Classics for Beginners discussion

Starting in October.

Nicolle wrote: "Starting in October."

How to join this group (in October)?

Anyone can read this buddy read you don't have to 'join' or anything.

sounds good!!

Sounds great! I have this on my bookshelf just waiting to be read!

Can I join too? I think I need a reading buddy for this book as my motivation

Desiree wrote: "Yes Cary we'd be happy to have you :)"

Thanks. so when is the start?

Is it read at your own pace?

I haven't read my copy yet. Hope I can catch up easily, im such a slow reader

Loved this book so much. First I saw the movie and was so into it I located my book (had owned it for a while just never got around to starting out)

I've always wanted to see the play Hopefully one of these days

I'll start this week...promise (I know I'm not that reliable when I say I am going to start).

Who is everyone's favorite character?

I've started reading the first few pages and it's starting to break my heart.. ;(

Shug was an awesome character. I also really enjoyed Sofia. They both had such spunk and didn't let anyone control them.

Im 70% done with the book and it is really amazing! I keep on putting off reading this because I thought it's very depressing but I was wrong.

It is a very sad book but I quite enjoyed it overall

Yeah, the tone is really sad but I didn't feel sad the entire time I was reading it. I do feel sorry for Celie's hardships but something in her character also tells me that I should not feel sorry for her.

Im done with the book and it was great. Im surprised I was able to finish it in more or less two days.

I am finally reading this now. I am about a third of the way through, and I'm really enjoying it. I especially love the way that it is written in the form of letters in a colloquial fashion of Celie's idiolect. The topic of the book is quite graphic and really depicts what an awful life many black people suffered.