Mod Squad discussion

I am Randi. I love to read and write. I have written my first children's story and am hoping to get it published. I enjoy crocheting. I want to start up crossstiching, crewel, and scrapbooking again. I am single and have no children. I am 57. I would like to get to read more modern classics.

My name is Christy and I'm not sure what a modern classic is.

What is a modern classic?

It is considered a "classic", but it was written after 1952. To Kill a Mockingbird, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, Lord of the Flies, etc.

Hi Christy. Welcome to Mod Squad. Glad to have you in my group. Thanks for joining.

I like joining things ;)

It seems like what is and isn't a classic will be debatable. What are some of your favorites?

I like Flannery O'Conner, C.S. Lewis, and William Faulkner a lot.

Hemingway and Melville are a little dry for me.

Okay, I see.

My name is Margaret. I like joining things with MOD because those are my initials. Ha. I am a mom of three and a writer and we live in Hawaii.

I love Faulkner and Hemingway also. Hmm, I see the "modern classics" will be debatable as well, because many of these folks wrote the bulk of their work prior to 1952, no?

I am open to all, though. I think I missed a lot of classics in high school b/c my English teacher slept through class (true story: kids were smoking in the back) and I took mainly multi-cultural author classes in college (good, but not the same as what you're talking about, I think). Thanks!

Hi Margaret,

Thanks for being a member of this group. Welcome!!

If you type in modern classics in the find books box, a whole ton of books will show up (3012 to be exact). You can pick and choose where you want to go in that group, but those are all considered modern classics.

I was told in another group that a classic is anything published after 1952. I don't agree, because some of these books are earlier than 1952. I do think that at least most of them are modern classics, however.

Hi Fiona. Welcome to Mod Squad. Thanks for joining the group.

The list of modern classics has gone way down (100) since last night. There aren't as many books by different authors to choose from. I suppose we could select anything by one of the authors on the list if we consider it a classic.

Hi Halee. Welcome!! Glad you joined us!

Hi. I'm so excited to join this group. I'm really interested in reading books from the 20th century (to join the debate, I'd consider anything since World War I a modern classic because I consider the Lost Generation to be the first writers of the modern period). I own a lot of books that fit into this category, which is why the group is so perfect. I'm a senior in college, majoring in history and English, and I'm planning on going to grad school for a masters in Public History, with the goal of working in a museum and eventually writing public histories. I'm a huge baseball fan.

Hi Lori,

WElcome to the group!! Thanks for joining.

Catamorandi wrote: "The list of modern classics has gone way down (100) since last night. There aren't as many books by different authors to choose from. I suppose we could select anything by one of the authors on t..."

Sometimes Goodreads searches are funny...one night I could NOT find one book using their search...maybe it's a bug of some kind?

It could be. I just know when I first looked at the modern classics list there were over 3000 entries. Now there are only 100. Weird.

Sorry I haven't been here for a while. My computer is still down, and it is hard to get to a computer, since I can't drive. I hope everyone is enjoying the book of the month.

Randi