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What are you reading?

Ach, books are shi-ite. I just finished Crusoe's Secret. Dense stuff. He made some mistakes so I sent him a letter about it. In his reply he admitted he was wrong but was really sarky about it -- 'I wish I had your detailed knowledge' etc. Also reading In Defence of T.S. Eliot, The Rainbow, the latest Oxford Poetry & LRB and rereading Herzog.

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~Sam~

15

Well I should be reading Sons and Lovers, but I'm only on chapter three and we've already had a seminar on it so I probably won't bother. And then I have some James Joyce to look forward to...can't wait :biggrin:

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Angelil

19

Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's sonnets and the poetry of Jonson - all for my English essay - as well as the plays of Aristophanes for my Classics essay.
Not reading anything 'for fun' at the moment, can't believe it!!

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Angelil

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supercat

I love Ibsen :biggrin:

I would love to see A Doll's House

I've seen it, it's fabulous!!

Reply 64

cappucino07

Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood

Bit meh so far.

And Catch 22 for school.

Reply 65

~Jen~

Affectation

*loves 'The Child In Time'*

*loves McEwan in general*

:p:

I could never get into that one - I think I read the first chapter a couple of years ago and then gave up :frown:

I've read Atonement, Enduring Love, The Cement Garden, Black Dogs, Amsterdam & both sets of short stories. Enduring Love is my favourite (Atonement second).

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cappucino07

I hate McEwan...the man is like a sixth-form poet that never grew up.

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supercat

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Thank you! Everyone seems to adore him. I don't get it!

Reply 68

Affectation

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EnglishDude

Has anybody read any of Paulo Coelho's work; it's amazing. The Alchemist is one of his finest as it reflects upon the journey of life and whether it is dictated from above. Also, Veronika Decides to Die is a good novel, despite the bleak title as it is essentially an example of the carpe dieum mentality as someone is told they have little time to live, but there is a good twist....

Yes! Finally somebody who has read Coelho...
I loved The Alchemist and can't wait to read more of his stuff. Very awe-inspiring writing- definitely has the ability to touch personally without being direct.

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sereture

steerpike

I've finished re-reading 'notes from the underground' - I love how he's obsessed with explaining his madness, which makes him seem quite sane, even though he's supposed to be mad.

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Isn't it a GREAT book? I love it, it's definitely one of my favourites! Quite disturbing though...am re-reading it now too.
Besides that I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale (for school) and Alias Grace (for fun) by Margaret Atwood, both of which I really like, a couple of German plays for school and re-reading the Hitchhiker's Guide (I need something to make me laugh! :biggrin:

)
Looking for another book now - any recommendations?

Reply 70

Clarence

14

I'm reading....

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Regeneration by Pat Barker
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
Edward II - Kit Marlow
Songs of Innocence and Experience - William Blake
The Spire - William Golding

phew....

Reply 71

Angelil

19

lol - are you doing the WWI synoptic unit for English A Level perchance?

Reply 72

supercat

2

We did a mock paper of that last week. I get the result tomorrow (but the other class already have their results), and I know that overall there were 12 Us. And only 2 As. And my boyfriend got one of them. Eeeek.

12 Us? Holy crap.

Yeah, I know. Teachers aren't too happy.

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Ariadne

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supercat

Thank you! Everyone seems to adore him. I don't get it!

!!! I hated Enduring Love, and I've never bothered to try any others.

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supercat

2

Mm, I read Atonement. I mean it was okay, but just nothing special. I swear he's not as good as people make him out to be. I was just very disappointed.

Why did you hate it?

I'm not entirely sure - it was a gut reaction to the book as a whole, rather than pin pointing one particular thing. I found it very dull though, and it took me donkey's years to read it, whereas with most books I'm fairly quick. His characters too irritated me, as far as I can remember.

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silence

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Angelil

Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's sonnets and the poetry of Jonson - all for my English essay - as well as the plays of Aristophanes for my Classics essay.
Not reading anything 'for fun' at the moment, can't believe it!!

i think i might be rereading birds for an essay in the next few days.

sometimes there's so much to do, it's hard knowing where to start. and when you've read a fair amount, it's hard to know when to stop reading and just get on with the bloody essay.

What are you reading?

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