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    Janet's Log - stardate 2013

    in Past Book Logs

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    I remember you love lists, I quite like them, too. It's a whole lot of fun going back old lists and statistics, in so many ways... Sometimes it's fun to go back and mentally pat the 2008 newbie frankie on the head and say, 'you have no idea, do you' :giggle2: Think of how many great stats and lists you have, you've been here for so many years! I wonder what it was like back in 2006, how was it different from what it is like now?

    It is great fun! :D I hope I would never be patronising enough to pat you on the head and say that though!

     

    You know what we should do? We should start keeping a list of members on here who like lists.

    Sorry, that was bad. But I had to!

    There must be a name for people who keep lists of people who keep lists! :giggle2:

     

    Hahah! :D

     

    It's been so long that I can't remember for sure, but is this how it went?:

     

     

    Alec was the one who raped Tess, but he was a right a-hole to begin with, so we weren't completely surprised by what he did? And Angel was the 'good samaritan' who was supposed to be all kinds of good but rejected Tess because she was 'tainted'. :rolleyes: Bloody hell, it's not like she asked for it herself or had any choice in the matter! *fumes* So anyhow, one doesn't expect something like that from Angel, so in a way he's worse than Alec. Is that it?

    Yes, that’s it exactly!

     

    Alec was a right 'bar-steward' (I'm being rude there if it doesn't translate! :giggle: ) - Angel was meant to be so wonderful and it was the whole 'double-standards' bit of it that made me so angry. I know that is what would have happened at the time, but it still made me SO MAD! Good on Hardy for writing it and showing up the utter ridiculousness of the situation.

     

     

    I think your tastes have changed quite a lot and you've broadened your horizons, so I would definitely encourage you to give the Castle book another go since you've thought about it. Who knows what you'll make of it this time You know, if it's there at the library, staring you right in the eyes, and you find you have nothing else to read, for some really odd reason...

    Maybe…! I do have nearly 100 tree books to get through though – plus all the ones I have put on my Kindle!

     

    I agree. But I think that one should only re-read the 'hated' books if one feels inclined to do so and is open to possibly enjoying the book. With some books I would give them another go, but I know there are books I don't want to try again, because I just feel I have better things to do with my time.

    There are definitely some books I would never try again! I know I’ve mentioned it once or twice before, but The Catcher in the Rye definitely falls into that category! :D

     

    Sigh.... Hm, I wonder if the first picture would like to be my screensaver.... :giggle:

    It would! I’m sure there is even a desktop wallpaper sized one on the internet somewhere too! I have Mr Darcy as my background picture on my mobile phone! :D

     

    It's only the BBC adaptation chesilbeach and me have been trying to talk you into watching in the Whatcha Watching thread :D

    Yes, watch it – it’s brilliant!

     

    Edit: Oh, and Janet, I'm so amazed that you've been to those places!! Did you get goosepumps?!

    It was certainly a wonderful trip – I was so excited to go there. It was such a stroke of luck – Peter and I drove past it not realising we were on the road where Lyme Park is – it seemed like destiny!

    Janet's Log - stardate 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Sorry - I missed your question (both of them, as I've only just picked this up!).

     

    Intriguing, because you hadn't given any indication which unknown classics you were thinking of (presuming you meant classics you hadn't read and thus didn't know the contents, rather than classics which you didn't know about, as it's quite hard to read books you haven't heard of!!). Being a bit of a classics fan (but with loads still yet to read), I was intrigued as to which ones you were referring to.

    That's okay - I thought you'd probably missed it. I probably miss replies too - it's easy to do. :)

     

    I know you are a huge fan of the classics - I've detailed below those that I've read but I'm not sure if you'd consider them 'proper' Classics.

     

    I hadn't read any classics (apart from some 'modern classics' as categorised by Penguin) until 2007 when I read three - and even then two were children's books (Little Women and 'Huck Finn') - the third being A Christmas Carol (and I know your views on that :) ).

     

    2008: Pride and Prejudice

    2009: The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Turn of the Screw

    2010: Three Men in a Boat, Candide, The History of Mr Polly and The Diary of Mr Nobody

    2011: Silas Marner, The Mayor of Casterbridge and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    2012: Gulliver's Travels, The War of the Worlds, Around the World in Eighty Days

     

    And I think that's it. :)

     

    I have actually downloaded a few that I've never heard of! :giggle2: Something will pop up as a recommendation on Amazon and catch my eye.

     

    In your opinion, what are the classics that everybody should read? :)

    Janet's Log - stardate 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    I loved The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall when i read it ages ago. I remember it was Ruth's review that made me think i 've got to read that again so it's on my TBR pile. I think the classics are books that you can keep coming back to & they never lose there appeal in fact if i had to restrict myself to one genre it would be be the classics :smile:

    Thanks. :) I haven't managed to read any of it today. :( Maybe tomorrow will be a better reading day!

