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[emma]

The problem with reading so much crap is that you forget what you have and haven't read - I now put all my books up on GoodReads so that I remember what I've read. In just under two years, I've read 177 books, most of which have been truly terrible

:O And I thought I read a lot! Where do you find the time?!?
I've read about 85 books since July 08 (which is when I started writing a list of the ones I've completed - I might actually join the site you mentioned to help keep track).
But then you could add to that the 400+ books I got out in my four years of uni, though I didn't read every page of those, just the relevant bits.


Oh, and I like The Book Thief, too - it's actually one of the few books that I own. I'll have to check out I Am The Messenger.

Terry Pratchett's Discworld is most classic reading I do

Mort is one of my all-time favorite books. I just love Death.

[suitcase]

The problem with reading so much crap is that you forget what you have and haven't read - I now put all my books up on GoodReads so that I remember what I've read. In just under two years, I've read 177 books, most of which have been truly terrible

:O And I thought I read a lot! Where do you find the time?!?
I've read about 85 books since July 08 (which is when I started writing a list of the ones I've completed - I might actually join the site you mentioned to help keep track).
But then you could add to that the 400+ books I got out in my four years of uni, though I didn't read every page of those, just the relevant bits.


Oh, and I like The Book Thief, too - it's actually one of the few books that I own. I'll have to check out I Am The Messenger.

Yes, check it out.
Have you ever read Emma by Jane Austen? Just wondering since your name is Emma

[Jabberwocky]

The problem with reading so much crap is that you forget what you have and haven't read - I now put all my books up on GoodReads so that I remember what I've read. In just under two years, I've read 177 books, most of which have been truly terrible

:O And I thought I read a lot! Where do you find the time?!?
I've read about 85 books since July 08 (which is when I started writing a list of the ones I've completed - I might actually join the site you mentioned to help keep track).
But then you could add to that the 400+ books I got out in my four years of uni, though I didn't read every page of those, just the relevant bits.


Oh, and I like The Book Thief, too - it's actually one of the few books that I own. I'll have to check out I Am The Messenger.

Terry Pratchett's Discworld is most classic reading I do

Mort is one of my all-time favorite books. I just love Death.

Mort is good, my fav of his is Wee Free Men

[Selcouth_Feline]

:O And I thought I read a lot! Where do you find the time?!?

I have no life! I read everywhere and I also read too quickly. I guess I almost skim read a lot of things so I'm trying to slow down before I bankrupt myself

I've just finished my second read of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. I love this mans work, he's easily my joint favourite author alongside Jane Austen.

I really enjoyed Crime and Punishment. Great book! My favourite classic (and actually one of my favourite books anyway) has to be Jane Eyre though - possibly the only book we were forced to read at school that I actually enjoyed.

[suitcase]

:O And I thought I read a lot! Where do you find the time?!?

I have no life! I read everywhere and I also read too quickly. I guess I almost skim read a lot of things so I'm trying to slow down before I bankrupt myself

I've just finished my second read of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. I love this mans work, he's easily my joint favourite author alongside Jane Austen.

I really enjoyed Crime and Punishment. Great book! My favourite classic (and actually one of my favourite books anyway) has to be Jane Eyre though - possibly the only book we were forced to read at school that I actually enjoyed.

I've never read Crime and Punishment but I'd like to read it. What do you like the most about it?
I also had to read Jane Eyre. I agree with you on the opinion that it's a very good book.

[Amanda]

I've just finished my second read of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. I love this mans work, he's easily my joint favourite author alongside Jane Austen.

I really enjoyed Crime and Punishment. Great book! My favourite classic (and actually one of my favourite books anyway) has to be Jane Eyre though - possibly the only book we were forced to read at school that I actually enjoyed.

I like Jane Eyre too but it took me a couple of reads to appreciate it properly. I think the first time I read it I was a bit too young and I just couldn't understand why Jane even likes, let alone loves, Rochester. The ending still annoys me a little though. It is infinitely better than Wuthering Heights (which is the only other Bronte novel I've read), the characters in that story are just horrid.

[emma]

Have you ever read Emma by Jane Austen? Just wondering since your name is Emma

Nope, I've never read Emma - although I probably should
I've not read many classics, actually. Emma would be a good place to start!

:O And I thought I read a lot! Where do you find the time?!?

I have no life! I read everywhere and I also read too quickly. I guess I almost skim read a lot of things so I'm trying to slow down before I bankrupt myself

I <3 the library
I must have saved myself thousands on books! I'd love to know how many books I've taken out in my life...

