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Sounds to me like you're doing far better with your reading than I am. I typically only read at night and tend to fall asleep while doing so, and I wake up with light on and book on chest! Right now I'm just re-reading The Hobbit. Of course I prefer reading and writing fiction, but really I will read just about anything if it keeps me interested...Well, not romance novels. Kill me.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on February 1, 2007 at 8:08 PM
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Corbin - it does show the special challanges of the poor
posted by
FreeManWalking
on February 1, 2007 at 6:37 AM
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It's a great book......
What a struggle filled journey.........
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on February 1, 2007 at 6:31 AM
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Strat - I read some of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men in high school
good pictures. I'll look for the other book you recommend. I read the Theodore Roosevelt book about his journey down the River of Doubt. Excellent adventure history.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on February 1, 2007 at 6:23 AM
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It's funny -- in college, I couldn't stand Faulkner.
Now, I enjoy reading him -- he's still a bit pedantic, but I have a much clearer idea of what he was getting at, and far more empathy than I did for the characters.
Walker Percy is one you might like if you haven't read anything by him -- "Love Among The Ruins" is one of his best.
Did you read that biography of Churchill and Roosevelt?
posted by
strat
on February 1, 2007 at 6:14 AM
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Babe - if I'm going to read fiction its usually by someone who is dead and
their message had stood the test of time. I'm not a fan of anything "pop culture"...except of course my favorite musical artists. Thanks for stopping by.
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FreeManWalking
on January 31, 2007 at 9:06 PM
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Dylan - I have no doubt the Waste Land is a microcosm of western
knowledge, at least of the humanities. Thats why it is important.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on January 31, 2007 at 9:04 PM
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Glad to see someone else reads classics recreationally, not just for a class
posted by
babe_rocks
on January 31, 2007 at 8:28 PM
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Read "The Waste Land" in 10th grade.
Read it again -- and this time understood more of it -- on my own as a college student. Maybe in a few years I'll read it again and understand the whole poem.
"As I Lay Dying" is almost as difficult, so I'm glad I read that under the instruction of a college professor.
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on January 31, 2007 at 6:53 PM
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