What Are You Reading?

[Hipkitten]

Joyce's Finnegans Wake for the 19th time, I'm starting to question how one can ever lay the book to rest. ""The only demand I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works". is making sense now.

I can't tell you how many times I've read/pondered/reread/questioned/read/scratched my head/reread...that damn Finnegans Wake. I've often wondered how my professors would have reacted had I turned in anything that...um...enigmatic. Maybe I’ll try it for my dissertation

Currently I’m reading – for the millionth time - Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges are Not the Only Fruit. Every time I read it, it’s like a spiritual cleansing. Highly recommended if you’re ever in a slump.

 

[MulletProof]

The Teachings of Buddha by Stephan palos.

 

[cocolove]

Ignorance by Milan Kundera
and plodding through Anna Karenine by Tolstoy....am I missing why this is so good?

 

[faust]

and plodding through Anna Karenine by Tolstoy....am I missing why this is so good?

No, you are not. Put it down, before it's too late. Are you on page 50486 yet?


Ignorance was actually pretty decent compared to the two novels before.

 

[Bonchic]

I really like war and peace so far.. I have a gazillion books to read from the library and they're all due at the same time so I'm goin crazy trying to read them all

 

[Amélie]

i'm reading "madame Joy" and english text for school
"1984"-George Orwell
"America"-Jon Stewart and others...
various travel guides
and a body language book
hmmm, i read a lot at once right? that always happens to me...

 

[Ella]

The Importance of Being Earnest

 

[oStelios]

...did you see also the film?

 

[Ella]

You mean the one with Reese Witherspoon? I've seen parts of it but didn't bother watching it until the end. I've seen a much older one they made of it though.

 

[Bonchic]

Love the movie lol so funny

 

[dimlat]

I started reading Joyce's Ulysses, though I doubt if I'll ever manage to finish it.

 

[Fruchtzwerg]

I just bought a book by Marc Levy, the story sounds interesting but I'm still not finished with Vanity fair by William M. Thackeray

 

[Bonchic]

I just bought a book by Marc Levy, the story sounds interesting but I'm still not finished with Vanity fair by William M. Thackeray

Did you like?

 

[fashion:fiesta]

the five people you meet in heaven

 

[Nemova]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

 

[faust]

I started reading Joyce's Ulysses, though I doubt if I'll ever manage to finish it.

Noone blames those who don't finish Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake. Both are mind r*ping.

 

[lostgirl]

I just bought a book by Marc Levy, the story sounds interesting but I'm still not finished with Vanity fair by William M. Thackeray

Is Marc Levy the guy who wrote "If you only knew"? If so what bbok did you buy, b/c I really liked that book and I want to know if he's done anything else. I really liked "Vanity Fair" (much better than the movie-though I enjoyed that too) though I know a lot of of people who didn't I though it was worth the experience of reading it, even though it is rather lengthy.

 

[lostgirl]

Noone blames those who don't finish Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake. Both are mind r*ping.

I haven't even attempted those, but I loved "Dubliners" and "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man" (his easy stuff!). I'd like to tread "Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake" someday, if only to say I did.

 

[Fruchtzwerg]

Is Marc Levy the guy who wrote "If you only knew"? If so what bbok did you buy, b/c I really liked that book and I want to know if he's done anything else. I really liked "Vanity Fair" (much better than the movie-though I enjoyed that too) though I know a lot of of people who didn't I though it was worth the experience of reading it, even though it is rather lengthy.

Did you like?

yes, I love both books, I really appreciate Vanity Fair so far ,also have seen the movie...the movie was okay but not brilliant.
I have read "If only it were true" by Marc Levy and now I'm starting with "Sept jours pour une eternite" (--> seven days til eternity ?" don't if it's already in English avaiable , he got a new book also but I don't know if it's also in English avaiable already. He's really good, I like his books a lot

 

[lostgirl]

yes, I love both books, I really appreciate Vanity Fair so far ,also have seen the movie...the movie was okay but not brilliant.
I have read "If only it were true" by Marc Levy and now I'm starting with "Sept jours pour une eternite" (--> seven days til eternity ?" don't if it's already in English avaiable , he got a new book also but I don't know if it's also in English avaiable already. He's really good, I like his books a lot

Let me know how "7 jours pour une eternite" is. I didn't even know he was french. I do speak french. would I be able to order it on amazon.fr?