MobileRead May 2011 Mobile Read Book Club Vote - Page 22

sun surfer · 04-30-2011, 12:21 AM

Er, I just realised I meant A Room With A View in an earlier post, not Portrait Of A Lady.

Although, POAL is a very good book, if you like slow descriptive period dramas.....and aliens.

Asawi · 04-30-2011, 03:44 AM

OK, I really need for someone to convince me AK is worth reading. I've read the first 50 or so pages, and absolutely nothing on them makes me want to go on. What am I missing?

I want to give this a go, but I really hate romance novels so it needs to have something more than that. Does it?

I'm genuinely asking here. There must be something I'm missing, or this book wouldn't have become the classic it is and getting all those votes here.

orlok · 04-30-2011, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Asawi

OK, I really need for someone to convince me AK is worth reading. I've read the first 50 or so pages, and absolutely nothing on them makes me want to go on. What am I missing?

I want to give this a go, but I really hate romance novels so it needs to have something more than that. Does it?

I'm genuinely asking here. There must be something I'm missing, or this book wouldn't have become the classic it is and getting all those votes here.

Oh dear, not a good start. I am finishing my current book before starting (with some trepidation) on Anna Karenina. You don't fill me with confidence...

Ea · 04-30-2011, 06:06 AM

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Ea · 04-30-2011, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by sun surfer

Er, I just realised I meant A Room With A View in an earlier post, not Portrait Of A Lady.

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Originally Posted by sun surfer

Anna won?

I couldn't even manage to get through Portrait Of A Lady in a month! But I am going to try at least with this one (and yes, I AM still reading POAL and will be joining the discussion once I'm done.

).

In that case I'll pull out my notes and discuss Room with a view. I never managed to collect my thoughts into something coherent when the discussion was going on.

kennyc · 04-30-2011, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by siraks

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/...ina.id-15.html

Asawi · 04-30-2011, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by siraks

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/...ina.id-15.html

OK, read these and my desire to read the book did not grow. Not for me, but for people who like grand love stories (I don't) it sounds perfect!

Hooray for us being different! It would be so boring otherwise, and I will absolutely follow the discussion about the book, and maybe then my curiousity will get triggered again!

grumpy3b · 04-30-2011, 07:14 AM

wow, from Hal Spacejock to Tolstoy in less than 30-days, If this is not the definition of eclectic I don't know what is!

haha, this might be fun.

kennyc · 04-30-2011, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by grumpy3b

wow, from Hal Spacejock to Tolstoy in less than 30-days, If this is not the definition of eclectic I don't know what is!

haha, this might be fun.

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stickybuns · 04-30-2011, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Asawi

OK, I really need for someone to convince me AK is worth reading. I've read the first 50 or so pages, and absolutely nothing on them makes me want to go on. What am I missing?

I want to give this a go, but I really hate romance novels so it needs to have something more than that. Does it?

I'm genuinely asking here. There must be something I'm missing, or this book wouldn't have become the classic it is and getting all those votes here.

I've read Part 1 so far. "Romance novel" isn't a very accurate description... to me, it's really more a character study of some supremely selfish and self-centered people. More than once, I've said to myself, "Oh, s/he can't be that bad!" up until Tolstoy switches the perspective to that person and I'm like, "Holy crap! S/he's worse! What an ass!" Mind you, I really love reading about flawed people... so far, no one is irredeemable, but they are very human.

JSWolf · 04-30-2011, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by zespectre

Okay, just finished the book....The butler did it.

It was the postman who did it.

JSWolf · 04-30-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I think people would grow suspicious of a blind ballot. How would folks know for sure the voting was fair? But it would be neat if we tried a poll where the results weren't visible until the vote was final. Of course, Alex would have to work some magic to make that an option.

That being said, is there a Reader's Digest version of Anna Karenina? There's no way in hell I'm going to read Annie K in three weeks with all I have on my plate.

Get the cliff notes and forget trying to read Anna unless of course you are having trouble sleeping. After a few pages, you'll be sleeping better then ever.

JSWolf · 04-30-2011, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by siraks

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/...ina.id-15.html

Even the cliff notes of Anna are rather dull and dreary.

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Originally Posted by Asawi

OK, I really need for someone to convince me AK is worth reading. I've read the first 50 or so pages, and absolutely nothing on them makes me want to go on. What am I missing?

I want to give this a go, but I really hate romance novels so it needs to have something more than that. Does it?

I'm genuinely asking here. There must be something I'm missing, or this book wouldn't have become the classic it is and getting all those votes here.

It was only chosen because it's free and old. It has nothing whatsoever to do with actually being enjoyable to read. In fact, some of the worst books ever are considered (incorrectly) to be classics.

Nyssa · 04-30-2011, 05:13 PM

OMG Jon, don't you ever give it a rest!?! There was a vote, Anna won, just deal. You don't like the book - we know! You don't want to read the book - we know! Guess what, you don't have to read the book!! How about you let those who want to read it, do so in peace, and, like those who don't want to read it go and read or do something else.

grumpy3b · 04-30-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

OMG Jon, don't you ever give it a rest!?! There was a vote, Anna won, just deal. You don't like the book - we know! You don't want to read the book - we know! Guess what, you don't have to read the book!! How about you let those who want to read it, do so in peace, and, like those who don't want to read it go and read or do something else.

poor Jon, dude is a lightening rod, granted a self-inducing lightening-rod but a rod none the less...

Yeah, Jon, AK is not a fast paced action thriller but it is a true classic even if Tolstoy is not for everyone. But I love Tolstoy's imagery and how he wrote the human condition and life in Russia, a life we in the west might never have been aware of otherwise.

View Poll Results: May 2011 Mobile Read Book Club Vote
1984 by George Orwell	22	24.72%
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde	4	4.49%
Call of the Wild by Jack London	6	6.74%
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy	23	25.84%
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain	4	4.49%
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells	7	7.87%
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra	4	4.49%
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey	8	8.99%
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton	7	7.87%
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith	4	4.49%
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04-30-2011, 12:21 AM	#316
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Er, I just realised I meant A Room With A View in an earlier post, not Portrait Of A Lady. Although, POAL is a very good book, if you like slow descriptive period dramas.....and aliens.

04-30-2011, 03:44 AM	#317
Asawi Gadgetoholic Posts: 1,467 Karma: 3865860 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Libra2, Tolino Vision 6	OK, I really need for someone to convince me AK is worth reading. I've read the first 50 or so pages, and absolutely nothing on them makes me want to go on. What am I missing? I want to give this a go, but I really hate romance novels so it needs to have something more than that. Does it? I'm genuinely asking here. There must be something I'm missing, or this book wouldn't have become the classic it is and getting all those votes here.

04-30-2011, 07:14 AM	#323
grumpy3b Banned Posts: 246 Karma: 14967 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2 (x2), Kindle 1, a couple old PDAs	wow, from Hal Spacejock to Tolstoy in less than 30-days, If this is not the definition of eclectic I don't know what is! haha, this might be fun.

04-30-2011, 05:13 PM	#329
Nyssa Series Addict Posts: 6,180 Karma: 167189477 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd Gen)	OMG Jon, don't you ever give it a rest!?! There was a vote, Anna won, just deal. You don't like the book - we know! You don't want to read the book - we know! Guess what, you don't have to read the book!! How about you let those who want to read it, do so in peace, and, like those who don't want to read it go and read or do something else.