Classics

[close] Click HERE for the latest group announcements. "It reminded me of ____ but in space." "I read ____ in high school, and actually liked it." "It's like a cross between ____ and ____ with a little Harry Potter thrown in." "YOU'VE NEVER READ ____?!?" You know the drill. Your friends reference it, your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/"sort of thing?" raves about it, even your favorite movies quote it, or it IS your favorite movie but you've never read the book. This group is for those of us for whom one of the following may apply... - we have finally developed a taste for reading and are severely behind on classics; - we kindaaa, sortaaa, but actually slept through English class in high school and used Sparknotes/Hollywood remakes to write our book reports; - we buy a book that everyone is talking about and it sits on our shelf, and sits there... and sits there; - we've heard the hype and are finally getting around to reading the actual book; - we want to expand our horizons beyond the single genre we usually read and want to do so with some time-tested material; - we just plain old want to get everyone off our backs for not having read _____. Every month we'll choose three books to read: 1) a classic (that everyone has probably read but us), 2) a "modern" classic or popular book that everyone is talking about, and 3) a bookshelf catch-up in which we choose a book the group has already read to catch-up with other members.

[close] For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books! For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word.The featured works have been handpicked by a team of international critics and literary luminaries, including Derek Attridge (world expert on James Joyce), Cedric Watts (renowned authority on Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene), Laura Marcus (noted Virginia Woolf expert), and David Mariott (poet and expert on African-American literature), among some twenty others. (From Amazon.com)

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[close] Here's a place to discuss out-of-print, forgotten, obscure, and beloved juvenile literature which you would like to see republished or digitized. There are so many forgotten works of quality that are extremely hard to come by on the secondhand market, and which are not yet available as e-books. A Renaissance is Required! Girls Gone By Publishers is one such small-scale operation trying to resurrect rare titles for today's market. As far as I know, they only do hardcopy (paperback), and stick mostly to 'girl's school stories', with the odd 'girl's adventure' thrown in. It's but a drop in the bucket... but a welcome one. And their success should encourage others! But what of the Boy's School and Adventure stories? And digitized versions for ebooks? What of authors such as Nicholas Stuart Gray? Meta Mayne Reid? Steven Mogridge? Or even more recent authors, like Penelope Lively and Lucy M. Boston, who may be better known, but whose excellent books are already sliding into obscurity? There are so many excellent, imaginative, timeless classics that have fallen by the wayside. It's tragic. This is a group to try to share these titles with other readers, in the hopes that publishers will take note and will reprint them for another generation All books discussed here should have been written and originally published well prior to the year 2000 (and preferrably well before that - pre-1980s especially!). Anything published in the USA in 1922, or 1962 in the UK, or earlier may already have lapsed copyrights and be available on Project Gutenberg. If it isn't but should be, feel free to discuss that title here!