Pam’s Comments (group member since Jul 12, 2018)

Pam’s comments from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.

Lesle wrote: "Were people dancing to this music too?..."

Only a few people were dancing. I would've been if I had a dance partner! I just saw that the accordion player is playing with a different group at a dance at one of our senior centers this Sunday. So, I might check it out!

Melanie wrote: "To distract myself from my health issues, I'm listening to albums on Apple Music. I found "French Canadian Folk Songs", sung by Alan Mills. I'm listening to it now, and they're delightful."

That sounds like a great idea Melanie! I've found that music is very healing and also distracting from life's worries. Are you familiar with the French-Canadian band Le Vent du Nord? I saw them a few years ago and thought they were fantastic!

Last night I went to a concert by a band who plays what they call Borderlands music. The music style is also called Norteño. They play rancheras, cumbias, corridos, boleros, and polkas. They have a 82-year-old accordion player who is terrific! I liked them so much that I plan to go to a stage show they are doing later this month. Last Sunday, I spent the whole day at the ABQ Folk Festival. It was great, like usual! Lots of festivals around town this weekend.

I plan to participate. I downloaded “Twenty-one Stories” from Hoopla.

I finished Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick. I thought it was pretty good. I haven’t read anything by him in a few years so it was good to revisit his weird mind. I’m struggling to decide what to read next! I downloaded a collection of short stories by Graham Greene. Maybe that’s where I start. I’ve yet to finish any of his works!

I read both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead decades ago and enjoyed both of them. One of them I read twice, probably Atlas Shrugged. This was all pre-GR days. Good luck Book Nerd! I have another of her books, We the Living, that I keep planning on reading every year. Maybe next year?

Welcome to the group Mia! I also like Lois Lowry! Good luck with clearing your shelves. Hope you find some great reads! 😃

I will support Arabian Nights.

I support Klee Wyck! Sounds really interesting.

I would like to suggest/nominate The New York Stories of Edith Wharton.

Anisha Inkspill wrote: "Pam wrote: "I will nominate The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig."

I'm interested to read this one, but its 700 pages, which I maybe able to do but ..."

Anisha - You certainly don't have to read all of the stories. I agree it is really long! Maybe if it gets in, we could select a handful of stories to focus on. I've only read Chess Story, a novella by Zweig, and thought it was great!

Thanks Lesle and Samantha! I will add it when I get back home.

Lesle - I also tried fried green tomatoes as a topping on a bratwurst, along with sauerkraut and mustard. That tasted good, too! It’s nice to be back home and eating red and green chile again!

I will add my support for Phantastes and Lolly Willowes.

I will nominate The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig.

Absolutely beautiful!

Thanks Samantha! I had an author (Edith Wharton) in mind for the short story thread but she was suggested in a different thread so I guess it doesn’t make sense to suggest her.

We are back home after visiting my sister and her family in KY. It was a nice visit! I discovered that I like fried green tomatoes but not a KY hot brown so much, nor bourbon. We went on a bourbon distillery tour with a tasting. I’m really happy to get to know my 2 nephews, who are now adults. They were kids last time they came out to NM. One of them is reading The Hobbit and we are talking about doing a buddy read of Lord of the Rings, after he finishes it. I hope he’s serious! 😃

I suggest under Travel Literature: Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi.

How is everyone doing with their journaling?? I've really slacked off this year with the exception of one book that I suggested for our SF book club. It was a challenging book structurally so I took a lot of notes to make sense out of it. One technique I used was to write in 3 different colored pens since there were 3 different stories/books within the book. The author used a different font when he switched between them.

I really like Catherine's idea of daily journaling and capturing reading thoughts at that time. I might try that. Thank you, Catherine, for the idea!

Chanel wrote: "Hiya! My name is Chanel.

I’m a fifteen year old high school student in tenth grade from Australia with a passion for reading, specifically nineteenth/twentieth century English, Russian and French ..."

Wow, Chanel, that is an impressive reading history (and passion), especially for a 15-year-old! I'm glad you found our group and hope you enjoy reading with us. Welcome!

Sare wrote: "Hello everyone, I am Sare and I live in Turkey. I love reading classics and I also read new books in different genres. I especially like English and Russian literature, nice to meet you :)"

Welcome Sare! I am also a Russian lit fan. I've been reading War and Peace on and off for the last 8 months! My husband says it will take me longer to read it than Napoleon's campaign lasted. Do you have a favorite Russian author or book?

ERae ✰ ° ⋆ wrote: "Hi!!! I’m ERae (short for EmmaRae) I’m from Florida, USA and I just joined this group to get some good classics recommendations. I saw a friend had joined this group and was intrigued, I have been ..."

Welcome to the group ERae! I've never read Plath or Woolf but both are on my very long TBR. I hope you join in the discussions and find lots of good classics!