Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

OUR BOOK CLUB ~ Just for fun ☺


O. Kindle or Book?
U. Tea or coffee?
R. Favorite color?
B. Author you love?
O. Book you just finished reading?
O. Can't live without?
K. Dream job?
C. Vanilla or Chocolate?
L. Your favorite book?
U. Favorite past-time?
B. You are....?

Please be sure to add the appropriate letter next to your answer or to make easier, copy & paste, add answer after question mark.

I'll go first!


O. Book of course!
U. Ice Coffee from McDonald's
R. Blue
B. Nicholas Sparks
O. "Miles to go" Richard Paul Evans
O. Family
K. Librarian
C. Strawberry! lol
L. Anything Jane Austen
U. Enjoying my Grandsons
B. Loyal

Great Idea Lesle!!!!!


O. BOTH (I prefer books but they get damaged in my bag so I more often use my kindle)
U. Tea
R. Purple
B. Alfred de Musset & Charles Baudelaire
O. The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
O. My sister
K. Sale persons in foreign trade or english teacher
C. Vanilla
L. On ne badine pas avec l'amour, Pride and Prejudice and all the Harry Potter series
U. Reading (duh)
B. I have a Competitive Spirit

O. Books
U. Coffee
R. Black
B. Guillaume Musso
O. Thierry Cohen - Si tu existes ailleurs
O. My family
K. Working with Kevin Richardson in South Africa
C. Vanilla
L. Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Shadow of the Wind
U. Reading (well I can't find something else)
B. Patient

have a nice people :)

O. Kindle or Book? - I go back and forth!
U. Tea or coffee? - Coffee in the morning, tea all day long!
R. Favorite color? - Teal & coral (not together though)
B. Author you love? - J.K. Rowling & George R.R. Martin
O. Book you just finished reading? - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
O. Can't live without? - My children
K. Dream job? - Writer
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? - Vanilla
L. Your favorite book? - Harry Potter Boxset
U. Favorite past-time? - Reading, anything that gets me outside, reading outside!
B. You are....? - A Gemini, which you can probably tell from most of my answers.

O. Kindle or Book? Both but I'm mostly a traditionalist.
U. Tea or coffee? I'm English, you cannot ask me this question.
R. Favorite color? You're missing the 'u' from both words.
B. Author you love? Andrea Camilleri
O. Book you just finished reading? I must be getting old, I honestly can't remember. Might have been the Tortured Detective, can't be sure.
O. Can't live without? sport
K. Dream job? footballer, rugby player, judoka, or perhaps what I am doing. Otherwise archaeologist.
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? That's too vague.
L. Your favorite book? You've really got to learn how to spell in English! I really don't have one.
U. Favorite past-time? judo, rugby, football, tennis, sweating basically.
B. You are....? getting old.

O. Book. Nothing beats a book in my hand. ❤️❤️❤️
U. Latte I the morning Tea in the evening
R. Red orange
B. Aldous Huxley
O. Jane Eyre
O. My family, cat and dog
K. Doing hair around the world
C. Chocolate
L. Brave New World and Like water for Chocolate
U. Favorite pass time running and reading
B. Passionate

O. Kindle or Book? Book just because of the smell the the beautiful cover
U. Tea or coffee? Tea but only if I have no other choice
R. Favorite color? Burgundy
B. Author you love? So many I can't pick one but I love Sarah J Maas
O. Book you just finished reading? The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
O. Can't live without? Booooooooks
K. Dream job? Go in Asia and do humanitarian
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Vanilla Ice cream but Milka Chocolate
L. Your favorite book? Right now it's Thoughtful by S.C Stephens, I'm obsessed with this book
U. Favorite past-time? Hum Reading ? and Traveling
B. You are....? hungry ^^

O. KINDLE or Book? BOOK :).
U. Tea or coffee? Tea.
R. Favorite color? Purple.
B. Author you love? Every author needs love.
O. Book you just finished reading? Paper towns by John Green.
O. Can't live without? Water.
K. Dream job? Judge of the International Court of Justice. Why not?
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate
L. Your favorite book? 1984 by George Orwell.
U. Favorite past-time? Reading.
B. You are....? A constant dreamer.

