Please nominate the books you would like to read during the Christmas holiday by December 10th.
Please nominate the books you would like to read during the Christmas holiday by December 10th.
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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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Oh, how about The Chimes by Charles Dickens? Short, Christmassy, free for those who are happy to read online - wonderful second paragraph. I started it last year and didn't finish it.
My nomination anyway.
Holidays on Ice - by David Sedaris.
"Santaland Diaries" never fails to make me laugh.
Ecce quam bonum et jocundum, habitares libros in unum!
~Robert Greene, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
Since for Halloween I saw a perforance of that as a play, I 2nd that nomination as I would like to read the story.Originally Posted by Neely
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Nominations so far:
1. The Chimes by Charles Dickens ?
2. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
I would like to nominate Christmas Holiday by W. Somerset Maugham.
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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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Anything but Henry James. I was disappointed with it last year.
I can't believe it's come round so quick!
Nominate something, then!
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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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Er.... I will when I think of it.Nominate something, then!
I was disappointed because I voted for him never having read any James... and never will again...too little time...
Was that The Turn of the Screw? I think it was. It's certainly worth re-reading if so Paul honest, James is page by page stuff, but worth the investment I think. Why not nominate it again?Anything but Henry James. I was disappointed with it last year.
Nope. No Sir - I didn't like it. I did take part in the discussion, but I found myself drifting from it - bored in all honesty.
Stumped about what to nominate though. A seasonal novella to discuss on those wintry nights in over the extended xmas holidays. Super. Hmmm - what to nominate though. I've got to now - I had to open my big...keyboard... and say something - Scher's told me I've got to.
Another Dickens' Christmas story .....
The Cricket on the Hearth. Turn of the Screw is not very christmassy, but neither is it boring. James is to be savored as an acquired taste.
A mystery created by laborious sentencing - thrilling. I found the obtuseness couldn't hide the woman's insanity. For me there was no mystery - just a contrived obscurity.
Having read it I don't like his style. I never did have much taste.
Last edited by Paulclem; 12-07-2010 at 04:53 AM.
One should never discount the obvious.
A Christmas Carol. by Charles Dickens.
Nominations so far:
1. The Chimes by Charles Dickens ?
2. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
3. Christmas Holiday by W. Somerset Maugham
4. The Cricket on the Hearth
5. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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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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Er.. still thinking..
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