What are you reading right now?

Trollheart · 11-18-2017, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

Great Expectations is one of my all-time favourite books. You won't be disappointed. This reminds me that I really need to get around to reading Copperfield.

I'm impressed with how immediately he's into the action. In Both DC and OT it had to build up, but in GE it's BAM! Page one, right in your face. Excellent. Interesting too how he seems to always (though of course I've now only read/am reading three of his books) to write from the standpoint of a child.

Pet_Sounds · 11-20-2017, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

Oh, yeah, talk about hit and miss. I hated the Sound and the Fury, but As I Lay Dying was a good read. I probably liked Steinbeck better even though I didn't want to. I had always thought he was a sellout with about fifty films based on his books, but then I read Of Mice and Men and my opinion of him changed. Still have to get around to Grapes of Wrath though as well as Faulkner's Absalom,Absalom.

You'll love The Grapes of Wrath. Although I loved The Sound and the Fury, so maybe you'll hate it too.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'm impressed with how immediately he's into the action. In Both DC and OT it had to build up, but in GE it's BAM! Page one, right in your face. Excellent. Interesting too how he seems to always (though of course I've now only read/am reading three of his books) to write from the standpoint of a child.

That's a good point, and one I've never noticed. Much of Hard Times is from a child's point of view as well, if I remember correctly. And it's Christmas season, why aren't you reading the absolute classic Dickens?

BloodFoxTK · 11-20-2017, 07:18 PM

currently re-reading this.

and this.

Akai · 11-21-2017, 07:56 AM

Existentialist business.

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-21-2017, 08:10 AM

The amount of unread fiction and non-fiction books on my shelves is shameful. Among them are The Name of the Rose, a book about Pol Pot, other history books, a book about Christianity, a book about Islam, two books about greek mythology, a couple Christopher Hitchens essay collections, various old classics, The Shining, Wild Swans, A Midsummer Night's Dream, two small Salman Rushdie books and a book about Frida Kahlo.
That's just some of them. I'm hopeless...

**Frownland** · 11-21-2017, 09:10 AM

IQ84

Trollheart · 11-21-2017, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

That's a good point, and one I've never noticed. Much of Hard Times is from a child's point of view as well, if I remember correctly.

Well in fairness I can't say that for sure, having read precisely, so far, three of his books, but I did read his biography and he seemed to be very tuned in to the worldview of children.

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And it's Christmas season, why aren't you reading the absolute classic Dickens?

Oh believe me, every single Christmas this is read for Karen, but we have to ensure it runs right up to Christmas Eve, so I have to time it properly. I think it normally takes about five days, given that I have approximately an hour or less a day to read to her. It's certainly a tradition here though. As is Kermit in Muppet Christmas Carol!

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-21-2017, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Oh believe me, every single Christmas this is read for Karen, but we have to ensure it runs right up to Christmas Eve, so I have to time it properly. I think it normally takes about five days, given that I have approximately an hour or less a day to read to her. It's certainly a tradition here though. As is Kermit in Muppet Christmas Carol!

I have a Danish version of that book that was printed in the late 1800's. My grandfather gave it to me before he died, so it's obviously a book I've got a soft spot for. Think I watched the Muppets special just last year. Not exactly a yearly event for me though. I make shure to watch Nightmare Before Christmas most years.

Nate Perry · 11-25-2017, 10:08 AM

Patience by Daniel Clowes

Next up, a collection of poems by Jorge Luis Borges

Mondo Bungle · 11-25-2017, 05:56 PM

pretty Cool with a capital K

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11-21-2017, 08:10 AM	#5915 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	The amount of unread fiction and non-fiction books on my shelves is shameful. Among them are The Name of the Rose, a book about Pol Pot, other history books, a book about Christianity, a book about Islam, two books about greek mythology, a couple Christopher Hitchens essay collections, various old classics, The Shining, Wild Swans, A Midsummer Night's Dream, two small Salman Rushdie books and a book about Frida Kahlo. That's just some of them. I'm hopeless...

11-25-2017, 10:08 AM	#5919 (permalink)
Nate Perry Groupie Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 36	Patience by Daniel Clowes Next up, a collection of poems by Jorge Luis Borges