Classics for Beginners discussion

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THE CLASSICS FOR BEGINNERS BIRTHDAY COMPETITION IS ENDING ON THE 14TH MARCH SO YOU ONLY HAVE 15 MORE DAYS TO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!

MARCH GROUP READ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes STARTED TODAY

GOT EXAM RESULTS! MATHS - A, ENGLISH LANG/LIT - A, PSYCHOLOGY - B :)

NOMINATIONS FOR THE APRIL READ ARE NOW OPEN

Nicolle wrote: "GOT EXAM RESULTS! MATHS - A, ENGLISH LANG/LIT - A, PSYCHOLOGY - B :)"

congratulations :):)

Excellent results Nicolle!

Great work.

Congrats on your exams Nicolle! :)

Well Done, that's great!! So, where and what next?!

Thanks everyone :)

ღEstaღ wrote: "Well Done, that's great!! So, where and what next?!"

Still have exams in June so those are my next goal.

That's great Nicolle, now you can start correcting me when I "name drop" pyscologist theories.

hahaha...will try my best to catch you out!

VOTE FOR OUR APRIL READ IN THE POLL

2 DAYS UNTIL THE BIRTHDAY COMPETITION CLOSES! GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!!

Nicolle wrote: "VOTE FOR OUR APRIL READ IN THE POLL"

Nicolle ... just curious ... why is the poll "secret"? Once I've voted why can't I see where the responses stack up?

Book Concierge wrote: "Nicolle wrote: "VOTE FOR OUR APRIL READ IN THE POLL"

Nicolle ... just curious ... why is the poll "secret"? Once I've voted why can't I see where the responses stack up?"

I was wondering the same thing!

Sorry guys, I was the one who made it secret to everyone. Changing the setting...

BIRTHDAY COMPETITION IS CLOSED. ENTRIES ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED AND THE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN AND ANNOUNCED BY SATURDAY

Winners were chosen with a random number generator (with numbers allocated in list on first post).
1st prize - Martha Smith
2nd prizes - Deb Place, Angie Young, Cora.
CONGRATULATIONS YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE BY EMAIL IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS.

Dear Moderators,
Thank you for running the competition. I am so excited to be one of the prize winners. I am getting my very own copy of Gone With the Wind with my $15 Book Depository prize.
I hope I haven't mucked the money side of things up, as my computer is set to $NZ on Book Depository!
Thanks again!

OUR APRIL READ IS THE DICKENS NOVEL 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS'.

NOMINATIONS FOR OUR MAY READ ARE NOW OPEN

ANY TOPICS WHICH ARE INACTIVE FOR MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS WILL BE MOVED TO ARCHIVE. IF THEY BECOME ACTIVE AGAIN I WILL MOVE THEM BACK THE THE RELEVENT FOLDER.

THE POLL FOR THE MAY READ IS NOW OPEN

FROM JUNE NOMINATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE NOMINATION PER PERSON

THERE ARE TWO POLLS OPEN TO DECIDE ANY CHANGES TO OUR MONTHLY GROUP READ, AND ALSO A NEWSLETTER. IF YOU WANT YOUR SAY PLEASE VOTE

I only see one poll.

Now I found the other two. They are at the bottom of the poll section and people will have to scroll down to find them. Can you put them at the top with the other poll?

Ok sure, I will make them featured.

OUR MAY READ WILL BE FAHRENHEIT 451

OK. I've never read Ray Bradbury. Sounds interesting...

I just finished that today. Very fast read and incredibly powerful.

An excellent choice. Read this years ago, and have also seen the movie a couple of times.

I haven't read it since I was a kid. I think I remember liking the movie more than the book. I also had a Fahrenheit 451 game for the Commodore 64, but I could never get it to work; the title screen was pretty cool though.

I have ordered it at the library :D

Silly question: I was trying to tell my husband what book I'd be reading next, and couldn't figure out the proper way to say it...

Is it "Fahrenheit four five one" or "Fahrenheit four fifty one" or "Fahrenheit four hundred fifty one?"

Sunny wrote: "Silly question: I was trying to tell my husband what book I'd be reading next, and couldn't figure out the proper way to say it...

Is it "Fahrenheit four five one" or "Fahrenheit four fifty one" ..."

Not a silly question at all ... I've always said it as "Fahrenheit four fifty-one"

I've always heard it and said it as "four fifty-one".

Thanks to both of you! We ultimately decided that it "sounded" right to us to say "four fifty-one" but I wanted to check. :)

I always thought it was read like a Dispatcher would call the unit numbers to put out a fire. "

Unit fifty-one, squad fifty one, farenhieght four-fifty-one, there's a three alarm fire at two four six eight Who-do-we-appriciate bulavard. Cross streat Bradbury and science fiction theater."

The way they used to call it out on that old Jack Webb produced TV Show Emergency 51, or one-adam-twelve.

The play on words or the allusion to "Firemen" being the important connection there.

I've always read it as four fifty-one, too. A clip from the movie has it as four five one, around the 45 second mark, for what it's worth.

I always thought of it as four-five-one but I guess that's just me...

I believe what I'm trying to get at, though poorly attempted, is that it's not "how the numbers should be read" that's important, it's "The context, what they represent."

I like your explanation, but isn't the context just the temperature at which book paper burns? Bradbury also says 4-5-1 in this interview . The more I say it like that the more I like it.

Although other sources say it's closer to 451 Celsius....

Thanks, Jonathan, so I see. Non-Americans with their snooty celsius, and long histories, and precise measurement systems, and various flavored creams.

Michael wrote: "Thanks, Jonathan, so I see. Non-Americans with their snooty celsius, and long histories, and precise measurement systems, and various flavored creams."

Australia has a long history?

well, aboriginals. marsupials have been there a while I think.

Michael wrote: "Thanks, Jonathan, so I see. Non-Americans with their snooty celsius, and long histories, and precise measurement systems, and various flavored creams."

I think that the metric system makes Waay more sense and celcius. I just don't understand anything else!