Jekyll is a good, fun novella. I've never read Don Quixote though, you'll have to tell me what it's like.
Just finished Lois Lowry's "The Giver" today. I never read it when I was younger and my eyebrows raised a few times when I saw how much today's young adult dystopian novels might have been inspired by it.
I am almost done reading The Conan Chronicles by Robert Jordan. I think Robert E. Howard wrote the original Conan stories better, but I want to know what happens at the end in this one. The novel is predictable and repetitive, but it is addicting.
I just finished Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I had forgotten how much I liked her style
On Beauty by Zadie Smith -- hating it. The Idiot by Dostoevsky -- loving it. Saying more than that would end in more text than anyone's willing to read.
Started reading Endless Night by Agatha Christie yesterday. Wonderful book (I've read it before), even though I'm generally not into either romantic or crime fiction.
Right now, I'm reading a mix of things: Jesus' Son, by Dennis Johnson; Writing with Emotion, Tension, and Conflict: Techniques for Crafting an Expressive and Compelling Novel, by Cheryl St. John; Technical Editing; and Technical and Professional Writing. The last two are textbooks, the authors/editors of which I have forgotten. I'm being kind of greedy, but I'm trying to hone my senses as a writer and editor. Going piece by piece, but it's nice having time to knock books off my personal list.
I read it. I read it without problems, it was quite good and interesting, funny on moments. And that was in high school, when I didn't appreciate classics so much.
I'm rereading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Dreams, fear, believing...by themselves and all together...intrigue me. Great thread, which I intent to read in its entirety today. So many wonderful recommendations. Thank you all who posted. My To Read list will grow today.
On top of my last post, I've been reading a lot of the Elder Edda recently. Norse poetry is not something I thought I would ever enjoy - this is another in the very long list of times I was very wrong.
I've been reading I Am Legend, actually quite interesting a lot better than the movies. Hopefully give me some ideas for the story I'm stuck on.
I am reading Heaven by Virginia Andrews, the first book in the Casteel series. I've read it lots before, but this time, it's like I am reading it for the first time, so I'm enjoying it that much more. I know VCA didn't write the greatest novels in the world, but she could tell a story, and this one remains my favourite by her. I'm not sure what draws me in, though, if I'm honest.
Currently about 75% through Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg. One of the best books out there, and the best of Asimov's in my opinion. Definitely a piece of work every sci-fi reader ought to read sooner or later (preferably sooner).
Hello. I'm Joshlyn, I just posted in the New Member Intro's. I saw on the QuickStart I need to get to posting before I can have my work critiqued. But there's actually a story. I just graduated college w/ a Bachelor's of Arts in Photojournalism and Creative Writing. Well my Photojournalism stuff was basic and the textbooks weren't worth keeping for future reading material. But on the other hand I was assigned a significant amount of very good reading for my minor in Creative Writing. Primarily the last two semesters in my Advanced Non-Fiction Workshop and my Elements of Craft class. I have ended up w/ approximately 48 books on my main bookcase to finish. But 5 of those are from Advanced Non-Fiction and 8 of those are from Elements of Craft(which was all fiction reading). So truthfully I didn't do majority of the reading assignments for those two classes, but refused to get rid of the books because from what I did read about them or in them they're really good, I just was so consumed by the rest of my life I ran out of time to read(I was working a hefty amount of crazy hours). Currently though I'm trying to finish up Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins. OMG I keep trying to tell absolutely everyone about this book. It's a series, collection, of short fiction pieces all based on Nevada, they all take place in various towns in Nevada, they all are rooted in some respect to Nevada history. But they're the absolute most interesting and engaging stories. While I'm an incredibly strong writer, I truthfully severely lack as a reader from suffering from both legitimate Attention Deficit Disorder and Moderate Dyslexia. I basically get either easily distracted or discouraged as a reader. Which may also help explain why I have 48 books to finish, almost all of which have at least been started. But when I do read, I was never much of a fiction person. I much rather prefer non-fiction, or poetry even. Like one of the things I enjoy most to read about is the Holocaust. When I was a kid I was sort of convinced I died on the Titanic in a former life because I was so fascinated about reading anything Titanic related, I outgrew that though. But I'm 100 pages shy of finishing Battleborn. I just finished the story The Archivist and loved it. Watkins writing is just incredible. Next up is Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans which is all somehow related to modern black culture, but it's not just for the black community to read, no these stories are genuinely interesting and enjoyable for anyone. And then 3rd on my immediate to finish list is City of Thieves by David Benioff.
Recently finished: In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden Blue Plate Special, by Kate Christensen Still reading: American Gods, by Neil Gaiman Peopleware, by DeMarco and Lister The Blood Royal, by Barbara Cleverly
Just started reading The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World by David Abram. This will be the first book I read on the subject of ecology (except a textbook for the past year's ecology course) and I'm thrilled to get a deeper understanding of the subject and the connection between humans and the world.
Got three new books recently: The Master and Margarita by Mikhael Bulgakov One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe I haven't read the first two yet, but I'm quickly ploughing through the Kafkaesque weirdness that is The Woman in the Dunes. I found a couple of interesting instances of authorial intrusion in this work that @Wreybies might scoff at. There's also some odd stylistic 'telling' examples, and I find that interesting from a sort of armchair critic POV. I say this because it's apparently considered one of the major classics of 20th century Japanese literature.
