Yorkshire book club December 6th Meeting :)

Wow!  It's almost like being in school again...

Heh heh - school was never this demanding! 

Heh heh - school was never this demanding! 

A while back I wanted to volunteer as a guide at the University of PA Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.  They gave me a required reading list that was *pages* long--seriously there were dozens of books I was supposed to read before I could do it.  Needless to say I was completely overwhelmed and quit before I even started. 

100 Years of Solitude is brilliant...long but wonderful-you read all of it for the last page

Good luck with all of your reading...I need to finish my book and find the Anne Bronte book-apparently some other reading group has checked it out from MY library and won't return it until January  

100 Years of Solitude is brilliant...long but wonderful-you read all of it for the last page

Good luck with all of your reading...I need to finish my book and find the Anne Bronte book-apparently some other reading group has checked it out from MY library and won't return it until January  

I was just at the Bronte museum last week and could have picked up a few copies for everyone there  .  I'll try my library and then Borders if it's not at the library.  Still have to finish Wuthering Heights though--I'm halfway through.  I don't know where people get the idea that it is a romantic love story (from films, maybe?) because it's not really.

I was just at the Bronte museum last week and could have picked up a few copies for everyone there  .  I'll try my library and then Borders if it's not at the library.  Still have to finish Wuthering Heights though--I'm halfway through.  I don't know where people get the idea that it is a romantic love story (from films, maybe?) because it's not really.

I never could get that idea either...Must be movies   Maybe I will have to convince DH to go to the Bronte museum with me...hmm, unless I can get there via public transport!  Will look into it  

I never could get that idea either...Must be movies   Maybe I will have to convince DH to go to the Bronte museum with me...hmm, unless I can get there via public transport!  Will look into it  

I'm almost sure you can get there via public transport!

Just looked it up and you can   Seems like it would be MUCH easier via a car though!  I shall see what I can do with wrangling DH into going

Hey but I'm ahead of schedule for the local group's choice in July 'cos I've already read Chesil Beach. 

No, I've discovered that it's fatal reading too far ahead - by the time the group meets I've forgotten most of the plot Write yourself a summary now Carolyn, while it's fresh in your mind!

Just looked it up and you can   Seems like it would be MUCH easier via a car though!  I shall see what I can do with wrangling DH into going

Yeah, I'd insist on curb service to Haworth.  I was trying to figure out how to get there via public transport from Leeds once...and reckoned the journey one-way would end up taking about 2 hours, which is ridiculous considering how close it is!

There's a great walk you can do from Haworth up to 'Wuthering Heights' (Top Withens) too, but it's a 7 & a bit mile round trip walk.  Great walk though & you get to see 'Wuthering Heights'!    (and fearless sheep that try to nick your sandwiches - they are always there!)

No, I've discovered that it's fatal reading too far ahead - by the time the group meets I've forgotten most of the plot Write yourself a summary now Carolyn, while it's fresh in your mind!

Ha ha - good point!  Maybe I will do that, but Chesil Beach was such as short (and pointless) book... 

Yeah, I'd insist on curb service to Haworth.  I was trying to figure out how to get there via public transport from Leeds once...and reckoned the journey one-way would end up taking about 2 hours, which is ridiculous considering how close it is!

I have been to Haworth a few times by public transport on a Saturday, not impossible although it takes a bit of time. You need a train to Keighley, then it's a short walk to the bus station and buses run (I think about once an hour) to Haworth and stop very close to the Bronte Parsonage. There are cafes to hang about in at Keighley and Haworth, but I don't think I had that long to wait.  Bus times are here: http://www.keighleyanddistrict.co.uk/times/500_663_664_665.asp.

Of course in the summer you can get the Worth Valley steam train from Keighley to Haworth which is very scenic but more expensive than the bus.

I have been to Haworth a few times by public transport on a Saturday, not impossible although it takes a bit of time. You need a train to Keighley, then it's a short walk to the bus station and buses run (I think about once an hour) to Haworth and stop very close to the Bronte Parsonage. There are cafes to hang about in at Keighley and Haworth, but I don't think I had that long to wait.  Bus times are here: http://www.keighleyanddistrict.co.uk/times/500_663_664_665.asp.

Of course in the summer you can get the Worth Valley steam train from Keighley to Haworth which is very scenic but more expensive than the bus.

Even though public trans takes a while, it's not so bad to sit and relax and read or whatever.  What should have been a half hour drive when my hubby and I went last week, ended up being almost an hour and a half drive because of traffic--and it wasn't even near rush hour!

I borrowed The Tenant of Wildfell Hall from HME last night, and have been reading another author's intro to the book plus a bit of bio about Anne Bronte.  Really excited to be reading this one now! 

Funny thing the bio was talking about a time when Anne worked for one Mr Robinson, and got her brother Branwell a job there as well, who proceeded to fall in love with...wait for it...Mrs Robinson!    (Branwell was shown the door...) 

Also makes me want to go back to Haworth again! 

haha that is too funny   I am really excited to read this book...I have heard amazing things about it..let's hope it lives up to them!!!

man, on a totally different note, it is really hard to type in gloves!!!   

Funny thing the bio was talking about a time when Anne worked for one Mr Robinson, and got her brother Branwell a job there as well, who proceeded to fall in love with...wait for it...Mrs Robinson!    (Branwell was shown the door...) 

I never thought of the significance of the 'Mrs Robinson' connection.