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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 1:39:44 GMT
Some day....
1. I'll finish reading Shogun. I've been 100 pages in for three years now
2. I'll read In Search of Lost Time. Knowing me, I'll skim it.
3. I'll read Moby Dick properly, having already skimmed it.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Aug 29, 2018 6:55:16 GMT
Ullysses. One day...one day...
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 29, 2018 16:28:42 GMT
Shogun was a challenge to read, but I stuck with it. Took me about 5 months. Long but a great novel.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2018 17:35:31 GMT
Read the whole of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 1712 pages
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Post by mrdanwest on Aug 29, 2018 20:34:54 GMT
1 - J.R. by William Gaddis - I gave it a shot 4 years ago but didn't even make it 50 pages before bailing on it for something less daunting. (750 of unattributed dialogue with no chapter breaks or clear rest spots got the best of me. I keep promising my self that I wont let it intimidate me and that I will conquer it yet, but have not yet picked it back up).
2 - The Recognitions by William Gaddis - I guess I should get past J.R. first though.
3 - The Power Broker by Robert Moses - My non-fiction Moby Dick.
4 - In Search of Lost Time - because I feel that I should.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2018 0:32:15 GMT
Ullysses. One day...one day... I got 100 pages in, no clue what I was reading but thinking it was extremely well written. |
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Post by deembastille on Aug 30, 2018 2:50:48 GMT
try to make head or tails what the motherfucking FUCK my principal writes in her memos. many people [the union included] have complained about her inability to get to the freaking point.
I may have a learning disability in reading comprehension but I can get through Alison weir's stuff relatively easily.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Oct 25, 2018 3:00:25 GMT
1 - J.R. by William Gaddis - I gave it a shot 4 years ago but didn't even make it 50 pages before bailing on it for something less daunting. (750 of unattributed dialogue with no chapter breaks or clear rest spots got the best of me. I keep promising my self that I wont let it intimidate me and that I will conquer it yet, but have not yet picked it back up). 2 - The Recognitions by William Gaddis - I guess I should get past J.R. first though. 3 - The Power Broker by Robert Moses - My non-fiction Moby Dick. 4 - In Search of Lost Time - because I feel that I should. Power broker is good. |
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 25, 2018 19:18:54 GMT
I saved the summer of 2017 for War and Peace, but I wound up reading about two dozen other books instead. Same thing this past summer. So many books, so little time.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Oct 26, 2018 19:35:20 GMT
I keep meaning to finish Tale of Two Cities.
I'm not sure what the problem is. It's actually pretty interesting up to the point I've read. It's just not grabbing me.
I think I'll start over.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2018 5:47:50 GMT
To read all the novels listed in SF: 100 Best Novels by David Pringle.
Finished 75 of them so far.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Oct 30, 2018 18:40:09 GMT
A Confederacy of Dunces. Just could not get into it. Only finished about a third.
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Post by wmcclain on Oct 31, 2018 0:11:53 GMT
Tristram Shandy
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Post by OldSamVimes on Oct 31, 2018 12:42:40 GMT
I'm reading 'Buddenbrooks' right now, but so far it's not a challenge.
The Tibetan book of the Dead was one of the most challenging for me.. but I'll finish it in time.
"The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching" -- by Terence and Dennis McKenna, might as well have been in a foreign language. I don't think anyone could understand that book.
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Post by lordquesterjones on Nov 1, 2018 13:15:03 GMT
Anything with too many words in it, and too many big words.
And/or any book that doesn't have pictures in it.
Preferably pop-up ones.
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