Ending the book discussion with a video discussion is brilliant! AILD was my first Faulkner, too. The action made me love it as a first book. Never a dull moment! The voxer group really helped me think about a lot of other perspectives, too. Thanks for all your great input! Now, let’s all go have a banana!
Excellent discussion Rod and Steve. Really enjoyed this video. This was my first novel-length Faulkner and I loved his writing. I will certainly read more. I read Ulysses in June and July and really think coming off the back of that helped with the stream of consciousness stuff. 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff you are kind Debs. I can imagine coming to it off the back of Ulysses would put its supposed difficulty into perspective. I did enjoy Ulysses but it stretched my reading muscles. Have you read The Waves by Virginia Woolf. That would be the logical next book now you are on a roll.
First Faulkner In August and first time reading As I Lay Dying, not what I was expecting and I would agree it is very much dark humor I'll use the teeth part as reference, I laughed could not help it😂. Looking forward to next August and thanks for another lovely video.
This was wonderful discussion! It is always terrific to see you with Steve. I was especially taken with Steve's comment about empathic understanding of characters.
I really enjoyed As I Lay Dying. It was my first Faulkner, and I'm actually glad I started with this one, but I think that is because of the group read experience. I cannot stop thinking about this book. It is one that will stay with me.
Yea! Glad to see/hear from you, again, this season, Steve 🤠 Cora's righteous indignation is quite irksome (so say the least)! Ive got another video to do (after I finish my #Faulknerinaugust painting) 🎨 Your roundups of our novels are always special 😊 Thanks, Roz 🤗
My first Faulkner as well. It worked for me very well because I loved his way of writing . I found it brilliant. I’ll need to read Light in August then. And all the others that I missed. I liked all of the children. The parents however…
My first Faulkner was Intruder in the Dust and I loved it but really must reread it someday. I have sometimes suggested that as a good starting point but only really because it worked for me! After the voxer discussion I wondered whether the content of many of his books might have been really hard reading in the 1930s as they portray a pretty brutal and unflinching picture of rural Mississippi - maybe we are sufficiently distant from that world now that we can actually appreciate the values of the novels? It was my fourth reading of this one and I ended up feeling so sad for Dewey Dell 😢
@@ianp9086 yes I think we may feel more strongly for Dewey Dell than Faulkner did. And I wonder how his compatriots from Mississippi felt about the novels at the time.
Ros and Steve, I enjoyed hearing your thoughts about the novel. It was a terrific experience reading this book with the group. Thank you! (Ros, I actually wasn’t a co-host. Rather, I was just an enthusiastic participant. 😉)
Great discussion. Your videos with Steve are my favorite way to close out Faulkner in August.
@@BookishTexan thanks Brian. It was a great group this year, wasn't it?
Ending the book discussion with a video discussion is brilliant! AILD was my first Faulkner, too. The action made me love it as a first book. Never a dull moment! The voxer group really helped me think about a lot of other perspectives, too. Thanks for all your great input! Now, let’s all go have a banana!
@@belindaguerette4249 thank for being part of the discussion group. It added a lot to my appreciation of the book. I want teeth not bananas.
@@belindaguerette4249 😂
Excellent discussion Rod and Steve. Really enjoyed this video. This was my first novel-length Faulkner and I loved his writing. I will certainly read more. I read Ulysses in June and July and really think coming off the back of that helped with the stream of consciousness stuff. 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff you are kind Debs. I can imagine coming to it off the back of Ulysses would put its supposed difficulty into perspective. I did enjoy Ulysses but it stretched my reading muscles. Have you read The Waves by Virginia Woolf. That would be the logical next book now you are on a roll.
First Faulkner In August and first time reading As I Lay Dying, not what I was expecting and I would agree it is very much dark humor I'll use the teeth part as reference, I laughed could not help it😂. Looking forward to next August and thanks for another lovely video.
@@archaic_way look forward to your company next August. Oh the new teeth.
@@archaic_way 💯
This was wonderful discussion! It is always terrific to see you with Steve. I was especially taken with Steve's comment about empathic understanding of characters.
@@HannahsBooks thanks. Steve would be quite disappointed now if we didn't make a F in A video.
Very interesting discussion! Thanks
@@barbarahelgaker390 thanks. I love getting Steve involved in a conversation.
I really enjoyed As I Lay Dying. It was my first Faulkner, and I'm actually glad I started with this one, but I think that is because of the group read experience. I cannot stop thinking about this book. It is one that will stay with me.
@@ariannefowler455 I am really happy to hear that. I think as a groupread it was ideal. I got more from it myself.
Yea! Glad to see/hear from you, again, this season, Steve 🤠 Cora's righteous indignation is quite irksome (so say the least)! Ive got another video to do (after I finish my #Faulknerinaugust painting) 🎨 Your roundups of our novels are always special 😊 Thanks, Roz 🤗
@@bighardbooks770 you did me a great favour drawing me into Faulkner in August. It's an annual ritual for me and Steve now.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks Love it! 🤗 That makes me happy to hear 🤠
My first Faulkner as well. It worked for me very well because I loved his way of writing . I found it brilliant. I’ll need to read Light in August then. And all the others that I missed.
I liked all of the children. The parents however…
@@knittingbooksetc.2810 Light in August was the first Faulkner in August book and is beautiful but less impenetrable I think.
My first Faulkner was Intruder in the Dust and I loved it but really must reread it someday. I have sometimes suggested that as a good starting point but only really because it worked for me!
After the voxer discussion I wondered whether the content of many of his books might have been really hard reading in the 1930s as they portray a pretty brutal and unflinching picture of rural Mississippi - maybe we are sufficiently distant from that world now that we can actually appreciate the values of the novels?
It was my fourth reading of this one and I ended up feeling so sad for Dewey Dell 😢
@@ianp9086 yes I think we may feel more strongly for Dewey Dell than Faulkner did. And I wonder how his compatriots from Mississippi felt about the novels at the time.
Ros and Steve, I enjoyed hearing your thoughts about the novel. It was a terrific experience reading this book with the group. Thank you! (Ros, I actually wasn’t a co-host. Rather, I was just an enthusiastic participant. 😉)
@@BookChatWithPat8668 an tremendous participant so you felt like a host. Next time we'll tie you down for it.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks thanks, Ros. You are very kind. I’d be honored. 🥰
Oh goodness! Thanks for the tag, but I’m not a cohost. I only promoted the event and signed up to read it. ☺️
@@M-J sorry. I went with Allen's list and didn't want to leave people out. Lovely you got to meet Hannah and Greg.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebooks no worries ☺️