Classics Without All the Class discussion

I am reading Trapped as it was my treat for finishing NaNoWriMo. I have a few more on my table from the library. We'll see when I get to them. =)

I'm reading The Last Resort. It's the memoir of a writer from Zimbabwe who chronicles the journey of his family's farm under the Mugabe rule. It's very compelling.

I'm reading a few things.
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, since I want to see the film with Ann Hathaway.
I'm also reading Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness.
Also going to start a cozy mystery.

Michelle wrote: "I'm reading a few things.
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, since I want to see the film with Ann Hathaway.
I'm also reading Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness.
Also going to start a cozy mystery."

Loved Shadow of Night! A Discovery of Witches was better, but the second was great too. Can't wait till her next one!

Karena wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I'm reading a few things.
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, since I want to see the film with Ann Hathaway.
I'm also reading Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness.
Also going to start a..."

I read the first one while I was on vacation so just thinking of transports to me sunny beaches!!
I'm so excited to get into this next one :)

I love the All Souls books. I've been listening to them on CD which is great. Though I have to say "Discovery" was better than "Shadow."

I am currently listening to brida by paulo coello, I can't get enough from this man, his books are adorable... mysterious and magical world

I just finished The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez. I really enjoyed it. I tend to read multiple books at a time. I'm reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Worth a Thousand Words by Stacy Hawkins Adams, and the play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen.

I am reading An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor, A Clash of Kings, and The Kitchen Counter Cooking School. All very different!

I just finished Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I plan to start Castle in the Air later tonight.

I'm making a start on Biggles The Camels Are Coming. Bought it on a whim on me kindle - it was probably my most battered book by my tenth birthday, so often had it been read. Keen to see how the reading experience will have changed since then!

I'm reading The Hobbit before the movie comes out!

I hope I'll be able to get into "The Hobbit" after seeing the movie.

I am finishing Life of Pi before I see the movie this week!

I'm reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.

I'm reading "The Castle" by Kafka. I heard so many different opinions regarding this author that I had to check it with my own eyes.

I'm reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. It's long and quite serious so I guess I have to put off reading this until Christmas break.

I am reading through all 5 of Charles Dickens' Christmas novels. I am up to The Cricket on the Hearth. I am also halfway through A Turn of the screw. Then last night I began The Brothers Karamazov. I know that is a lot but variety is the spice of life!

I'm reading The Satanic Verses. I've wanted to delve into this book fo0r awhile...glad I finally get to!

Right now Im reading Anna Karenina, I finished part 1 and it's pretty good so far.

I'm reading

Started Ulysses a few days ago, hard reading, but really interesting.

Evan wrote: "Shelley wrote: "I'm reading The Hobbit before the movie comes out!"

I almost feel obliged to do this as well. Extremely excited to see this movie with all my friends (even if it doesn't live up to..."

I think it will be great, especially since the others were. I haven't read the books yet, so might as well start with The Hobbit.

I have read a ton of tolkien and The Hobbit was my first 20 years ago and am now rereading it and it i would say is his best work although i have not read the simallron. The hobbit is a great rwad and a great adventure

I realized today I get into genre ruts. For a long time it was romances (dont judge me!), murder mysteries/police procedurals, then historical fictions, and most recently urban fantasy. So I decided to double up on my classics and branch out to general fiction. I'm reading Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter off the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die.

Karena wrote: "I realized today I get into genre ruts. For a long time it was romances (dont judge me!), murder mysteries/police procedurals, then historical fictions, and most recently urban fantasy. So I decide..."

Nice, I love historical fiction! Have you ever read Ramses by Christian Jacq (Seen that he's not very popular here, maybe translation problems) or Allan Massie?

Eduardo wrote: "Karena wrote: "I realized today I get into genre ruts. For a long time it was romances (dont judge me!), murder mysteries/police procedurals, then historical fictions, and most recently urban fanta..."

I haven't read him. I will have to look him up at the library. Thanks for the recommendation. I read a lot of Philippa Gregory, Jeanne Kalogridis, and Sarah Poole with a few others.

I'm reading the great gatspy

Rose wrote: "I just finished The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez. I really enjoyed it. I tend to read multiple books at a time. I'm reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Worth a Thousand Words by..."

