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What are you currently reading?
Daft pun:
The middle mind by Curtis White
It's not really suited for bedtime reading, which is what I've been doing so far. Interesting though.
Siibillam-Law:
I'm actually having trouble finding good bedtime reading books, cos if a book's in any bit really exciting or interesting it'll just make me want to stay up and write. What I'm liking about TJB actually
ThePianoMan:
--- Quote from: Boro_Bandito on 01 Mar 2009, 18:14 ---Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find.
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That's a really great one once you get into it. Have you thought about Dubliners by James Joyce? It's one of my favorites, and surprisingly readable considering it's written by Joyce.
Right now I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov for the third time and getting ready to dive into Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Joseph:
--- Quote from: Avec on 11 Mar 2009, 16:23 ---The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
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Why?
I'm in the middle of Nabokov's Transparent Things. Enjoying it pretty greatly so far, but then, the man is likely my favourite novelist, so I'm not surprised.
Picked up a recent volume of his translations of a number of Russian poems by a variety of authors today, Verses and Versions. Haven't done more than flipped through it, but I'm excited to dig in a bit more.
Read the first couple of E. E. Cumming's Six Nonlectures today as well. Really wonderful stuff. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys his work, though being familiar with his work is in no way essential to enjoying these 'socalled nonlectures.'
Also been reading through a variety of Gogol's works. Plays, stories, and I have Dead Souls waiting for me.
As far as poetry goes, I read a scattering from A Stone Diary by Pat Lowther and Siegried Sassoon's war poems today. Pat Lowther's work is heartbreakingly beatiful, but also rather sad. Hard to explain, but if you ever happen to chance upon a volume of her poetry in a used bookstore, take a moment to flip through it.
--- Quote from: Inlander on 05 Jan 2009, 06:11 ---Following discussions earlier in this thread, I'm reading No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym. I regret to say that about a hundred pages in, I'm not really enjoying it all that much. I find the characters rather irritating, and the plot rather overly reliant on coincidence. But I'll finish it, and I've got Excellent Women by her too so I'll give that a go, before I dismiss her entirely.
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How did you find No Fond Return of Love upon finishing it? It's one I've yet to read, and I'm interested to hear your impressions, given that I really quite like your taste. Did you ever get around to Excellent Women?
Inlander:
I haven't read Excellent Women yet. To be honest the only strong emotion I felt at finishing No Fond Return of Love was relief that I could move onto something I'd enjoy. I must admit that my expectations were heightened by the blurb, which compared the book to Persuasion, which I adore.
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