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I really liked Dickens when I was younger, with one exception. "A Tale of Two Cities" is one of the worst books that I ever read. I was determined to finish it, but hated every moment and got the Cliffs Notes - which I have never done before - because it took me so long that I had forgotten much of the plot by the end. The funny thing is that the first 2/3 of the book was covered in about 2 pages in the Cliffs Notes - because not much happened - and the last 1/3 took about 20 pages.. All the action was at the end. The truth is that the last part of the book was actually pretty good, but suffering through 2/3 to get there was just not worth it.
Talking about books that are tough to read? Ever tackle James Joyce's "Ulysses"?
There's enough of an ongoing plot to keep you going but Hell's Bells, it's one tough read!
God, the panic within the Dems, MSM, and left must be horrifying...realizing that Joe is really the best they've got.
I never bothered with it. Most people say that you need a guide to understand it, so I don't see the point. The few people I've met who claimed to understand it were serial liars, so not much of a recommendation. I read Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. That was enough for me.
Glad it was sunny weather when I read this one...Such a mood of despair and hopelessness I haven't experienced since Crime and Punishment...You'd better be in good spirits if you start this book or it could get you down...
I have loved all Steinbeck's novels and "The Grapes of Wrath" in particular. I always had the idea that "East of Eden" was not as good as the others, but several people have told me otherwise. Ben Shapiro raved about it in a recent podcast and I respect him alot. I got it today and enjoyed the first chapter, so am looking forward to the rest. Steinbeck's writing style seems very modern to me and I don't have much patience with old-timey writing these days, so that is a plus.
Steinbeck is brilliant...I would really like to read East of Eden again, as well...But I liked it a lot when I first read it...
Glad it was sunny weather when I read this one...Such a mood of despair and hopelessness I haven't experienced since Crime and Punishment...You'd better be in good spirits if you start this book or it could get you down...
I really liked it. No Country for Old Men - by the same writer- was great too.
Talking about books that are tough to read? Ever tackle James Joyce's "Ulysses"?
There's enough of an ongoing plot to keep you going but Hell's Bells, it's one tough read!
Belonging to the tough-to-read category might be Professor Edward Said's Orientalism.
Quite the engaging and stimulating classic, yet measured in it's TOO scholarly manner.
Amazingly enough, still used widely as a standard text throughout those suspected faculties/curriculum.
Just started "Lord of the World" by Robert Hugh Benson
From the Wikipedia blurb:
"Lord of the World is a 1907 dystopian science fiction novel [1] by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson that centers upon the reign of the Anti-Christ and the End of the World. It has been called prophetic by Dale Ahlquist, Joseph Pearce, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis."
Seems to be quite a relevant read for these troubled times we live in...
God, the panic within the Dems, MSM, and left must be horrifying...realizing that Joe is really the best they've got.
Just read a short Murakami - Strange Library. Weird but very readable as usual.
I am also reading:
No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories
I am not a big fan of Jack Reacher. The character seems too unrealistic to me. However, lots of these stories explain his childhood and how he became the man he is supposed to be. I find them unrealistic too, but still enjoying them on some level and they make the older character more interesting.
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