Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Plainsong sounds really fascinating!

I‘d love to join if
A) i can get the audiobook. On audible.de only books 2 and 3 are available 😱.
B) you are ok with me being slower. In July I‘m on holiday, so I don‘t know if I get any reading done at all. Maybe some at night. I‘m going on a trek and then a road trip with my friends and therefore will be around talkative people 24/7.

We'd love to have you, Philina, if you are able to join. It is fine if you are reading it slowly. I always try to put my comments in spoilers so that slower readers will not have the book ruined if they pop in. I'm sure others will do the same.

I would be interested in reading Plainsong too, sometime in July.

This should be a great read with so many interested!

Sara wrote: "Sue K. H. and I are planning to read Plainsong by Kent Haruf in mid-July. If anyone else would like to join us, we'd be delighted. I will set up the thread a bit closer ..."
In intriguing story-and,for me,a new author!I would love to join in with this one -and July would be fine.

I love all the interest!

Thank you, Sara 😊

Anyone interested in reading Pride and Prejudice in June?

Hi, I’m pencilling in to read the below in the remainder of the year.

If it appeals feel free to join me. Thanks.


In first half of July The Barretts of Wimpole Street play based on life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
In second half of July Sonnets From the Portuguese

July - the odyssey Walter Shewring (Translator)
Sept - the odyssey translation Emily Wilson
Nov - Ulysses Joyce, the short version

update
I've just realised it's not obvious I don't mind if you read different versions / translations of Odyssey or Joyce's Ulysses.

Are we still reading Plainsong in July? I‘ve bought the book and am ready to go.

I am ready for Plainsong as well.

Yes, I will put up the thread today. I hesitated to put it up before July arrived, but today is the day!

is everyone starting it early? I can start on it before the 15th if so.

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

I won't start until after the 4th, but everyone should feel free to begin earlier if they wish. I'll see you all at the thread.

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

I won't start until after the 4th, but everyone should feel free to begin earlier if they wish. I'll see y..."

I’ll add this to the buddy read schedule :)

Thanks so much, Pink.

hey anybody wanna read catch 22?

I have Jane Austen's entire collection on my kindle, but I've haven't read any of it yet. Is anyone in a similar situation that would like to do a Jane Austen buddy read? It doesn't matter to me which book we start with.

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ps- I love Jane Austen.

Christopher wrote: "{deleted wrong post}

ps- I love Jane Austen."

Would you be interested in a buddy read?

Newly wrote: "hey anybody wanna read catch 22?"

I'd love to!

Elisabeth wrote: "Newly wrote: "hey anybody wanna read catch 22?"

I'd love to!"

Me too! I just checked it out from the library!!

ourstanding Elisabeth and Kirsten! when do you amazing peeps wanna start?

Adrian wrote: "Christopher wrote: "{deleted wrong post}

ps- I love Jane Austen."

Would you be interested in a buddy read?"

Yes, I'd go along with whatever anyone decides.
Two years ago (or three?) I was in a group which did all six JAs- a book a month, a chapter per day, with a month off between books. It was a great experience.

Adrian wrote: "I have Jane Austen's entire collection on my kindle, but I've haven't read any of it yet. Is anyone in a similar situation that would like to do a Jane Austen buddy read? It doesn't matter to me wh..."

I want to read Mansfield Park this year.

Newly wrote: "hey anybody wanna read catch 22?"

I'm definitely interested in giving Catch-22 another read! It's one of my favorites, so I might join you all

Newly wrote: "ourstanding Elisabeth and Kirsten! when do you amazing peeps wanna start?"

I'm open.

I wonder if we can get a folder Catch 22. I'm going to go pick it up today. so feel free to dive in at anytime. Welcome Gerard, this will be a first read for me. I look forward to dicussing it with each of you.

discussing super sorry, I'm kinda excited

Christopher wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Christopher wrote: "{deleted wrong post}

ps- I love Jane Austen."

Would you be interested in a buddy read?"

Yes, I'd go along with whatever anyone decides.
Two years ago (or three..."

Great! I've always heard that Pride and Prejudice is a good starting point, though work probably won't let me keep a steady pace like you mentioned.

Katy wrote: "Adrian wrote: "I have Jane Austen's entire collection on my kindle, but I've haven't read any of it yet. Is anyone in a similar situation that would like to do a Jane Austen buddy read? It doesn't ..."

Do you have any particular time you'd like to start?

Adrian wrote: "Christopher wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Christopher wrote: "{deleted wrong post}

ps- I love Jane Austen."

Would you be interested in a buddy read?"

Yes, I'd go along with whatever anyone decides.
Two..."

Not to tell you what to do -- but I'd start with Pride and Prejudice if I were you (and I've read all 6). It's just a good taste of Jane Austen, a good starting point, and the most referred to of all her books. Thereafter, I don't think it matters much which ones you read. They're all good! But I'm voting for you to start with P&P! ;)

Catch 22 has been a previous group read, so we have several threads, both spoiler and non spoiler. Please use these for your buddy read discussion :)

https://www.goodreads.com/group/comme...

