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grisemalkin

Reading

Mar 17, 2009 18:18

I have started reading That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis, but I don’t remember why. I have a bad habit of noting the name of a book that has been recommended by someone because it is interesting or relevant in some way to what I was reading. Unfortunately, I don’t write down who recommended it or in what way it is supposed to be interesting or ( Read more... )

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dinnygordon March 18 2009, 03:07:46 UTC

I do the same thing. I have scraps of paper all over the place with names of books and authors. I can't remember if they were recommended by friends or if I read a review or what.

grisemalkin March 18 2009, 15:06:41 UTC

At least I'm not the only one. I keep promising to do better, but ....

faerie_writer March 18 2009, 12:37:55 UTC

Ha! You'll have to keep notes on your journal to keep track. :)

grisemalkin March 18 2009, 15:08:41 UTC

Good idea. And I have made a note (in my head this time) that you mentioned Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt (at least I think the note is right) which is next in my stack.

faerie_writer March 18 2009, 15:33:20 UTC

Yes, I did mention it, and I'm sure you will enjoy it. :)

elmwood March 18 2009, 13:13:58 UTC

You need LibraryThing!

It wasn't me who recommended it. I haven't read it in years. Did you read Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra first. I have a vague memory that the three books are loosely connected and make That Hideous Strength a little easier to get through.

grisemalkin March 18 2009, 15:13:06 UTC

No, I haven't read the other two though they are in the same book. I'm finding That Hideous Strength interesting but don't know if I'll go back and read the others or not. Do you recommend them? See, if you do, I'll have a record.

And does Library Thing keep track of where recommendations come from?

elmwood March 18 2009, 16:16:41 UTC

I didn't like That Hideous Strength as much as the other two, but you have to bear in mind that I was fourteen. Who knows what I would like now?

I think with LibraryThing you can add notes and tags when you enter a book.

Are we on for tomorrow as usual?

elmwood March 18 2009, 21:20:20 UTC

It's been a very long time since I've read them, but the books do work as a trilogy. I think that the first and last are pretty accessible on their own, but Perelandra is somewhat dependant on Out of the Silent Planet. I'm not overly fond of Lewis, but when I saw "That Hideous Strength" in your journal, several scenes from the book popped into my mind -- from at least 20 years ago. Quite a testimony to his writing, or the buttons Lewis hit for me!
Nairn

grisemalkin March 19 2009, 00:34:05 UTC

I'm about half way through. I don't think I'll read the first two right away ... a lot of other things in my stack but maybe eventually.