tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post147823956258609927..comments2024-03-27T07:09:32.146+07:00Comments on Fanda Classiclit: Treasure Island Books: A Bookish GameFanda Classiclithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-49537032272851043262020-02-19T07:36:15.659+07:002020-02-19T07:36:15.659+07:00Agree on Pickwick Papers. It's being short ins...Agree on Pickwick Papers. It's being short installments might help making it a nice book when you are depressed (it's my personal experience).Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-75559492357745428432020-02-19T07:34:35.151+07:002020-02-19T07:34:35.151+07:00Hi Pete, thank you for inventing this fun game in ...Hi Pete, thank you for inventing this fun game in the first place! :)<br />Zola - I love his works, but I found reading Zola simultaneously is a bit depressing - I always need something cheerful in between. It's not only with Zola, but with most of the great books. It's like having a book-hangover.<br /><br />Have fun with Cannery Row! ;)Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-75548670785728388452020-02-17T09:55:22.630+07:002020-02-17T09:55:22.630+07:00This is a neat thought experiment.
Your choices ...This is a neat thought experiment. <br /><br />Your choices are interesting. I particularly like your choice of The Pickwick Papers. It really is a very comforting book. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-41847142194047201982020-02-16T06:12:37.492+07:002020-02-16T06:12:37.492+07:00Hi Fanda, sorry for commenting late on your post, ...Hi Fanda, sorry for commenting late on your post, I'm so grateful you linked to my original post, and I loved reading your list above. I saw your comment above and on my blog about not wanting to take the complete works of Zola because it would make you depressed. I rarely think of his novels as depressing (from what I have read so far). I think he is such a great commentator on life, that I find the novels fascinating, however they turn out. I really feel like I learn so much. And as long as the novel feels real (how the events probably would turn out naturally) then I don't really mind, if it seems tragic or depressing. Glad you would take Germinal though, it's very special novel. And the rest of your books look great. You recommended Cannery Row to me recently, and it will definitely be one of purchases soon, I really want to read it. Thanks :)Pete Halewoodhttp://www.classicsreader.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-26239418507597319482020-02-12T14:41:35.800+07:002020-02-12T14:41:35.800+07:00I can wait to read your thoughts of Germinal. Hope...I can wait to read your thoughts of Germinal. Hopefully you'll love it.<br />ALWAYS A Christmas Carol! :)Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-10297852786037817232020-02-12T11:28:35.080+07:002020-02-12T11:28:35.080+07:00Cannery Row is really a surprise from Steinbeck, R...Cannery Row is really a surprise from Steinbeck, Ruth! I didn't expect anything when reading it (I thought it's probably a short version of Grapes of Wrath - that one with cotton field, this one cannery), but after chapter 1 I knew this book is unusually simple but sweet.<br />And by the way, it has a sequel: Sweet Thursday - "sweet", eh? :)Fanda Classiclithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642429343958941266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-75634599860689988822020-02-11T18:35:24.262+07:002020-02-11T18:35:24.262+07:00I own a copy of Germinal now, because of you. I st...I own a copy of Germinal now, because of you. I still haven't read it though. :) <br /><br />You make me curious about Cannery Row! I love Steinbeck!<br /><br />YAY, A CHRISTMAS CAROL!! <3*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-39730642268031477512020-02-10T09:32:46.502+07:002020-02-10T09:32:46.502+07:00P.S. I added A Christmas Carol, too. P.S. I added A Christmas Carol, too. Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584058713548027639.post-47324877059442594272020-02-10T09:32:20.843+07:002020-02-10T09:32:20.843+07:00Of course, Germinal! : )
I'm still reading Te...Of course, Germinal! : )<br /><br />I'm still reading Tenant of Wildfell Hall...and I know I have to get a copy of Cannery Row. I mean, you just called a book by John Steinbeck warm and sweet! I have to read this!!!<br /><br />And yes, I thought you would have gone with Zola's catalogue, but I think Agatha Christie is a good choice, too. Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.com