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I read Of Human Bondage when I was 18. Thought it was a bit depressing.
I ran out of books but my Richard III quarterly and annual journal arrived this morning so they will keep me going for a week or two. Must order SD's mirror books. Son says he can't find his - don't think he's bothered to look!
I ran out of books but my Richard III quarterly and annual journal arrived this morning so they will keep me going for a week or two. Must order SD's mirror books. Son says he can't find his - don't think he's bothered to look!
I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order!
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
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I read them years ago as my son had them, and I enjoyed them thenAvatar wrote:I think you'll like them.Iolanthe wrote:Must order SD's mirror books.
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I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order!
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
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There are a handful of "Christian books that scare me" on my "must read someday" queue... getting closer.
"The Enemy Within"
"Bold Love"
"Life Together" by Dietrich Bonhoffer
In other categories, I'm soon starting:
"Guns, Germs and Steel"
"The Little Prince"
I'm pretty historically-illiterate, and "Guns, Germs, and Steel" sounds like a good place for me to start.
"The Enemy Within"
"Bold Love"
"Life Together" by Dietrich Bonhoffer
In other categories, I'm soon starting:
"Guns, Germs and Steel"
"The Little Prince"
I'm pretty historically-illiterate, and "Guns, Germs, and Steel" sounds like a good place for me to start.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Linna, I recommend G,G&S highly! I enjoyed it, a few years later my daughter had to read it for school and she was like, "You read that for fun? What is wrong with you!!" But I thought it was very cool and eye-opening.
Just started Sailing to Sarantium so book 2, Lord of Emperors, is probably next. I have a couple of spy/legal drama type things in my Kindle but I may put those off and jump into re-reading the Chronicles from the beginning, in anticipation of TLD coming out next year!!!
Just started Sailing to Sarantium so book 2, Lord of Emperors, is probably next. I have a couple of spy/legal drama type things in my Kindle but I may put those off and jump into re-reading the Chronicles from the beginning, in anticipation of TLD coming out next year!!!
Excellent. I read it as a teen and can still remember it vividly. (I was a teen a really, really long time ago.)cortezthekiller wrote:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Hahah... my husband and I have an adjective that we use to describe potential objections to me reading a book - "hurty."deer of the dawn wrote:Linna, I recommend G,G&S highly! I enjoyed it, a few years later my daughter had to read it for school and she was like, "You read that for fun? What is wrong with you!!"
(We definitely apply that adjective to the Chrons.)
I think when someone's already seen/experienced certain things, reading about "how bad things are in the world" is not necessarily less painful,
but... somehow easier to deal with because it's less surprising?
Speaking of "hurty" fiction, I really think need to read some Flannery O'Connor one of these days.
Anyone want to give suggestions for where to start?
(esp. something short)
And you guys mentioned Solzhenitsyn... I was wanting to quote him on the Watch last year, and my hubby saw me posting, and realized I didn't know who he was and insisted I do something about this ignorance!
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"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Me neither. Although, Silmarillion rhymes with Silver Rings.Holsety wrote:Pretty much the only name I know from the Silmarillion. Hell I don't even know what a Silmarillion is, and I'm probably spelling it wrong too!Morgoth
The three Elven Rings before they went into hidding maybe?
The Heart of Darkness - J. Conrad
Amenable Women - Mavis Cheek
Psychiatric Tales - Darryl Cunningham
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One Christmas present sorted. Very good review in the BBC History Magazine (which a friend lends me when she's finished with it) - The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris. And it goes up to Edward I - a bonus.
I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order!
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
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I actually have a queue for a change!
The Neutronium Alchemist
The Naked God
The Judging Eye
White Luck Warrior
Death of Kings
Azincourt
Memoirs of Cleopatra
The Regulators
Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles
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The Neutronium Alchemist
The Naked God
The Judging Eye
White Luck Warrior
Death of Kings
Azincourt
Memoirs of Cleopatra
The Regulators
Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles
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Oh please. You'll blow through that in three days.
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Heh, yea, I was gonna ask what he was gonna do with the rest of the week.aliantha wrote:Oh please. You'll blow through that in three days.
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Remember, everytime you drag someone through the mud, you're down in the mud with them
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain
Where are we going...and... WHY are we in a handbasket?
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Nah, the rings weren't made yet. Sauron was just a lackey of Morgoth.Krazy Kat wrote: Me neither. Although, Silmarillion rhymes with Silver Rings.
The three Elven Rings before they went into hidding maybe?
The Silmarils are gem thingies. Can't remember where they came from.
I'm not a huge Tolkien fan...don't like his writing style and the first 200 pages of LotR is just brutal.
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All right! Here's my queue for Agosto Espanol!
To finish:
Complete Fictions: Jorge Luis Borges
Don Quijote: Miguel Cervantes
To read:
The War of the End of the World: Mario Vargas Llosa
Conversations in the Cathedral: Mario Vargas Llosa
Cien Anos de Soledad: Gabriel Garcia Marques
Doce Cuentos Pelegrinos: Gabriel Garcia Marques
Perhaps some Ruben Dario in there as well...
To finish:
Complete Fictions: Jorge Luis Borges
Don Quijote: Miguel Cervantes
To read:
The War of the End of the World: Mario Vargas Llosa
Conversations in the Cathedral: Mario Vargas Llosa
Cien Anos de Soledad: Gabriel Garcia Marques
Doce Cuentos Pelegrinos: Gabriel Garcia Marques
Perhaps some Ruben Dario in there as well...
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The only way I know Don Quijote, thanks to my mom's copy of the original Broadway cast album...Orlion wrote:Don Quijote: Miguel Cervantes