An Attempt To Read More By Making A List, 2011 Version

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Books

A Week in December - Sebastian Faulks
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks 
Interview With The Vampire - Anne Rice 
Strange Angels - Lili St. Crow
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
The Kingdom Keepers - Ridley Pearson
Night - Elie Wiesel
Collected Tales - Edgar Allan Poe 
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
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Comments

[sabriel75]

Hate the Great Gatsby.
LOVE Chuck Palahniuk.
The Time Traveller's Wife sits on my table downstairs. I've read it once before and completely forgot it all and must read again. That does not mode well of my opinion of it.
Milton and Dante are seriously some of my all time most remembered and appreciated works of literary art.
Oh God! How much love do I have for Tipping the Velvet... Jenny never believed me until she finally watched it. SO MUCH LOVE! (Then read the book.)
You must read GOOD OMENS now... how have you survived until now without it. I cried so hard, laughing so hard, at that book. Best humor ever!

And I can go on, but yeah... these are great choices. However, I would recommend An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser or the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison if you want a wider range of American Classics.

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If I study English Lit. at the Sixth Form I want to go to, the Great Gatsby is one of the selected texts. So it's just me wanting to read it beforehand with that one.

I haven't read anything by him yet -- koneko_zero recommend Invisible Monsters to me and the storyline really appealed to me somehow.

The Time Traveller's Wife is one I'll read so I can have an opinion on it. Milton and Dante are me trying to over-educate myself, but the concepts interested me.

I've been wanting to watch/read Tipping the Velvet for SO LONG. I love the Victorian era to death anyway, and the theatre, and just -- it looks so amazing, yes it does. (And I totally will read the book afterwards, just you watch me. :D)

I'm going to start reading it tomorrow, I think. :D That was a rec by koneko_zero too. I'm glad you approve! :D

I'll have a look at those & probably add them to my list. Thanks! <3

[paregmenon]

The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Nifnegger

No. Really, no. It's terrible. I read it and it was a waste of a good amount of time I could have spent doing something more productive, like watching grass grow.

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I'm going to read it so I can have an opinion of it - when I do, I'll let you know what I think. :D I don't suppose you have any recs? <3

[paregmenon]

I think I came across as a bit harsh - sorry.

Recs? Uh. Watch me be vague and unhelpful!

> The Complete Collection of Sherlocl Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

> Dubliners and A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man, both by James Joyce ( &hearts )

> Spilling the Beans on the Cat's Pyjamas by Judy Parkinson (it's about popular expressions and where they came from - I really, really like it)

> The Complete Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm (the originals were damn creepy - I only read a couple, but wow)

If you want, I can spam you with my To Read list later xDD

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Oh, no, don't worry. I certainly didn't take it that way. :D

I've read the Brothers Grimm and the Sherlock Holmes. I'll add the other two to the list! :D

♥

[jobey_in_error]

You're organized. I'm jealous

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I'm not really that organised. I just have an, ahem, obsessive compulsion with making lists. :D

Narnia is my childhood. I watched ALL the original BBC films.

Okay, I'll watch the movie, and if I like it, I'll read the book!

I'm glad you approve! :D I can't read Poe's stuff all at once either, tbh, I tried and then...uh, gave up. >.Your defence is admirable, milady, and thus they shall not be leaving the list. Not that they were, anyway, but you get my point. :D

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Selllllldeeenn... ::fangirls:: Damn it, I may have to dig up my copy of House of Mirth soon. Sometimes I like Wharton's Edith Frome better (for one thing IT'S SHORTER), but then, Selden. Sigh. Excuse me while I go bat away fanfic plotbunnies with excessive force.

Your comments on Norwegian Wood did not exactly inspire me to rush it to the top of my reading list ;) but I see there is a copy available nearby and I am curious to read a Japanese novel that is NOT an anime adaptation, so there's a good chance that'll happen sometime this year, yeah.

Also, there are Narnia adaptations besides the current ones (whose trailers alone hurt my soul)?? Every time I learn more about BBC am more and more impressed. At some point my big "cultural education" project will to just spend a summer watching/listening to all sorts of its classics.

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OH MY GOD SELDEN. (Wait, did you say fanfiction? You write a Selden fic, and I swear you can have my soul. *.*)

Let me know when you do.

I think they were produced in the 70s-80s, maybe? They're the versions I grew up with, and I've never seen the new ones, so. :D

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I've watched Amelie and adore it. ♥ The Baby website is gorgeous and induces great feeling of envy. As for the others, I will definitely add them. ♥

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I actually read HoneySyn about four months ago, thanks to koneko_zero and your fic and I love it to tiny little pieces. ♥

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I'll look at the first. As for the second, I read it about four months ago and LOVE it. ♥