I've only ever read A Christmas Carol (which I love), Great Expectations (which was ok I guess), and now Bleak House (which I liked) so I feel like I would have to do a lot of homework for Dickensian
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:05:21 pm PDT #26795 of 28167
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Toddson - Jul 15, 2021 2:11:17 pm PDT #26796 of 28167
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, I don't think I've read much more, but I got enough of the references to know who people were (Little Dorrit, for example).
-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:42:03 pm PDT #26797 of 28167
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, other than knowing that is probably a character from Dickens I don't know who that is
sj - Jul 17, 2021 10:45:46 am PDT #26798 of 28167
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I started reading A Deadly education last night snd I found the first chapter to be whiny and boring. Should I push through? Does it get better?
-t - Jul 17, 2021 10:48:12 am PDT #26799 of 28167
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, I'd say so. I wasn't wild about it to start with but was entirely enthusiastic by the end.
Kate P. - Jul 17, 2021 11:21:46 am PDT #26800 of 28167
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I loved that book, but can definitely understand why El's narrative voice comes across as whiny to some. To me it made sense given what we know/learn about her and her world, but I wouldn't say it changes a whole lot over the course of the book.
sj - Jul 17, 2021 11:51:38 am PDT #26801 of 28167
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm usually not a person that needs a character to be likable, but I was thinking "Please shut up" by the time I finished the first chapter. Is there more action later in the book or is it all talky?
-t - Jul 17, 2021 11:54:38 am PDT #26802 of 28167
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Definitely more action
sj - Jul 17, 2021 1:40:47 pm PDT #26803 of 28167
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
thanks -t and Kate! I'll give it another try tonight if I can get this migraine to go away.
sj - Jul 18, 2021 12:47:27 am PDT #26804 of 28167
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I’m about a quarter of the way through A Deadly Education, and it’s starting to grab me. It’s pouring rain again, snd I can’t sleep so I guess I’ll read.