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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
No joke, it was the TV series Mama's Family (a cheesy stupid syndicated sitcom) that made me want to read The Scarlet Letter. Thelma is assigned The Scarlet Letter and has all the usual complaints. Her friend Iola describes the book in the most pot-boiler, soap opera terms, which made the book more approachable to Mama. I admit, the synopsis intrigued me and I read the book and wound up loving it (though I think I prefer House of the Seven Gables).
There's some value in approaching the classics a little less seriously. |
Trollope's
The Way We Live Now and Balzac's
Cousin Bette are soap operas as well.
As for online book discussions, I am active in those; however, I tend to read little "mainstream" stuff, nor am I interested in fantasy or science-fiction, so like-minded readers are not thick on the ground for me.
I do discuss books at Instagram, though honestly it's a lot about posting pretty pictures of one's TBR often. "Gave me all the feels" makes me cringe, but I'm an old goat. Social media can be useful for books where I'm on the fence, so can dig a bit deeper with folks I know as to whether I'd actually like the book or not.