Hooray!! I think this one is over.Originally Posted by Nossa
Me neither..lol
I voted for To the Lighthouse
The Sea by John Banville
The Beach by Alex Garland
Lord of the Flies by Golding
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Victory by Joseph Conrad
Where is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett
Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Hooray!! I think this one is over.Me neither..lol
I voted for To the Lighthouse
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Well, I would be!
I have read Mrs D as well as Orlando... Neither did anything for me. It is her writing style, I think, and the whole stream of consciousness business that I do not like.
A friend who actually likes Mrs D told me that Lighthouse was even worse...
Not looking forward to it!
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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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So, I borrowed Lighthouse while I was at the library today, seeing that it was sitting on the shelf *grumble, grumble* Almost all of Woolf's books were sitting on the shelf, unborrowed. Makes you wonder why, does it not?
(Though, I will be glad to return it unread if the poll outcome changes!
Scheherazade
The ever-hopeful-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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On the up side To the Lighthouse is the only one I refuse to read so now I'm free to pick something of my own choosing.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Are you putting ideas into me little 'ead?On the up side To the Lighthouse is the only one I refuse to read so now I'm free to pick something of my own choosing.
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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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Who Me?Are you putting ideas into me little 'ead?
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
So, I borrowed Lighthouse while I was at the library today, seeing that it was sitting on the shelf *grumble, grumble* Almost all of Woolf's books were sitting on the shelf, unborrowed. Makes you wonder why, does it not?
(Though, I will be glad to return it unread if the poll outcome changes!
Scheherazade
The ever-hopeful-one
Indeed I did, but couldn't have known that somebody would nominate To the Lighthouse after thatHey, didncha nominate On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan?
I'm really looking forward to it, I've never read anything stream-of-consciousnessy, apart from Joyce.
"Where mind meets matter, both should woo!"Currently reading:
* Paradise Lost by John Milton
YupHooray!! I think this one is over.
I'm gonna buy it by the end of the week..hopefully.
I know you were hoping for Robinson Crusoe to win, cuz you wanted to read it. But let me tell you, an honest opinion, IT IS TOO BORING..lol
Too much detailes, and the whole one person talking thing drove me crazy while I was reading it, I even longed for studying Dr. Faustus and Volpone..THIS is how boring it was
Now...enjoy your read
Last edited by Nossa; 06-23-2007 at 05:17 PM.
I'm the patron saint of the denial,
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal.
This may be true about Robinson Crusoe, but it is one of those books that must be read at some point.Yup
I'm gonna buy it by the end of the week..hopefully.
I know you were hoping for Robinson Crusoe to win, cuz you wanted to read it. But let me tell you, an honest opinion, IT IS TOO BORING..lol
Too much detailes, and the whole one person talking thing drove me crazy while I was reading it, I even longed for studying Dr. Faustus and Volpone..THIS is how boring it was
Now...enjoy your read
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Going once...
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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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Apparently W. Woolf will win; ready to see a lot of posts like "To The Lighthouse" on the thread "the worst classics you've ever read?" when voting ended and people finished To The Lighthouse.
I like Fitzgerald...vote for him!!!
I’ve never read anything by Woolf, but a friend of mine loves her. I’ve been very excited to get started. What is it about Woolf that everyone dislikes so much? I’m still excited, and now a little worried that I may not like her. I hope I’m not disappointed.
Turk, why don't you vote for another book then so we won't have to read Lighthouse?
Motherhubbard> I don't like Woolf's style and subject matters. Lighthouse will be my third Woolf book if the BC reads it... Maybe it will be the charm?
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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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