Hi Renee, off to the Lighthouse - lol. I had to reread to appreciate the writing and story. As to what the heck goes on I will be interested to read! Meg ......
Hi Kevein, welcome to the club. As you have read some of our messages you will see we have read some very good books with some very interesting discussions....
Hi Elizabeth, s p o i l e r I am glad you loved To the Lighthouse. I like character driven stories over plot driven stories. I was impressed by Lily and Mrs...
Hi all, I started TTL a few months ago after finding a cheap used paperback edition of this I-should-read classic. I had trouble getting into it, so it went...
Hi everyone, Unfortunately, I have never actually contributed before to a discussion here but I want to share my experience with you. when I first picked TTL I...
Hi Rob, I do not have the book anymore, returned it to the library so only have my own notes to refer to. Almasy and Katharine's love affair was a passionate,...
Hi Iman, I am glad you have posted and shared your experience of reading To The Lighthouse with us. I hope you continue to participate in our discussions on...
Well, I for one am really enjoying TTL this time around. I read it several years ago, and admit I found it boring then, but this time I'm being much more...
Hi Carol, s p o i l e r I have found the second reading of TLT does improve the enjoyment of the writing of Woolf. However, at times I find her thoughts...
Hi all, I just finished the first section, "The Window". Since there isn't much action (and I'm assuming that's how it's going to be for the rest of the...
Hi Alison, thanks for the link to Fisherman and His Wife. What a greedy wife. I think it is saying that misuse of power can cause one's downfall and that...
Hi Brenan, s p o i l e r Woolf's images are full of endless words! I have put my own stream of conscious into operation and thought the lighthouse represented...
ok---i may be way off base here, and i have no evidence to back up my suggestion, but since we're talking stream of conciousness anyway, which is personal...
I'm new to the group and this is my first book reading with you all. I came across the following in the synopsis at Barnes & Noble.com which helped me get a...
Hi Anita,welcome to the club and thanks for the synopsis. S P O I L E R I did see the conflict between between the feminine and masculine principles at work in...
Hi Renee, I think our stream of consciousness can work in many wonderous ways. ... I never thought of the popular Freudian symbolism of the lighthouse as a...
I am having a tough time reading this book. I read one small section and find an excuse to put it down and do anything else. I am glad to see some discussion...
i apologize to all---i'm listening in my car to mrs dalloway, so i'm getting a double whammy of ms woolf. in that story, characters ask themselves about the...
frankly, frank, YES! i'm having trouble as well. read a few pages, put it down, find reasons to avoid picking it up. yes yes! this is definately a book we must...
i know i'm muddying the waters, which are already thick. some time ago i read a short story by ms woolf, sharply satirical, about several women talking about...
Frank, I felt the same way through the first 25 pages or so. Then I started over and it made a bit more sense. It's still hard for me to read more than...
Hi Renee, on reading more about Virgina Woolf, I have came to the conclusion that you need to know know more about Viriginia Woolf to fully understand To The...
I really liked this book. I liked the two parts of the book. Preparing to go to the lighthouse and in the boat getting to the lighthouse. The first part the...
Hi Frank and Rob, as I have said to Renee if you can read some information on Virginia Woolf and understand that To The Lighthouse is based on her parents and...
Hi Jim, I am glad you enjoyed the book. The family is certainly disfunctional, but then again no family is perfect. s p o i l e r Woolf was an adventurous...
Hi Renee the muddy waters are thick but our understandings are surfacing. And like most men, Mr Ramsay needed a good organised woman behind him! lol ... Mrs...
I finished the book in a weekend and really enjoyed it. One of the reasons I have joined a discussion group is that I often find myself racing through books ...
Frank ~ I read it through slowly, since so many postings were saying how hard it was, then decided to read it the second time at my normal speed. It made a...
Hope you all can bear with me while I try to figure out the relationship between Mrs. Ramsay and Lily. Like a previous post, I too am used to reading through...
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