Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi is our November 2026 Group Read for Old School Classics.

This is the Spoiler Thread

Just started Pinocchio and have finished the first 4 chapters. What a brat Pinocchio is ! (view spoiler)[ His father lands up in jail , and the Talking Cricket appears to have lost his life ! (hide spoiler)]

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I enjoyed all the adventures Pinocchio went on, knowing that the big consequence would be that Pinocchio would be made a fool by his own misunderstandings and poor. What else is a puppet boy to do?(view spoiler)[That Pinocchio learns to make better decisions can only be vecagse ge wants do very very much to be the boy Gepetto and the Ble Fairy know he can be. Theme: The Power of Love. (hide spoiler)]