bree Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 My friends used to watch it all the time when it ran here a few years ago (Is it still running?) I've never owned a television set though - so missed this. (I even caught Friends on DVD - a long time after it stopped running - ) I'm tempted to get the Gilmore Girls DVD now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 My friends used to watch it all the time when it ran here a few years ago (Is it still running?) Unfortunately they stopped doing the show after the seventh season, that was I can't remember exactly when but maybe 3-5 years ago? You have some really cool friends if they watched the show I've never owned a television set though - so missed this.(I even caught Friends on DVD - a long time after it stopped running - ) I'm tempted to get the Gilmore Girls DVD now! I think everyone on here would agree with me when I encourage you to acquire the first season and watch it, and then take it from there. I've yet to come across a person on here who's gotten the DVDs on our recommendation and has then been disappointed in the show after having watched it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I think everyone on here would agree with me when I encourage you to acquire the first season and watch it, and then take it from there. I've yet to come across a person on here who's gotten the DVDs on our recommendation and has then been disappointed in the show after having watched it I would be one of these people. I don't think I'd even heard of The Gilmore Girls before joining BCF, and based on the lovely people here, I bought and watched all seven series on DVD and watched them compulsively! Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Just like I said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Oh no! First, you lot get me to buy more books than I normally do, and now its DVDs! This site should come with a warning at registration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Hehehe I swear, I'll only recommend this one TV series to anyone who'll listen, and that's it for me, DVD-wise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I've never seen it either, Bree. I hadn't heard of it before this thread appeared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 You know what that means, Jänet? You have to watch the show now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexi Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I have seen the first series and have the second on DVD to watch...don't tempt me with another list for a challenge. I love lists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 So, now I'm almost ready to start buying books again, I'm thinking that I'll be ready for Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club next weekend. Would anyone else be up for reading along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Me I've been itching to start this book so i'm for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Darn! I almost bought this yesterday, but the edition I found was a movie tie-in (which I hate) and a bit tatty, so I thought I'd give it a miss and try to find a better copy at a book fair in a couple of weeks' time. Given I don't get much time to read lately anyway, I probably wouldn't be able to join in, but I look forward to everyone's thoughts. Speaking of GG, I have just finished watching S3 for the umpteenth time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 What a shame Kylie I've just downloaded, and planning to start reading it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I'm going to put it on my kindle and hopefully start it soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Is anyone still doing this? I've been carrying on on my blog whilst I've been away from the site and have a few Rory books on my TBR pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I think there are still quite a few of us who are doing the challenge but for some reason we've been rather quiet on here, and apart from the two Amy Tan books we haven't done any group readings in ages, I think. I didn't take part in The Joy Luck Club challenge, it was way too soon for me, and I didn't manage to finish The Opposite of Faith, either, because I got distracted by something else, I can't remember what.... Which is a real shame because I loved the book and was looking forward to discussing it with the other people who were reading the book. I finished The Secret Life of Bees last night, and I discovered this morning when I was doing my lists on my reading log that it was a Rory book! What a great read it was, too! Lucy, were you thinking about us doing another group reading, possibly? Depending on which book gets chosen, I might be up for that And hey, it's good to have you back! I hope life's been treating you good Edit: I wonder if bree ever got the DVDs and watched them, and got hooked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I'm still doing this, I've read a couple of books for this challenge over the past couple of months but apart from that not all that much. I wouldnt mind doing another group read though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Which books have you been reading off the list, Lucy and Laura? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I read Gone With The Wind, which i loved loads! I cant believe that i hadnt read it before and its now one of my favourite books! I also read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which i had read when i was very little but couldnt remember much about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I didn't take part in The Joy Luck Club challenge, it was way too soon for me That was my fault for reading it too quickly, sorry frankie I'm not really following the challenge anymore, but I do like taking part in the group readings, so I'd be interested to see what the next one might be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I'm still doing the challenge too, although I don't actively choose books from the list to read. I tend to buy them and then forget that they're on the list until I just happen to read them. I have 95 of the books on my TBR pile now. Maybe this year I will actively try to knock some off the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I read Gone With The Wind, which i loved loads! I cant believe that i hadnt read it before and its now one of my favourite books! I also read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which i had read when i was very little but couldnt remember much about it! Ah yes, Gone with the Wind! It was really amazing, I remember wondering why I'd never read it earlier myself, after finishing the novel. Definitely re-reading material for the future! That was my fault for reading it too quickly, sorry frankie No need to apologize, I was dragging behind with my other reading and other stuff to do, otherwise I could've made it I completely understand that you wanted to read it straight after TOoF, because you were so into Tan at the time, I don't blame you at all and bear no grudge I'm still doing the challenge too, although I don't actively choose books from the list to read. I tend to buy them and then forget that they're on the list until I just happen to read them. I have 95 of the books on my TBR pile now. Maybe this year I will actively try to knock some off the list. I haven't been actively choosing books off the list either, for quite a while, but at the turn of the year I thought I'd make more of an effort regarding this challenge and the 1001 Books challenge. I say if you guys would like, you could give a shout when you're starting a Rory book, just in case there's someone in between reads and would like to tag along for the ride I'll try and remember to do the same. You don't have to, of course, it's just an idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I've read (links lead to reviews on my blog, because it's where I got my list from): 1984 by George Orwell Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Babe by Dick King-Smith The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Brick Lane by Monica Ali The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown Deenie by Judy Blume Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers High Fidelity by Nick Hornby How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (abandoned at 100 pages) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (abandoned) The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë And have: Songbook by Nick Hornby Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Little Women by Louisa May Alcott House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Emma by Jane Austen on my TBR pile, so would ideally want to read one of those next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 And have: Songbook by Nick Hornby Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Little Women by Louisa May Alcott House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Emma by Jane Austen on my TBR pile, so would ideally want to read one of those next. Of these I think I would only like to read Rebecca, the others are books that I've already read or don't feel like reading in the near future and some are titles I know I'm not going to find at the library and I can't be spending any money on books at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I still have Rebecca to go, if you're interested? I've read The House of Sand and Fog, Little Women and Emma now, and gave up on Kavalier and Clay. Oh and I have The Wizard of Oz on my TBR pile too now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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