I read Anna Karenina last summer. It's meaty!! lol! I've started doing the multiple book thing too, especially with classics. They can overwhelm me so it's nice to put it down and start something else.

Eduardo wrote: "Karena wrote: "I realized today I get into genre ruts. For a long time it was romances (dont judge me!), murder mysteries/police procedurals, then historical fictions, and most recently urban fanta..."

I feel that way too. I read a lot of cozy mysteries-hey I love romances too. They were my genre of choice in the early 90's!

Travis of NNY wrote: "I have read a ton of tolkien and The Hobbit was my first 20 years ago and am now rereading it and it i would say is his best work although i have not read the simallron. The hobbit is a great rwad ..."

The hobbit is also my list of to reads. I read the rings trilogy about 10 years ago. heavy reading but I enjoyed them :)

I been whittling my way through the history of middle earth. 12 books 5000 pages. Hardest reading ever elf language tells of the 1000 year elf war the origin of tje ring. 3 more years and i should have it finished
It reads like 20000 pages. The Hobbit is much easier to read.

For another book group i am reading The Windup Girl

I am also eeadingBlood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones for my non-fiction/careful reading these you.might learn something shelf and The Chimes for a Christmas read

I'm reading Anna Karenina, I'm about 1/3 way through and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. Also I'm finding it much easier to read than some classics - I'm looking and YOU Great Expectations!

Michelle wrote: "Eduardo wrote: "Karena wrote: "I realized today I get into genre ruts. For a long time it was romances (dont judge me!), murder mysteries/police procedurals, then historical fictions, and most rece..."

I used to raid my mom's bookshelves when I was in high school because I really couldn't read a lot of the books that were YA. I still read Nora Roberts because it is something she and I share, but gave up most of them since they tended to follow the same plot and it got old. I don't mind a romance in the book I am reading, but just can't do that as the whole story.

I'm reading G1.1 by Jt Kalnay. It's a pretty great story, I highly recommend it.

'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote. I read this every year right after Thanksgiving to get myself in the true Christmas spirit. My husband and I just finished the audio version of 'The Hangman's Daughter' by Oliver Potzsch over the past 5 weeks while doing a great deal of traveling, and I am struggling to finish 'The Casual Vacancy' by J.K. Rowling.

I am reading The Scarlet Letter, which is purely amazing, and i will start Les Miserables right after.

I'm reading and :)

I'm reading "Moby Dick" right now and start with Neil Young's "Waging heavy peace" as well. I'd also love to have some friends from this forum to connect with since I'm new on Goodreads. Hello all booklovers!

In addition to our book, I am reading .

I am a classroom teacher. Currently I am reading to the class. My two reading groups are reading and .

I'm reading The Hobbit at the moment. It's my first time reading it, and I feel as though I've begun a great adventure. I hardly can put it down.

Today, I finished The Satanic Verses, a modern classic to many. I enjoyed most of it but got a little lost in Rushdie's style.
With that, I completes my GoodReads goal of 30 titles in 2012.
Now, a pallet cleanser, The Confession by John Grisham.

I finished If I stay by Gayle Forman this morning and now I'm reading Where She Went (sequel)

In December I have read WHILE THE WORLD WATCHED by Carolyn McKintry, GIFT OF THE MAGI, by O'Henry, EVERY LAST CUCKOO, by Kate Malloy and am now reading GONE GIRL, by Gilliam Flynn.

Pam, I just read Gone Girl last month. It's a great read, definitely one of the best books of the year. can't say I loved the ending though. You'll have to let me know what you think.

I am reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I'll be reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

I'm reading for the first time. Just came across the below passage and it sums up how I aspire to live.

" I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world;"

I just finished reading Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five. I had never read it, but I occasionally hear references to it so I thought I would give it a try. WHY, WHY, WHY is this considered a classic? I did not like it at all!
Maybe I just didn't completely understand it.
The writing style didn't bother me, in fact, it was an interesting change from what I usually read. The content was what got me. What was the point?!? Does anyone have some insight for me?
I consider myself fairly intelligent. I am a college graduate, I know WWII history, I have visited Dachau and was emotionally torn by the images I saw, but I still don't understand the point....