What will everyone be reading for August?

[dreamylove4u]

Hi all,


I just finished reading the Da Vinci Code, that I highly recommend, and also "HE NEVER CALLED AGAIN", I highly recommend these two books. What is everyone reading next month?

[waxmephilosophical]

I'm thinking about Dune...maybe not, I'm not really in a Sci-fi mood. Emma and A Clockwork Orange are next on my list (I'm a classics girl all the way!)

[Lothwen]

Next month? I think, my list will be too long if I'd like to put it here :), but now I am reading "The Waves" by Virginia Woolf. Next will be "Jane Eyre".

[AbdoRinbo]

I'm thinking about Dune...maybe not, I'm not really in a Sci-fi mood. Emma and A Clockwork Orange are next on my list (I'm a classics girl all the way!)

A Clockwork Orange is awesome, wax. Too bad Anthony Burgess eventually disowned it (literally) and pushed to keep that stupid final episode in it. Appy-polly-loggies!

[Jay]

Actually I've no idea, could anyone recommend me something? Anything? Well, I'm also in no mood for sci-fi or something way too deep (my brain kinda works on the lower levels these days, I'm not sure if I could handle something of the intellectual works), so if you know about anything that would meet these few criterias, I'm all ears... Thank you guys all in advance.

[gatsbysghost]

I re-read The Adventures of Tom Salwer last month and it was more enjoyable now than it ever was. Of Mice and Men is also a good one to not tax the mind. I'm reading a book of Dickens' short stories right now. Once you adjust to the writing style it's pretty good.

[scarlatti_7]

Hello,

I was just wondering how you pronounce "Goethe?" Instead of starting a new thread, I just thought this would be more appropriate. I always thought it was [go-eth], but a word pronouncer on the web had an "R" sound in it; weird. :D :D


--Scarlatti

[Blackadder]

The German pronunciation of the name is something like "go(e)-teh". The o is pronounced as though it were umlauted. It'd be best if you could find a German-speaker to say it out loud for you.

Jay: I just got finished with a great mystery series. If you happen to like mysteries, you should try Dennis Lehane's A Drink Before the War. That's the first book in the series.

Right now, I'm reading The Cabinet of Curiosities by Preston and Child. It's great so far.

[gatsbysghost]

I have always heard it pronounce ger-TA......with the er sounding like air.

[wastinaway]

I've started focusing in on John Donne, George Herbert and George Macdonald, using their poetry in my time with God--I'm exploring God-given desire and how we attempt to satiate with other things. Also, I think I'm about to start up on Pilgrim's Progress. I've got a fly-fishing and kayaking trip soon so A River Runs Through it will no doubt sneak into my pack.

[Munro]

Everyone loves talking about what book they're going to read next! I don't know why, maybe because no one listens to us at home?

I'm currently reading A Happy Death by Albert Camus, and I intend to read more of him after, The Outsider, The Rebel, and Exile and the Kingdom, which is a book of his short stories, are all waiting in my book shelf. I love his writing so much! He's possibly becoming one of my favourite writers.

Like I said in another topic, I'm studying The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (by choice) in one English class, and we've started The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger in the other. As you might guess, I have quite a messy desk right now, which is how I like it.

Like AdboRinbo said already, waxme, you'll love A Clockwork Orange! It's one of my favourite novels. Are there any other novels by Burgess as good as that one? I know he was disappointed that of all his works, that one was his most acclaimed...

[waxmephilosophical]

Burgess disowned "A Clockwork Orange"? I had never heard that; it seems a bit extreme to be that ashamed of your own work of literature. I guess I will make that foremost on my reading list then...I'm interested. By the way, what final episode are you talking about, AbdoRinbo? (I suppose I would find out if I started the book.) Oh and Munro, I really liked The Metamorphosis...especially the first line! It must be a fun piece to study. :)

[waxmephilosophical]

Oh yeah, Jay, you should read Lolita...I've recommended it in another thread, but it's so good I will recommend it again to you! Not much deep thought is required, just read and enjoy the work of a master of language! (But if you're in a mood to think deeply, this book can also spur some interesting thoughts.)

[stavrokin]

:( :(

i have to go to language school and try to pass exam~~~

my list is filled with text books.

:-?

[Jay]

Hey thank you guys, next time I'll go to the library I'd know what to look for. I just hope I'll be able to find the books in English, I like it better that way. And it helps me improving my knowledge of the language ;) .

Stavrokin: do not TRY to pass the exams, PASS them. Believe me, I know what I'm talking about, it's better if you pass them for the first time and don't have to repeat them. Good luck.

[Arteum]

scarlatti_7,

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "Goethe" is pronounced in British English as ['ge:t&] where [e:] sounds as the only vowel in British "work" and [&] is a schwa, as the last syllable in British "teacher". There's apparently no "r" sound.

[Helen]

hello everyone, im new!

ive just started 'Where Angels Fear to Tread' by E M Forster, has anyone else read it? its only short so that wont take long. After that im going to read a book about the life of Queen Victoria.

:)

[chrisvosje]

I've just started reading a book by Pär Lagerkvist. My Dutch translation is called 'De dwerg', I guess the English title would be 'The Dwarf' (original title: 'Dvärgen).
Further on the list:
Umberto Eco, 'Foucault's Pendulum' (not sure that is the English title)
Paul Claes, 'De phoenix'
Jean Cocteau, 'Gedichten' (recent translation with the original texts next to the translations)
Gerrit Achterberg, 'Voorbij de laatste stad'
Samuel Beckett, 'Malloy', 'Malone Dies', and 'the Unnamable'
Joseph Conrad, 'Heart of Darkness'

and some 18th-19th Century Dutch texts.

and so much more. In fact the list is near endless :D