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Tanelle wrote: "I'm trying to remember which books I read in High School as you all keep mentioned some and outside of Shakespeare (Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello) I can't remember which ones I read. I'm tempt..."

I can only remember about half the books I read. Sometimes I can even remember the teacher talking about the book, but most of them are just a hazy memory. (High school was over 30 years ago for me, so it's all fading fast!) I had to read Billy Budd in junior year for Ms Fogerty, but I can't remember any of the other books she had us read. I think there were a bunch of short stories in a text book, so they don't stand out in my memory very well now. One of them used the phrase "whited sepulchre" - I have no idea what book that was! One involved snowflakes gathering on a guy's eye lashes while he sat with his horse (that may have been Chekhov?)

Nadine wrote: "One of them used the phrase "whited sepulchre" - I have no idea what book that was!

You made me curious, so I googled the phrase. Could it have been Heart of Darkness?

I googled it too! All I found was DH Lawrence, Women in Love. I'm pretty sure I have not read either book (WiL or HoD). Ive been meaning to read Heart of Darkness for a few years now - it would be funny if -when I finally get around to reading it - I realize I've already read it.

Nadine wrote: "I googled it too! All I found was DH Lawrence, Women in Love. I'm pretty sure I have not read either book (WiL or HoD). Ive been meaning to read Heart of Darkness for a few years now - it would be ..."

Good luck with it. I was the type to read all of my school reading, even if I didn't like it. Heart of Darkness was the first book I disliked SO MUCH that I only made it through the first of 3 parts, and just skimmed the rest enough to sorta be able to talk about it.

I was that type too - I read every book assigned to me (notable exception: Tale of Two Cities, assigned immediately after Great Expectations, which was Too Much Dickens for 13 year old me!), so whatever it was, I read it. I just can't remember it now! I wish stuff like Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ existed back when I was in school.

The "whited sepulcher" has been used a lot of places, or at least I thought it had until I searched for it! A corner of my brain is certain the answer lies in my old copy of Norton's, but it's just too big to find anything that's not in the first line index. It's got a rhythm that works well with poetry, but Paul Laurence Dunbar's A Winter's Day is the only one I can think of right now that's famous enough to maybe be in a text book.

It was used somewhere in the Bible, so whenever religious themes were a large part of someone's work it cropped up often, I'm not sure why it comes up with so few results in Google. Google, you have failed us today! :P

Challenge: 18/52
Advanced: 11/52


A bestseller from 2016: The Chemist. This would also be a great book for an Espionage Thriller, which may be where I got the idea.



QOTW: The classics. I guess it depends on which one. I should try to read more of them, especially the ones I haven't read yet.

First post here, though I joined this challenge at the first of the year. Have gotten off to a slow start, but still glad I joined!

January: Read The Winter People for the January 2017 Challenge. Quite spooky! Also read Wishful Drinking for a book with an eccentric character. Fun, easy read.

February: Read The Underground Railroad for the February 2017 Challenge. Enjoyed this one also, even with the heavier subject matter.

March: Having trouble making myself start Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, mainly because of some of the reviews, and also because I just need a break from stressful work life and to read something light. Kind of ridiculous, because I was previously so excited about this book, and bought it back in 2016 when I first saw that the movie was coming out. Read Shopaholic Ties the Knot to lighten things up and for a book by an author who uses a pseudonym. Always love this series. Also read Truly Madly Guilty for a bestseller from 2016 and loved it!! Just my style of writing with multiple POV and some back and forth on the timelines.

Have a few other books that are partway done and I need to finish up. I really love to read a book in one or two sittings; if I leave it for too long, it's hard to get back into. Is this just me? Do y'all have this issue, too?

3/40, 5/52 advanced, 2/12 monthly

re: the Question - i find clickbait in general to be annoying, but in this case, HILARIOUS!

So my question is - how do the classics of literature fit into your reading life? Do you love them? Hate them? Think they are overrated? And do you think these clickbait headlines would tempt you to read one of the books?

I am part of the Boxall's 1001 Books to Read Before You Die challenge. So, I am always trying to read classics. Even ones I read in high school.

I've discovered that my teenage self's opinion of some books is highly suspect.

Ah a... somewhat late update but here we go.

My current read count is 11/52

This past week I finished Roller Girl to fulfill the "Book with Pictures" prompt. I never read graphic novels and I absolutely loved it! It was definitely was an easy read that I was able to finish over about three hours in between finals.

This week I have moved onto "A book thats been on your TBR list for a while" with Peter and the Starcatchers. I absolutely love the play and I know that it is considered to be more of a "children's book" so I am excited to finally start reading it. I also hope to read it's sequel to fulfill "A book involving a mythical creature and maybe one more book while I am on spring break!

QOTW: I am such a victim of clickbait! I am totally that person people are targeting with those articles, ESPECALLY listicles. I think that it is a pretty good way to market books in the same sort of way "a blind date with a book is."

Katherine wrote: "Ah a... somewhat late update but here we go.

My current read count is 11/52

This past week I finished Roller Girl to fulfill the "Book with Pictures" prompt. I never read graphic ..."

I read Roller Girl last year because daughter #2 INSISTED I read it - boy was she right! What a GREAT book, appeals to all ages! This would be a fantastic graphic novel for someone who is new to graphic novels, too.

hello all, I actually just joined the group yesterday and haven't fully had a chance to look at the list and compare it to what I have read this year so far but I am excited to get started and join in the conversations!

Erika wrote: "hello all, I actually just joined the group yesterday and haven't fully had a chance to look at the list and compare it to what I have read this year so far but I am excited to get started and join..."

Welcome Erika!

And duh, I forgot to add one other books that I read last week- Paris in Love for an author that uses a pseudonym prompt. I enjoyed this memoir. It made me want to revisit Paris again.

Mike wrote: "Nadine wrote: "One of them used the phrase "whited sepulchre" - I have no idea what book that was!

You made me curious, so I googled the phrase. Could it have been Heart of Darkness?

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I too think it is Heart of Darkness, and it's a book that has sat on high school reading lists forever. Plus the imagery of 'whited sepulchre' fits the imagery and metaphor of the book. DH Lawrence tended to be reserved for college lists although sometimes a senior level high school English class would assign him.

Stina wrote: "I've got to the point I cringe whenever a "literary" author decides to show how hip he is by going slumming in the genres. Leave the genre fiction to writers who actually show it some respect!"

I don't really understand this separation of "literary" and "genre" authors, or even the need to separate the genres themselves. Then again I don't really understand why "genre fiction" or genres in general should be shown respect or how that would happen. IMO there is no reason for authors to stick to whatever they have been writing and many good writers write whatever they want and don't really care about any genre limitations coming from outside.