Please share the books you have read in 2013 in this thread.
I have started reading The Boys from Brazil by Levin as part of my 13-seconds reading challenge.
Please share the books you have read in 2013 in this thread.
I have started reading The Boys from Brazil by Levin as part of my 13-seconds reading challenge.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1. The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin (S1) ~ 8/10 A thriller based on a Nazi conspiracy with a hint of sci-fi, an entertaining page-turner; ideal for holidays.
2. A Short Story of Tracktors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka (W1/N1) ~ 7/10 A humourous take on immigrants living the UK. Very promising!
3. Decameron by Boccaccio (R11) ~ 8/10
4. Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (W2/S2) ~ 7/10
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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You finished a book already this year?!?! Was it a novella?
1. Winterdance by Gary Paulsen 9/10.
1. King Lear.
Oh poops. I wanted to make this thread. I knew I would forget to do it and someone else would make it instead. I guess also we could include books we FINISHED in 2013 but may have started earlier.
'Anger's my meat; I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding.'
Volumnia in Coriolanus
Somewhat; about 200 pages and I started on December 31st actually.Originally Posted by islandclimber
You finished a book already this year?!?! Was it a novella?
If you feel so strongly about it, I can remove my thread and let you start one...
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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War and War ~ László Krasznahorkai 9.25/10
A reread, but certainly a worthwhile one. Brilliant book.
What is this 13-seconds reading challenge you speak of?
I'm still working on the 11 new authors in 2011.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
http://www.online-literature.com/for...792-13-SecondsYou get full marks for dedication and determination!
I'm still working on the 11 new authors in 2011.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Trojan Women by Seneca, it's a play I read on January 1. I am just about finished with Apuleius and a good way through Ovid
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
2. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines 7/10.
The Prophecy by S J Parris. 7/10
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. 6/10
The Suppliant Women by Aeschylus 7/10
Last edited by prendrelemick; 01-12-2013 at 03:43 PM.
ay up
3. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 9/10.
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