February: Reading Charles Dickens

I'm on board for Dombey and Son, which I see several others will be reading as well.

I mean to read a lot of Dickens this year, so I can try Dombey for February.

I think I'll pick The Pickwick Papers.

I hope to read A Tale of Two Cities, but I'm not sure if I'll have time.

I shall be reading Oliver Twist.

I have Great Expectations on the shelves, but no idea when I'm going to find time to read it!

I am also planning to read Great Expectations as my first "Author of the Month" read. Hopefully I will have time for a second one as well.
belva

Planning to start David Copperfield after breakfast. (The joy of a day off!) But picked up a copy of Neverwhere at the library yesterday which is also calling me, so we shall see!

I am picking up The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories - have Dan Simmons's Drood waiting so can as well reread the original and see if I have any of the stories unread.

I'll be reading Oliver Twist, too.

Well, I made a start on David Copperfield. I've haven't read it before and haven't seen/heard any of the adaptations yet reading it makes me feel that I have! I'm not sure whether this is because he is dealing with such archetypal themes or because so many other writers have been influenced by him!

Starting David Copperfield planning on half an hour a day for the next few weeks then attacking it duri ng the half term holidays.

Will try to start David Copperfield by next week. Dickens is one of my favorite authors. I'm really looking forward to it!

If I get to finish this one I'll probably re-read something else like Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities or maybe Little Dorrit.

# 3 If you're reading The Pickwick Papers for the first time, you're in for a treat. It maybe long, but it's so witty! Wish I could re-read it but I'm not sure I'll get enough time for that this month.

I keep going back and forth between the various Dickens...at this moment I'm leaning toward David Copperfield. He will be facing off against Barchester Towers in my Dickens vs. Trollope category in another challenge.

Since I just discovered my edition of Pickwick is abridged (cut in half! arrrgh!), I'm starting A Tale of Two Cities instead.

Pickwick is one of my favorites. I'm not an all-around avid Dickens fan, but I loved it, and would try with another copy, if you can! A Tale of Two Cities is eminently worth the reading, though.

I am working on Dombey and Son, but also hoping to get in some shorter stories and perhaps revisit The Mystery of Edwin Drood, an intriguing story I haven't been back to in ten years. If the reading goes a lot faster than I expect, comments about Our Mutual Friend might draw me on to it.

I've got Bleak House on deck for this. I'd already read some of the ones I might have picked (David Copperfield, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities), this is the most appealing of the remainder. Pickwick looks interesting, but I want to check out Inspector Bucket, the first detective to make a debut in fiction!

Remind me now, who was C. Auguste Dupin?

I am still 40 pages away from completing Under the Greenwood tree, so David Copperfield and Little Dorrit will have to wait a day or two. On the brighter side, it will take my Thomas Hardy tally to a respectable seven.

@geneg
Isn't Dupin that detective who appeared in Edgar Allan Poe's works?

The first true detective in fiction. So says Wikipedia. 1841.

Hoping to start David Copperfield tomorrow.

I'm going to read Hard Times.

Eventually I'm going to read Our Mutual Friend but it might take me a little while, as I have a couple of books I need to finish first.

Finished David Copperfield. The link to my review is,

http://www.librarything.com/review/54419446

I'm off on a ski trip and have decided to take A Tale of Two Cities along with me.

I have almost finished A Tale of Two Cities and will move on from there to Great Expectation, given time. I need to finish 2666 yet as well but I'm in the last book of that one.
I wasn't expecting there to be so much violence in Dickens as I have found here. But I enjoy his writing and I find his characters to be believable for the time.
belva

I have almost finished A Tale of Two Cities and will move on from there to Great Expectations, given time. I need to finish 2666 yet as well but I'm in the last book of that one.
I wasn't expecting there to be so much violence in Dickens as I have found there to be. But I enjoy his writing and I find his characters to be believable for the time period.
belva

Well, I only got to the end of section I of A Tale of Two Cities, but I'm going to continue to read it, bit by bit. Just don't have time for recreational reading these days (and the Olympics didn't help, either).

I shall be reading Nicholas Nickleby in March for 2010 Category Challenge.

Just a day late for Dickens month, there was a wonderful radio show about Dickens on 'Here on Earth' Monday. You can listen or download online or get the podcast from iTunes. Highly recommended.

Thank you teelgee. You are a dear.
belva

Thank you teelgee. I'm off to get my ipod now.

Haven't been able to visit LT in quite some time as I have been rather busy and also been sick with a fever. Finished re-reading A Tale of Two Cities last month but haven't been able to write my review untill now. Now here it is,

http://www.librarything.com/review/50367899

Well said Porua. Great review. I agree that even with all its flaws, A Tale of Two Cities is worth reading because of Sydney Carton.
Hope you're feeling better.

Thank you for enjoying my review. A Tale of Two Cities is very close to my heart and the character of Sydney Carton remains one of my eternal favorites.

I'm much better now. Thanks for asking. :-)

Woo hoo! I finally finished A Tale of Two Cities. Yes, I know it's April.