O. Kindle
U. Coffee
R. black
B. Charles Dickens
O. The picture of Dorian Gray
O. Oxygen :p?
K. Teacher
C. Vanilla
L. Making Faces <3
U. Reading
B. Ambitious

O. I read on both but I only read 'light' literature on my Kindle, and I prefer 'real' books ^-^
U. Tea. Definitely. My stomach doesn't like coffee.
R. Dark green and dark blue.
B. Oscar Wilde. Both for his writings and his history.
O. 'La remontée des cendres' from Tahar Ben Jelloun.
O. Art. [Books, cinema, paintings]
K. Artist. [drawing, painting, all that stuff]
C. Vanilla.
L. The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Marriage of Figaro.
U. Reading, watching movies, listening to music and drawing.
B. A human. I guess.

O. Kindle or book? Book definitely! I love the feel of a hardcover.
U.Tea or Coffee? Well, I drink tea the most, but I do like a Starbucks coffee now, once in a while-nothing strong, preferably with whipped cream. :D
R.Favorite Color? Pink. and soft Grey. And blue. :)
B. Author you Love? How to pick just one?! E. P. Roe has fabulous books!
O.Book you just finished reading? a Ken Holt mystery, actually.The Mystery of the Galloping Horse.. a YA book.
O.Can't live Without? My Family!
K.Dram job? A stay at home wife and mother (no, I'm not married or have kids, I just believe that's the best job ever. :))
C.Vanilla or Chocolate? Pass the chocolate please!
L.Favorite Book? Oh dear, which one?..Opening a Chestnut Burr by E.P.Roe, and Mother Carey's Chicken's by Kate Douglass Wiggins
U.Favorite Pastime? Reading, writing letters, listening to music, playing the piano, chatting with my family..
B.You are.. A Christian, who lives at home with her wonderful family!

O. Kindle - Constant headaches require that I be able to change the font size when needed for easier reading
U. Tea - Hot or cold, I love tea. I tend to stay away from hot during the summer unless I have the AC as low as possible
R. Just about any shade of blue/teal/turquoise
B. This changes A LOT. Marianne Curley is an all time favorite, but right now I am addicted to the tweets of an author I haven't had a chance to read yet: V.E. Schwab. And you can never go wrong with being immersed in a world created by Cassandra Clare
O. The Master Magician - the last book in the Paper Magician series. This was my trilogy for the Popsugar Reading Challenge for the year
O. The people I love the most and books
K. Anything creativity that I can do or being paid to read
C. Chocolate
L. This is between The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and Old Magic by Marianne Curley - both I love dearly and have read multiple times.
U. Reading, coloring, or creating something
B. Many things. Limitless.

O. Kindle or Book? Book
U. Tea or coffee? Tea, but chocolate is the best.
R. Favorite color? Purple.
B. Author you love? Charlotte Brontë and Victor Hugo.
O. Book you just finished reading? My class books. My holidays begin this week. :''')
O. Can't live without? Air.
K. Dream job? Writer.
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate!
L. Your favorite book? Jane Eyre.
U. Favorite past-time? Learn german.
B. You are....? Wow, I've been like half an hour thinking this one. So I'm a person who thinks too much hahaha

Hello everyone!
I'm new to online book groups and looking forward to reading with you all.
O. Kindle or Book? - Kindle appeals for its compactness and bookstore accessibility but books are good for sunshine
U. Tea or coffee? - Coffee
R. Favorite colour? - Relative to mood and object......
B. Author you love? Have loved lots: Aravind Adiga, Gautam Malkani, Hermann Hesse, Scarlett Thomas, Choderlos de Laclos.........
O. Book you just finished reading?- The Improbability of Love - Hannah Rothschild
O. Can't live without? - An oven
K. Dream job? Travelling to different countries to rate exclusive hotels
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? - If ice cream: coconut
L. Your favourite book? - The Once and Future King - T. H. White
U. Favourite past-time? - Baking cakes for friends
B. You are....? - free at last

