Classics

[close] hii i’m making this group for readers who have many different interests!! if you are an active Goodreads user, a hopeless romantics, a night reader, love autumn, interested in literature, philosophy, psychology, mythology, true crime, poetry, classics, music, films, are someone who analyzes and annotates books, are passionate about books and want to share your opinions don’t hesitate to join!! <3 some of my my favorite books just kids - patti smith the picture of dorian gray- oscar wilde the book thief- markus zusak song of achilles- madeline miller circe- madeline miller perks of being a wallflower- stephan chbosky a trip to the stars- christopher nicholas dead poets society- kleinbaum N.H. carmilla- le fanu, J. sheridan letters to a young poet- rilke, rainer maria aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe- sáenz benjamin slide harry potter series ATYD!! if any of these interest you, you should join!! :)

[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] The purpose of this group is to read and comment on classic short stories. Hopefully, our discussions will help us appreciate the craft and variety of this literary form. We are reading one story each week from "The Art of the Short Story" anthology (see group's bookshelf) in chronological order; you can join in and drop out at any point. You don’t need to own this anthology to participate; whenever possible, I'll post a link in advance.

[close] We're here because we like reading and we like chatting about reading. But we are here especially because we strongly believe that reading is not just something we do alone, but something that can unite people of different kinds, all over the world! This group really is all about books! In terms of group reads we have a monthly fiction book and a bi-monthly group read of a classic. We feature dedicated sections for non-fiction, poetry, short stories and drama. We also have weekly poetry postings (the Monday Poem). Quarterly there is a group discussion of non-fiction books in which members are encouraged to read books that relate to a specific theme and another theme for short stories. We feature a yearly challenge which varies from year to year in form. In addition, we have a section for people to post their yearly personal challenges and books read during the year.