tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post6765360600138351076..comments2024-02-05T18:55:01.932+01:00Comments on In My Book: The Classics Spin!Arenelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-59471919881418307522013-03-20T19:01:02.762+01:002013-03-20T19:01:02.762+01:00Well, I like my 1-5 list as well, but I got Middle...Well, I like my 1-5 list as well, but I got Middlemarch 900 pages long, and it's no way I'm finishing it until April 1st))Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-83434871453076609992013-03-20T18:59:40.266+01:002013-03-20T18:59:40.266+01:00Well, its length is the main problem with Les Mis,...Well, its length is the main problem with Les Mis, it seems like I've meaning to read it forever, but I never actually do because it's sooo damn long) I think I'll manage to read Mrs. Dalloway this month for the Modern March, and I'm really looking forward to it!Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-25294514194151386202013-02-13T21:25:53.217+01:002013-02-13T21:25:53.217+01:00I like your 1-5 list. Mrs Dalloway was one of my s...I like your 1-5 list. Mrs Dalloway was one of my surprises last year - didn't think I'd like it and couldn't have been more wrong. Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09391899740930810224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-60121620407360098842013-02-13T19:14:11.721+01:002013-02-13T19:14:11.721+01:00I LOVE Les Miserables, although it's so long i...I LOVE Les Miserables, although it's so long it would probably be hard to finish in the time allotted...I also love Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby, and those are super easy reads. I have a gigantic rant about Atlas Shrugged; it's one of those books I love to hate. After I read it I heard from numerous people that The Fountainhead is basically the same message and much shorter (but by that time I was Ayn Rand-ed out so I've never read it and I'm not sure I ever will). It might be a better introduction to Rand than Atlas Shrugged. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-72828246876099501062013-02-13T19:03:01.194+01:002013-02-13T19:03:01.194+01:00Thanks! Yes, I'm afraid that with work and Uni...Thanks! Yes, I'm afraid that with work and Uni I will not be able to finish the big ones, but... the process is more important than the result here))Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-68133758048121342262013-02-13T19:01:49.118+01:002013-02-13T19:01:49.118+01:00You know what I like best? Your "comment"...You know what I like best? Your "comment" on Ulysses :) Something like "well, you know you don't really need to say anything here". Although I know I'm imagining things and it's just a typo :) You actually have a rather good opinion about my "scary" ones, so now I'm not that nervous about getting one of them)Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-24429910007301687802013-02-13T17:19:17.223+01:002013-02-13T17:19:17.223+01:00Good luck with your list and what you end up readi...Good luck with your list and what you end up reading for the Spin Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-45984456148492527032013-02-13T16:47:00.361+01:002013-02-13T16:47:00.361+01:00Not that it matters but I thought I'd share in...Not that it matters but I thought I'd share in some small way since I am not actually participating.<br /><br /><br />2) Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby--I have always felt that this novel was over-rated but it is one that others love. I preferred East of Eden. That's just me. Like I said, most people love it.<br /><br />5) Woolf, Virginia: Mrs. Dalloway--I love this. I've read it thrice and it just gets better every time I read it.<br /><br />6) Chaucer, Geoffrey: The Canterbury Tales--I prefer The Decameron. Not sure why. Just do.<br />7) Joyce James: Ulysses<br /><br />8) Milton, John: Paradise Lost--Very interesting and enlightening in that it shows how Milton strongly influenced Protestant thinking.<br /><br />9) Hugo, Victor: Les Miserables--Love this novel. My son is reading it now (amongst other things) and I am so excited!<br /><br />10) Ovid: Metamorphoses--I've read bits and pieces but never the whole thing and I want to do so someday.<br /><br />12) Rand, Ayn: Atlas Shrugged--Boredom. Guaranteed.<br /><br />16) One Thousand and One Nights--I really want to read this too, as you already know.<br /><br />17) Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations--Love this novel too. If you read Dickens then you should read Hugo because the former influenced the latter a great deal. Stylistically similar, for better or worse, but I love them both.<br /><br />20) Kerouac, Jack: On the Road--Another on my list of books I really want to read but haven't. :(<br /><br />There you go. My random thoughts to your random list. :)Satiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227625739706115993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822647988376386021.post-76948702183623225062013-02-13T16:28:24.172+01:002013-02-13T16:28:24.172+01:00Wow, good luck with this! You've got some big ...Wow, good luck with this! You've got some big options there. But, like you say, it's progress whatever you end up reading.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362128444319074118noreply@blogger.com