giveGodtheglory is currently reading The Adventures of Roderick Random.
I’m female, from Canada. I’ve been a DailyLit member since July 11, 2007. My reading interests include Classics.
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- The Adventures of Roderick Random 61% complete
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The Status Civilization finished
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The Heart of Mid-Lothian finished
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Scaramouche finished
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Life on the Mississippi finished
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Dombey and Son finished
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The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle finished
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth finished
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The Mysterious Island finished
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The Pickwick Papers finished
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The Moon Pool finished
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Secret Adversary finished
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Vanity Fair finished
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia finished
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself finished
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The Count of Monte Cristo finished
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The Enchanted Castle finished
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Villette finished
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The Scarlet Pimpernel finished
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The Heart of Mid-Lothian - Fascinating glimpse at an older time
Seeing the old culture, and the old speech patterns were fascinating. I really enjoyed this book, and looked up a copy to put on my ereader to keep.
The Status Civilization - Surprising
I'd seen a similar story on 'The Twilight Zone' or some such show, so the ending really surprised me. I like this though and have sent it to my best friend.
The Mysterious Island - Typical
Old Scifi/Fantasy always seems to have such disappointing endings.
Life on the Mississippi - Classic Twain.
*snerk*
Scaramouche - Very excellent.
All the old cliches, but since it was written before they were cliches it reads very freshly. And it's a different view of the French Revolution than is found in most novels I've read about it. I think I want this book in hard copy.
Dombey and Son - I need this in hardcopy
It has a very despicable antagonist, some endearing characters, and a very good plot. I don't agree with the wiki opinion that Florence was a nobody. She was enough of a somebody for the story.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle - meh
Meh is all there is to say. It's a meh book.
Question of the Week - Favorite Banned Books
The Bible. It's amazing what some people will do to smack down the truth.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Typical
The old books of this type all have a very similar ending. Even though this one's happier than most it's not very different otherwise.
Question of the Week - Special Election Day Question
Atticus Finch sounds good.
The Pickwick Papers - Dickens still rocks
I recommend it. The usual great comedy of errors. XD
The Moon Pool - Predictable
Classic old time science fiction, with the usual disappointing ending to an otherwise amusing book.
Villette - Made me cry.
I love Charlotte Bronte's plain and grumpy little heroines, and with 'Villette' she made me care enough about Lucy to actually cry rather hard at the ending of the book.
Secret Adversary - I'd like to get it on hard copy sometime for a second read.
Very skillfully done. I had figured out who Mr. Brown was, but then Mrs. Christie threw me a red herring.
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #34: You: The Book
I'd proly be a zine. Slapped together out of photocopy paper and bound with a bit of recycled yarn, but full of all kinds of interesting every day events.