Amber Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hello everyone, My name is Amber and I am not very experienced on forums, so I hope I cope (or I hope you can all cope with me!). I have never been in a book club, I think I would be a bit intimidated! I love to read, my first love being classics, (Austen, Bronte's, Hardy, Dickens and so on and the major Russian authors too) I have also read and enjoyed many modern classics but I also read modern novels and usually pick something that takes my fancy off the booker shortlist and if I love it, I read all that authors work. I hope to have lots of chats with fellow book lovers, I hope to make some friends who love books, so please get in touch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolf woolf Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Welcome to the forum, Amber. We're having a group read of A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, you can join it if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Welcome here, Amber ! There are plenty of people here who love classics, I hope you enjoy your time here. If you have any questions regarding the use of the forum or anything like that, feel free to ask them. I'm always happy to help someone out (and I'm sure the other moderators feel the same way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hello and welcome to BCF, Amber! Always happy to see a new face and give/receive book recommendations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Faversham Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Amber. Good to have you around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hi Amber, welcome to BCF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hello Amber! I see you're reading A Week In December at the moment … I'll be interested to hear what you make of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Hello Amber and welcome to the forum! I'm sure you'll like it here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hello Amber and welcome, from a fellow Bronte fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Hello Amber! Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Welcome to the forum, Amber. We're having a group read of A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, you can join it if you want. Thank you Woolf! Not my favourite Dickens so very nice to be invited but I will settle in a bit first, (and find out what a group read is!) I hope you all enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Thank you all for such a warm welcome and I am sorry for the delay in replying. We are nearing the end of some house renovations and I have just been run off my feet! I am really looking forward to spending some more time here once I have conquered the never ending dust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Hello Amber! I see you're reading A Week In December at the moment … I'll be interested to hear what you make of it Hello Chesilbeach! It is quite an odd read so far (just over half way), not gripping me totally but interesting. I am struck by the excellent research, but we know Mr Faulks can do that well. I am hoping that very soon I start to love it! It is clear I could not be Hedge fund operator. Ah well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Hello Amber and welcome, from a fellow Bronte fan. Hi Madeleine Oh Good! I think I prefer the wonderful Emily, and Ann, more than Charlotte in fact, but they are all outstanding of course. I often think that 3 girls in a remote vicarage really, really developed wonderful imagination. I feel quite deprived that I was never brought up in that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Good luck with the renovations . I hope the dust will all be gone soon! When we / my parents had things done on the house, it took a while too to clean everything up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hi Madeleine Oh Good! I think I prefer the wonderful Emily, and Ann, more than Charlotte in fact, but they are all outstanding of course. I often think that 3 girls in a remote vicarage really, really developed wonderful imagination. I feel quite deprived that I was never brought up in that way! Yes it must have been a very strange life, although to their credit Anne and Charlotte did both manage to get out and work abroad for a while. There's a new book out about the Brontes which I read a review of last week, I can't remember what the title is but they sound even stranger than I thought they were. Fascinating though. It's Charlotte's 200th birthday next year so lots of Bronte stuff coming up. Hope the house renovations went well and there's not too much dust to clear up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Good luck with the renovations . I hope the dust will all be gone soon! When we / my parents had things done on the house, it took a while too to clean everything up. Thank you Athena My renovations are almost complete, so I am cleaning frantically! Nice to see it coming together though. It will be lovely to get all my books onto their new shelves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Yes it must have been a very strange life, although to their credit Anne and Charlotte did both manage to get out and work abroad for a while. There's a new book out about the Brontes which I read a review of last week, I can't remember what the title is but they sound even stranger than I thought they were. Fascinating though. It's Charlotte's 200th birthday next year so lots of Bronte stuff coming up. Hope the house renovations went well and there's not too much dust to clear up! Hi Madeleine, Yes there will be lots of Bronte stuff, wonderful! Bramwell was also an interesting character, but troubled soul. Wuthering heights was my favourite novel for many years, and it is still in a special place for me, I think it was the sheer, raw and frightening passion. Still makes me shudder, (but I like that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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