Jack’s Comments (group member since Feb 22, 2019)

Jack’s comments from the Reading the Chunksters group.

General question here, would you mind talking about how you come up with your reading lists? This is a continual struggle for me. As long as I have a list I am doing pretty well, but when I have worked through all the books on my list or find myself down at books that I’m no longer in the mood for I end up with whatever happens to be on sale…

That’s primarily why I use goodreads—it is the way I find books—looking at what other people read. And I’ve started using chatgpt—I give it my goodreads URL and ask it to recommend books I haven’t read. It does OKAY….gives me some books that look like popular choices but not necessarily ones that appeal to me.

Anyway, my method is really inefficient and I feel like I waste way too much time looking for my next book….would love to hear how other people do this.

Really looking forward to this! I have not started reading yet but I do have a couple of general baseline questions. I always struggle with money in Dickens books. Is there an “exchange rate” from the book era to today? I’ve tried googling this with mixed success. The last Dickens book I never really felt comfortable with conversations about money. The other thing I was wondering was when OMF is set?

This sounds like a good fit for me timing wise and I would love to read with a group. Hope it’s okay if I join the reading!

I just bought my copy and I'm looking forward to it.

Beloved by Toni Morrison and The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano are both on my reading list. I would love to read them with a group.

I just read Bolano's 2666 and it might be my favorite book of the 2000s (that I have read). I would love to join discussions on that one--it's definitely a "chunkster".

Thanks Lorna. Where is the voting? I can't seem to find the discussion thread for the contemporary read.

Hi there,

I am looking forward to joining the next read. I found this group when I was reading Daniel Deronda by searching, and I realize this group reads a lot of the books I've been reading or wanted to read. I'm an engineer in Falls Church, Virginia and I like to read in my spare time. Looks you all have some terrific members and I am impressed by the book selections!