Who Doesn't Love a Classic? discussion

Please post what you're currently reading here! Not just the classics, anything!

Just started The Confessions of Nat Turner.

Feb 15 - currently reading

TEXT – A Brief History of Montmaray
AUDIO in the car - All the Light We Cannot See / Anthony Doerr
Portable AUDIO - Dream When You're Feeling Blue

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz.
Also reading, but taking a short break from, 11/22/63 by Stephen King.

Re-reading
It's been nice reminding myself just how good a book it is.

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, 3***s
Woohoo! Finally finished -- that's all I can say! ;)

Listening to Middlemarch by George Eliot,
reading

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, and just picked up

The Bridge San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder and
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells!

Reading Half Broke Horses

I liked this one :)

Feb 28 – currently reading

TEXT – Just Shy of Harmony / Philip Gulley
AUDIO in the car - Everything I Never Told You / Celeste Ng
Portable AUDIO - Dance Hall of the Dead / [[author:Tony Hillerman|26917]

I'm starting I Am Scout by Charles J. Shields tonight.

I'm reading Emma by Alexander McCall Smith.

Thumbing through two decorating books:
Southern style decorating by Andrea Fanning
100 interiors around the world = So wohnt die welt = Un tour du monde des interieurs by Margit J. Mayer - This one was disappointing to me. Too much grey and cold surfaces - depressing stuff, especially in the first half. The nice thing about the book is it's written in three languages so I could read a little of the French.

Sort of reading: The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal by David E. Hoffman.

Also from the library waiting to be decided on whether I will actually read them:
Absolute monarchs : a history of the papacy by John Julius Norwich
Christendom destroyed : Europe 1517-1648 by Mark Greengrass
These I have read part of:
Secret warriors : the spies, scientists and code breakers of World War I by Taylor Downing
Mysteries of the mall : and other essays by Witold Rybczynski

And I just got Hollow City by Ransom Riggs, which I will read after Emma is done.

I am reading War and Peace in between all this. It's on my phone and I can read it here and there.

ilikeboox wrote: "I'm reading Emma by Alexander McCall Smith.

Thumbing through two decorating books:
Southern style decorating by Andrea Fanning
100 interiors around the world = So wohnt die welt = Un tour du mon..."

Wow! Quite a list!

Well, I don't actually read those, I just flip through them. But it would be cool if I could read all that French!

Oh yes!
I am interested in what you think of "Emma." I enjoyed the original "Emma" so I don't think I want to read Smith's, even though I like his books and have read a lot of them. Also, I'm planning to read Ransom Riggs' third book "Library of Souls." I've enjoyed listening to this series on audio.

There's an original Emma? So, far it's pretty good. So funny today! I met someone named Emma!

So you have been through the first two Riggs' books?

YES! "Emma" by Jane AUSTEN! You know?! Smith's is a modern retelling of it -- in case you didn't know ;)
Yes, I've read Book 1 & 2 of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children. They were pretty good & magical too.

Oh! That is the same "Emma"!

Yes, I like magical things.

Terris wrote: "YES! "Emma" by Jane AUSTEN! You know?! Smith's is a modern retelling of it -- in case you didn't know ;)
Yes, I've read Book 1 & 2 of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children. They were pretty good & mag..."

Really???? Is it any good?

Karin wrote: "Terris wrote: "YES! "Emma" by Jane AUSTEN! You know?! Smith's is a modern retelling of it -- in case you didn't know ;)
Yes, I've read Book 1 & 2 of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children. They were pr..."

You mean "Emma"? If you are a Jane Austen fan, I think you'd like it. I really enjoyed it, but it's been several years since I read it (1989!) so I don't remember too much about it. Just that I liked it :)

ilikeboox wrote: "I'm reading by Alexander McCall Smith.
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I enjoyed this modern re-telling of Jane Austen's classic novel, Emma

This is actually part of a series of re-tellings ... called the AUSTEN PROJECT.
Joanna Trollope tackled Sense & Sensibility
Val McDermid wrote the modern version of Northanger Abbey
Curtis Settenfeld will have her version of Pride and Prejudice coming out later this year. The modern retelling is titled: Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice

Book Concierge wrote: "ilikeboox wrote: "I'm reading by Alexander McCall Smith.
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I enjoyed this modern re-telling of Jane Austen's classic novel, Emma

This is actually part of a ..."
I have heard of this project and it sounds interesting!

That's interesting that it's part of a project like that. I imagine there are people who will really like it but then there are likely to be Austen fans who will not like this idea at all!

I believe I saw the adaptation of the original on TV. It seems this is about Emma who is too interfering and gets herself in trouble as a result.

The only classic I'm reading this week is Logic, Or, The Right Use Of Reason In The Inquiry After Truth: With A Variety Of Rules To Guard Against Error In The Affairs Of Religion And Human Life, As Well As In The Sciences] .

But I'm getting ready to start The Red and the Black Saturday once I finish a different novel.

Currently reading The Razor's Edge by Maugham, and delighting in his writing.

I like Maugham, particularly Of Human Bondage.

ilikeboox wrote: "I like Maugham, particularly Of Human Bondage."

Yes, I like Maugham. I've read those two and also read The Painted Veil recently. I liked it quite a bit :)

Maybe I'll try that one...

ilikeboox wrote: "Maybe I'll try that one..."

Yeah, give it a try. It's not very long.

Okay, I have a complete set of his short stories.

Started The Jungle

Lara wrote: "Started The Jungle"

I have this, but have only looked at it. I know basically what it's about but I can't tell if I really want to read it. I'll watch for your review - for encouragement! ;)

Far from the Madding Crowd and also All the Light We Cannot See

About 2/3 of the way through audio book Middlemarch, also reading I Am Scout, and have recently added Kitchens of the Great Midwest and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Liking all of the so far!

I am slogging through and also still reading and

I just finished The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Not my favorite, but I was glad to mark it off my classics TBR list! ;)

I did finish Middlemarch and am now listening to Moby-Dick! I'm about halfway through it & enjoying it. But I'm glad I'm listening, it would be quite a slog to read all of the details about all those whales, ships, etc.!

The classic I just finished, on audio (I do NOT recommend the audio!) is Five Little Peppers and How They Grew.

Karin wrote: "The classic I just finished, on audio (I do NOT recommend the audio!) is Five Little Peppers and How They Grew."

I love "The Five Little Peppers..." !! Such a cute book :)

Terris wrote: "Karin wrote: "The classic I just finished, on audio (I do NOT recommend the audio!) is Five Little Peppers and How They Grew."

I love "The Five Little Peppers..." !! Such a cute book :)"

I also like it :).

Just finished A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. It was really different! But I'm glad I read it.

I just finished Time and Time Again by Ben Elton. It's a fun read and imaginative twists and plot.

I haven't heard of that one. I'll look it up!

I found it at the library. I might read some more by him.

ilikeboox wrote: "I found it at the library. I might read some more by him."

I just read about it -- it looks good!

yay!

Aack, I haven't been here!

I'm currently reading two classics, on audiobook while driving and in print.

Plus, slowly reading the 17th century classic

Recently started Strangers on a Train

Lara wrote: "Recently started Strangers on a Train"

Ooh, I had to read that one for a college class not too long ago. It's a decent noir, and the Hitchcock film's pretty good, too!