Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

I'm pretty easy I dont have a lot going on. I'd love to have it completed before Sept 17. (my birthday.)

Okay, so let's start the play tomorrow. It's a quite short book. PM me if you have some reservation or preference.

Newly wrote: "hey could you ask if any one would be interested doing a buddy read en francais. prolly a long shot but I'm learning french and I could really use challenge. so before I even try to read 3 musketee..."

Newly and Luffy, I'd be interested in joining you two in reading that Moliere play in French.

Let's decide on a date and let the mods take it from there.

Sounds good. The suggestions of starting tomorrow and finishing by 9/17 works for me, but sometime after that works too. :)

Eileen wrote: "Sounds good. The suggestions of starting tomorrow and finishing by 9/17 works for me, but sometime after that works too. :)"

Well Newly, you need to confirm. It's a quite small book. We'll manage easily enough.

I'll join you!

Luffy wrote: "Let's decide on a date and let the mods take it from there."

Yep, just let us know, and we can set up a thread for it.

truth time. we can absolutely start tomorrow. I know its not very long but my French reading skills are fair to middling at best. it looks like we have another person to join us. so please consider this confirming a start of tomorrow. thanks again. I'm getting excited

My mother may join you. I am going to let her know because she is always looking to practice her French.

oh please do invite her. if she wants.

She's in this group. I will let her know and she probably will join you.

Just to confirm, is this buddy read going to be for Le Médecin Malgré Lui or for Le Médecin Volant?

Sorry, I'm a bit confused and don't know much about Molière. Wiki seems to think they're related, but different plays.

When I studied the Moliere plays in university, Le Medecin malgre lui was followed by Le Medecin Volant, so they are two different plays. The first play is really funny.

so I here the proposal we merry few will. we will read le medicin malgre lui a play written in the late 17th century by Moliere. the play has 3 acts. I found it and downloaded en francais. all his works are public domain and available from a website call toutmoliere or project Gutenberg. I was mistaken when I said le medicin volant was the same play. le medicin volant is a one act play that translates to the flying doctor. our lovely mods are gonna set up our threads. please feel free to comment in English or French. Eileen Luffy and myself are starting soon but feel free to come as youre lead. I look foward to hearing your thoughts. thanks y'all so flipping much. I dont want to over hype it but supposedly this has one of molieres funniest monologues.

I've added Le Médecin Malgré Lui to the buddy read schedule for August and created the discussion thread. Here's the link https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

thanks pink. I know its super last minute and your efforts are appreciated.

No problem :)

Brina wrote: "A few of us have expressed interest for reading Cry, The Beloved Country in November. I'm just putting out a feeler for more interest."

I'll be glad to join in this Buddy Read in November, as it's on my 2018 Bingo challenge. Thanks, Brina!

Shirley, I am looking forward to this. It is on my Bingo- the game as opposed to my cat- card as well :)

I'd just like to let Darren, Leni, Katy, Brina and anyone else who's interested know that I started a thread for Portnoy's Complaint in the buddy read folder.

hey you amazing ppl. I need to read some Robert Heinlein this month. anyone want to join me for starship troopers or stranger in a strange land? lemme know.

Newly wrote: " I need to read some Robert Heinlein this month. anyone want to join me for starship troopers or stranger in a strange land? lemme know."

I heartily recommend Heinleins' Hugo-award winning The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, I really enjoyed it. One of these days I want to read his Tunnel in the Sky which is a scifi favorite of Andy Weir, who wrote The Martian.

thanks for the suggestion I'll definitely look them up. you're a diamond George.

I’m really interested in reading Love in the Time of Cholera anyone interested??

I'm already planning on reading Love in the Time of Cholera this November if you want to wait until then!

i would love to read love in times of cholera this Nov. I have a full load for Sept but I need to read it this year.

Hey y'all, we're starting a 12-week read of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain this weekend. All are welcome!

Kristen wrote: "Hey y'all, we're starting a 12-week read of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain this weekend. All are welcome!"

Count me in. I'm not visible much in this group, but I'm serious about my buddy reads.

Kristen wrote: "Hey y'all, we're starting a 12-week read of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain this weekend. All are welcome!"

I cannot wait!

can

Anyone up for The Picture of Dorian Gray ?

Rita love in times of cholera this Nov sounds great! I'd love buddy read that

Darren wrote: "who's up for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay then?

rumblings for September...?"

It's oct 1st and I don't see a thread yet for AA of K &C. Let me know if you see it appear before I do. I've read about 30 % of it but waiting for the buddyread to start to go on.

George wrote: "Darren wrote: "who's up for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay then?

rumblings for September...?"

It's oct 1st and I ..."

Here is the thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Enjoy the book

George wrote: "Darren wrote: "who's up for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay then?

rumblings for September...?"

It's oct 1st and I ..."

Glad I'm not the only that started a little early ;)

Who would be up for reading Chess Story in November?

Izunia wrote: "Who would be up for reading Chess Story in November?"

I ordered a copy when I thought it might win. It should arrive this week. I will try. I have a huge stack of books I want to read before the end of the year, but I think that's one I could join.

I might also join in reading Chess Story. I've read it once a few years ago, but was so fascinated that I'd read it again.
Shouldn't we give it another try in the polls though?

I'm not sure whether I can make it this year, I would like to finish my BINGO challenge first, but the story is so short that I think I can squeeze it in.

Izunia wrote: "Who would be up for reading Chess Story in November?"

*waves hands*

I'm absolutely here for Chess Story in November.

I read Chess Story earlier this month. It is a great book--and I read it in one day because I couldn't put it down.

Since a board for 2019 reading plans has already popped up, I'm going to go ahead and say that I'm looking to tackle either The Story of the Stone series by Cao Xueqinor the Pilgrimage series by Dorothy M. Richardson sometime next year. I'm willing to coordinate if anyone else is interested.

I'm going to try to go easy on challenges next year and stay more flexible, but Aubrey, I would love to read Dorothy M. Richardson. I might commit to Pilgrimage, Volume 1: Pointed Roofs, Backwater, Honeycomb and see what happens after that.

Volume 1 can be found in multiple formats online, so I wonder if we might get some buddy read interest in that one to start with? Would be fun to discuss!

Anyone wanna read Picture of Dorian Gray with me?

Helen, Petrichor, Pillsonista, should we then read it together? I was waiting for more replies, more people wanted to read it as a buddy read in the discussion for October nominations.

We could start on the 1st of November or the 16th of November (if it is too short notice)?
(I have the book already at home.)

Petrichor wrote: "I might also join in reading Chess Story. I've read it once a few years ago, but was so fascinated that I'd read it again.
Shouldn't we give it another try in the polls though?

I'm no..."

It was so many times in the polls, I lost the hope it will win any time soon.

I checked in to see what the status of the Chess Story Buddy read was?

Sam wrote: "Anyone wanna read Picture of Dorian Gray with me?"

I loved this one so so much, and would totally be up for a reread. When do you plan to start?

Anyone interested in a buddy read of the divine comedy? I'd like to read:

The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation by Robert Pinsky translated by Pinsky

Purgatorio, translated by W.S. Merwin

Both Merwin & Pinksy are great poets in their own right, and I'd like to see what their translations are like.

It's not necessary for us to all read the same translations though - comparing different ones could be just as fun.

Hi All. Would anyone one be interested in reading Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. November is Native American Heritage Month, so if others want to read another selection, not particularly Ceremony, I would probably go with that--depends on what is available at the library. I can read starting 2nd full week in November.