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Posted by Daisym on June 1, 2005, at 10:28:57
I'm looking for a summer read (besides Harry Potter) and I think I should read a classic I've never read. I'm thinking about Catcher in the Rye, I never finished it.
It just started me thinking: What book do you think you should read but haven't?
Posted by gardenergirl on June 1, 2005, at 22:21:08
In reply to Classic you've never read but want to, posted by Daisym on June 1, 2005, at 10:28:57
Oh, Catcher in the Rye is a good one. I've never read it. Also, stuff by Hemingway or Steinbeck I haven't got to. Fountainhead. All those books on my nightstand and living room table...
And I always want to read more Shakespeare. I'm slowly (very slowly these days) making my way through his works.
Posted by Racer on June 2, 2005, at 12:45:19
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to » Daisym, posted by gardenergirl on June 1, 2005, at 22:21:08
Hm...
That's hard, since it was my concentration in school... I know too many classics that I *should* read...
First would maybe be "Moby Dick." Then, um, dang, on the tip of my tongue -- maybe it's -- nope. Just gone. I'll try again when maybe I'll remember it...
Of course, on the "Not Quite What We Mean By Classic" list, there's Rider Haggard's "She" and a bunch of others... ;-D
Posted by Minnie-Haha on June 2, 2005, at 15:48:11
In reply to Classic you've never read but want to, posted by Daisym on June 1, 2005, at 10:28:57
Shakespeare and Dickens. (I tried A Tale of Two Cities earlier this year and couldn't "get going" with it -- so I set it aside to try later.)
Posted by daisym on June 2, 2005, at 22:31:04
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to, posted by Racer on June 2, 2005, at 12:45:19
I guess we could have a category like TNT does=
"modern classics" although I think that is an oxymoron.
I have a few of those too to read. Top of my list is "Fishy Wishes" by Tom Holt.
Posted by alexandra_k on June 2, 2005, at 23:41:41
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to » Racer, posted by daisym on June 2, 2005, at 22:31:04
"Crime and Punishment"
I read most of it...
But couldn't quite finish it.
I found the Russian names fairly confusing.
Every second person seemed to begin with K and progress to something I found hard to pronounce so I kept getting them confused."War and Peace"
I'd like to read that one day.
Posted by TofuEmmy on June 3, 2005, at 9:43:43
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to, posted by alexandra_k on June 2, 2005, at 23:41:41
In order to read one of those huge Russian novels, I use an index card as my book mark. I write down the characters' names, and their 100 nicknames, and a word or two to distinguish one from another. It helps my feeble mind. It's especially helpful if I put the book down for a few days.
emmy
Posted by Minnie-Haha on June 3, 2005, at 10:14:25
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to, posted by alexandra_k on June 2, 2005, at 23:41:41
> "Crime and Punishment"
> I read most of it...
> But couldn't quite finish it.
> I found the Russian names fairly confusing.
> Every second person seemed to begin with K and progress to something I found hard to pronounce so I kept getting them confused.
>
> "War and Peace"
> I'd like to read that one day.My grown son has started War and Peace several times, but he says that keeping track of the names is too hard!
Posted by alexandra_k on June 3, 2005, at 17:34:10
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to » alexandra_k, posted by TofuEmmy on June 3, 2005, at 9:43:43
index card.
Great idea!
I might have to try that.
I really would like to finish crime and punishment one day :-)
Posted by badhaircut on June 4, 2005, at 8:36:31
In reply to Classic you've never read but want to, posted by Daisym on June 1, 2005, at 10:28:57
In psychology, one of my unread classics is William James's "Varieties of Religious Experience." I've tried to read it several times, and it's been on my bedside table (lower shelf) for about 6 years...
Posted by gardenergirl on June 6, 2005, at 1:08:05
In reply to Wm James's ''Varieties'', posted by badhaircut on June 4, 2005, at 8:36:31
It comes highly recommended. ;)
gg
Posted by morning*bell on June 25, 2005, at 17:06:16
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to, posted by alexandra_k on June 2, 2005, at 23:41:41
> "Crime and Punishment"
> I read most of it...
> But couldn't quite finish it.
> I found the Russian names fairly confusing.
> Every second person seemed to begin with K and progress to something I found hard to pronounce so I kept getting them confused.
>
> "War and Peace"
> I'd like to read that one day.
Reading War and Peace for me was like falling in love.. :) I still consider it a life event.
Posted by Declan on August 24, 2005, at 16:44:09
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to, posted by Racer on June 2, 2005, at 12:45:19
Racer, I really loved King Solomon's Mines at school, and reread it 30 or so years later. It was a strange experience, I think the world had changed too much.
I've really wanted to read all of Dostoyevsky. And WG Sebald. I need to find someone who likes reading out loud, and we can take turns.
Declan
Posted by Pfinstegg on August 27, 2005, at 12:55:42
In reply to Re: Classic you've never read but want to, posted by morning*bell on June 25, 2005, at 17:06:16
"Falling in love" is such a wonderful wasy to describe reading "War and Peace"- for the first time, but additional times, too. I have my grandmother's edition; she read it four times in her 91 years of life, and had different things to say about it in the fly-leaf each time. I've read it twice, and am thinking it's time to...
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