Newly wrote: "I wonder if we can get a folder Catch 22. I'm going to go pick it up today. so feel free to dive in at anytime. Welcome Gerard, this will be a first read for me. I look forward to dicussing it with..."

Here are the threads for discussing Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Just a reminder that we do not start new threads for buddy reads, but use the existing ones from past group reads. As a buddy read, you might just want to use the thread for the entire book, but that is up to you. Please still use spoilers in the correct threads.

Catch_22: NO Spoilers
Catch_22:Background Information-Spoilers
Catch_22: Chapters 1 -10 ~ Spoilers
Catch_22: Chapters 11-20 ~ Spoilers
Catch_22: Chapters 21-30 ~ Spoilers
Catch_22: Book as a Whole ~ Spoilers

Pink wrote: "Catch 22 has been a previous group read, so we have several threads, both spoiler and non spoiler. Please use these for your buddy read discussion :)

https://www.goodreads.com/group/comme......"

We were typing at the near same time! LOL.

Adrian wrote: "...Do you have any particular time you'd like to start?..."


Whenever you are ready to read Mansfield Park let me know a week ahead and I can probably join you. It's a longer book, so I will take some time to get through it.

I guess Mansfield Park is not the best place to start, but if you or we read P/P in August-September, there would still be time to do MP in October-November.

As I said, I will go along with whatever the group decides.

Newly wrote: "ourstanding Elisabeth and Kirsten! when do you amazing peeps wanna start?"

I just requested it from the library and I should be able to pick it up in a few days! I have never done a group read before so not really sure how it works! 😀

Elisabeth wrote: "Newly wrote: "ourstanding Elisabeth and Kirsten! when do you amazing peeps wanna start?"

I just requested it from the library and I should be able to pick it up in a few days! I have never done a ..."

You just read at the same time we do - and then discuss your thoughts!!

Kirsten #NeverAgainIsNow wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Newly wrote: "ourstanding Elisabeth and Kirsten! when do you amazing peeps wanna start?"

I just requested it from the library and I should be able to pick it up in a few days! I ..."

Cool, I guess that was sort of a stupid question. 🤪

Katy wrote: "Adrian wrote: "...Do you have any particular time you'd like to start?..."


Whenever you are ready to read Mansfield Park let me know a week ahead and I can probably join you. It's a ..."

Terris wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Christopher wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Christopher wrote: "{deleted wrong post}

ps- I love Jane Austen."

Would you be interested in a buddy read?"

Yes, I'd go along with whatever anyo..."

I can start anytime, and I might try P&P at the same time since it is a good JA starter. Anyone who would be into either as a buddy read, definitely let me know.

hey thanks for showing me where the folders were. I didn't find it today and so I'm gonna start prolly some time this weekend. I'm gonna try to do updates every 100 pages. this will help me finish the book. what do you guys and dolls think?

Newly wrote: "hey thanks for showing me where the folders were. I didn't find it today and so I'm gonna start prolly some time this weekend. I'm gonna try to do updates every 100 pages. this will help me finish ..."

Sounds great!

well the links attached are not loading to the above folders using the app. I am looking for the discussions but those seem to by writer last name and I can't find the one for Heller. please advise

Newly wrote: "well the links attached are not loading to the above folders using the app. I am looking for the discussions but those seem to by writer last name and I can't find the one for Heller. please advise"

I’ve checked the links that Katy and I posted and they’re working ok. I don’t know if this is a problem with the app, as I use the desktop site on my phone. I’ll include the link to all Catch 22 discussions again here https://www.goodreads.com/group/comme...

If you want to search for a particular discussion, you can use the search bar (top right of the home page) and then filter for ‘only topics’ which will find all the threads with that title. Again, I don’t know if this works in the app, or if you’ll need to switch to the desktop site.

Otherwise if you manually search through our discussions, Catch 22 will be under the New School classics folder.

thx m8. found it

I don't have a specific book in mind, but I would like a buddy to read with. I'm thinking we could pick a book from my classics shelf or yours, then we would read so many chapters a day, discuss them, and repeat until the book was done. Here is the link to my shelf:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Kim wrote: "I don't have a specific book in mind, but I would like a buddy to read with. I'm thinking we could pick a book from my classics shelf or yours, then we would read so many chapters a day, discuss th..."

I'd be up for: Frankenstein, Hutchback of Notre Dame, War and Peace, The Three Musketeers, or Kidnapped.

Awesome Adrian! Thank you. I've already read Frankenstein - sorry I didn't take that off my shelf before - so let's read Kidnapped. I'll start a discussion board for it.

Kim wrote: "Awesome Adrian! Thank you. I've already read Frankenstein - sorry I didn't take that off my shelf before - so let's read Kidnapped. I'll start a discussion board for it."

We read Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson and have a discussion thread already in the group. Please use that thread for your buddy read. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I have deleted the thread that you started.