    Janet's Log - stardate 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    The first time I watched it, I think I watched it in one go as well. :) Nice pic, Janet! I'm so jealous you've been able to walk in Colin Firth's/Mr Darcy's footsteps. *swoon*

    I knew I recognised it from somewhere! I think I saw bits of it on the British TV.

    Lucky, lucky you. The first time I watched it was on a Sunday night and I had to wait a full seven days before the next episode and then so on and so on until I'd seen all six :( It was torture.

     

    Hope you've enjoyed your P&P fest Janet :)

    I watched it in one go the first time too - I sent Peter and the kids out somewhere for the afternoon! :giggle2: Luckily my daughter has grown to love it too so we watch together. :)

     

    When it first aired I was pregnant with my son and really, really poorly - I was probably feeling too ill to bother with it! I didn't watch it until August 2008 immediately after I'd finished the book!

     

    Kylie - the house at Lyme Park (the outside of Pemberley) is interesting and the grounds are gorgeous. I want to see where the inside was filmed, Sudbury Hall. :)

     

    'THE' Lake at Lyme Park!

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    Nollaig's 2013 Reading

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Nope! I'm afraid I've given up on it! I must admit every time I walk past Waterstones now I feel very sad. Waterstones is a massive treat for me, I never go in unless I can actually afford something because it's impossible to come out empty handed! But ah well. Worse things could happen!

    Oh, that's a shame, but there is still a possibility you might find it. :)

    Janet's Log - stardate 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Great pics Janet, I still have the book and the film to look forward to!!! :)

    I hope you enjoy them. :)

     

    Nice pictures!! I'm not quite sure, what film is that? (I'm sure it's something really famous and obvious XD and I recognise it a bit but can't think of the name..)

    It's a version of Pride and Prejudice done by the BBC starring (the yummy) Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. It's a fantastic adaptation. :)

    Nollaig's 2013 Reading

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Also, in other, sadder news, I lost a book voucher for €25 :( I was given it at work for doing some website stuff for a woman who works in a student department, and I waited all over Christmas to spend it - got ready to go to Waterstones last night and it was gone :( Absolutely no idea where it might be. Hoping it will turn up.

    Did it turn up, Noll?

    Frankie reads 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Wow Janet, that's a really prettyful one! :o Bloody hell, if I ever come to Bath and visit you, you'll have to take me to the library just to get me a library card :giggle2:

    T'would be my pleasure. Of course, you'd have to get some false documents to prove you live in the county! :giggle2:

    Frankie reads 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    I love yours, Hayley.

     

    Here is mine...

     

    LibraryCard.jpg

     

    We also get one a third of the size of this with a hole punched in it to put on our key-rings (if you're in the UK and shop in Tesco, it's like the Clubcard ones that go on key-rings), but sadly I've lost my one of those. :(

     

    (Mine is credit card shaped, not the funny shape the photo makes it look! :lol: )

    TBR Books You Have Been Putting Off Reading

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    I've had these since before 2010!

    G K Chesterton - The Man Who Was Thursday
    H Rider Haggard - King Soloman's Mines
    Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility
    John Wyndham - The Chrisalids
    John Wyndham - The Kraken Wakes
    Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island
    Sebastian Faulks - On Green Dolphin Street
    Virginia Woolf - The Common Reader

    I'm not sure what it is about them! I intend to read Sense and Sensibility soon.

    Janet's Log - stardate 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Gosh, I've downloaded loads to my Kindle! Definitely some more Austen (I've only read Pride and Prejudice so far), some Dickens (starting with The Pickwick Papers which I believe was his first?), Lorna Doone (a children's book, I think? But anyway, now classed as a classic as far as I know), Treasure Island, Fanny Hill, some more Hardy...

     

    All pretty mainstream stuff really. :)

     

    I hadn't really read any classics until a few years ago and I've only read a few. I loved P&P (it took me a while to get going with it), I loved The Mayor of Casterbridge. I loved The War of the Worlds. I really enjoyed Candide! Gulliver's Travels less so. A Christmas Carol, of course (not your favourite, I know!), Jane Eyre was really good...

     

    I wish I'd been more adventurous years ago!

     

    ETA: Why 'intriguing'? :)

    Are you not talking to me, Willoyd?! :P

     

    I really enjoyed Tess too. Glad you liked it too :) great review!!!

     

    Looking forward to what you make of Wildfell Hall. I‘ve not read that one yet.

    Sorry, I missed your post, Thanks for your comment about my review. :) I will let you know what I think of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

     

    I haven't managed to read any more of 'Wildfell Hall' today, Kay, but what I've reads so far has been very good. :)

    Janet's Log - stardate 2013

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Sadly I gave up on I Do Not Come To You By Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani - it just wasn't engaging me.

     

    I'm about 10% of the way through The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë. I knew nothing of what this book was about before I started but it's a really easy read and I'm enjoying it. I hope to get stuck into it a bit today when I get in from work.

     

    I received my copy of The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings from Amazon yesterday, which is my February book club book. I managed to find an edition without George Clooney on the front cover, so it's all good! :D

     

    Right, I'd better trudge to work in the dark and the snow! :snowface:

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