Some of the best conversations I’ve had about literature—and for that matter, about life—have been in small classrooms, talking very specifically about something we’ve all just read…
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Ann, I loved reading To The LIghthouse together, including the dense discussion in the ongoing chat. However, I found the Zoom distracting with so many people putting lengthy comments into the chat. I'm wondering if there's a way for us to chime in at the beginning--say where we're from, etc.--and then restrict the chat so that we can pose brief questions to you and Mona, but keep the focus on what Mona is saying. Just a thought.
This sounds fun. Years ago in college I seriously read the first fifty or so pages and then zipped through the remainder. I’m looking forward to a deep dive!
I haven't read it before and am thrilled to join this discussion. Considering how big the book is, and with this frequency of doing a chapter/week.. we'll be reading this for a long time isn't it? Maybe well into the next year too.
Thanks so much for getting back to me. I loved reading To the Lighthouse with Mona leading the way! I read Middlemarch for the first time during the pandemic, but of course it's already time to read it again!
Never too soon! I have a piece I'll publish soon by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc where she remembers a teacher she had who read the same big books every year for fifty years—Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, War and Peace—and said if she could do life over she would be a hermit.
Where can I find th schedule for this?
Hi! We will post every Sunday, starting with Chapter One this week. Find posts here or sign up for a free Book Post subscription to receive them as an email https://books.substack.com/s/read-along
Ann, I loved reading To The LIghthouse together, including the dense discussion in the ongoing chat. However, I found the Zoom distracting with so many people putting lengthy comments into the chat. I'm wondering if there's a way for us to chime in at the beginning--say where we're from, etc.--and then restrict the chat so that we can pose brief questions to you and Mona, but keep the focus on what Mona is saying. Just a thought.
We actually don't have a plan yet for a Zoom, but I'll keep this in mind. I too really dislike having to keep track of complicated chat on a Zoom.
When will Mona's comments for today be posted? Or have I missed something?
Just a wee bit later than hoped! Very soon! Thanks so much for checking in.
Meanwhile, I've opened a chat!
This sounds fun. Years ago in college I seriously read the first fifty or so pages and then zipped through the remainder. I’m looking forward to a deep dive!
I'm hearing this from many quarters! It will be a long-aborning project for lots of us, looks like!
Summer just got cooler!
Hi Mona.
Will you be doing a chapter a week?
thanks!
A chapter a week! I hope you'll join us! (Ann, for Mona)
I haven't read it before and am thrilled to join this discussion. Considering how big the book is, and with this frequency of doing a chapter/week.. we'll be reading this for a long time isn't it? Maybe well into the next year too.
We might pick up the pace a *tiny* bit as we go 😉
Thanks so much for getting back to me. I loved reading To the Lighthouse with Mona leading the way! I read Middlemarch for the first time during the pandemic, but of course it's already time to read it again!
Never too soon! I have a piece I'll publish soon by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc where she remembers a teacher she had who read the same big books every year for fifty years—Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, War and Peace—and said if she could do life over she would be a hermit.
Wow! I wonder if she ever had a moment to read anything else...
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How great! Perfect companions! Welcome