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I've tried to read this one before and been unsuccessful, despite enjoying other Dickens books. Hopefully this character list helps me a little, because chapter 1 kind of had a big name dump 😂 I marked out what appeared to be spoilery bits!

What inspired you to pick up Pickwick Papers? I've always wanted to read it ever since I read Little Women as a girl - the March sisters seemed to enjoy it so! I looked it up and realized that PP was ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) first published as an actual book (rather than serially) in 1867. LW was published in 1868, so PP was definitely in vogue at the time!!

Any other first chapter thoughts?
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@AnneCecilie @TheBookHippie @BarkingMadRead 1y

AnneCecilie It‘s Dickens and I tend to like his books and want to read more of him. I quite liked the tone of the first chapter and it left me wanting to read more. 1y

TheBookHippie It‘s one I‘ve not read I‘m determined to read it I did DNF before. I actually sent an email to the teacher who printed me a Middlemarch character list for a cheat sheet for this one too 😅😂😂😂 holiday weekend but I shall report back!!! So far I‘m just holding my breathe! We can do it!!!! 1y

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TheAromaofBooks @AnneCecilie - Yes, I'm quite interested to see what adventures await this little group!!! 1y

TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie - I would definitely be into a cheat sheet if you find one (I pretty much never mind spoilers LOL) because I have tried to read this one twice and just couldn't quite get everyone sorted! 1y

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks if I can finish Middlemarch I can do this one!!! 1y

TheBookHippie @TheAromaofBooks okay I emailed you a list ! Hopefully it‘s correct and went through!!! My girl child had a list 😂👀 she‘s 35😂😂😂😂😂. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly I really ought to read this so that part of Little Women will make sense next time 😂 1y

TheAromaofBooks @Clare-Dragonfly - It's genuinely the reason I have always wanted to read this one!!! I remember being so confused by that section when I read Little Women as a child haha 1y

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Life of Pi | Yann Martel

So technically we have read through Chapter 37, but since that chapter starts Part 2, I don't have as much to say about it (other than wow! Talk about leaping into the action section! 😂) I didn't find this week's reading quite as engaging. It's a LOT about religion, and since I didn't quite agree with all Pi's conclusions, I didn't completely connect. What did you all think? I was also very struck by Pi's father's decision to give them such ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) a graphic lesson about not trusting the animals! Do you think it was too much?? Did anything else strike you this week?

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@willaful @peanutnine @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @Bookwormjillk 2y

Bookwormjillk The religion talk was a bit much for me too. I thought it was funny when all of his teachers met though. 2y

willaful I agree with your points. It was really something to be just thrown into the situation after all that build up! Though it looks like the next chapter is more backstory.

I was also kind of bored with the religious sections. Which could mean the rest of the book will be dull, but we'll see.

I think it was relatable how he glommed onto the one thing familiar to him, even with a name he knows, only realizing too late.... 2y

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willaful It did make me laugh, how he ran to the... I forget the title, the Hindu equivalent of a priest? for a Hindu celebration of his having found Christ. 😂 2y

Suet624 This is a book you really have to finish. It makes reading the book so worthwhile. 2y

Daisey @TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk @willaful I guess I‘m the odd person be here, but although I don‘t personally agree with some of Pi‘s conclusions, I found his thoughts on the religions fascinating and was thoroughly entertained by the three religious leaders‘ attempts to win him over. 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk @willaful @Daisey - I did like the way that Pi was so open to exploring and understanding different religions, and how his beliefs have given him a framework for life. And the scene with the various religious leaders getting all huffy with one another was definitely entertaining haha 2y

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