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Earlier today, I finished reading Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. A reader can consider it a novel, only written in poetic verse. The plot itself seems somewhat predictable, but Browning discusses a lot on the subject of aesthetics, and the purpose of art (in connection with nature). I found the book astoundingly beautiful, and would recommend it to anyone, as it seems a neglected work of hers, as compared to Sonnets from the Portugeuse.
My rating: 9/10.
just finished "the rum diary" - Hunter S Thompson...brilliant. One of the funniest men alive....it's just too bad he's dead.
Read "a clockwork orange" last week. That is one twisted book, absolutley loved it. Can anyone recommend anything else by Burgess. He's written a ton of books but Clockwork is the only one I know.
Complications, by Atul Gawande. This book is a very interesting read--not literary in the least, but it delves into many many philosophical questions and answers them the way the science of medicine (specifically surgery) answers or does not answer them. After reading this book, I know more and more that I could never be a surgeon myself, but it was interesting to read to hear a surgeon iterate that perfection does not exist-even in medicine.
I just finished reading Hamlet a few days ago.
It was a bit harder to follow than things I would read purely for enjoyment but I still enjoyed it.
The last book I read was House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III. It was a pretty good read, although I wasn't too crazy about the ending.
The English Patient. A window into a difficult time, witness to man's inhumanity to man, a tragic love, and very well written. Mike O. deserves the accolades this book has garnered.
Last week I finished reading Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. I love that book, and I think it's Hugo's masterpiece. It's such a great story, and the narration he uses is purely genius. I definitly reccomend it.
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
The ninth book in the Stephanie Plum series by Evanovich. In this book, Stephanie is stalked by a serial murderer. It is as funny and cleverly written as other books in the series; however, it is a little far fetched and less "believable". Still very entertaining: 6/10 Kitkats
The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Second read after 20 years and enjoyed reading it in English even more. 10/10 KitKats!
I just read The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
It was ok, but not realy my type, there was not much death, no murder, no love affairs... only a garden. I think I would have liked it more if I was 10 years old... and a completely different person.
First post, hurrah.
I just finished reading Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut. Amusingly written, satiric in voice, and with a really interesting style. I've read one other by Vonnegut, and I think he's a riot. Not heavy, but there are ideas there. Succinctly, it's about about the end of the world.
Right after, I finished Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. It's SF, but quite good. I picked up the hardcover for a great price and was pleasantly surprised. It's almost a mystery, about the hunt to find the anonymous makers of strange and beautifully artistic footage that has been circulating the Internet. Gibson's style is somewhat unique as well, so its interesting there too.
HEY EVERYONE!!!
been about a year+ since i last posted here, but i am back... I think.
The last book I read was A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. and it really was both a heartbreaking work and staggering genius.
its an AMAZINGLY good book, and I would reccomend it to literally anyone interested in anything.
Ive just read across the nightingale floor and grass for his pillow by sombody Hearn
nice but its getting a bit boring and I have to fininh the last book in the trilogy Brilliance of the moon and give it back to the library tomorrow.
The last book I read was "Merrick" by Anne Rice. I really loved it! Anne did it again with her magic!
"The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier.. It was really good. I'm now ready to start "Beyond the Chocolate War"
I have completed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It left me very, very sad.. which means I think it is written well, I guess. And I could not put it away. But now I wonder whether it would have been better to read this book just before part 7 arrives. I hope for a happy ever after in part 7...