MobileRead December 2012 Run-Off Vote - Page 7

Piper_ · 12-01-2012, 12:31 AM

Finished. Couldn't put it down, 'cept when i had to. Since this isn't the time or thread to post analysis, I'll just speak in regard to the concerns we had about choosing it...

I thought it was sad, but not a gratuitously maudlin downer like some GR reviewers posted. Like some historical fiction that necessarily has its tragedies and sad endings, it's still well worth reading, IMO.

I'll likely read it again in a few weeks, as I didn't stop to write out my thoughts along the way this time -- and it's a book that provokes a lot of thought and fodder for discussion.

I thought the writing was superb - a tragic story beautifully told, with no drag in the flow.

caleb72 · 12-01-2012, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Piper_

Finished. Couldn't put it down, 'cept when i had to. Since this isn't the time or thread to post analysis, I'll just speak in regard to the concerns we had about choosing it...

I thought it was sad, but not a gratuitously maudlin downer like some GR reviewers posted. Like some historical fiction that necessarily has its tragedies and sad endings, it's still well worth reading, IMO.

I'll likely read it again in a few weeks, as I didn't stop to write out my thoughts along the way this time -- and it's a book that provokes a lot of thought and fodder for discussion.

I thought the writing was superb - a tragic story beautifully told, with no drag in the flow.

Well that is really encouraging. Thanks for that.

spindlegirl · 12-01-2012, 03:39 AM

Ethan Frome is a very good book. Don't listen to the naysayers

Asawi · 12-01-2012, 07:45 AM

I started it and it really seems like good story telling to me. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy Ethan more than I would have the Robots! By that I'm not saying I think the other book is bad. Just that this one is more to my liking. I really dislike it when people categorically call things bad just because it's not in a category they like! I hate romance books, there for I don't read them. That does not mean they are bad!

Bookatarian · 12-01-2012, 08:54 AM

I've just downloaded both...really want to read I, Robot sometime anyway. Cory Doctorow has a free download short story celebrating Asimov's I, Robot...would be cool to do a comparison.

I'll pour a glass of wine, get a box of tissues, and settle in for our December read.

sun surfer · 12-01-2012, 12:56 PM

I think Ethan Frome is the perfect book to read as the world ends during the Mayan Apocalypse.

JSWolf · 12-01-2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sun surfer

I think Ethan Frome is the perfect book to read as the world ends during the Mayan Apocalypse.

It's the perfect book to save until December 22, 2012. Because if the world does end, at least you can say you never read it.

jersysman · 12-01-2012, 06:37 PM

I'm going to put my .01 cent in and cast a vote for Ethan Frome.

JSWolf · 12-01-2012, 09:39 PM

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I'm going to put my .01 cent in and cast a vote for Ethan Frome.

You got gypped and overpaid.

Turnstone · 12-04-2012, 06:45 AM

I am currently reading Ethan Frome. It's well written and I enjoy reading it.

jgaiser · 12-09-2012, 08:52 AM

I haven't participated in the book clubs for a while, but thanks to Jon's recommendations I think I'll give Ethan Frome a try. I only need one more book to hit my 75 for the year and I'd like to finish on a classic.

caleb72 · 12-09-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jgaiser

I haven't participated in the book clubs for a while, but thanks to Jon's recommendations I think I'll give Ethan Frome a try. I only need one more book to hit my 75 for the year and I'd like to finish on a classic.

Hope you enjoy it. I really liked it.

BelleZora · 12-09-2012, 12:17 PM

I liked Ethan Frome, too. Read it a couple of weeks before it was nominated, so then I read Cold Comfort Farm and this week The Good Earth. I may even re-read Crime and Punishment before the next round of nominations. Really enjoy the book club and the books I might never have read without it.

caleb72 · 12-09-2012, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BelleZora

...and this week The Good Earth.

Tell me what you think of this one when you're done.

Hamlet53 · 12-09-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BelleZora

I liked Ethan Frome, too. Read it a couple of weeks before it was nominated, so then I read Cold Comfort Farm and this week The Good Earth. I may even re-read Crime and Punishment before the next round of nominations. Really enjoy the book club and the books I might never have read without it.

