Did anyone else finish the Moviegoer? I found that I enjoyed the first 2/3 or so. But found the end (starting with chapter 4) very difficult. It suddenly felt...
Hi Steph- After spurts of activity and interest, our real lives interfered and I think most of us got behind in our reading and stopped participating. I'm...
Hello - I just joined as well so it was great to see this email - I had a hard time getting through "The Moviegoer" and still haven't finished it - my...
Oops! My response was written thinking I was responding to another Yahoo Egroup (Top100Novels). This modernlibrary100greatestbooks group reads on a schedule...
Satterfield, Jay. "The World's Best Books": Taste, Culture, and the Modern Library. Amherst: U of Massachusetts P, 2002. In October 1930, Macy's department...
Well, I gave my dictionary a real workout, but I finished Zuleika Dobson. A few chortles and fine turns of phrase, but mostly it seemed like homework, not...
I thought the scene where the dean is wondering why no undergraduates came to dinner was hilarious. Overall, while I found it funny I thought it was dated. I...
Hi Henry and Tad, I haven't read Zuleika Dobson, but I think it was part of the Edwardian flourish of creativity that gave rise to the Bloomsbury Group. Is...
Karen: Glad to see you are back contributing. I hope the work and health issues are all behind you. I believe that Beerbohm wrote a satire on the Bloomsbury...
Hello, All. I'd like to read *A of I*, but I fear that it's too late to join in. So, I'll join in on the next read. When will we commence reading #57,...
First, Winston, good to have you back. I'm not sure when we start the next book. Would there be sentiment out there for extending the time to read Age of...
I think voting on the books is a great idea! First, Winston, good to have you back. I'm not sure when we start the next book. Would there be sentiment out ...
If you want an easy weekend read that is entertaining, Hemingway's A Moveable Feast has some brief but entertaining comments on FMF and other expat luminaries....
Hi Henry, I like the voting idea too. I would be much more interested in participating in a group in which people actually like the books they are reading....
I would prefer to continue reading down the list as we are now doing; it allows me to plan and it gives me plenty of time to buy the books. Besides, the...
Hey Winston and Henry Long time, eh? I would prefer to keep reading in order for the same reasons as Winston. I've read The Age of Innocence, many years ago,...
I think what I liked most about A of I is that it was a great evocation of the period it was set in. I felt I really got an understanding of the way Wharton's...
First, I would like to continue discussing this book to late June. Second, I am only one-third of the way through A of I and like this story, but I have to...
Henry, I think we have a consensus, and I agree with your use of the phrase "at least for now." We can keep our options open. I'm not trying to be a politician...
Winston and all: I agree, let's stay flexible. If we have not gotten a more active group in about 3 books time, say after Maltese Falcon, then we can ...
I agree. I'd like to keep the current system and extending the deadline seems to make sense. I for one am having a tough time getting into A of I. I always...
... level of discussion. Anybody in the group could help the discussion by raising some interesting points about the book. Let's try and see if we can't really...
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