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Happy Traveler is planning to read Tiger Dawn.
Happy Traveler is now reading For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Happy Traveler has read The Help.
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Happy Traveler is planning to read The Second Sunrise.
Happy Traveler has read The Island of Dr. Moreau.
“ Intriguing, but not as captivating as I'd anticipated. ” (see full review)
Happy Traveler is planning to read Daughter of Fortune.
Happy Traveler is planning to read Conquistadora.
Happy Traveler is planning to read Collected Fictions.
Happy Traveler reviewed The Time Machine 4 months ago.
“ Classic Sci-Fi ”
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Thanks for that hun, I ight just give it a try! :)
Hi I just read your review of Scarlett the sequel to Gone with the Wind and it seems like you liked it. I've always been afraid to read it, I love Gone With the Wind so much I wouldn't want it spoiled. Is Scarlett a relatively seemless continuation? I was just thinking that it might not read like Gone With the Wind if you know what I mean? I'd like to know your opinion. :)
Hooray! Now we have to wait to find out if and when you will demote me! (just teasing)
Gotcha, will do (perhaps right now). Thanks for finding that info out!
Feb 7: Still no word from Shelfari regarding my query. Of course, now I need to find out how they might contact me. As part of my text message to them, I did provide my regular email address. I am, as you know, not much of a technology person; and it feels Kafka-esque for me to not know how they might contact me if they are going to contact me. Sort of: Waiting for Godot!
I have the ok from llevinso to post on the Classic group! Yay!
Cool! Want to be very clear. I'm not the genius to came up with the groups. That was Regina's whole concept and I "met" her via that Shelfari Admins group I mentioned. I'm proud to be part of that effort AND the FIVE subgroups that were formed as a result - our "interesting reading" list (labeled Ancillary Reading) when CROAH was first created showed the interest level of a very excited membership. Regina has kept that interest alive - she is a really really good admin for this kind of structured reading group.Another example of admin team approaches can be found in the Bibliophile Club group - http://www.shelfari.com/groups/35185/about. (That group costs me a LOT of money because I can't seem to say "no" to purchasing any title they choose for a monthly read!)Each group also has community lists for the reads. http://www.shelfari.com/series/CROAH-Group-Reads---Biographies-of-USA-Presidentshttp://www.shelfari.com/series/CROAH-4-Group-Reads-%28Sesquicentennial-Read-of-Civil-War-History%29and this thread shows all of them for the Bibliophile group - http://www.shelfari.com/groups/35185/discussions/306417/Index-for-Bibliophile-Club-Books-of-the-Month?showall=true#6467656 . This thread also shows neat idea for an admin "duty" - maintaining such lists and maintaining an index thread to make it easier to find discussions.Best of luck.DL
Of course I'll check with the admin, no worries. I'll get on that - thanks for the input!
HT - re your group admin questions. As I posted in reply, how a group is run is completely up to the admin team. IMMHO, the best administrators on Shelfari are those of these groups. Each used the first CROAH (you'll see what that acronym means when you view the link below) "constitution." (I was part of building that document.) These are very structured reading groups. A lot of thought went into what those admins wanted to achieve in the group. The "constitution" is not what I am recommending. I just provide a link to (both) those notes in those groups to show you how you can think about things. Again - NOT advising that you adopt or recommend this kind of thing. Just providing something that may stir your thoughts and give you some language in discussing such stuff with the other admins or the group overall.It all depends on what you hope to have the group achieve.http://www.shelfari.com/groups/34700/discussions/103364/Constitution-for-Chronological-Read-of-American-History?showall=true#1148309http://www.shelfari.com/groups/76815/discussions/323571/Charter-for-the-Sesquicentennial-Read-of-Civil-War-History-group?showall=true#6926086Hope you have fun as an administrator!DL
Hi, Happy Traveler - do you think it would be appropriate to post a notice on the 'Classic' group that we're doing a Faulkner read and invite participation?You are always so good about doing Faulkner group plugs (that's how I joined, after all!) that I wanted to get your input.Thanks!
Wow! That's great! I think writing "Wild Swans" empowered Jung Chang and set her thinking: What about the dictator (ie Mao) who concocted the 'cultural revolution' etc? What sort of person does this sort of thing to others? And it's that quality of being prepared to confront 'established accounts' (ie the 'official version'/the propaganda version) of events that helps make Chang such a great writer.
I would have liked to hear more about the History of Hill house itself also... I liked the comic relief of Mrs. Dudley, Mrs. Montague and her escort. It wasn’t that scary but I enjoyed it. I was telling someone that I was listening to it on audio to and from work for a couple of days, it just so happened that I was working nights, driving down country roads in the dark and through the woods. I think it was the combination of the narrator and ambience! It creeped me out. The part where Eleanor is holding someone’s hand? I was driving through a lighting storm in the dark with the creepiest sunrise.
Outside of an old coworker who lived in that era, you are the only other one to know of the Clovers lol. Another great song with funny lyrics is Lovey Dovey and they sing an old classic, You're Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash, they also do a good version of Blue Velvet but their biggest hit was the famous Love Potion No. 9. You are lucky you joined when you did. I change my avatar every Sunday, I pick a new album cover from my collection (I calculated I could change covers every week for about 10 years lol).There is another person in this group that is a good friend of mine, Halo is her name. She and I just created a new discussion group called Slippery Fish Island. We have modelled it after this classics group but expanded it to include more contemporary lit, sci-fi, you name it. Also we like to talk about film and music (I just did a big post about blues music). You should look into that as well if you like. Have you listened to any other group(s)?
Thank you, I will - I just picked up a copy of As I Lay Dying and was considering a re-read of that as well as soon as I plow through some of my library books.See you there!
I am pretty inept at electronic stuff including (I dare admit) even posting electronic images of amazing authors. If you can track down an image of Faulkner electronically, please don't hesitate to email it to me at schachtmant@missouri.edu and I will try to post it on the Shelfari site. (I hope). I wish I could find a way for you to put it up on the site. Todd
I'm so jealous! I've always wanted to visit Thailand. A friend and I have been planning a trip for about five years now- we'll get there one day! The mini-series was probably terrible, but I loved it as a kid... I did like the book more, though. One advantage of having a husband that doesn't read- no tearing books in half to share them :)
I’ll add Pearl of China to my list- thanks! I’m interested in Pearl Buck’s life, she sounds like she was a fascinating woman. There was a new biography released about her last year, but I hear it wasn’t very good- I think I’d prefer a fictionalized account anyway :)I remember watching the Shogun mini series back in 1980 with Richard Chamberlain- I loved it! I loved the book even more and hope to get to the rest of the series. Ha! That’s funny, I didn’t think anyone else liked that either (well not 37 year old women, I know several more mature gentlemen -like my dad- that loved it).
Hi Happy Traveler! I’m following you now too- we’ll go about in circles :)We do have a lot of favourites in common! I like your book shelf- I’m interested in all the Asian books you’ve read. I’ve read a few myself and enjoyed them immensely. I think I’ll ‘steal’ a few of your favourites.
No worries, that also happens to me all the time, starting one book and getting distracted by another :)
How are you doing with Ishiguro, HT? Haven't seen you in a while, is it really that bad?
