on becoming cultured, Book # 1 Jacob's Room

[dannykaye3]

I've used my LJ to track goals and journeys I've taken over the past few years, and I have decided to make 2010 no different. I have been working on a goal to make myself more cultured and well-read and thought I'd share my progress with the world . . . or the five people who regularly read this.

On the chopping block today: I finished reading

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[baltimorebiotch]

A Passage To India by EM Forster

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (if you haven't read it)

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

[dannykaye3]

A Passage To India by EM Forster

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (if you haven't read it) - maybe when I have time

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - meh, too long and dry

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - never heard of this

Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - probably will read

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde - probably won't read

[baltimorebiotch]

"The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - meh, too long and dry" It was one of the books that made me laugh out loud while I was working at the bank. Though maybe is not your kind of humour. Though it was originally written as a serial in a paper so there's very little down time and lots of action

[aslongasisfunky]

The Hitchhiker series are some of the funniest books I've ever read.

I didn't know the tv show Dexter was based on a novel; I've liked the few episodes I've seen.

As for Jacob's Room, it sounds pretty interesting. I've heard good and bad things about Woolf; the only thing I ever remember reading by her is A Room of One's Own.