Madi’s Comments (group member since Dec 24, 2012)

Madi’s comments from the Classics Without All the Class group.

His Dark Materials series by Pullman

I'm currently trying to work my way through Gone with the Wind. It is by no means difficult, but I did have to take a break about half way through and read something else. I have resumed my reading and hope to have it done before I start back school (which should be accomplished fairly easily).

...the instant flash of lightning that illuminates the otherwise black night.

As dreary as...

I am 18 and read the book around a year ago. I enjoyed it and I think the themes are very interesting to think about. On the other hand, I read it with a high school book club and most of the younger students had a more difficult time understanding some things. It really depends on the reader's desire to want to understand them, in my opinion.

I can't recall which I have read for myself and which for school, but some if the ones I do remember reading for school are:

To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee
Great Expectations, Dickens
The Kite Runner, Hosseini
1984, Orwell
Huck Finn, Twain
Tom Sawyer, Twain
The Once and Future King, White
Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck
Tortilla Flat, Steinbeck
The Crucible, Miller
All the Pretty Horses, McCarthy
Heart of Darkness, Conrad
Beowulf
and a lot of Shakespeare

When it came to poetry we focused of Metaphysical poets and the Romantics, Blake being my personal favorite!

Hello! I am Madison andI am from Tennessee. I love the classics, particularly British Lit. from the 19th century. I am currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and it is great! I can't wait to participate more in this group! :)

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is really good. Most all McCarthy books are good; they all have a southern gothic feeling to them.