The Buddy Reads/ Read-alongs Connection thread - Page 3

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

Ooh that’s quite a formidable list of classics you have on there!

I think T was going to read Hamlet.

T you wanna team up with Lizzy for a Buddy read?

Recently I got quite taken by Shakespeare’s quotes. Thought why not remove the bar(d) and give it a read There is a 4.5 hours movie for Hamlet, I was planning to watch it along with my reading, hoping it could bring more clarity.

Sure, I am okay with Buddy read. How does that work?

Originally posted by: LizzynDarcy

This is my TBR. I am throwing in lots of options to cast a wider net

1. Dramas:

OEDIPUS REX
ABHIGYAN SHAKUNTALAM
THE POT OF GOLD
DR FAUSTUS
HAMLET
TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL
HENRY IV PART I
MERCHANT OF VENICE
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
VOLPONE OR THE FOX
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
ARMS AND MAN
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
WAITING FOR THE GODOT
THE ICEMAN COMETH
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
A DOLL'S HOUSE
TUGHLAQ
FINAL SOLUTIONS

2. Poems:

THE WASTELAND
THE LOVE SONG OF J.AFLRED PRUFROCK

3. Novels:

Robinson Crusoe
Tom Jones
Pride and Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
Hard Times
The Mill on the Floss
Tess of the d' Urbervilles
Sons and the Lovers
Nana
To the Lighthouse
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Passage to India
The Scarlet Letter
Lucky Jim
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Huckleberry Finn
The Portrait of a Lady
A Farewell to Arms
The Colour Purple
Kantha Pura
Untouchable
The Guide
The Shadow Lines
That Long Silence
Rosarita
The Mistress of Spices
The Twyborn Affair
The Handmaid's Tale
Things Fall Apart
Karmabhoomi
A House for Mr. Biswas
Midnight's Children

But apart from that, I love to read non-fiction (except for biographies of rich folks and crazy men), I also read fan-fictions depending on what strikes a chord in me.

@b & teal — I would love to pair up for a buddy read!! Merchant of Venice happens to be one of my most favourite Shakespeare works

Okay, so for my Buddy reading,

1. Abhigyan Shakuntalam @MISSFIESTY_69)

2. Hamlet (@MISSFIESTY_69) (@DreamOfEndless)

3. Merchant of Venice (@MISSFIESTY_69)

4. Robinson Crusoe (@Shirsha)

5. A House for Mr. Biswas (@Shirsha)

6. No Longer At Ease (@Shirsha)

I think, we need to run a separate thread for it. Lizzie do confirm once. I am excited for the buddy read, but because this is for the first time, I need a bit more direction.

Originally posted by: LizzynDarcy

Okay, so for my Buddy reading,

1. Abhigyan Shakuntalam @MISSFIESTY_69)

2. Hamlet (@MISSFIESTY_69) (@DreamOfEndless)

3. Merchant of Venice (@MISSFIESTY_69)

4. Robinson Crusoe (@Shirsha)

5. A House for Mr. Biswas (@Shirsha)

6. No Longer At Ease (@Shirsha)

I think, we need to run a separate thread for it. Lizzie do confirm once. I am excited for the buddy read, but because this is for the first time, I need a bit more direction.

Yes one of the buddies can create a thread when you all agree on the time frame to start and end. Have a definitive end date too (at least a tentative one) otherwise it will drag on forever. Once you create your thread the rules of the Buddy read are upto you. Just make sure you follow IF CoC and forum rules at all times, that’s it.

With Shirisha and Vera, since you’re doing more than one book together you can decide to do them one after another or simultaneously- whatever you are comfortable with but make separate threads for each one in case some others want to join later.

Originally posted by: Shirsha

Lizzie, I would like to buddy-read Robinson Crusoe, A House for Mr. Biswas, and No Longer At Ease with LizzynDarcy. But I read A House for Mr. Biswas, and No Longer At Ease when I did M.A in English literature. The first book was written by a Caribbean author, and the second book was written by a Nigerian author. These novels were included in my syllabus. Is re-reading allowed in this reading challenge? If yes, then I can read all three novels with LizzynDarcy. If not, then I will only buddy-read Robinson Crusoe with her.

For classics please agree on a version you’re reading cos there are some condensed works, abridged works, children’ and young readers’ version etc. So do make sure you’re reading the same publication!

Before I or anyone of you start a thread, let me know your reading pace and if you want to read a specific version or are open to reading from different versions (we all can pick the one we are most comfortable with it and still discuss), and also a tentative timeline for finishing the read.

In case anyone reads Chinese novels under 500 chapters (read 200 if chaps are longer), tag me!!

Originally posted by: LizzynDarcy

Before I or anyone of you start a thread, let me know your reading pace and if you want to read a specific version or are open to reading from different versions (we all can pick the one we are most comfortable with it and still discuss), and also a tentative timeline for finishing the read.

I’m open to reading any version so long it stays true to the original version. And as for reading pace, I’m can complete a 300 page novel in about 4 hours on a stretch. So you guys can decide the reading pace and let me know

Originally posted by: Leprechaun

In case anyone reads Chinese novels under 500 chapters (read 200 if chaps are longer), tag me!!

Are Chinese novels any good Leprechaun ji? Any recs ?

Originally posted by: missFiesty_69

I’m open to reading any version so long it stays true to the original version. And as for reading pace, I’m can complete a 300 page novel in about 4 hours on a stretch. So you guys can decide the reading pace and let me know

Cool. Even I am a fast paced reader, but since this is a buddy reading project, I think we need to slow down a little. I am not sure though. How about this? We can fix a deadline or make a schedule to discuss the books? How does an act a day schedule sound to you?

I have Penguin edition for Abhigyan Shakuntalam, from my college days. But if you want, I can pick another edition. For Merchant of Venice, I am planning to read it from Arden edition - I have a pdf.

Is that okay with you?