So I finished Charles Dickens' "Bleak House".
It is a wonderful book. A long, foggy, intertwining, poetically written, WONDERFUL book.
In other words...it's a good book. Haha.
My professor proudly declared that "Dickens...is....GOD!!" I laughed hysterically.
Now I am reading (for my Brit Lit class) "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
For my Brit Lit paper I am reading Mary Shelley's "The Last Man".
AND, for my own enjoyment, I am reading Mr. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye". (I have been wanting to read this book for so long)
So...many....books...oh my.
Have you ever thought about how difficult it is to pick a favorite book? I cannot pick just one. It's absolutely impossible. I can pick a favorite author (Ernest Hemingway) but I cannot pick a favorite book. Oh well, every book that I love has served a different purpose in my life and has taught me a different lesson.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
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I agree - different books suit different moods. Not sure I can pick a specific favourite writer - am desperate to find someone new whose work excites me and interests me the way that Terry Pratchett does (see below)
I went through a period of reading Stephen King, but i think he lost the plot about 10 years ago - though The Shining and The Stand are works of excellence.
Douglas Adams was the king of fantasy-humour, but sadly not very prolific during his life. Terry Pratchett - Discworld series of books are very funny, but very british.
Hemmingway is best enjoyed on a sunny day, sitting under a tree imagining what Africa is like.
Dickens was a true original of his time and will probably never be surpassed
oh yeah - everyone should read The Lord Of The Rings at least once in their life - it's pretty hard going for the first few hundred pages, but once you get past all the tree-spirits leaping out and singing at people and onto the paths of Cirith Ungol it becomes an excellent and extremely dark book
I read all three Lord of the Rings texts right before the first film came out. The only passages I found boring were the long ones pertaining to Frodo and Samwise crossing mountains paths and rivers and whatnot.
Chuck Palahniuk is my favorite author. After watching "Fight Club", which is one of my favorite films, I went out and bought "Diary" and was hooked by his writings.
My favorite books are some of Chuck's, "To Kill A Mockingbird", "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", and the old play "Dr. Faustus". "Lolita" also had some of the greatest writing I've read, but I didn't finish it so I didn't list it.
Oh, oh, oh, A couple of the "Sherlock Holmes" stories are also my favorites, for displays of his deduction, and "Frankenstein" is pretty up on the list as well.
I couldnt possibly list favorite books or authors. I agree with pixie with "different books suit different moods". I kind of compare it to choosing my favorite kind of music and/or musician/s.
My brain is not equipped with the ability to choose a favorite anything lol
Pixie - I love what you said about Hemingway (Except I read him even when it's cloudy...what can I say, I'm an addict.) Also, I've never read Terry Pratchett; perhaps I should check him out...
AND I agree with you about LOTR.
Samurai - I've never read anything by Chuck but a few of his works are on my list of books to read.
I looove Sherlock Holmes and I LOVED "Frankenstein".
Disturbed - My brain is not equipped for favorite choosing either. Well, except for my favorite color...blue, most definitely.
Dickens is great. :)
I love the Russian classics, like Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", "The Idiot", and Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina". Vladimir Nabokov's books are great too, especially "Lolita". :)
Oh, the book "The God of the small things", by Arundhati Roy, is a real masterpiece. She really has her own unique way of writing. You must read that one. :)
May Alcott's "Little women" is also one of my favorites. It's a very sweet book.
"Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert, "Thérèse Raquin" by Émile Zola are other favorites I have.
And I love the Harry Potter books. xd
Oh and more, more. There are so many good books out there.
"The Time-Travellers Wife", "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Moonlight" - find them, read them, enjoy them.
Frankenstein is a great book.
You might like "Mort" by Terry Pratchett, or "The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents" - allegedly for kids, but great reading nonetheless
Jenny - You listed SO many books that I need (and want) to read. I have actually never read anything by Dostoevsky, but he's on my list, most definitely.
Pixie - I love "The Time Traveler's Wife". That is one of my favorite books. I will put "The Curious Incident.." on my list and check out Mr. Pratchett.
I love discussing books.
I completely agree, I can never pick a favourite book, or a favourite author. In fact I don't think I can pick a favourite anything, be it music, film or food. It always depends on my mood.
I have to admit I've never read anything by Hemingway, I may just put him further up my list of books I need to buy and read.
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