Laurel’s Comments (group member since Jan 29, 2015)

Laurel’s comments from the Reading the Chunksters group.

Linda wrote: "I'm sorry I was not able to read this along with the group like I had hoped. I had the library book waiting in the wings, but I was unable to get my previously scheduled books read first, and then ..."

I want to read it too, Linda, but the timing near the end of the year wasn't good for me. Too many other books I need to finish by the end of the year.

I've had to put this book off for now. Hope I can get back to it this winter! I'm about to buy a house for the first time ever in my life.

I started this years ago, but never finished it. I do have a copy somewhere....

I'd like to nominate The Book of Joby

Holly wrote: "Laurel - can I ask what else is on your Odyssey read..."

Sure! It is not limited to these, but I like to keep my lists to a dozen titles, soooo:
The Odyssey and The Iliad (obviously, so not counted...)
1. The World of Odysseus
2. An Orchestra of Minorities
3. Ulysses and
Ulysses: Complete Text with Integrated Study Guide from Shmoop
4. An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
5. Omeros
6. Olympus, Texas
7. The Penelopiad
8. Homer's Odyssey
9. Ilium
10. Ransom
11. Over the Wine-Dark Sea
12. The Siege of Troy

I would be up for Ulysses. Started it with a group a couple years ago, but didn't follow through. Any way, I've set myself a "theme" of The Odyssey for 2022, so I intend to read it anyway. Thinking about September right now. So doing something contemporary first would be just fine...

If we are aiming for November, then I will nominate 11/22/63 by Stephen King.

Are we limited to one nomination and one second?

Welcome, Manuel! I'm currently doing a slow read of Wolf Hall and then on to the rest of the trilogy.

I'm still here. I love big books. But I like to spread them out over several months, so ~80 pages a week would be the most I could keep up with. I'm in several real-life book clubs and tend to read multiple things at the same time. One in the car. One big book spread out. And then 2-3 books a month for my book clubs...

Not going to be reading this, but it's good to see the group active again!

I liked the suggestion of ...And Ladies of the Club. I'm just finishing up War and Peace after a year-long read. I read it along with Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia which I found to be an excellent NF companion.

Rebecca is a possibility for a reread for me, since I'm doing a theme of "winter" this year, and there are some "sequels" to Rebecca that I'd like to read. September would be the perfect time for that. I also have plans to read The Odyssey this year. I'd also love to read The Pillars of the Earth

I'm up for ...And Ladies of the Club. Started it several times, and still want to read it. Just need some incentive, like a group read!

Kim wrote: "Maybe after COVID we can have a meetup?"

Sounds good to me!

Another Minnesotan here. Good luck with your job interviews. I lived on Powderhorn Park for 11 years. Now I'm in Cologne. My project this year is War and Peace, and yes, I'm WAY behind...

I second Speaks the Nightbird.

Well, we all have feelings. I was thinking more in terms of, say, Myers Briggs. It seems to me she's an INT-something. Which is rare in the general population, and rarer still for a woman. I'm an INTP myself. Yes, she is very young and immature at this point. Seems to me she's looking for a father figure.

Print and audio available at the library here.

Glad I've caught up with the group, so I can join this discussion. The book has been on my shelf for ages! I'm starting late, but 15 pages a day should put me to finish within the alloted time. It is dense prose, but I am enjoying the style of it very much.

Regarding several comments above - the lack of affection in their relationship - this isn't one sided I don't believe. Dorothea is a thinker, not a feeler. She wants a teacher and someone to expose her to knowledge and ideas. I don't think she has a romantic bone in her body. I agree with Eliot that it isn't clear at this point whether or not Mr. Casaubon can meet her needs in that regard. At present, his view of marriage is very traditional, but will he remain rigid in his views?

I'd read Cryptonomicon. Been on my TBR forever.