I read it for a class, but I actually really loved War and Peace.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Deena - Nov 29, 2010 9:48:09 am PST #13024 of 28279
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Typo Boy - Nov 29, 2010 10:14:09 am PST #13025 of 28279
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh, you mean the really interesting bits going through the mountains and across the plains?
Fellow freak! Let your feeeeaak flaaag flyyy!
megan walker - Nov 29, 2010 12:42:39 pm PST #13026 of 28279
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
In any case, War and Peace is there. The great books are often really deserving of their reputation, but I'm curious if anyone here has read it and really enjoyed it rather than read it for the pride of saying "I read it." Is it a slog? Will I find myself flipping through boring bits? Or will what some people call boring bits turn out to be wonderful prose that's worth the examination?
I'm trying to read it as one of my should-reads for the year. I like it, it's just really, really long. I find the war bits harder to digest, but for other people that's what they like. I actually listened to the first 2 parts on my 8-hour drive from Pasadena on Saturday, so I could pick it up again where I left off for another try.
IObookN, The Invisible Bridge is great so far. I highly recommend it.
Polter-Cow - Nov 29, 2010 1:45:34 pm PST #13027 of 28279
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So rather than wait for the library, I took advantage of Amazon's deals and bought the Hunger Games trilogy in hardcover JUST SO I COULD READ IT. And then I will give it to my friend for Christmas so she can read it and I can buy the books in paperback later. Hardback is pretty, but paperback is more portable and cheaper. Although these were just as cheap as the paperbacks. Still. I don't know. I like paperbacks.
Tonight, I begin!
tiggy - Nov 29, 2010 1:49:26 pm PST #13028 of 28279
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
woo! i look forward to hearing your thoughts!
sj - Nov 29, 2010 2:31:36 pm PST #13029 of 28279
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
P-C, be careful, you might not get any sleep tonight. I couldn't put them down once I started them.
Laga - Nov 30, 2010 7:24:17 am PST #13030 of 28279
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm glad I didn't have them all at once because yeah. At least it wouldn't be as bad as the couple days I lost to Twilight. Last time I checked I was up to 6 in the holds queue for Mockingjay.
Toddson - Nov 30, 2010 9:19:39 am PST #13031 of 28279
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've forced myself to take a break between books 2 and 3 ... besides, I decided Mockingjay wasn't something I wanted to read over Thanksgiving.
Jesse - Nov 30, 2010 9:21:23 am PST #13032 of 28279
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh! So I was complaining about the Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Next the other day (in Natter, I guess), and the good news is, 100+ pages in, stuff finally started happening. But not before several different history lessons!
lisah - Nov 30, 2010 11:50:49 am PST #13033 of 28279
Punishingly Intricate
So I was complaining about the Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Next the other day (in Natter, I guess), and the good news is, 100+ pages in, stuff finally started happening. But not before several different history lessons!
Man, did he ever need an editor with a firmer hand. So much extra blah blah blah in those books.