[Juliet P]

I've just finished my second read of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. I love this mans work, he's easily my joint favourite author alongside Jane Austen.

I really enjoyed Crime and Punishment. Great book! My favourite classic (and actually one of my favourite books anyway) has to be Jane Eyre though - possibly the only book we were forced to read at school that I actually enjoyed.

I like Jane Eyre too but it took me a couple of reads to appreciate it properly. I think the first time I read it I was a bit too young and I just couldn't understand why Jane even likes, let alone loves, Rochester. The ending still annoys me a little though. It is infinitely better than Wuthering Heights (which is the only other Bronte novel I've read), the characters in that story are just horrid.

I totally agree with you on Wuthering Heights. None of the characters had any redeeming features whatsoever.

[suitcase]

I've just finished my second read of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. I love this mans work, he's easily my joint favourite author alongside Jane Austen.

I really enjoyed Crime and Punishment. Great book! My favourite classic (and actually one of my favourite books anyway) has to be Jane Eyre though - possibly the only book we were forced to read at school that I actually enjoyed.

I like Jane Eyre too but it took me a couple of reads to appreciate it properly. I think the first time I read it I was a bit too young and I just couldn't understand why Jane even likes, let alone loves, Rochester. The ending still annoys me a little though. It is infinitely better than Wuthering Heights (which is the only other Bronte novel I've read), the characters in that story are just horrid.

I totally agree with you on Wuthering Heights. None of the characters had any redeeming features whatsoever.

Me, too. I felt bad for hating it, but I did, honestly.

[Selcouth_Feline]

It is infinitely better than Wuthering Heights (which is the only other Bronte novel I've read), the characters in that story are just horrid.

I totally agree with you on Wuthering Heights. None of the characters had any redeeming features whatsoever.

Me, too. I felt bad for hating it, but I did, honestly.

I'm really crap with classics like this though. Didn't like Wuthering Heights at all either. Everyone says Pride and Prejudice is excellent but I really can't get into it Most Charles Dickens I can't read either, even though I really want to.

[Amanda]

It is infinitely better than Wuthering Heights (which is the only other Bronte novel I've read), the characters in that story are just horrid.

I totally agree with you on Wuthering Heights. None of the characters had any redeeming features whatsoever.

Me, too. I felt bad for hating it, but I did, honestly.

I'm really crap with classics like this though. Didn't like Wuthering Heights at all either. Everyone says Pride and Prejudice is excellent but I really can't get into it Most Charles Dickens I can't read either, even though I really want to.

I love Pride and Prejudice but I completely understand where you're coming from with Charles Dickens. Most of the time I find his characters to be like caricatures and his style a bit slow. I got through A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol but I've lost track of how many times I've tried to finish Great Expectations.

[vaptin]

I've read great expectations and a tale of two cities, yeah his books are hard to get into. Takes alot of effort to work out what hes saying. Once you actually click with them though, the writing is excellent.

[suitcase]

It is infinitely better than Wuthering Heights (which is the only other Bronte novel I've read), the characters in that story are just horrid.

I totally agree with you on Wuthering Heights. None of the characters had any redeeming features whatsoever.

Me, too. I felt bad for hating it, but I did, honestly.

I'm really crap with classics like this though. Didn't like Wuthering Heights at all either. Everyone says Pride and Prejudice is excellent but I really can't get into it Most Charles Dickens I can't read either, even though I really want to.

I love Pride and Prejudice but I completely understand where you're coming from with Charles Dickens. Most of the time I find his characters to be like caricatures and his style a bit slow. I got through A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol but I've lost track of how many times I've tried to finish Great Expectations.

I love Pride and Prejudice too. Dickens is also tough and slow sometimes but I enjoy his works. I haven't read A Tale of Two Cities but I would love to read it.

[Amanda]

I've read great expectations and a tale of two cities, yeah his books are hard to get into. Takes alot of effort to work out what hes saying. Once you actually click with them though, the writing is excellent.

I understand him, I just think he's incredibly slow. I think part of the problem is that a lot of his work was serialised, therefore the more he wrote the more he got paid. And boy does it show when you read something like Bleak House or Our Mutual Friend (both of which are festering somewhere in my house half read), they're great stories but they often stall in pace and, if you're not invested in the story enough, it's hard to get past the slow parts.

[vaptin]

Great expectations is very slow - particularly at the start where he spends ages on details and events that are really inconsequential. It gets better later on when it is a fully fleshed out life story. Have you seen the black and white film of it, by David Lean.

And another one of my favs is the Great Gatsby. Its easy to read and is short, but has a real flow, is pretty complex and has that touching emotional feel to it.