tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383119466961870537.post638585830508462585..comments2024-02-27T13:22:06.787-05:00Comments on Literature Frenzy!: Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My Fall To-Be-Read List Jason Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08334917645691982404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383119466961870537.post-89343821380020054182014-10-15T13:01:40.273-04:002014-10-15T13:01:40.273-04:00I didn't mean offense, just a bit of good-natu...I didn't mean offense, just a bit of good-natured ribbing. :)<br /><br />I've always said read whatever caters towards your interests. If it happens to be fantasy YA novels or Fifty Shades of Grey, so be it. I'm not going to hold that against anyone. You happen to love the classics (older the better it seems), and I think that is quite remarkable. I don't know anyone else who genuinely enjoys those kind of texts like you do. You remind me how under-read I am when it comes to those classic or ancient texts and much obliged by the many great recommendations. Although, I might need a bit more convincing when it comes to Emile Zola, Voltaire or Montaigne. They scare me.<br /><br />We bookend each other. I like that. I might have to take you up on that challenge of covering all of the classics. :) Jason Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334917645691982404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383119466961870537.post-21184590850640008152014-10-09T00:03:38.084-04:002014-10-09T00:03:38.084-04:00And I failed to return and notice that you'd c...And I failed to return and notice that you'd commented on my comment, so we're even! ;-)<br /><br />Ah yes, cute pre-1900s dig! ;-) I know. It's a failing that I'm trying to rectify. I notice that we tend to bookend each other ....... I read from ancients to around the 1850s-ish and then some more modern-ish type reads. You read post 1850s and American literature which I will at some point force myself to read (and probably will be pleasantly surprised) and some really modern books (that scare me). Between the two of us we should be able to cover all the "classics", ancient through modern, before we die .............. well, maybe .........<br />Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383119466961870537.post-23692713705974322522014-10-01T16:56:27.928-04:002014-10-01T16:56:27.928-04:00Doh, I failed to see that you kind folks commented...Doh, I failed to see that you kind folks commented on this post. Please forgive my ignorance.<br /><br />Cleo: Excellent...my plan to influence you to read Tigana (or anything else by Mr. Kay for that matter) is working...muahahaha<br /><br />I finished the English Patient recently but still need to hash out a review. How they turned this novel into a movie is beyond me. Yeah, I am quite surprised you even read this novel at all considering you tend to avoid anything that wasn't written before 1900. :P<br /><br />I guess you make exceptions, especially when it pertains to course readings. You kinda have to read the assigned material if you intend to pass with a decent grade, ha. I've heard good things about the Earthsea series so I might check that one out after I get through some of her novels first. I should be getting to Persuasion sometime soon. And by soon that could be next week or a few months from now. Either way, I am looking forward to it. Austen rocks. I always appreciate your comments Cleo. Thanks again.<br /><br />Lindsey: Hello there! You really got me excited to read Chabon now. I've got "The Yiddish Policeman's Union" within the pile of books stacked next to my bed and might venture to read it next. I need a break from all the more serious literature I've been reading lately. That isn't to say that Chabon is not a serious writer whose works aren't complex or whatever but I'm guessing it's a lot more accessible and "enjoyable" to read than say Woolf or Faulkner. Thanks for stopping by!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jason Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334917645691982404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383119466961870537.post-52488949079048002202014-09-24T16:21:22.024-04:002014-09-24T16:21:22.024-04:00I love Michael Chabon's novels. I've read ...I love Michael Chabon's novels. I've read The Yiddish Policeman's Union, The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, Wonder Boys, and Telegraph Avenue. I hope you enjoy your first Chabon adventure! Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333927782181943347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383119466961870537.post-43095666269163922002014-09-24T00:55:49.339-04:002014-09-24T00:55:49.339-04:00Well, you are not helping me in the least to resis...Well, you are not helping me in the least to resist reading Tigana by mentioning Kay's name! ;-) I'm dying to read it but I just can't until I can clear my schedule somewhat. <br /><br />I didn't like The English Patient but I read it so long ago and I actually can't remember whether it was the book or the movie I disliked or both. What do I know when it comes to anything modern though.<br /><br />I read LeGuin's The Wizard of Earthsea a couple of years ago for a fantasy literature class. I enjoyed it but I was still raving over Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the first couple of books that we'd read, that I don't think I gave it the attention that it deserved.<br /><br />Persuasion is supposed to be fantastic! <br /><br />I've been eyeing Chabon for awhile but I'll let you wade in first and then take my cue. ;-)<br /><br />Happy reading!<br /><br />Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.com