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handstil

Reading List

Jul 06, 2009 10:11

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut

books 2009 reading list

Comments 35

handstil July 6 2009, 15:23:28 UTC

No makin' fun; it's a SUMMER READS list, ok? ;)

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handstil July 6 2009, 18:27:09 UTC

It feels so immature to me because they are almost all books I read for undergraduate english classes. I didn't let them linger or soak in.

I like Joyce alright; have you read his poetry? Kinda un-Joycey. ha

grrrlishgrin July 6 2009, 15:44:57 UTC

ooh, i want to steal that whole list!!

handstil July 6 2009, 18:27:21 UTC

steal it! do itttt!!

godforesaken July 6 2009, 15:50:19 UTC

i prefer the waves to to the lighthouse. this reminds me that i'd like to read the turn of the screw. but when?

handstil July 6 2009, 18:31:41 UTC

I think we talked about this last summer when I had planned to read a similar list of books -ha. The Lighthouse speaks to me, or did, in regard to the importance I place on my childhood observations. You know how I'm always psychoanalyzing! Perceptions! Etc!

I might find that I have it all figured out in my old age and that it no longer holds me. Then, I will read The Waves.

solipsismsaves July 6 2009, 16:05:51 UTC

Oh, man, 1 and 2 are favorites. If you're looking for something more contemporary, "The People of Paper" by Salvador Plascencia and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer are the last really good books I read. And both sort of make actual art out of the physical book, something you might appreciate...

selsin July 6 2009, 18:28:22 UTC

ahh both so good

handstil July 6 2009, 18:33:00 UTC

I haven't read The People of Paper! I am adding that to the list!
I loved Extremely Loud and so did my mom; one of the only books we agree on.

ez_mon July 6 2009, 16:08:29 UTC

this reminds me that i need to read more. :(

handstil July 6 2009, 18:33:46 UTC

You work a lot!

I read while I nurse or while Elias is nursing/napping and then before bedtime. Usually I force myself to stay awake for a chapter.

ez_mon July 6 2009, 18:38:30 UTC

i do work a lot.. but thats no excuse for me.
i just need to try and make more time for myself.
LOLITA is amazing btw.
we had to read it in high school