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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2014, 01:33:55 PM »
Wait, can't recall if I have Emma.  Maybe not that one.



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #16 on: June 27, 2014, 01:39:33 PM »
If you're talking non classics, these are my favorites since winter of last year to this year:

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

A couple of more classics I liked:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

BTW, I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice.  It's okay so far.  :)



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2014, 01:45:41 PM »
If you're talking non classics, these are my favorites since winter of last year to this year:

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

A couple of more classics I liked:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

BTW, I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice.  It's okay so far.  :)

Can u give us a short synopsis, your version?  Of it so far for you.



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2014, 02:08:52 PM »
Can u give us a short synopsis, your version?  Of it so far for you.

That would be too much to type and retype.  If you want, you can read my reviews under my book review thread.  I also have my booklist running on goodreads so you can also read my reviews there + search books for synopsis.  That's probably the better and faster way to get reviews and synopsis - thru goodreads or even amazon.



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #19 on: June 27, 2014, 04:19:25 PM »
That would be too much to type and retype.  If you want, you can read my reviews under my book review thread.  I also have my booklist running on goodreads so you can also read my reviews there + search books for synopsis.  That's probably the better and faster way to get reviews and synopsis - thru goodreads or even amazon.

Ty.  Will check it out when I have time   :)



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2014, 05:21:33 PM »
Hi beautiful. ;)

I have all of them, i really do just haven't read them  ;D .  So which one would u recommend? 

I would recommend ALL of them.  They're all great classics.   ;D

Additional reads would be:

The Great Gatsby
A Tale of Two Cities
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
A Farewell to Arms
The Odyssey
Of Mice and Men



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2014, 05:16:47 AM »
Frankenstein
Journey to the Center of earth
Alice in wonderland
Dr. Jeryll and Mr. Hyde
The scarlet letter

Books that I want to read:
Dracula
Tales of two cities
Lord of the flies
The outsiders



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2014, 12:14:14 PM »
I would recommend ALL of them.  They're all great classics.   ;D

Additional reads would be:

The Great Gatsby
A Tale of Two Cities
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
A Farewell to Arms
The Odyssey
Of Mice and Men

i started to read Tale of Two Cities some years ago, but the drama didn't pick up fast enough for me and put the book down.  The Ad of Tom Sawyer and To Kill a Mockingbird were school readings, which were okay.  The Odyssey was a college course book and Of Mice and Men was a decent read.  That leaves Catcher in the Rye and Farewell to Arms, both of which i also have.  I'll read a couple of chapters and see what happens.

thanks for the recommendation beautiful  ;)



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2014, 12:17:31 PM »
Frankenstein
Journey to the Center of earth
Alice in wonderland
Dr. Jeryll and Mr. Hyde
The scarlet letter

Books that I want to read:
Dracula
Tales of two cities
Lord of the flies
The outsiders

I have Dracula, Dr. Jeryll and Mr. Hyde, the Scarlet Letter.  Not sure if i have Freinkenstein, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Alice in Wonderland.

The Lord of the flies and the Outsider read those in school.  Not bad though.

Don't know what your perferences are, but i would probably go with Dracula first, only because it'll give me the chills.  :o :o



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2014, 01:27:28 PM »
Tales of Two Cities and Gatsby were two very boring classics to me... lol



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #25 on: June 30, 2014, 01:59:50 PM »
A Tale of Two Cities, for one.



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #26 on: June 30, 2014, 02:47:34 PM »
A Tale of Two Cities, for one.

i keep seeing Tale of Two Cities...

BK, you and i may have to revisit this book  :o



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #27 on: June 30, 2014, 04:26:41 PM »
You read it and give me the highlights... no way am I going to read that book again... lol.



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #28 on: June 30, 2014, 04:28:22 PM »
I love to read... and I hated those two books.  For me, a story has to have a human side to it that looks beyond the surface.  As far as I can remember, both of those books lack that depth that I look for and enjoy.



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Re: What is your favorite Classic Novel
« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2014, 12:24:40 PM »
You read it and give me the highlights... no way am I going to read that book again... lol.

maybe, but leaning towards a "not gonna read it" either.  I have too many books to choose from.



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