Please nominate the two books you would like to read in 2016.
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Please nominate the two books you would like to read in 2016.
The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies and O Canada by Richard Ford
I'm in a north of the border mood (from this here geographical perspective.)
Lonesome Dove and The Executioner's Song
Some Faulkner, because I haven't read anything of his yet.
The idiot.
Light in August, then. I love Faulkner, and I'm yet to read this one.
I haven't read that one either and would love to read it... Or "The Fable".
Considering how much I had disliked Faulkner as a freshman, I can hardly believe that I have become such a fan girl :D
1: I'd like to re-read the Sound and the Fury. That was my favorite novel for a few years in high school. I finally finished As I Lay Dying, really liked it. I'm not as crazy about Light in August, though it's Harold Bloom's favorite. Absalom Absalom! I found fascinating but hard as hell; I'll have to re-read.
2: I need to finish the Divine Comedy. I want a great illustrated version but I can't find one in any bookstores.
I've read the first two parts, but I've never finished the Paradiso.
I liked the Executioner's Song a lot. The Mailer that fascinated me most was the first half of American Dream, based partly on the real-life episode where he nearly killed his second wife with a knife after a political setback. The second half of that book...urg. Several of Mailer's short stories really impress me, like the Time of her Time, and The Man Who Studied Yoga.
How about The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe?
Nominations so far:
1. The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies
2. O Canada by Richard Ford
3. Lonesome Dove
4. The Executioner's Song
5. The idiot
6. Light in August
7. The Sound and the Fury
8. the Divine Comedy
9. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
10. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
I quite enjoyed Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies. Would like to read something more by her.
Wow. For a literary forum, we sure are a bunch unwilling to make any commitment to reading!
Does anyone would like to nominate a 3rd or 4th book so that we can move this thing forward? If not, I will have to pick more books myself on October 5th.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life: short story collection by Sherwood Anderson
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku
and 3... TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT NIGHTS, by Salman Rushdie
I am currently listening to "Game of Thrones" audio books as I clean out a house, Tech manuals for work at night.
I had just listened to Delores Cannon "Keepers of the Garden." I do like that far out stuff. I still haven't decided if it's entertainment or information; walking that mental line of not being sure is my role in life I guess.
Only works of fiction, please.
ok, ok. Let me think...
John Dies at the End and The Heart of Redness
I tried reading "as I lay dying" a couple of years ago, and just could not get through it. id be willing to try another Faulkner buy boy itd have to be with someone who loved him.
I like westerns and I have lonesome dove, but just so you all know, its about 5000 pages long!
ive been recommended "the remains of the day" by ishiguri, so I can put that forward.
I really like "as I lay dying", but I do like me some Faulkner.Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty