Alexi Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Hello ladies! Are we planning to start in February, or delay a little after we all got so excited about the Malory Towers group (re)read? I'm easy, just thought I would check what the plan was. Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 I'm almost finished with the Malory Towers books, and I think you were too, weren't you Alex? I was still planning to set up a thread for Middlemarch this weekend, but how about for the first book we give it three weeks, just to give ourselves a bit of extra time to finish off other things, so we would aim to finish reading the first book by 22nd February … how does that sound? Quote
Alexi Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 And me I've now finished Malory Towers and about to make my first book jar choice Quote
Janet Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I have downloaded the version Claire linked above but it says there are under 500 pages in it. However, on Goodreads most versions have between 800 and 900. Is this an abridged version, do you think? Annoyingly there are no links to individual chapters in the 'go to...' section. Quote
chesilbeach Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 I've got the paperback version as well, and I think it's just a page number issue with the Kindle. It looks exactly the same, doesn't have any mention that it's abridged, and if you go to the Notes section at the end and randomly click on a link, it takes you to it directly, and mentions page numbers up to page 838, and according to my Kindle, the Notes section is one page long, but it's massive! I think the page numbers on the Kindle will be distracting, but I'm convinced it's the full version of the book. Quote
Janet Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Thanks, Claire. That's good then. I read the first two chapters of book one this morning and so far, so (very) good. Quote
Janet Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 I can't find where we talked about the date for Book 3 of Middlemarch but I'm nearly at the end of it already. I'm really enjoying it and it's not as challenging as I thought it might be. Can someone please remind me when the deadline is, please? Quote
chesilbeach Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 It's 12th April, Janet. I've updated the first post in the group read thread now Quote
Janet Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Thanks, Claire. I finished Book 3 today so I'll have to wait impatiently for the next instalment now! Quote
Alexi Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 I'm hoping to get it read next weekend - I've actually got the long weekend like everyone else - even if I have to take it as annual leave Quote
Janet Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Yay for holidays! Enjoy. The only Easter weekend I have had off since 2005 was in 2012 when I accidentally booked it as annual leave (the clocks went forward on Easter Eve so I hadn't specifically booked it off for that reason!) so I'm looking forward to this one. Quote
Janet Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 Do we have a date for book 4? If not, are we doing three weeks again, which would take us up to 3 May? Quote
chesilbeach Posted April 13, 2015 Author Posted April 13, 2015 I have to admit, I'm a couple of chapter short of the end of book three, but I'll be finishing them tomorrow, so I think another three weeks taking us up to 3rd May will be good. Quote
chesilbeach Posted October 3, 2015 Author Posted October 3, 2015 Anyone fancy another group read for the challenge? I've got quite a few on my Kindle now, and my TBR is waning now, so I was thinking of attacking the challenge again soon, and wondered if anyone else fancied joining me, perhaps starting in a couple of weeks time? Quote
Alexi Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I'm planning to start South Riding in the next couple of weeks, but I think that's one I want to read in one go, so I'll bow out of any group installment read this time. Hope you enjoy whatever you choose! Quote
Janet Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 What are the options, Claire? There are some that I'd prefer to read all the way through.Not part of this challenge, but I'd be up for another Dickens at some stage. Quote
chesilbeach Posted October 4, 2015 Author Posted October 4, 2015 I hadn't really come up with any options yet, but you've reminded me about the Dickens now - we were going to do A Tale of Two Cities, weren't we? If you want to do that one instead, I'll set up a thread in the main Group Reads board and see if anyone else wants to join in. Quote
Janet Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 I hadn't really come up with any options yet, but you've reminded me about the Dickens now - we were going to do A Tale of Two Cities, weren't we? I'm definitely up for that. Quote
Janet Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 We didn't have an alternative for South Yorkshire (A Kestrel for a Knave) but I just wondered if anyone knows of any other books set there? I read 'Kes' a few years ago, so I'd like to read something different if possible. Quote
willoyd Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 We didn't have an alternative for South Yorkshire (A Kestrel for a Knave) but I just wondered if anyone knows of any other books set there? I read 'Kes' a few years ago, so I'd like to read something different if possible. Can't think of many, certainly not at the level of fame of A Kestrel for a Knave, but two that might do are Philip Hensher's The Northern Clemency, and Sunjeev Sahota's The Year of the Runaways, short-listed this year for the Man-Booker, both set in Sheffield. The latter's still a bit new though, I would have thought, to count fully yet. Quote
willoyd Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) The BBC are showing a dramatisation of And Then There Was One on Boxing Day. Decisions, decisions....read it now or read it after. Which way round? Can't see me enjoying the book once I know whodunnit on TV, but then would the TV be any better the other way round?. Maybe read an alternative for Devon and sit back and enjoy the TV? Hmmmmmmm. Edited December 6, 2015 by willoyd Quote
More reading time required Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 Read it now! This is one book you don't want spoiled, particularly if they follow the same changes as were made for the stage play, which completely ruined the dramatic effect of the book, imo. Quote
Janet Posted December 7, 2015 Posted December 7, 2015 Can't think of many, certainly not at the level of fame of A Kestrel for a Knave, but two that might do are Philip Hensher's The Northern Clemency, and Sunjeev Sahota's The Year of the Runaways, short-listed this year for the Man-Booker, both set in Sheffield. The latter's still a bit new though, I would have thought, to count fully yet. Thanks - I will check them out. I don't want to reread 'Kes' so even if it's not perfect at least it's one for the county. The BBC are showing a dramatisation of And Then There Was One on Boxing Day. Decisions, decisions....read it now or read it after. Which way round? Can't see me enjoying the book once I know whodunnit on TV, but then would the TV be any better the other way round?. Maybe read an alternative for Devon and sit back and enjoy the TV? Hmmmmmmm. Yes, definitely read it. It's a great book. I listened to an audio book of it in the summer and I'm now listening again with my husband (we have the week off and will be doing a fair bit of travelling) because I want him to experience the book before he sees the adaptation. Quote
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