As a fellow German I rather disagree with the assessment of that fall. The Finn changed lanes and didn't even see the German who just didn't pay attention for a moment. And then he keeps lying around which I guess can be understandable and attributable to shock/confusion, but he could have had Bronze, at least, if he…

This could be fun. Or insufferable…
But at least it's Star Trek on TV. Kind of…
Oh well, I'll take it!

Well, none of us is Humphrey Bogart…

As a German I resent the accusation. It was obviously the Swiss! Have you learned nothing from Cool Runnings?

Yes, I can definitely see that. As I said, I read most of it within a short span of time, the Christmas holidays. Actually, I think I only got through to the end, because I read the remainder of it in short snippets over the course of the last month. That certainly worked better.

Yay, George Eliot! Middlemarch is up next in my Eliot reading, but I've been putting it off, because it's soooooo long.
And I find Emma to be Austen's best work as well, apart from perhaps Sanditon. I heartily recommend that to fans of Austen as a satirist, even though it's unfinished. What's there is delightful.

Finished Don Quixote, both parts, in English translation. It's an older one (the translation, that is) by a man named Walter Starkie, but I found it quite good.
Overall, however, the whole thing was a rather long and often tedious slog. It probably wasn't a good idea to read it in one go during a short timeframe. The…

Hm, in seriousness, I don't really see that. I would classify the Brontes as members of the Romantic movement, rooted in the traditions of the Gothic novel.
Austen was a fan of the latter, but the only work that's heavily influenced by the genre is a satire of it. And her other works are more early examples of the…

First, let me congratulate you on your rather eclectic reading.
And speaking of Dickens, I just started The Pickwick Papers. I haven't really read him before, and I figured that one would be a more approachable introduction than his later stuff.

Why rush it? Classics need to be savored. ;)

You do realize that conflating Austen and the Brontes puts you on my enemies list?

The first half, about a bunch of kids making a movie was pretty nice.
The second half, about some CGI alien or whatever was pretty lame.

The review "Play enjoyed by ALL" speaks for itself.

Can't go wrong with Austen, indeed. Mansfield Park and especially its main character are a bit different from what one might call "regular Austen", but still worthwhile. And particularly the early parts are full of her trademark wit as well.

Ah, I see. I quite enjoyed the rambling old butler and the nutty aunt, but I can imagine how they might be tedious to others.

So, does that mean you don't like it? I don't quite understand.

That's interesting. I had the complete opposite reaction and found it quite affecting. The style of the film is, as you say, observant and removed, but I felt like that wasn't indifference, but rather an effort by the author to not intrude on the subject matter, instead leaving the viewer to see, understand and,…

Seriously, though, a horse and a cat who are lovers?

That was badly done, NuDisqus! Badly done!

You can say that about many authors, probably. I feel the same way about Austen adaptations, for example.