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Originally Posted by caleb72

Tell me what you think of this one when you're done.

I read Ethan Frome recently, and as I have stated here before I liked it. I also read Good Earth very recently and really enjoyed it. Of course that book was the principal inspiration for Pearl S Buck being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

I am about half way through Cold Comfort Farm at the moment. It is hilarious. Very small bit of it:

Spoiler:

View Poll Results: Poor farmers or robots? Vote for your choice.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov	19	38.00%
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton	31	62.00%
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll

12-01-2012, 12:31 AM	#91
Piper_ ~~~~~ Posts: 758 Karma: 1276933 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle 3, Sony 350	Finished. Couldn't put it down, 'cept when i had to. Since this isn't the time or thread to post analysis, I'll just speak in regard to the concerns we had about choosing it... I thought it was sad, but not a gratuitously maudlin downer like some GR reviewers posted. Like some historical fiction that necessarily has its tragedies and sad endings, it's still well worth reading, IMO. I'll likely read it again in a few weeks, as I didn't stop to write out my thoughts along the way this time -- and it's a book that provokes a lot of thought and fodder for discussion. I thought the writing was superb - a tragic story beautifully told, with no drag in the flow. __________________ Vesper on Goodreads There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. ~Marcel Proust

12-01-2012, 07:45 AM	#94
Asawi Gadgetoholic Posts: 1,307 Karma: 1922514 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Sony PRS-350, Assorted Nooks	I started it and it really seems like good story telling to me. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy Ethan more than I would have the Robots! By that I'm not saying I think the other book is bad. Just that this one is more to my liking. I really dislike it when people categorically call things bad just because it's not in a category they like! I hate romance books, there for I don't read them. That does not mean they are bad! __________________ Asa

12-01-2012, 08:54 AM	#95
Bookatarian Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 620038 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I've just downloaded both...really want to read I, Robot sometime anyway. Cory Doctorow has a free download short story celebrating Asimov's I, Robot...would be cool to do a comparison. I'll pour a glass of wine, get a box of tissues, and settle in for our December read. __________________ "Haunted by the ghosts of books I haven't read. Poor uneasy spirits, they walk and walk around me. There's only one way to lay the ghost of a book, and that is to read it."--Christopher Morely, The Haunted Bookshop

12-01-2012, 12:56 PM	#96
sun surfer keep calm and carry on Posts: 1,261 Karma: 6665144 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: the shade of the morning sun Device: ipad mini & sony 950	I think Ethan Frome is the perfect book to read as the world ends during the Mayan Apocalypse. __________________ apple trees and honey bees and snow white turtle doves

12-01-2012, 03:39 AM	#93
spindlegirl Grand Scheme of Things Posts: 1,215 Karma: 9838441 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Near a Tim Hortons, most likely. Device: Sony PRS-T2 (Black)	Ethan Frome is a very good book. Don't listen to the naysayers

12-01-2012, 06:37 PM	#98
jersysman Guru Posts: 905 Karma: 1714348 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Nook Color, Sony PRS-T1 Red, Kindle Fire, Kindle PW	I'm going to put my .01 cent in and cast a vote for Ethan Frome. __________________

12-04-2012, 06:45 AM	#100
Turnstone Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 1202406 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Touch	I am currently reading Ethan Frome. It's well written and I enjoy reading it.

12-09-2012, 08:52 AM	#101
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 2,227 Karma: 13472511 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle GDX, Kindle 3, KPW, Nook HD+	I haven't participated in the book clubs for a while, but thanks to Jon's recommendations I think I'll give Ethan Frome a try. I only need one more book to hit my 75 for the year and I'd like to finish on a classic. __________________ Jerry -- My LibraryThing -- My Goodreads

12-09-2012, 12:17 PM	#103
BelleZora Fanatic Posts: 523 Karma: 5171918 Join Date: May 2012 Location: North Idaho Device: Paperwhite, K-Touch, Nook GL, Sony T1, Libre Pro, K-Fire	I liked Ethan Frome, too. Read it a couple of weeks before it was nominated, so then I read Cold Comfort Farm and this week The Good Earth. I may even re-read Crime and Punishment before the next round of nominations. Really enjoy the book club and the books I might never have read without it.

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