O. Kindle or Book? Book
U. Tea or coffee? Coffee!
R. Favorite color? Purple
B. Author you love? David Sedaris
O. Book you just finished reading? The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
O. Can't live without? Cats & books.
K. Dream job? I wish I could get paid for reading.
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate.
L. Your favorite book? It's hard to choose between The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
U. Favorite past time? Reading
B. You are...? Quiet

O. Kindle or Book? Book
U. Tea or coffee? Coffee
R. Favorite color? Green or Blue
B. Author you love? Gary Paulsen
O. Book you just finished reading? City of Stairs
O. Can't live without? Food
K. Dream job? Computer repair company
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Vanilaa
L. Your favorite book? The Bible
U. Favorite past time? Working on computers
B. You are...? A dad of four girls

O. Kindle or Book? Book, of course. I have a kind of kindle, but that's only for emergencies.

U. Tea or coffee ? Both, hot or iced.

R. Favorite color? Red

B. Author you love? Gabriel Garcia Marquez

O. Book you just finished reading? El tunel, by Ernesto Sabato

O. Can't live without? Books and air, chocolate and friends

K. Dream job? Mine is ok. With improvements though, otherwise it wouldn't be a dream !

C. Vanilla or chocolate ? Chocolate.

L. Your favorite book? One hundred years of solitude

U. Favorite past time? ... Reading

B. You are...? Heeere !

O. Book!
U. Tea
R. Purple
B. Jane Austen

O. Kindle or Book? Book
U. Tea or coffee? Lemon Tea :) :)
R. Favorite color? Black
B. Author you love? Liaquat Ahamed
O. Book you just finished reading? Economix
O. Can't live without? old books libraries, could live without but don´t want to
K. Dream job? central banker
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Vanilla
L. Your favorite book? haven´t found it yet, thought the soul of man under socialism by Oscar Wilde was pretty close
U. Favorite past-time? excel & yoga
B. You are....? committed

O. Kindle or Book? Book - especially hardbacks!
U. Tea or coffee? tough one...today...coffee
R. Favorite color? Mediterranean Blue
B. Author you love? Roger Zelazney
O. Book you just finished reading? This Immortal
O. Can't live without? my partner
K. Dream job? writing in the south of France...which I am.
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolat - bien sûr
L. Your favorite book? A Wrinkle in Time
U. Favorite past-time? reading
B. You are....? certifiable.

O. Kindle or Book? Book
U. Tea or coffee? Neither (Pepsi is my caffeine of choice)
R. Favorite color? Pink
B. Author you love? Laurell K Hamilton
O. Book you just finished reading? Wuthering Heights
O. Can't live without? My husband
K. Dream job? Professional Proofreader.
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Vanilla
L. Your favorite book? Too many to choose
U. Favorite past-time? reading and watching Netflix
B. You are....? a hermit

O. Kindle or Book? Kindle now, to take it everywhere. I still nostalgically like paper books though.

U. Tea or coffee ? Double-shot flat white, thanks! Completely converted to coffee now, as it’s HUGE here in Oz. Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elcwR...

R. Favorite color? Red

B. Author you love? Boris Vian

O. Book you just finished reading? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

O. Can't live without? My better half

K. Dream job? Pâtissière ?

C. Vanilla or chocolate ? Chocolate, chocolate and… did I mention chocolate?

L. Your favorite book? Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

U. Favorite past time? Running, dancing, playing the piano

B. You are...? In love

O. Kindle or Book? Both !
U. Tea or coffee? Milk Coffee ^^
R. Favorite color? Sunrise on water
B. Author you love? Lois McMaster Bujold, Patricia Briggs, Jean de la Bruyère, Fernando Pessoa and so many others...
O. Book you just finished reading? Lyra's Oxford a short story by Philip Pullman, Gentlemen Joe and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold and D'un monde à l'autre by Pierre Bottero (the last one because there is rereading of the all set- ongoing)
O. Can't live without? My sweetie !
K. Dream job? Being an everlasting cloud
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate.
L. Your favorite book? The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
U. Favorite past-time? Reading (what a surprise)
B. You are....? a pure day(-and-night-)dreaming devil

O. Kindle or Book? - Book, but kindle is cool too.
U. Tea or coffee? - Coffee.
R. Favorite color? - Green.
B. Author you love? - Jorge Luis Borges.
O. Book you just finished reading? Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, it was rubbish.
O. Can't live without? - Theatre.
K. Dream job? - Getting paid for reading books.
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? - Chocolate.
L. Your favorite book? - I can't choose.
U. Favorite past-time? - Reading, going to theatre/cinema, gardening.
B. You are....? Wandering.

