Okay, everyone, I finished Invisible Man and I found it to be similar to Native Son but not as violent. I can truly understand though how being on the margins...
I can't believe I am the only one who has an opinion about this month's selection. Hope to hear from some others so we can get a dialogue going. Terry S....
... month's ... I just started reading Slaughterhouse 5 and intend to finish it over the next couple of days. (It is a pretty quick read.) But I wanted to ask,...
Hi Michael, I was really talking about the Invisible Man with that post but as far as Vonnegut is concerned. I have only read Slaughterhouse 5. I realize he is...
I don't know….what's the next book? I was going to join in The Invisible Man in February but an old friend died and I was too busy sorting out her estate to...
Lisa, Sorry for your loss, I know how hard it is to go through someone's things after they have passed. The next book I believe is To the Lighthouse, I can't...
Lisa, My sympathies as well. The June book is To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Is anyone reading this month's book, An American Tragedy? I have not had...
Henry, I read An American Tragedy and I was just waiting to see as you said if anyone else had. I didn't want to spoil anything if people were still reading....
Terry, Why don't you post your opinion of the book labelled as such. Leave a spoiler space (Type s and hit return several times) at the top of the e mail.) if...
I was a little put off by it especially because last years book for 3 counties (a local thing here in WNY) was a book that told the same story but from the...
Okay, I read Virginia Wolf's To the Lighthouse and was struck by how ruled by convention the characters were. One must go to the lighthouse and bring certain...
Indeed. The book is told solely through the perceptions of the characters and, I thought, that at times is hard to follow, as it pours poetically through...
I also felt that the author's depression was coming through in this book. I had known that she completed suicide. It really seems like such a terrible waste...
from a trip to the library and brought home I Claudius which I will put in the line up. There is one book ahead of it and SEVERAL behind it. I will let you...
I remember some years ago there was a TV series based on I Claudius and its sequel, Claudius the God. I thought it was very good. The series got me to read the...
Hi Henry, I remember watching I Claudius I don't remember the sequel. It was on one of the PBS stations. I will let you know what I think. Thanks for the heads...
I Claudius was wonderful. I loved it. The Author really got inside the mind of Claudius. I enjoyed the first person way of writing. It was also a quick read. I...
Glad you liked it, Terry. There is a sequel, Claudius the God, which I also liked. I am afraid I have fallen off our reading schedule, but I am about to start...
Hi Everyone! My name is Kim and I am 35 years old and the mom of two wonderful teens, my son is 15 and my daughter is 14. Very scary but soo much fun too. I...
I finished it, never having read it in school (don't know why they didn't assign it) anyway, it is still a bit frightening. There are so many connections to...
A member from another group that I belong to recommended this blog site that is strictly for books and readers. It is called Good Reads, and like it alot. It...
At the outset I need to confess that I did not finish the book. That said, I really didn't like it. It just seemed more of the poor me put upon by society's...
Hi all! My name is Niclas and I've recently joined this group. I'm 35 and originally from Sweden but now lives in Taipei, Taiwan with my wife. I've always been...
Welcome to the group, Niclas. I am afraid it is not a very active one. My favorites from the list so far include Portnoy's Complaint, the Moviegoer, and I...
I thought this was a picture of despair. It was beautifully written in many places, but I did not find it that involving. What did anyone else who has read it...
Edith Wharton writes well. Read this with interest even though it is about a social strata that I don't belong to. Twists and turns, but this is ultimately a...
