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I am in for this read whenever it is scheduled.
I could be in for the 2nd half of July
I‘m totally ok with waiting for the second half of July.
Okay great! I wanted to participate in Brideshead Revisited and There Will Come soft rains first and in the middle of a couple of others so the second half works well for me.
I will start reading during the next couple of days. Since I'll be on holiday (against all Covid odds), my reading progress will be really slow.
Philina wrote: "I will start reading during the next couple of days. Since I'll be on holiday (against all Covid odds), my reading progress will be really slow."Perfect! I was going to start on Friday or Saturday
I am also a slow reader. I am looking forward to read this book ( actually I wanted to read The Greenlanders but let that be later). So I will be starting tomorrow.😀
I‘ve just read chapter 3 and found it hilarious that they ordered a house building kit with 76 pages of instruction like today one would buy an IKEA bookcase.
I remember when you could buy a home in the Sears catalog. It was before my time but people would talk about it. When I was in realestate I came across a couple. They seemed to hold up well. I liked that she incorporated that into the story
I'm up to chapter 18. I can't say that I'm loving it. It's hard when you love King Lear so much. That was action-packed and this is so plodding. I've appreciated the effort to put a back story behind it and love some scenes (like the Monopoly game). I also really loved the opening and the descriptions of the farm.One thing that is bugging me is that she's making the Cordelia character (Caroline) seem to have only a superficial love of her father. In King Lear, her love for her father was strong.
I've read up to the first chapter of Book Two. So far, I like it, I think. I love the family dynamics. Sadly, I had no idea of the plot of King Lear and had to look it up on Wikipedia...
I wanted to read this just generally for my Pulitzer Challenge and because I like family sagas.
Now, though, it's got a whole new level of meaning. So please, keep pointing out the parallels and differences to King Lear.
I will Philina. I almost wish I hadn't known about it being a retelling of King Lear. It made my expectations too high.
I finished and since I really didn't care for it, I'm going to refrain from further comment. I hate it when I don't like a buddy read book. I know others have liked this. I hope you guys do too.
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Don't feel alone, I did not like this one either.
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Agreed.
Hello everyone!I haven’t continued reading since my last post. :-(
I‘m on holiday and we‘re so terribly busy.
I am also not able to keep the pace. In India the new session for school starts in June so I have to attend online classes and meetings for my 6 year old. But I like the flow of language in this book so I will be continuing reading however slow it is.
I returned home last week and will now hopefully have more time for reading paper books again. In the story, Ginny has just slept with Jess. I wasn't surprised. It was extra heavily foreshadowed. I wonder if she will become pregnant. All the talk about her miscarriages foreshadows a pregnancy, in my opinion. Now she had sex with her husband and with Jess.
I still find the book more or less boring and really cannot put the finger on why.
I‘ve just finished reading part 4. Is there anything positive to say about Ginny‘s dad? He sexually abused his daughters and he behaves like a mentally crazy bastard. What’s the logic behind incorporating the farm and then suing to get it back.
Are we supposed to have any compassion there?
Everybody is welcome!