kbithecrowing wrote:I tried to read The Brothers Karamazov. Could not get into it after like 200-300 pages. Is The Idiot comperable in style?
Similar, I am realizing that some depends on the english translation, Honestly it starts pretty slow, but I have a 15 hour flight so it will probably get read regardless.
I haven't read Dostoevsky in a long time, but if I remember right, Crime and Punishment has more of a plot than either of those; easier to get into.
Crime and Punishment is the Nevermind of Dostoevsky books. Yeah it's awesome but it's the one everyone has. Although it is much easier to get into, the idiot is several pages of dialogue before anything actually happens.
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Slowly getting through an HP Lovecraft anthology. Great storytelling, but 99% of the stories have a crappy "oh well" ending. I love Stephen King, but now I see where he got his formula for writing endings!
Slowly getting through an HP Lovecraft anthology. Great storytelling, but 99% of the stories have a crappy "oh well" ending. I love Stephen King, but now I see where he got his formula for writing endings!
Slowly getting through an HP Lovecraft anthology. Great storytelling, but 99% of the stories have a crappy "oh well" ending. I love Stephen King, but now I see where he got his formula for writing endings!
I'm still at the same books I have posted a month ago. Apart from the audiobook - listened to China Miévilles Kraken in the meantime and it was pretty nice, but not as badass as his "New Crobuzon" Novels. Audiobooks are keeping me from being a total non-literary bum. Hooray for that.
warwick.hoy wrote:I attempted reading Jitterbug Perfume twice. I had to put it down both time. For some reason it just didn't grab my attention.
I loved Jitterbug Perfume but I've heard others say they couldn't finish it. I tried reading another Robbins book, Skinny Legs And All, and I quit halfway through, something I rarely do. First time I've had such polar opposite reactions to one author.
I had to put the Guitar Making book down for a moment.
This is next on my reading list:
I've read and liked No Logo. It definitely got me thinking differently about how I value material goods, band names and placing an importance on keeping more of my money within the local economy.
Welcome to the Monkey House, a collection of short stories by Vonnegut. Also, Action Philosophers, a graphic novel explaining the major philosophers theories.
There's a snake in my boots. Someone poisoned the waterhole!