Endicott Mythic Fiction discussion

The February 2015 book is The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.
Who's reading?

FYI: There's a revised edition with additional chapters.

soon as the library comes through, i'm in! this one has been on my radar for a long time.

I read this a few months ago, but will join in the discussion! I enjoyed it, overall.

Thanks for your patience with the bump forward, Margaret.

My copy's waiting for me at the library.

I hope you enjoy it. It's an interesting combination of comic book and holocaust history.

just finished it last night, and the universal praise on this one is pretty well deserved. the pacing is a bit slow in places, but i wouldn't cut a bit out of all the lavishly researched historical detail.

anyone else working on this one?

I read it last year. I agree with you--I enjoyed the historical details, and thought the pacing was slow in places. It was overall a great novel that must have taken so much research to write!

If I remember my thoughts correctly (unfortunately, I didn't write a review for this one!), while I liked all the characters, I thought the way they were written was almost "cutesy," but that's not quite the right word. Did you get that feeling at all?

I did not have time to read it this time around but I hope to at a later date!

Still reading.

Margaret, how about "precious"? And yes, I did, too.

Michelle wrote: "Margaret, how about "precious"? And yes, I did, too."

Haha, yes, I think that's it!

Margaret wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Margaret, how about "precious"? And yes, I did, too."

Haha, yes, I think that's it!"

I have just joined this group, and am actually intending to read The Priest Fainted with y'all... but I noticed this discussion, and by a happy accident I am currently about half-way through K & C. I think the portrayal of the characters so far reads a bit like a comic book itself. One of the things I like is that the dialogue is like the jargon and vernacular of late 30's New York. I can picture all the characters of the story easily fitting into running panels of comic book art.

welcome Janice. I still need to read this one -- someday.

Janice George (JG) wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Margaret, how about "precious"? And yes, I did, too."

Haha, yes, I think that's it!"

I have just joined this group, and am actually intending to read The Priest ..."

I loved the historical aspects of the novel. It really put me in that time frame.

Margaret wrote: "I loved the historical aspects of the novel. It really put me in that time frame..."

Yes, I feel completely immersed in the era.

Welcome Janice.
I just posted the discussion folder/topic for The Priest Fainted