As another follow-up, I read Jamaica Inn a couple of months ago and that was great too! :D I think my favorite of the 3 was Echoes of the Macabre, though. :)
How did you like Baltimore? I enjoyed it, but it's a very different kind of vampire story from a lot of them that are out right now. Depending on what you like, you might like the series by David Wellington that starts with 13 Bullets (the next one after that is 99 Coffins - there's more after them too).
It was fun, but depending it would probably wear thin for some readers. If it's possible to borrow from someone else, I'd probably do that. I'm not sorry I bought it, but I also won't feel bad about donating my copy to the library after my husband's finished reading it. I don't know if this helps or not. :)
So far my plan is to read 3 of these this year: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkein, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. We'll see... My reading goals for the year are pretty ambitious - esp. with a new baby!
I think other than the Scarlet Letter, the only other one I've read is The Blithedale Romance, which was pretty good too. The next one on my list (when I get to it - I am not quite as disciplined as you are!) is The Marble Faun.
A new one for your list is Un Lun Dun by China Mieville. :) I enjoyed it quite a bit (3 out of 5, overall, I'd say, but there were a few parts I really liked).
It was all right. There were a few chapters (they're all really short) that give some insight into some of his films, but a lot of it's about meditation. I guess it would depend on how big a fan you are. I didn't buy it - just checked it out from the library. I'd say even if you are a big fan to check it out from the library.
I've actually read War and Peace and really enjoyed it (I read it in a Tolstoy in Translation class I took - I think I was the only one in the class who finished all the reading!). The book on my list is one I discovered that's *about* the book. I totally agree with all your comments! I am also intrigued by a recently published version of War and Peace that was an earlier draft before Tolstoy expanded the historical and philosophical aspects of the novel. I'm interested, but I don't know when I'll get to that....
Sadly, no - I give some a quick look-through as they arrive in our "new books," but all the reading is done on my own time. I do have multiple piles. lol! ;)
I would also say that if you want to read a western - just so you know what they're about, you might check out Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey. (I am also a librarian who's big on RA!). :D
If you haven't read The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke yet, I suspect you'll like it. I really enjoyed it as well as Inkheart and Inkspell (don't remember if Inkspell is really the 2nd book or if it's something slightly different). Dragon Rider (also by Funke) was all right, but I didn't like it as much as I liked the other 3. They're great escape books. :D
I've thought for awhile that I'd like Tess..., but for whatever reason I just haven't gotten to it yet. I don't know much about Gormenghast - what's it about?
I really liked Mayflower also. :D
As another follow-up, I read Jamaica Inn a couple of months ago and that was great too! :D I think my favorite of the 3 was Echoes of the Macabre, though. :)
How did you like Baltimore? I enjoyed it, but it's a very different kind of vampire story from a lot of them that are out right now. Depending on what you like, you might like the series by David Wellington that starts with 13 Bullets (the next one after that is 99 Coffins - there's more after them too).
Yeah, the corn part was interesting, but very long. I'm just about finished - I'd recommend it to anyone! :D
It was fun, but depending it would probably wear thin for some readers. If it's possible to borrow from someone else, I'd probably do that. I'm not sorry I bought it, but I also won't feel bad about donating my copy to the library after my husband's finished reading it. I don't know if this helps or not. :)
So far my plan is to read 3 of these this year: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkein, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. We'll see... My reading goals for the year are pretty ambitious - esp. with a new baby!
I think other than the Scarlet Letter, the only other one I've read is The Blithedale Romance, which was pretty good too. The next one on my list (when I get to it - I am not quite as disciplined as you are!) is The Marble Faun.
Just reviewing what other people have read right now. I loved Rapuccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne & hope you liked it too! :)
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A new one for your list is Un Lun Dun by China Mieville. :) I enjoyed it quite a bit (3 out of 5, overall, I'd say, but there were a few parts I really liked).
It was all right. There were a few chapters (they're all really short) that give some insight into some of his films, but a lot of it's about meditation. I guess it would depend on how big a fan you are. I didn't buy it - just checked it out from the library. I'd say even if you are a big fan to check it out from the library.
I've actually read War and Peace and really enjoyed it (I read it in a Tolstoy in Translation class I took - I think I was the only one in the class who finished all the reading!). The book on my list is one I discovered that's *about* the book. I totally agree with all your comments! I am also intrigued by a recently published version of War and Peace that was an earlier draft before Tolstoy expanded the historical and philosophical aspects of the novel. I'm interested, but I don't know when I'll get to that....
Sadly, no - I give some a quick look-through as they arrive in our "new books," but all the reading is done on my own time. I do have multiple piles. lol! ;)
I would also say that if you want to read a western - just so you know what they're about, you might check out Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey. (I am also a librarian who's big on RA!). :D
If you haven't read The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke yet, I suspect you'll like it. I really enjoyed it as well as Inkheart and Inkspell (don't remember if Inkspell is really the 2nd book or if it's something slightly different). Dragon Rider (also by Funke) was all right, but I didn't like it as much as I liked the other 3. They're great escape books. :D
I've thought for awhile that I'd like Tess..., but for whatever reason I just haven't gotten to it yet. I don't know much about Gormenghast - what's it about?