I've been here for a little bit but I'm confused. Are we actually having chats on these books to discuse them? I don't usually check the actuall group becouse...
There are no scheduled chats but any member can go in to the club chat room. If you would like post that you will be in chat at a certain time and see who ...
I can't really see why THE MAGUS or anything else by John Fowles should be considered one of the l00 greatest of the century. I can name at least 100 that I...
Things have been so crazy here I just got the book today. I hope to catch up soon. How do the rest of you like The Magus? Just from the synopsis it seems...
hi I just joined this group and I'd love to chat about the books as we go along.. I just went ahead and started Ironweed tho because I wasn't sure I'd have...
I agree. Chats should start with the Ironweed since we are almost on it. Anyone want to set a chat for this book? What day and time would work. Remember...
ok.. well how bout towards the end of the Ironweed cycle so maybe we've mostly finished by then and probably best on a weekend.. so maybe the sat or sun before...
Sounds fine about after Ironweed cycle. And usually about 9 PM EST is a good time. Most evenings are fine with me as well as most weekends. I just have to ...
I agree. 9pm est is good here. Has anyone started the book yet? What do you think? <br><br>Also, as a side note, I started up a new book club if you want to ...
I started Ironweed yesterday if that's the book you are talking about. I just joined the club so I didn't think I'd have time to start The Magus. Ironweed is...
If you go to the web site for Modern Library 100 <br>Greatest books, at the top of the list it tells you a little about how and why the books were chosen....
<a href=http://www.knowledgerush.com target=new>http://www.knowledgerush.com</a><br><br>FYI, this site has some of the books on-line. Lord Jim, Kim, Age of...
The Magus. It must be all that rain in England that makes English writers so dark and gloomy. Even going to sunlit Greece doesn't help. It must be in their...
Have you ever read novels written by Japanese writers? <br>If so, what would you recommend me?<br><br>What is your favorite foreign literature? I hope this...
I apologize for not being at the discussion of Ironweed last night....I had a bit of a family emergency and didn't even have time to boot the computer to leave...
hi.. I didn't make the chat either, I wonder if anyone was there. <br><br>About the book though, I don't believe that just because what you thought was going...
check out this site I found about reading Ironweed. It's some sort of teaching plan or reading plan for book groups.. It has some interesting questions and...
I guess I was wrong. English writers do not have a monoply on doom and gloom. These last two books certainly were not filled with happiness and joy. I realize ...
I would venture to say that very few great books in any language deal at any length with happiness and joy. They are great emotions to experience but do not...
What is the deal with Tabacco Road? I'm not sure if it's meant as humor or seriousness. Written during the Depression my sense is that it was a time in our...
I agree. I came away with some sense of hope from the Grapes of Wrath. I didn't mean to imply that everything has to be all sweetness and light but usually I ...
I'm not sure either. I do agree that the writer should have shown some compassion for his characters.<br>I think maybe in Ironweed the characters at least took...
Hello all. I've read the first 8 chapters of Tobacco Road so far. I think the author wanted to show how depressing the lives of the characters were. The ...
Possibly, as I may have said in an earlier post, Caldwell's point was that--given these circumstances of poverty, ignorance and hopelessness--this is what...