O. Kindle or Book? - Wish I could say books but know is always kindle
U. Tea or coffee? - Tea
R. Favorite color? - Red and light blue
B. Author you love? - Alessandro D'Avenia and J. K. Rowling for giving me the best childhood
O. Book you just finished reading? - After Dark
O. Can't live without? - Learning new things
K. Dream job? - Teaching
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? - Chocolate
L. Your favorite book? - Les Misérables, seroiusly the best book of all time in my opinion
U. Favorite past-time? Movies, tv shows and yoga
B. You are....? wow that's hard to answer.. I guess that I am just a girl who loves to be true and honest with herself and with others

O book
U coffee
R green
B Gabrielle Roy
O The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley (written in 1919)
O family
K librarian
C chocolate
L Harry Potter-especially number 3
U reading
B a very lucky granny

O. Kindle or Book? Both! A physical book is fantastic, but I love my Kindle, because I have immediate access to so many books!
U. Tea or coffee? Tea...and sometimes coffee
R. Favorite color?
B. Author you love? Am not that loyal to just one author, I'm afraid
O. Book you just finished reading? Nyctophobia (was a group read)
O. Can't live without? my family
K. Dream job? book antiquarian, librarian.. something along these lines or working in an art gallery again
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate!!
L. Your favorite book? Persuasion by Jane Austen is up there as well as Shirley Jackson's We have always lived in the castle and probably lots more that I just can't think of at the moment
U. Favorite past-time? Spending time with my daughter, reading
B. You are....? easily annoyed when I can't find enough time in a day to read

O. Kindle or Book? Book
U. Tea or coffee? totally tea
R. Favorite color? green
B. Author you love? hard question...many historical fiction writers
O. Book you just finished reading? Flight Behavior
O. Can't live without? pugs
K. Dream job? musician
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? dark chocolate!
L. Your favorite book? Jane Eyre
U. Favorite past-time? reading, making music
B. You are....? an introvert

Hi, Kathy, have you read the book by Susan Cain? It's called: Quiet--the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking.

I have and I absolutely loved it! Made me proud to be an introvert in a world that treats it like a disease. It actually made me realize there's nothing wrong with me.

Kathy, I see that you like dark chocolate. My absolute favourite chocolate is Green and Black'85% dark organic fair trade chocolate!

Hi Rosemarie, wow you do like it dark! I tend towards 70-75% cacao, and I always keep a bar in my fridge.

O. Kindle or Book? book
U. Tea or coffee? both
R. Favorite color? purple
B. Author you love? Thomas Hardy
O. Book you just finished reading? Brave New World Aldous Huxley
O. Can't live without? my family
K. Dream job? stay at home mum
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Vanilla
L. Your favorite book? That's like asking which is your favourite child! I probably haven't read it yet.
U. Favorite past-time? Reading, genealogy, gardening.
B. You are....? Unique!!!

Hi Michelle, I can relate to many of your responses. But it's my husband who likes genealogy. I tell him that it's like detective work when he does his research looking tnrough records, etc. While he does that, I read!

O. Kindle or Book? Both.
U. Tea or coffee? Coffee, black, sweet, made with a caffettiera.
R. Favorite color? Orange.
B. Author you love? Joseph Conrad, José Saramago, many more...
O. Book you just finished reading? Farewell Summer, Ray Bradbury. Very nice.
O. Can't live without? Chocolate, politics, books, good food, movies, Ireland, Nino, the sea in Salthill
K. Dream job? Restaurant tester.
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate forever.
L. Your favorite book? Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad.
U. Favorite past-time? Guess :) I like cooking and hiking too.
B. You are....? Free.

