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What are you currently reading?
hedgie:
I just started the series a little over a month ago as something to read on the bus or at the kava bar when I want to take a break from my computer. I started the second book last week, and it seems to go a bit faster since the basic world-building is out of the way, and am over halfway through despite only sporadic reading. Probably going to pick up the next one today. With the funeral and reception I'm at tomorrow forcing me to deal with people I wouldn't under other circumstances, I need something enjoyable to stick my nose in.
Blue Kitty:
I finished Mike Reiss' Springfield Confidential and it was a pretty good read. I flew through it and I definitely recommend it for any Simpsons fan
LeeC:
I'm nearly done with War and Peace (If I didn't get sick so much the past few months I would have finished in August). It is Spooktober and I have a free credit on audible. Any suggestions in the spirit of the month regarding classics? Last year I read Dracula, Frankenstein, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and The Vampyre. I don't want to waste the credit on anything short that I can just listen to while at work in a couple of hours. Are there any classics I am missing? I tried to do some googling but many lists have stuff I already read (Young Goodman Brown, Macbeth) or something I am just not interested in (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) but I am pretty sure there's a spooky scary classical novel in my blind spot and welcome any suggestions.
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Cornelius:
There's Poe, of course.
If you're looking for classic Gothic novels, there's also the Monk, and the Castle of Otranto.
Each individually might be a bit short, though. Especially compared to War and Peace.
LeeC:
I've read some of Poe (The Raven, Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Fall of the House of Usher) and I may take it upon myself to read a few more this Spooktober but its not enough to justify a credit.
The Monk synopsis makes it seem too...how should I say...rapey? hardcore? gorn-ish? So I may have to pass on that. The Castle of Otranto seems comical but short.
I am wondering if I've already hit all of the classics. If so, my mission is complete and I can pick something a bit more modern. Thank you for the suggestions Cornelius. :-)
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