dickens was really heavy with the foreshadowing. Still fun.

Miss Flite is a favorite character. I imagine her looking like old woman Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle ha.

Already finished Book 5! Plot twist and a cliff hanger…Eliot is good…

So many possibilities here. I've got a guess what will happen to the main cast but we'll see... :)

Sad I’m half way done. I love these characters!

That was shocking. Perfect cliff hanger to table this and pick up MIddlemarch again.

The wedding 1/2 way through was such a fun section. Dickens is really funny.

So. many. characters. I thought I would've met the entire cast by now but nope. The Dedlock story is getting more interesting.

The recent discussion between Tom and Richard was rich with conflict. Dickens continues to surprise me with his character.s I LOVE Tom Jarndyce. And the illustrations by Phiz are such a lovely compliment to the story. They fit Dickens characters so well.

I'll be starting Book 5, "The Dead Hand" when I pick this back up. V excited.

“Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how to express the result of the process in words.”

Gonna sprinkle these essays in this year. Have to take them slow...

Lovely scenes. Can tell it’s not gonna end well…

Well this is wild!

Decided to pick this up real quick because it's so short and it's on my shelf. Great so far! I'm predicting things not ending well for anyone ha.

Ok it's getting better. I'm close to "bought in". I'd been preferring Esther's chapters to The Dedlock/Tulkinghorn saga but I think I've met all the major players now. Several minor characters have reappeared and I feel like I'm "settling into" the world of Bleak House. Dickens is a very funny author. The character's are delightfully eccentric.

Gripping!

Having a hard time keeping going. Started watching a book club recording with analysis from a Literature PhD which is helping keep me engaged. We will persevere! It IS is a good book. Short form video content has not completely rotted my brain.