MJ's Challenge ~ The Voyage Out

[RoyalChick]

Hi everyone! I'm sorry that I've dropped by the wayside. Life has been crazy busy. First with our kitchen remodel & now my mom is very ill. She broke her hip in 2019 and has had nothing but trouble since. Tomorrow she is going in for surgery to remove the implant as it failed & she has a severe infection.

Hope things work out for your mom.

 

[RoyalChick]

"When I think of the Greeks I think of them as naked black men," said Miss Allan, "which is quite incorrect, I'm sure.”

I marked that as well. I am finding this hotel guest phase very irritating.
It is like Oscar Wilde without the wit. In other words a bunch of self important superficial chit chat.

 

[RoyalChick]

I marked that as well. I am finding this hotel guest phase very irritating.
It is like Oscar Wilde without the wit. In other words a bunch of self important superficial chit chat.

I should clarify that I love Oscar Wilde. But without wit? Aaargh!

 

[drstratton]

My thoughts are with you and your mum, hope everything goes ok

Hoping everything goes as well as possible.

Hope things work out for your mom.

Thank you, I hope so too!

 

[drstratton]

My mom made it through her surgery and they said everything went well.

I will be trying to catch up and rejoin the discussion!

 

[Ribh]

I stopped getting notifications for this thread for some reason but my paper copy has finally arrived. So much easier than trying to navigate my phone or computer.

 

[Ribh]

Hi everyone! I'm sorry that I've dropped by the wayside. Life has been crazy busy. First with our kitchen remodel & now my mom is very ill. She broke her hip in 2019 and has had nothing but trouble since. Tomorrow she is going in for surgery to remove the implant as it failed & she has a severe infection.

I've caught up on your thread You have more important things to worry about.

 

[Ribh]

I should clarify that I love Oscar Wilde. But without wit? Aaargh!

I love Oscar Wilde too! The first stage play I ever saw was The Importance of Being Earnest. Then I discovered his fairy tales & fell in love.

 

[MaryJanet]

I stopped getting notifications for this thread for some reason but my paper copy has finally arrived. So much easier than trying to navigate my phone or computer.
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I love the cover! I switched to the library's copy back at chapter 3 (published by the Hogarth Press and from the Colin Thiele collection - maybe CT once read the very book I'm now reading - a special thought!). Reading paper is much nicer, but with deliveries so slow and my other bookclub meeting on Monday and paper copies of its books mostly unavailable in the library, I've had to adapt to reading on the kindle. @drstratton it turns out the kindle does let me make notes and highlights but after owning it for many years, I was still too unfamiliar with it to realise!

 

[MaryJanet]

I love Oscar Wilde too! The first stage play I ever saw was The Importance of Being Earnest. Then I discovered his fairy tales & fell in love.

His writing is so bright and full of life

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