Michelle wrote: "O. Book you just finished reading? Brave New World Aldous Huxley"

I love that book. I am just now re-reading The Devils of Loudun after 25 years. He was a genius. Completely nuts, though :)

O. Kindle or Book? 20% kindle as I love the feel of pages in my hands.
U. Tea or coffee? Coffee black
R. Favorite color? Yellow
B. Author you love? Terry Pratchett
O. Book you just finished reading? Black Dogs
O. Can't live without? My furry family; Fezzik and Abe
K. Dream job? Cinema owner
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate
L. Your favorite book? Good Omens
U. Favorite past-time? Cycling
B. You are....? Rude and NOT ginger

O. Kindle or Book? Book

U. Tea or coffee? Coffee

R. Favorite color? Today it's yellow/orange

B. Author you love? Just one? Tolkien, Wodehouse, Sayers

O. Book you just finished reading? The Problem of the Evil Editor

O. Can't live without? Coffee

K. Dream job? Historian

C. Vanilla or Chocolate? chocolate

L. Your favorite book? The Lord of the Rings, The Dark is Rising, Gaudy Night, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, so many others...

U. Favorite past-time? reading, traveling

B. You are....? always changing

Susan, I like your list of favourite books. I just finished reading From the Mixed up files.... for the first time, and I'm a granny.

O. Kindle or Book? definitely book. I'm happy to use the Kindle (and I do for larger/longer books), but I do like to own a physical copy of any book that I've Kindled
U. Tea or coffee? both!
R. Favourite colour? black or ginger
B. Author you love? recently it's been Toby Frost
O. Book you just finished reading? finished two yesterday...Neuromancer (W.Gibson) and Jennings Goes to School (A.Buckeridge)
O. Can't live without? my two daughters, my books and my pc
K. Dream job? interplanetery cheese smuggler
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? chocolate
L. Your favourite book? too difficult to choose!
U. Favourite past-time? at the moment it's reading
B. You are....? confused

Ahh...Shaun, what is an Interplanatery Cheese Smuggler? :)

Rosemarie wrote: "Susan, I like your list of favourite books. I just finished reading From the Mixed up files.... for the first time, and I'm a granny."

Isn't it wonderful? After I read it the first time, I spent months picking out a museum to run away to... Now that I've read it to my son, he's trying to decide between the Getty in LA and Nelson-Atkins in Kansas City. I asked him why he wasn't considering the Met, and he said it had been done. I really think it's one of the best-written children's books ever.

Lesle wrote: "Ahh...Shaun, what is an Interplanetery Cheese Smuggler? :)"

Well...I can't really give away any details as it's a well kept secret and it needs to stay that way. But, I will say that I love the show Firefly and I love cheese, so it was an obvious choice for my dream job :-)

What is your favourite kind of cheese? I like Brie.

Rosemarie wrote: "What is your favourite kind of cheese? I like Brie."

It's Brie or a nice mature cheddar for me

O. Kindle or Book? Audiobooks on my phone
U. Tea or coffee? Coffee
R. Favorite color? Red
B. Author you love? J.K. Rowling
O. Book you just finished reading? Luckiest Girl Alive
O. Can't live without? Chocolate & Cheese (not together)
K. Dream job? Got it! Drafting/Architecture
C. Vanilla or Chocolate? Chocolate of course!
L. Your favorite book? Hmm... I really like the Harry Potter series
U. Favorite past-time? Crochet/knitting, I can do it while listening to books
B. You are....? happy and sad all rolled into one.

Amber wrote: "Chocolate & Cheese (not together)" They do sort of go together...chocolate spread and cheese sandwiches are very nice!

Shaun wrote: "Amber wrote: "Chocolate & Cheese (not together)" They do sort of go together...chocolate spread and cheese sandwiches are very nice!"

Not sure if I am that adventurous, but maybe I will get it a shot some day. :)

When my daughter was two years old she would eat chocolate and cheese alternately. Her older sister and I thought she was crazy.