June / Lawrence Reading Poll

[Scheherazade]

I thought "Women in Love" won this pool. yes? quasi

Yes, Quasimodo. Women in Love won this poll but Pensive is reading Sons and Lovers on her own.

The Women in Love discussion thread is here:

http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=25347

[Turk]

But of course... As the old saying goes, 'Ignorance is bliss.'

Yeah, true. In fact it's one of most important themes of my favorite novel's (maybe top one); Notes From Underground.

[quasimodo1]

From the dapper handsome fellow to Golum is quite the distortion. Obviously someone had never been married, happily so. quasimodo1

[Janine]

Scher, - now your latest rendition of the joke is the best - it really made me laugh! I think maybe they have identical expressions but they are looking in different directions. Newly wedded 'bliss' on top photo and ignorance is 'bliss' on bottom picture.

[batkisses]

I actually got "Sons and Lovers" free in my library in the give-away shelf. I do love that shelf and check it out all the time...you never know what will surface.

I recently had a similar experience. The library was having a book sale and I found a copy of Sons and Lovers there. At $1.00 per bag of books, it was practically free.

I also found The Rainbow/Lady Chatterly's Lover as a combined edition for less than a dollar in the Amazon.com marketplace. Women in Love was also under a dollar there.

We read a couple of the short stories in a class I took and I really enjoyed them. I hope I enjoy the novels as much. I am going rather slowly through The Rainbow but so far it has been a good read.

[grace86]

I just picked up a copy of Women in Love, after having started reading it online. Unfortunately it was not one dollar, but five is pretty good too!

I can't believe it is so cheap to read books today. Makes one wonder.

[batkisses]

I plan to start Women in Love after I finish The Rainbow. Hopefully the discussion will still be going when I get done...I tend to read kind of slow, especially when there are so many other things demanding my attention

[grace86]

Good luck batkisses, I understand completely. Currently reading three novels. Have fun though. So far I like Lawrence.

[Janine]

I recently had a similar experience. The library was having a book sale and I found a copy of Sons and Lovers there. At $1.00 per bag of books, it was practically free.

I also found The Rainbow/Lady Chatterly's Lover as a combined edition for less than a dollar in the Amazon.com marketplace. Women in Love was also under a dollar there.

We read a couple of the short stories in a class I took and I really enjoyed them. I hope I enjoy the novels as much. I am going rather slowly through The Rainbow but so far it has been a good read.

Hi batkisses, glad you found all those books so reasonally priced. I buy from Amazon all the time. Most times I am totally satisfied and you can't beat the discount prices.

I plan to start Women in Love after I finish The Rainbow. Hopefully the discussion will still be going when I get done...I tend to read kind of slow, especially when there are so many other things demanding my attention.

Good for you - reading both - quite an ambitious endeavor. I hope you will complete them both in time to discuss WIL. So far the discussions are going well; they are off to a good start, I think. But I will be anxiously waiting more participants. I read slow, also, which can be a real problem. So far with WIL I seem to be reading at a good pace and enjoying the book completely. Lawrence's writing is very fluid and flows nicely. I read both books many many years ago, but don't recall specific scenes and so it seems very fresh and new to me re-reading WIL. Also, my perspectives have changed since my first reading.

I know you are so busy, trying to read the two books, but we are doing a short story in the SS L thread, "The Shakes of Spring" , if you would be interested. It is a very short one and more simplified this time around: I am sure it will prove to be a good discussion.

Good luck batkisses, I understand completely. Currently reading three novels. Have fun though. So far I like Lawrence.

Hi Grace, I recall you saying, in another thread, that you were attempting something your had never done before - reading 3 books at once. Wow! How is that going so far?
I am glad you are enjoying the Lawrence book. So far in the main discussion thread it has gotten good response and everyone seems to like the book so far. We are discussing it already as we go along, loosely about certain parts of each chapter that stand out. SO stop in and give us some good comments. I would like to know your impressions of the book and the writing style.
Good luck and have fun with all your reading! Janine