What are you reading right now?

Engine · 03-15-2011, 11:44 PM

I know I'm late for this particular conversation but .. The Brothers Karamazov is not only my favorite Dostoyevsky but also one of my favorite-ever novels. Crime and Punishment is great as well but feels small-time in comparison. The Idiot was the most difficult of his writing for me to get into (but I haven't read all of his, fer instance, I've started and stopped reading Demons a few times).

Shakespeare? In general I say No, thanks.

Normally I don't like reading poetry at all but I'm reading knots by R.D. Laing right now. This is some strange but extremely sensible stuff..

Guybrush · 03-19-2011, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Engine

I know I'm late for this particular conversation but .. The Brothers Karamazov is not only my favorite Dostoyevsky but also one of my favorite-ever novels. Crime and Punishment is great as well but feels small-time in comparison. The Idiot was the most difficult of his writing for me to get into (but I haven't read all of his, fer instance, I've started and stopped reading Demons a few times).

Shakespeare? In general I say No, thanks.

Normally I don't like reading poetry at all but I'm reading knots by R.D. Laing right now. This is some strange but extremely sensible stuff..

That book inspired Gentle Giant's song by the same name

03-15-2011, 11:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I know I'm late for this particular conversation but .. The Brothers Karamazov is not only my favorite Dostoyevsky but also one of my favorite-ever novels. Crime and Punishment is great as well but feels small-time in comparison. The Idiot was the most difficult of his writing for me to get into (but I haven't read all of his, fer instance, I've started and stopped reading Demons a few times). Shakespeare? In general I say No, thanks. Normally I don't like reading poetry at all but I'm reading knots by R.D. Laing right now. This is some strange but extremely sensible stuff.. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.