How did part 2 end? I don't have my notes with me.<br><br>I didn't think there was anything very unexpected in the book. <br><br>It seems it's a hard book to ...
I agree with you about finding topics to discuss, but I can not give you any answers as to why.<br><br>About the ending of Part 2...My disappointment comes ...
Hey everybody- New to group.wondering which books on "The List" have everyone read? Some I read in school (Call of the Wild to name one). Read "Deliverance"...
On the other hand, this is one part that was a bit surprising to me. Not the heart-thumping, page-turning type of surprise. Just that Salim seemed like such a...
When this list came out a few years ago, I was dismayed at how few I had read and how many I had never heard of. Of course, there were several sitting in my ...
hi, i haven't been around for a few books because i got caught up reading 'The Brothers Karamazov' for another reading group and it's taking me forever to...
I also have Angle of Repose ready to read. From the reviews I've read it should be good. <br>...a book that will endure in your memory long after you have...
I thought the author telegraphed their relationship in CH 8. Salim was immediately attracted to Yvette. I am going to hold off any more comments until I finish...
First of all I would like welcome you to this club. I beleive you will enjoy it.<br><br>Below is my short list of books I read before joining this reading ...
Maybe I'm the only one who didn't know this, but "angle of repose" is a term geologists use for the slope angle at which rolling rocks stop rolling, symbolic...
Like you, I also just joined. The first book I read with the group was Death of the Heart. Of the books the club did before I joined, I read and liked ...
I've only read about 4 pages. I like the narrator.<br><br>Can anybody explain: He (referring to Rodman)is by Paul Goodman out of Margaret Mead.<br><br>Jean...
W., Thanks for sharing this. Thats what I like about reading groups, we're bound to learn something from each other.<br>I had always wondered what the term...
Jean,<br> Paul Goodman was a social critic and very prolific writer on subjects of social engineering and psychology throughout the 1960's. His theories were...
Please pardon the misspelling of "particular" in the third paragraph of my previous posting. I can't figure out how to spell check these postings in order to ...
I know most have moved on, but I wanted people to know I finished ABITR about 2:15 P.M. EST. I can't say I cared for the ending, in fact I am not sure what the...
Jean, I think the word for which I was struggling earlier is "alienation". Dr. Ward feels alienated from his family and nature. Now that I think about it, his ...
Winston, thanks for an interesting comment. I think that Dr. Ward's quest to write his grandmother's story is an attempt to use the academic discipline that ...
Henry, I agree with your assessment that Dr. Ward is using "the academic discipline that has been his life to reestablish contact." It is all he has. I don't...
I have only been able to read about 30 pages so far, but I am really taken with this book. I get a sense that this book is similar to Ragtime, in that ...
I have a similar reaction to the beginning. The book this reminds me of a lot is Byatt's Possession, which also goes back and forth between a historical story...
Congratulations on finishing! I know I felt like I deserved some sort of award. <br><br>The book is already foggy in my mind, so I have to refer to my notes. ...
Winston,<br>Many thanks for the explanation about Goodman and Mead. It is easy enough to see that Ward is isolating himself, but this allusion just explains...
Jean,<br> Do you think Dr. Ward is isolating himself, or is he being isolated/alienated by the natural events of his life? A combination of the two, perhaps? ...
The last line of the first paragraph of my last posting should read " . . .probably did not want the divorce that . . ." I've been on a very strong narcotic ...
Winston, no apology needed for the occasional typo. I hope the pain is better, but for someone who is "under the influence" you write very well!<br>I haven't ...
Lisa, Thanks for your understanding. Being a nurse, I guess you would understand.<br><br>I think that neither Lyman nor Rodman did anything in particular to ...
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