Please vote for the Bulgakov book you would like to read in December by November 30th.
The aim of the Book Club is to read and discuss new books together with other members.
Please try to avoid from voting for the books you have already read and/or do not intend to (re)read with us.
The Heart of a Dog
A Country Doctor's Notebook
The Fatal Eggs
The Master and Margarita
Book Club Procedures
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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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I've never read anything at all by Bulgakov, so count me in. Regardless of which book is chosen, you can count me in on this month.
"I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
-John Muir
"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
I have read only "The Master and Margarita", but I am planning to reread it this year. I would prefer to read one of the others but no matter which one it is I will read it. I will wait with my vote for a while, because I am not sure which books are available to me in the moment. I know I have all his works, but the problem is that they are in Russian and I have to check which one I have translated since I can't read Russian. The only one I know for sure is "The Master and Margarita".
Currently reading:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
I planned to reread Master and Margarita, so they got my vote.
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
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I have never read Bulgakov and i have wanted to. Unfortunately I have to finish Don Quixote first. I don't think I will by next month. But we'll see.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
M&M is the only Bulgakov book I have read and I would like to read something different this time.
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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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Yes, me too. That's why I have to search a lot through my libraryOriginally Posted by Scheherazade
Currently reading:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
I voted for M&M too..(sorry sher)..it is a book I bought a while ago and was planning to read it much later but it is always a nice experience to read books and discuss them
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
It seems like M&M will be the book after all, but I will vote for one of the other.
Currently reading:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
I've read recently his short novel Black Snow and I can't say I was very pleased. But, that's not on the list so I really don't know why I wrote this...
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
well, that's an opinion. I would be really disappointed if I decide to read something else and it isn't on the level of my expectations. After M&M I have serious expectations.
Currently reading:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Well, yes; that's a serious problem. So I don't want to take any risks!
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
If you need me urgent, send me a PM
I've read 4 of his novels, including Master and Margarita, Heart of A Dog and Black Snow (the other being White Guard which is about the Russian revolution and Civil War. It takes place in Ukraine so it's a slightly different perspective and it's incredible!)...anyway, my point was, out of those 4, Black Snow was easly the least impressive so don't let that worry you. He's really a much better author than that book would suggest.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
I see...I voted for M&M too..(sorry sher
I think I will take out my KitKat box for future voters!
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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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I finally voted for "The Heart of a Dog". I am not sure if it really matters, the votes now are for M&M and I suppose this wont change till the end.
Currently reading:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
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