The Host by stephenie meyer. i just got it today at approximately....3:00P.M., it is now...6:38P.M.
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The Host by stephenie meyer. i just got it today at approximately....3:00P.M., it is now...6:38P.M.
have a proof of that since march. Still havent read it though.
The Odyssey!
Ira Levin's: The Boys from Brazil
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Balthasar gracian's atr of worldly wisdom, and a second hand ( exlibrary copy) of Thw world commuter great journeys by train
Hi. I just wanted to agree about how good Trollope is. I started collecting his works years ago, but haven't got them all yet. Too many books out there to read, so little money or time :) Anyway, he's brilliant at writing characters, with a light comedic touch. I can just see the unctious Reverend Obadiah Slope in my mind, along with the snooty and disdainful Mrs Proudie, and the many other excellent characters which people his novels. He writes with a lovely satirical eye about those bedrocks of the Victorian British Establishment, the Church and Parliament. I'd highly recommend him to anyone who likes a good story, well-told, with a bit of humour thrown in. He's not all about humour though. Take The Way We Live Now, or He Knew he was Right. There are some tragic characters in there too. A truly great author.
Yes! He Knew He Was Right is such a chilling novel. Trollope just has this wonderful way of weaving and creating, one part of the plot is at it's peak while another is just beginning while another is winding down, something is always happening, keeping you intrigued. And while his style is certainly Victorian, he has a bit of a bite to him, things aren't all roses and sunshine in his books. They always have a happy ending...for the most part but that doesn't take away from the often critical tone of the novel. And he writes tremendous dialogue, there have been some conversations in his books that have just overwhelmed me with their brilliance. Wessexgirl, have you read any of the Palliser Series? If not, I would highly recommend it, the novels in that series are some of Trollope's best...some of them are quite mediocre as well but the good ones make up for the not fabulous ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by wessexgirl
I know it looks intimidating but really, they are such easy reads. I can get through one of those 800 page books in less than a week because they just flow so nicely. You know, it's Victorian so the sentence structure is complex, with all those commas and asides and the language is very formal but if you're already familiar with that style, you won't have any problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
I have read the Eustace Diamonds, it's part of the Palliser series and it wasn't one of my favorites. It wasn't that it was poorly written, it was just that all the major characters were so entirely unlikeable and that's saying a lot for me because I generally like roguish characters but they were just unpleasant because they were unpleasant, not because of any inner turmoil which makes everything okay! :D :lol: Another thing that worked against it for me but might not bother someone who hasn't read any of the other "Palliser" novels is that it was kind of a stand alone book, not very connected to the characters that had already been firmly established and the book before it, Phineas Finn was outstanding. I had great expectations starting Eustance Diamonds and it was just a very different book so I was a little disappointed.
And yes, He Knew He Was Right is an excellent book, very dark. The "He" in the title becomes such a monster after awhile but you retain a great deal of sympathy for him because he's clearly disturbed and tortured and his life is completely destroyed by his actions...that's what's missing from Eustace Diamonds, in my opinion, that pull, it's just people behaving badly because they can.
Catch-22 ~ Joseph Heller
I, Claudius ~ Robert Graves
The Octopus ~ Frank Norris
Walkers of the Wind ~ William Sarabande
"FDR" by Jean Howard Smith
I'm reading The Merry-Go-Round by Joshua Bruening...
You can find it at amazon / barnesandnoble . com
It's worth checking out!