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Anonymous
Thank God someone mentioned a classic. Why are you all reading recently issued junk? There is a WORLD of classics out there to enjoy! |
Anonymous
Buzz off. We are adults who will read what we please. I find the classics dreadful for the most part. |
Anonymous
No, no no. There is a reason why they are the classics. Those books have staying power. The new releases are all garbage and not worth your time! |
Anonymous
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So far in August:
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - devoured it to find out what was going on, but felt dissatisfied upon reflection Brave the Wild River - nonfiction about two women botanists who explore the Colorado River in the 1930s, excellent Salka Valka by Halldor Laxness - Icelandic classic. Sort of a feminist tale of a young woman coming into her own in the 1900s - I liked it but not as much as Independent People Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - simpler than some of her other novels, but great story and I loved the setting And now I'm reading: The Town by William Faulkner - not my favorite of his so far Lab Girl by Hope Jahrens - really good memoir of a botanist - looks at the challenges of being a scientist Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by nobel prize winner Olga Tokarczuk - this is funnier and more engaging than I expected. To the "classics only" poster - chill out. As you can see, I do love classics, but I also love new releases and contemporary fiction/nonfiction. And I love mysteries and historical fiction. There are so many good options out there - don't limit yourself to only classics! |
Anonymous
The classics were new releases at one time. You sound like a snob. People should read what they want. |
Anonymous
Agreed - many classics were released as serials. Not too different than our shows today. ANd don't get me started on the writers who were paid by the word. |
Anonymous
All of them! Why there is no one alive who has anything remotely interesting to say about these totally boring times we are living through! |
Anonymous
I finished this last month, and I tend to agree about being dissatisfied. I can remember the characters better than the actual ending, which wasn't really an ending in a way. I'm currently reading The Glass Hotel and am enjoying that. |
Anonymous
I KNOW! Ice Planet Barbarians is totally classic and I don't understand why no one mentions it. |
Anonymous
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"The Classics" are primarily books by white guys. Saying that's what you read isn't the flex you think it is.
Don't come at me with Austen and Bronte. You know their paths to publication were not the same. |
Anonymous
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Fruit from a Poisonous Tree
waiting it's arrival. |
Anonymous
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Carrie Soto is Back, Taylor Jenkins Reid
Getting out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians, Ralph White Enjoyed both. |
Anonymous
This is nice to hear. I have had bad experiences with Nobel winners but maybe I will try this one. |
Anonymous
| Swimming with Ghosts. Set in the DMV at a pool swim league. We did diving for the first year so I want to see what is parodied. |
Anonymous
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Ugh tried Pineapple Street. I finished it but what an unsatisfying book.
I am reading a lot of Elin Hilderbrand and cozy mysteries |