Wuthering Heights Discussion Schedule

[writingwithheld]

It looks like WH won out in the poll. I think we should shoot for 5 chapters a week, which will be around 50ish pages. Is Wednesday a good day to post discussion threads? We could stagger them on different days also if we can't get everyone on the same day. If this seems like too much reading let me know and I'll reduce it to 3-4 chapters.

Week 1: Ch 1-5 (W 5/23)
Week 2: Ch 6-10 (W 5/30)
Week 3: Ch 11-15 (W 6/6)
Week 4: Ch 16-20 (W 6/13)
Week 5: Ch 21-25 (W 6/20)
Week 6: Ch 26-30 (W 6/27)
Week 7: Ch 30-34 (Th 7/5) --to avoid the holiday

[bookbunny]

That sounds good to me. Thanks so much for organizing!

[PinkSquirrel]

Sounds good to me!

[BravoBravo]

I am going to be on a vacation and then moving cross country during all of this.

[angnshaun]

Sounds good to me

[dorothyinAus]

Thanks for organizing! I am looking forward to actually reading this book.

[charlatti]

This sounds great. Thanks for organizing!
ETA: Since the board is in bump mode anyway, even if people can't post on Wednesdays they can still join in, right?

[dorothyinAus]

May 15, 2012 7:29:05 GMT -5 charlatti said:

This sounds great. Thanks for organizing!
ETA: Since the board is in bump mode anyway, even if people can't post on Wednesdays they can still join in, right?

I hope so. I'm 14 hours ahead of US Eastern time right now, so while I want to participate, I'll either be the first poster or I'll be catching up in the US evening. I think we can make it work -- even if the discussion drags on until Thursday or Friday.

[writingwithheld]

Of course we can spread it out for a few days! It'll give us time to catch up on our reading if we get behind, too.

[BravoBravo]

I retract my previous statement back. I will finally be getting an iPhone next week and the PB app.

[bluelikejazz]

Can I play?

I would love to read more of the "classics" but I always get bored and confused. Hopefully this will be enough accountability to keep me interested!

[lollipopsandcrisps]

I'm butting in from TB, but I'm excited to read Wuthering Heights again. Hope you ladies don't mind me intruding

[lemondrop]

I think 50 pages is reasonable. If I have to I can skim. ;D

The dates should work for me. Thanks for organizing this.

[writingwithheld]

Everyone is more than welcome. I (an intruder) am the one who started it all so the more new blood the better.

[PinkSquirrel]

May 15, 2012 9:56:43 GMT -5 bluelikejazz said:

I would love to read more of the "classics" but I always get bored and confused. Hopefully this will be enough accountability to keep me interested!

This is me. 50ish pages a week and discussion about said 50 pages feels much more doable and enjoyable and should keep me from getting bored and putting it aside forever

[bluelikejazz]

May 15, 2012 12:31:43 GMT -5 writingwithheld said:

Everyone is more than welcome. I (an intruder) am the one who started it all so the more new blood the better.

Yay! I'm in

[cabbage10]

I want to join this too but have never been part of the book discussion on TN. can someone explain to me how it works?

Thanks and looking forward to the discussion, this is one of my favorite books

[briedrew]

Thanks for breaking it up this way! I can only speak for myself, but I think it's going to be a big help. It's been a little over 10 years since I "read" this in high school, so I'm really looking forward to it.

[lemondrop]

May 15, 2012 14:29:45 GMT -5 cabbage10 said:

I want to join this too but have never been part of the book discussion on TN. can someone explain to me how it works?

Thanks and looking forward to the discussion, this is one of my favorite books

I'm not sure we're going to follow the NBC format, but there people just started a bunch of threads based on different topics in the book. I imagine we can use our first books to really feel out how it works.

[sporklemotion]

I'm in, and am excited!

[hopecounts]

I'm in!

[Deleted]

Ooo, I'm in!!!

[BravoBravo]

If you have a Nook here is the link for the book (it is free)

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wuthering-heights-emily-bront/1100139390?ean=2940000952740

[Nerd Alert]

Count me in! Thank you for organizing this.

[whitepicketfence]

May 15, 2012 23:36:23 GMT -5 BravoBravo said:

If you have a Nook here is the link for the book (it is free)

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wuthering-heights-emily-bront/1100139390?ean=2940000952740

Sweet! Thanks for posting this.

Oh, and I'm in! Thanks for organizing this, OP!

[hopecounts]

Here's a link to the free kindle edition.
www.amazon.com/Wuthering-Heights-ebook/dp/B004UJAOLM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1337173821&sr=1-1

[dorothyinAus]

In case anyone wanted to participate but preferred an audio-book format, I wanted to let you know about Librivox. It's a site of free audio files for many books in the public domain.

librivox.org/

I have listened to several books via Librivox files. Some of the recordings are better than others, but they are done by volunteers and they are free, so I really can't complain. And they are a hell of a lot better than the text-to-voice on my Kindle. That sucks big time!

Anyway, I just wanted to let people know there is a source for some free audio versions of classics.

[sam20]

I'll try and join in. Having a baby the first week of June so that will either cut into my reading time or give me tons of reading time (middle of the night feedings!).

[whitepicketfence]

May 17, 2012 7:41:00 GMT -5 sam20 said:

I'll try and join in. Having a baby the first week of June so that will either cut into my reading time or give me tons of reading time (middle of the night feedings!).

Haha! DD2 still doesn't STTN so I do the bulk of my reading at like 3 am :Y:

[DarcyLongfellow]

I'm in :-) I just checked, and I already have it on my Nook.

I know I've read Wuthering Heights before, but it may have been in high school. I really think I might have completed my English major without studying anything by any of the Bronte sisters! I'm excited to see what I think of it as an adult.