Sometimes, ignorance IS bliss (at least for reading).
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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."
Toddson - Jul 14, 2021 9:36:28 am PDT #26789 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
-t - Jul 14, 2021 9:44:27 am PDT #26790 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I read a short story in that series but not the novels. Hm, 2.99 is still a little high for a kneejerk impulse buy, at least the day before payday...
meara - Jul 14, 2021 1:47:13 pm PDT #26791 of 28344
It’s probably available at your library, since it’s the first book and several more are out. I remember enjoying the first one but never read the others!
-t - Jul 14, 2021 2:26:46 pm PDT #26792 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I decided that I could take the $3 risk
ETA because what I need is more to read. I'm almost finished with Bleak House and I only had 2 books that I pre-ordered and forgot about pop onto my reader this week so my TBR pile is not quite overwhelming enough
-t - Jul 15, 2021 1:30:11 pm PDT #26793 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Finished Bleak House, yay! I'm glad you said it was a soap opera before I started, Jesse, that put me in the right frame of mind. I was way more worried about that whole Jarndyce-Woodcourt-Summerson situation than the Jarndyce and Jarndyce suit, but that also worked out better so all to the good. For some reason I keep wanting to call Esther Summerson "Ethel Summersby" which makes searching the text pretty frustrating, but after a rocky start when I wasn't sure I'd make it through the parts she narrates I did grow pretty fond of her. Bucket will be an excellent addition to my informal database of early detectives, quite a departure from the Dupin mold! I started watching the 2005 PBS miniseries (with Gillian Anderson) and it might be a little too This is Serious Art for me, Dickens's little winks and nods to the reader are my favorite parts, but I'm not giving up on it yet. I was hoping that the performance would clarify why everyone seems to enjoy Skimpole's company so much but they seem to have opted for less universal fondness instead. Ah well. I might give the Diana Rigg version a try also, or I might decided I've had enough of Bleak House, we'll see.
Mystery of Edwin Drood up next, although I will be taking a bit of a break to enjoy While We Were Dating and maybe some other books that have come my way...
Toddson - Jul 15, 2021 1:34:19 pm PDT #26794 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I saw the Diana Rigg version and enjoyed it quite a bit. There's a PBS show called "Dickensian" (I think) that mixes up Dickens characters from a number of his books; I enjoyed that as well. It does give you Miss Havisham's back story, which I found interesting.
-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:05:21 pm PDT #26795 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've only ever read A Christmas Carol (which I love), Great Expectations (which was ok I guess), and now Bleak House (which I liked) so I feel like I would have to do a lot of homework for Dickensian
Toddson - Jul 15, 2021 2:11:17 pm PDT #26796 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, I don't think I've read much more, but I got enough of the references to know who people were (Little Dorrit, for example).
-t - Jul 15, 2021 2:42:03 pm PDT #26797 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, other than knowing that is probably a character from Dickens I don't know who that is
sj - Jul 17, 2021 10:45:46 am PDT #26798 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I started reading A Deadly education last night snd I found the first chapter to be whiny and boring. Should I push through? Does it get better?